Comments on: EPL 2005: Day 31 (Arsenal 4 – Norwich 1)

By: vaag

vaag — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Well, real football fans could watch some excellent Champions’ League games yesterday and today, with disappointing Lyon as the only exception. You must be a fake football fan!

By: Pierre Igot

Pierre Igot — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I don’t know what was “excellent” about the games. I fast-forwarded through the predictably boring Milan derby, Liverpool were not too bad for half a game, Lyon were disappointing but are not out yet, and Chelsea were their usual big bully selves. Excellent stuff? Hardly…

By: vaag

vaag — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

“…big bully selves”, please behave yourself! You are a nagger, you never ever give credits to those who deserve it. That makes all your comments about football meaningless, in the same way Arsenal’s so called “beautiful, flowing attacking football” is meaningless, because they can only play it against the minor clubs of England. Against the big European clubs they failed time after time.

If anything is “predictably boring”, then your comments are.

By: Pierre Igot

Pierre Igot — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Just what exactly is your problem? No one forces you to read this blog as far as I know. If you are such an expert on footballing issues, start your own blog.

By: vaag

vaag — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

You tried that one before. Well, you are the one who publishes and stimulates your readers to comment. I simply deliver. And no, I’m not an expert and I have no intentions to start my own blog. But when you haughtily write “with real football fans having no choice but to support Lyon”, you obviously think you are an football expert yourself (and I could give many more examples).

Chelsea-Bayern München was a decent, attractive game and fun to watch, manly as it should be ?football is not a game for sissies?, but not rough at all, and even with an excellent referee (I felt sorry for him for his late penalty misjudgment). Chelsea was seriously challenged by Bayern for most part, but during the last quarter of the game Bayern was outclassed by them (as Arsenal was outclassed by Bayern, remember?).
The problem is with your remark: “Chelsea were their usual big bully selves”. That’s really folderol. But as Arsenal fan you will never admit this and give credits to Chelsea. In that sense your comments on football are just some small fan talk and nothing more.

By: Pierre Igot

Pierre Igot — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I don’t think I am an expert. Where does it say that I claim to be one? It’s all in your head, mate. Of course my comments are “small fan talk”. So what? I just don’t like the physical side of this Chelsea side, that’s all — in the same way that I don’t like the physical dimension of Manchester United. Whenever big bullies win, I am disappointed. That’s all. My personal opinion, mate. Of course you are entitled to your own, but don’t make me say things I haven’t said.

By: vaag

vaag — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Please, don’t call me ‘mate’ ( I’m not British).
You an expert? Intrinsically you are claiming it all the time. It’s all about the impact of these little words you are writing: with ‘real’ in ‘real football fans having no choice…’ you are claiming that you can judge what real football fans (=neutral, objective watcher) should think. Consequently those who don’t follow you are no ‘real football fans’. Only experts can make such a claim;
with ‘there is no doubt’ in ‘there is no doubt that Real Madrid’s football is much more attractive…’ you are playing exactly the same trick.

Now, my head is fine, thank you, but I have doubts about yours. ‘The physical side of this Chelsea side…’, now I from my part would say: it’s all in your head.
And then this ‘big bullies’-cliché — I mean, don’t you get bored yourself with writing this? I wonder who the real big bully is here.

By: Pierre Igot

Pierre Igot — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Sorry, but I am afraid I am really not interested in arguing with you any further.

By: vaag

vaag — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

No problem with that. I have made my point (= ‘You never give credits to those who deserve it’).