Originally posted by Nihilist
You mean that you cant read through this thread or remember who youve argued with.
Here's how debates work, since you clearly don't know:
If you make a claim, the burden on YOU is to prove said claim. I challenged you to prove it and you couldn't. You claim you can, but you won't.
That's a concession. If you can't back up claims, they're as good as false.
Originally posted by Nihilist
Hahahha, post it and ill report you routine..pathetic. Maybe because it will show what a snake in the grass you are? Didnt you just say you never did that anyway ? now you are saying you did..another lie.
I didn't tell you not to post it. I simply gave you advice. I took the personal aspect of the debate to PMs and YOU wanna bring it public. Do that if it makes you happy, but that's an offense, fact.
I still have the PMs I sent you, I know you misworded it. I never said what you said I did. I simply said that a group of people are so obsessed that they have banded together on MSN, trying to get people to rise up against me and lure me into getting banned, now are known to be biased. They'll report ME for every little thing in hopes it gets me in trouble, but because their scheme is now known, if they try bringing it to the forum (Like you are), it will seem suspect and biased.
Having cleared the air, how YOU handle the PM is up to you, I'm not telling you to not post it. It's on public record here that I took it to PMs and that you brought it back, though. It'll count against you, not me. This is the last time I'm going to address private matters in public. If you reply to this, it'll be replied to as a PM. I don't care if you reply, but I'LL know that I did my part to keep the thread free of your vendetta.
Originally posted by Nihilist
Why do you think defenders often make rash last minute tackles late on in games.Maldini broke Allesandro Melli's ankle against Parma in the 90's with bad challenge and Andoni Goikoetxea who at the time was one of Spains best defenders broke Maradonas leg against Argentina.
It wasn't a bad challenge, it was a good challenge that went wrong. Shawcross pelted Ramsey in the shin, standing up, when he didn't need to.
Originally posted by Nihilist
Like the did when could only draw when Birmingham when Eduardo broke his leg(when the Arsenal players started crying)
You REALLY know nothing about football do you?
Arsenal were 1-0 down, or went 1-0 down. Walcott decimated them, took it to 2-1. Clichy made a mistake, RECOVERED, played the ball (As shown in EVERY replay and agreed in EVERY sports publication after) and Birmingham were incorrectly awarded a penalty that gave them the draw.
How is that Arsenal's fault? That is the case of factual refereeing error.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UQgVPWrwfQ
Clearly he plays the ball while the Birmingham player started acting like he had been shot. He pushes his own legs out from underneath him as if he'd been tripped, by which time Clichy had already pulled back.
I suppose that's just me making stuff up, though. Right? Arsenal had the game comfortably won until the ref made a terrible call.
I do suspect this will be the part of my post you skip over or reply least to. There's nothing you can say. You implied that Arsenal were at fault, or lacked strength because they drew. They didn't, they got screwed: "Can't beat Arsenal by outplaying them, can't beat Arsenal even if Martin Taylor decimates their most potent striker. I know! We'll cheat!".
Originally posted by Nihilist
Wow youre proving a real point here that City arent a good side, despite all the hype you give Arseanl they will always be regarded as also rans against the likes of Chelsea and United.
Arsenal are always mentioned in the same breath as Man Utd and Chelsea. They have been for ages. Before Abramovitch, it was the big two, Arsenal and Man Utd. With Liverpool occasionally getting a good placing (Because they were very good at points in the '90s, and had some phenomenal players like Collymore and Barnes, even exiting his hey day).
It's called the Big Four. It's not called the Big Two but Two Are Way Better Than One of the Others.
Originally posted by Nihilist
So you will accept to being seconed best(if lucky) to United and Chelsea?
Hmm...second best behind two other teams. Maths; Nihilist's forte.
Arsenal seem to place behind those two teams often in the table, yes. That is a fact as of late. I do not like it, but I cannot do anything BUT accept that. It's absolutely frustrating because it's the result of stupid, naive inconsistency on Arsenal's part at times, silly mistakes (Their OWN fault) and other things that happen naturally in football. For example, Man Utd's second top scorer is own goals. That'd never happen to Arsenal.
The fact is, as any long time football fan will tell you, the placement does not often tell the story. Arsenal are cited as a team worthy of paying to watch AHEAD of Man Utd and Chelsea more often than not.
Originally posted by Nihilist
They was, at that time Romario was at his peak with Barcelona and was European/world footballer of the year. And for the 98 world cup they was faves as previous winners.They was faves in 98 as champs, and in 2002 with the likes of Rivaldo-Ronaldo who was at his peak and European footballer of the year in or around the world cup of 98, and in 2002 the same applied with Ronaldiniho.
How is any of that relevant? I supported them from during the '94 World Cup onward, and they were NOT favourites heading into it. They hadn't reached a final or won a World Cup in two and a half decades. That's not favouritism, at all. Romario was being recognised as an amazing player, for good reason, why SHOULDN'T I have liked him? Because he's a foreigner?
One player being regarded as being in great form means nothing. Rooney is in top form, but are England World Cup favourites? No. Stupid argument.
Originally posted by Nihilist
2 big wins out of how many? They failed big time against Barca in the champions league final, and since the champions league started Arsenal have never been a real threat to any of the big teams, none of the big teams fear facing Arsenal like they do Madrid,Barca,Man U or Chelsea.
1. You said it's a FACT that they ALWAYS fail. That is factually untrue as I have proven. Stop claiming facts if they're not facts.
2. How did they fail? They had their goalkeeper sent off, they set a defensive record, they got to the final with kids, they went 1-0 up while a man down against the best attacking side in the world at the time.
They lost 2-1. How is that a "failure" on the magnitude you're claiming? It's a massive achievement considering they weren't expected to get by the Quarter Finals.
Originally posted by Nihilist
Arent Arsenal always banging on about how the dont need to buy exensive players when they have the best young players in the world.
If you can find me a quote where someone has said: "We don't need to buy expensive players because we have the best young players in the world.", I'll concede.
Also, don't ignore the point. Wenger had to rebuild from scratch after previously having arguably the greatest starting 11 (In terms of what they achieved and the quality they played at) in club football.
Seaman/Lehmann, the entire back four (Not one of them was the best defender in the world, but they were undefeated throughout the season), Bergkamp, Pires, Viera, Henry, Ljungberg, Reyes, Van Persie coming through.
He lost more or less all of those in a very short space of time. No amount of young "promise" will recover from that instantly. Considering that, Wenger has done phenomenally well. He had a stadium to build and then pay off for, so buying 30 million strikers wasn't the answer. He saw he had a crop of madly promising youngsters and was in no position to spend wildly. Arsenal are in a better financial state than any of the other Big Four as a result of Wenger's actions.
When he DOES buy, look at what happens. Arshavin and Vermaelen; arguably the two best purchases in recent P.L. history. Vermaelen is already being mentioned among the best defenders in the league, and Arshavin is easily one of the best players in the league on top form.
Point is, Wenger had to rebuild from near enough scratch and had to do so after having a nearly perfect team, on a ridiculously tight, almost non-existent budget.
These are facts. Observable facts.
Originally posted by Nihilist
No other team had injuries did they.
Did I say that?
-AC