There are people that have actually said Wenger will use this guard of honor as 'motivation' to go and win the title next season, you just couldn't make it up.
Can't blame Robin for leaving and the players that clap him on to the field on Sunday will probably be asking themselves why they don't go down his route instead of fighting for qualification to a tournament we have no intention of winning in the first place.
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Hopefully just one more season of this!
Pretty sad, really!
Great to see you back! I've always enjoyed your articles
There are people that have actually said Wenger will use this guard of honor as 'motivation' to go and win the title next season, you just couldn't make it up.
Can't blame Robin for leaving and the players that clap him on to the field on Sunday will probably be asking themselves why they don't go down his route instead of fighting for qualification to a tournament we have no intention of winning in the first place.
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I see your point, but the players really should be motivated by such a thing. There are very few players who will be leaving this summer unless we want them to - Sagna is the only one in a position of power and Wenger wants to keep him for the last year of his deal even if he doesn't sign a new one.
Obviously things will change. Maybe not in the next year or two, but it's an undeniable fact that Arsenal will, at some point in the future, win another league title. Whether that's in 5 years or 50, it will happen. Same way Man United, Chelsea and Man City will. Hell, even Liverpool might again one day.
As for your second paragraph, well, it's a difficult one. It's quite easy to blame him for leaving - the club invested plenty of time, effort and patience into his cause but got none back. On the other hand, he would have been looking at himself as a 29 year old, with one big contract left in him, and loyalty doesn't exist in football these days.
I'm not going to be sanctimonious and say he was right to leave. I'm an Arsenal fan, I don't like any player leaving us who has ability - let alone to a club who have been one of our biggest rivals over the last two decades. I am also of the opinion that we wouldn't be too far away from the top two had he stayed - just say United didn't sign RVP this summer; they would be several points worse off. We have had plenty of games where we've been a clinical finish away from a point or two more. Who knows - maybe we would be talking about next season as a realistic opportunity for the title.
We will invest next season
Nice to see you post on here again, KPPR. You're one of the best posters on here.
Don't see anything different happening this summer tbh.
I can’t be alone in wondering whether United winning the title at the Emirates would have been less painful. Fighting against your opponent, and losing with dignity is one thing, but there’s just something so soul-destroying, so humiliating, about doing battle when you know you’ve already lost the war.
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Emotional way to end the article, but a great read nonetheless.
You make a good case.
Which is worse - being the team RVP beats for the title, or being the first team he flaunts his winner's medal to? I think somehow we've actually come off worse than we'd feared because it's like we're not even worth beating.
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posted on 26/4/13
There are people that have actually said Wenger will use this guard of honor as 'motivation' to go and win the title next season, you just couldn't make it up.
Can't blame Robin for leaving and the players that clap him on to the field on Sunday will probably be asking themselves why they don't go down his route instead of fighting for qualification to a tournament we have no intention of winning in the first place.
posted on 26/4/13
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posted on 26/4/13
Hopefully just one more season of this!
Pretty sad, really!
posted on 26/4/13
Great read!
posted on 26/4/13
Great to see you back! I've always enjoyed your articles
posted on 26/4/13
There are people that have actually said Wenger will use this guard of honor as 'motivation' to go and win the title next season, you just couldn't make it up.
Can't blame Robin for leaving and the players that clap him on to the field on Sunday will probably be asking themselves why they don't go down his route instead of fighting for qualification to a tournament we have no intention of winning in the first place.
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I see your point, but the players really should be motivated by such a thing. There are very few players who will be leaving this summer unless we want them to - Sagna is the only one in a position of power and Wenger wants to keep him for the last year of his deal even if he doesn't sign a new one.
Obviously things will change. Maybe not in the next year or two, but it's an undeniable fact that Arsenal will, at some point in the future, win another league title. Whether that's in 5 years or 50, it will happen. Same way Man United, Chelsea and Man City will. Hell, even Liverpool might again one day.
As for your second paragraph, well, it's a difficult one. It's quite easy to blame him for leaving - the club invested plenty of time, effort and patience into his cause but got none back. On the other hand, he would have been looking at himself as a 29 year old, with one big contract left in him, and loyalty doesn't exist in football these days.
I'm not going to be sanctimonious and say he was right to leave. I'm an Arsenal fan, I don't like any player leaving us who has ability - let alone to a club who have been one of our biggest rivals over the last two decades. I am also of the opinion that we wouldn't be too far away from the top two had he stayed - just say United didn't sign RVP this summer; they would be several points worse off. We have had plenty of games where we've been a clinical finish away from a point or two more. Who knows - maybe we would be talking about next season as a realistic opportunity for the title.
posted on 26/4/13
We will invest next season
posted on 26/4/13
Nice to see you post on here again, KPPR. You're one of the best posters on here.
Don't see anything different happening this summer tbh.
posted on 26/4/13
I can’t be alone in wondering whether United winning the title at the Emirates would have been less painful. Fighting against your opponent, and losing with dignity is one thing, but there’s just something so soul-destroying, so humiliating, about doing battle when you know you’ve already lost the war.
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Emotional way to end the article, but a great read nonetheless.
posted on 26/4/13
You make a good case.
Which is worse - being the team RVP beats for the title, or being the first team he flaunts his winner's medal to? I think somehow we've actually come off worse than we'd feared because it's like we're not even worth beating.
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