Need the last word......how intresting...how petty
I'm not sure why I'm bothering to write this, perhaps for clarifications sake, perhaps because i'm weak, perhaps both. I'm not sure it matters.
As regards to my previous post: I was highly time restricted, so I decided to go for something poignant and dismissive. Clearly you failed to understand the nuances, perhaps you should re-read my main post. There can be beauty in simplicity. Understand?.
First things first, I never called you a glory hunter, you merely assumed, I wonder why?. What I actually said, was that point you made, was the type that typically springs from a glory supporters thoughts. Indeed many of the suppositions you have made in your other recent posts on this thread, I would consider to be in a similar vain. Disagree?, Perhaps you should compare your recent messages, to those on the manure forum, maybe you will come to a greater degree of understanding, or perhaps not.
Whether you are a glory supporter, or not, I really don't care, why should I. Your own words speak far louder then mine about you ever could, about yourself. Perhaps, you should ask yourself whether it's mere coincedence that the english club you support, is the most successful in englands history. Times change, your aligences may not, but that dosen't change the motivation behind your original support.
I stated in my previous post that I wasn't intrested in a discussion between the relative superiorities of 'our' respective clubs or between the two leagues. This isn't because i'm afraid to see the truth, though you may infer that if you wish. I simply see no point, football isn't simply about who plays for who, it's a matter of taste and devotion. I'm not sure these things can be tangibly quantified, and I'm not sure it would matter if they were. If you think that parma is better then arsenal fine, I don't really care, it means nothing to me, if you think lecce is superior to arsenal then that's fine too. Any feelings I have, will naturally be skewed, as yours so evidently are.
(Aside: Local leagues are becoming less important, in each there are effectively divisions in themselves, with the top clubs pulling away. This is the importance of the champions league, in ten years with the advent of the european super league, do you think anyone will really care about the epl, or serie A. The CL is the staging ground of the future).
For completions sake:
I think you will find almeyda salary was at least doubled, he may of been disturbed at his treatment by lazio, but I'm sure salas was also.
My comments regarding racism + thuram, originated from quotes by the players himself. Perhaps, he lied. I also said thuram wanted to leave parma early last season, I gave no indication of when his salary was increased (indeed, I even said eventually). You should read things as they are written, not in such a way that it suits your ulterior motives.
Just because a player says he is unhappy, dosen't mean they will leave, generally it means they are angling for more money. There are many ways you could of read my statement on thuram, this was intentional, you did not necessarily read it the correct way.
[Edited by blitheid on 30-07-2000 at 01:26]
but he's a defensive-midfielder anyway, that's not what Arsenal needs 
