Henry Norris 1913 wrote:we're not fools we're loyal. I don't see any different way. we have passion and if hopping around from club to club , just to earn more money is what he thinks football is about he can't share any passion we have can he? otherwise he would have stayed at his beloved marseille . mercenaries.
don't get me wrong, mate. of course we are not fools, i was being sarcastic. what i mean is that we see arsenal with VERY different eyes to those who work
for arsenal.
we see it with passion, we see the club as a hugely important part of our lifes. professional footballers see a club as a company, as the place where they'll earn their living. it's worlds apart. and to be honest, are they wrong?
do you 'support' the company you work for, and would say no to a better offer from a different company where you would win more money and achieve higher goals? i think 99% percent of people would say no, and footballers are not different.
i loved the first company i worked in. loved the people, loved the atmosphere, it was a very nice place to work. in fact, the best place i worked in so far. however, i got older, my life became more expensive, and my old job would not allow me to travel to the grove once a year as i wanted to. when i told my ex-boss i was leaving, he was very sad and frustrated and asked me to stay, just like supporters do to the good players about to leave the club... and i had to play 'nasri', saying 'well, i'm sorry, but i need something this company cannot offer me. raise my wages or i'm leaving'. he didn't, and i left.
i still think of that company and my ex-coleagues with high regards and really hope they destroy their opposition. see? am i a mercenary? and i did exactly what samir and cesc are doing. moving on to better things. just like you would (and probably already have, in some moment of your professional career)
EDIT: just to add one more thing: i think the right way to do this in our heads is this: the player who is really committed to the club, like dennis was for example, should be seen as a legend and that commitment should be praised whenever possible. normal players on the other hand should be treated like normal people. who do normal stuff. simple as that.
that's the problem, you know. we tend to turn people who are good at kicking the ball into gods or something like that. they're not. nasri's poo is as stinky as mine.
