;: Arsenal's fear of failure

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Arsenal's fear of failure

NORA - Quiet
2AM Club - Worry About You
Mumford And Sons - Little Lion Man
Toro Y Moi - Master of None (Master of None)
Toro Y Moi - 109 With other Toro Y Moi tracks

Cut Copy - Lights And Music (Moullinex remix)

I am obsessed with people who get wrapped up in the world they exist in. This is especially the case in football where football means everything to somebody - now don't get me wrong here, I admire people who are grossly, romanticised in the game that they can see no ill whether in rivalry or result and I say this because I do negate romanticism at times. Yet, the case here is Arsenal have put themselves in a position where they can lose a lot of support if they tried something new and then...

...failed.

You friendships, your family, your partnership, everything you exist in, your company even, is built up on principles and behaviours that make what you have live and breathe and this is something that all those involved in the units you exist in know so well. Nobody likes anybody who rocks the boat because we all fear the person who rocks the boat since they will break barriers, topple walls, climb mountains and kill everybody you know because they can change at a whim.

Now I don't have a problem with people who change and adapt. Manchester United are built on this change and respect for the environment,...

...if you succeed.

Their system is built on a belief to succeed and if you are the best in the system, if you are the greatest in your culture then people, the economy and finance will always be interested in you because you make things happen.

In the case of Arsenal, the only thing making things happen for them is eccentricity and a need to pummel into their fans that uniqueness, beauty and difference is of most importance. If Wenger changed and evolved and he went out and bought players and failed - what will happen then?

Wenger is in a trap. He has played this game, with the board, for so long where they buy young players, sell players for a high wage, squeeze every penny out of every action that they've embodied this belief into their fans. If they change, just imagine the scene for a moment, that if they change and they fail, completely fail by not winning any cups or anything with numerous players bought for 10s of millions and high salaries on the back?

Well then finance will be a clear and visible annoyance, anger and frustration for their clientele...

by that, I mean, you and me. All of us.

Underneath all of this, we're not good enough. David Dein was right, we needed somebody who was willing to put a cash injection into the club. Is this wrong? Is this immoral? Is this unethical? God no. Football is built on money. Somebody put money into Arsenal in some way and somebody had to pay for it so what is wrong with it.

We're too afraid. We're afraid on the pitch if we get injured. We're afraid of spending good money. We're afraid of trying something new. - all of this, all of this fear because we have never tried to change and the man who never tries to change.

Dies.

Epilogue

But we all know, even if times go bad, we'll still be fans. Some of us will disappear but the rest will remain.

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