BLUE AIN'T A BIG CLUB - WENGER
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Wenger taunts Chelsea
BLUE AIN'T A BIG CLUB
ARSENE WENGER has launched a bitter attack on Premiership champions Chelsea by insisting: You're not a big club.
The Gunners boss taunted Jose Mourinho and:
ACCUSED Chelsea of playing boring football.
LIKENED Blues to Spanish minnows Alaves.
RIDICULED chief-executive Peter Kenyon's boast that the Blues will become the biggest club in the world.
BLASTED their small fan base.
And Wenger insisted: "You could easily underestimate the size of Arsenal.
"When we built our new stadium we had to question whether to make it big enough to house 50,000, 55,000 or 60,000 fans.
"Today you see that, with a good team, even 60,000 is too small."
In stark contrast, Chelsea struggle to fill Stamford Bridge, which has a capacity of 42,240.
And Wenger scoffed: "The fact we play more attractive football is one of the answers.
"You also have the natural size of the club through history.
"Real Madrid are bigger than Alaves, even if Alaves has a better team one year.
"To say Chelsea can be the biggest club in the world looks premature.
"Building a fan base takes a very long time. The dad brings the son, who becomes a fan."
Arsenal are 10 points behind Chelsea and have not beaten them in nearly three years.
But Wenger added: "It doesn't bother me. I am confident that we can make something happen."
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why alaves??
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tat Jose face is funny
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Cos they are Spanish minnows... a small club...Originally posted by The man who was death:why alaves?? -
Alaves.
They did reach the UEFA Cup final once though. -
Visiting fans arrive at Stamford Bridge with mock £20 notes bearing the picture of Chelsea's ex-Arsenal star Cashley (Ashley) Cole.
The notes are part of Cole's hostile reception from Arsenal supporters angry at the manner of his summer departure -
well done sia e fans..
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They was never a big club what
Just that their achievements pass few seasons, the players they bought, the money RA spent on the club, make it look as though its "big" -
CASHLEY, Cashley, what’s the score, Cashley, what’s the score?” Came from the 3,000 Arsenal throats.
There were just six minutes left and Ashley Cole was facing the most embarrassing afternoon of his life. Arsenal punters, wound up by the Chelsea MC announcing Cole as the “greatest left-back in the world” as he introduced the teams, were beside themselves.
The England full-back had endured a torrid time, greeted by a wad of fake £20 notes swirling from the Arsenal end, booked after 23 minutes for a late challenge on Alex Hleb and booed every time he touched the ball.
He was also subjected to a continuous chorus of “One Greedy Bastard” and a novel Gooners’ version of “Ten Men Went To Mow”. One can only imagine what it will be like when Cole visits the Emirates on May 5.
Cole had infuriated Arsenal fans — and supporters everywhere — when he wrote in his autobiography of how he almost crashed his car in disbelief when he heard his former club were only offering him a new deal of £55,000-a-week.
But they certainly couldn’t forgive him another parting shot — when Cole tagged some of the younger players big shots, “celebrities” long before their time but with no trophies to show for it.
Two of the players he picked out were Philippe Senderos and Cesc Fabregas.
I’ll give him Senderos. But Fabregas? Come on, Ashley. Here is one of the finest — if not THE finest — young talent in England. He never gave up, neither in his attempts to play football nor to hold back what for long spells was a blue tide. Nor could Cole have had anything but admiration for the performances of the other young kids on the block. Boys he left in the lurch when he defected to Stamford Bridge.
Remember, this was an Arsenal side that went into the game minus FOUR first-teamers — Thierry Henry, Kolo Toure, William Gallas, Tomas Rosicky. And further stripped of long-term casualties Lauren and Abou Diaby. Yet the two Emmanuels — Adebayor and Eboue — Gael Clichy and Johan Djourou were outstanding.
Considering the handicap he faced of having to play alongside Senderos, young DjourouÂ’s performance was near miraculous. Incredibly, AdebayorÂ’s display was even better. Leading the line on his own, he gritted his teeth, gave it 100 per cent from start to finish and never complained once. -
in terms of fan base i think liverpool is no 1, then man u, arsenal, chelsea.
i guess only.
dont flame me!!!
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Don't forget Newcastle... they are very big also, can say they are just behind the Gunners...
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i think its pool, manu then newcastle in terms of fan base mainly due to their history
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strange choice of comparision for me.....i suppose wenger wanna talk about small club with good players....it shld be like sevilla or portsmouth shld be a better choiceOriginally posted by zocoss:Cos they are Spanish minnows... a small club... -
CHARLTON HITS BACK AT KENYON
Sir Bobby Charlton has told Chelsea it takes more than winning a title or two to become a big club.
Kenyon recently forecast that the Blues would be the world's biggest club by the year 2014.
But Manchester United great Charlton says despite the money of Roman Abramovich it will take more than brief success to deliver long-term stature in the game.
He said: "I am not going to criticise Peter Kenyon. He can say what he likes. But being a big club is about more than just winning a league title or two."
On the day Manchester United's official Opus was launched, Charlton claimed one of the most famous chapters in the Red Devils illustrious history might be about to be written.
The unique 850-page, 37kg Opus chronicles United's past, right from their earliest days as Newton Heath until the present day.
Yet, as Charlton acknowledged, the Opus could be missing a major story by next May if United can suppress the threat of Chelsea to claim their 16th league championship.
After a weekend of drama at Old Trafford and Stamford Bridge, Sir Alex Ferguson's men now stand eight points clear of the back-to-back title winners.
And, even though Chelsea still have a game in hand, for the first time since Jose Mourinho arrived in England, United are favourites to finish the campaign as top dogs.
"I wouldn't say winning the title this season would be the greatest achievement in Manchester United history but it would be the most pleasant," he said.
"When you come up against someone like Chelsea, who appear to have the finance to be able to buy anyone who is available, it is going to be difficult to finish above them.
"I wouldn't say we were an underdog but they just seem to collect players. We don't have the type of unlimited finance to be able to match that and we cannot put an excessive burden on our supporters in terms of ticket prices, so to win the league this season would rate very highly indeed.
"I really do believe there is a strong feeling for us to do it this season and part of that is because of the way we play and the exciting players we have in our team."