Tony Adams wrote:Well I was happy enough when our manager was taking bungs, our alcoholic captain was locked up for drink driving and we were docked points for a brawl in a game vs Utd.
Class is overrated and doesn't win games. Just look at our disciplinary record when Wenger was winning stuff!
We won 10 major trophies in 20 years. Finished in the top-4 each of those years. Reached the UCL Final.
But not once were we amidst a PR disaster-ride, which is becoming a norm since Sanllehi and Kia have taken over.
Being sneaky on the pitch and "tactical" fouling, or heated exchanges on the pitch, is absolutely fine when you are in major competitions under relentless stress and fatigue. It's not the same as acting like underhanded businesspeople serving their vested interests and making excuses about the pandemic to hide their ulterior motives.
It doesn't mean we have to act slimy and petty in order to win.
If the club had come out openly, stating that, for organizational reasons and in light of the new restructuring at Arsenal, they were laying off so and so employees, it wouldn't have drawn this negativity. Arsenal have enough money. They could easily have said that they would still pay the employees full salaries until December because of the unprecedented pandemic. It would have been a PR win.
After the second world war, we won 7 trophies until Graham arrived. So, I guess we were busy being classy for nearly four decades, is it? Graham won 7 trophies here. So, we were less classier than in the previous decades, but even less so than under Wenger who rocked the boat with doubles, Invincibles, record FA Cup wins, and European finals?
What the heck man?