Question of the day: is Arsenal's football truly beautiful or is it simply a very technical, precise, skillful type of game?
The question is prompted by today's discussion about ex-Arsenal trainee and current Blackburn star, David Bentley. Arsenal face Blackburn at home and people are asking manager Arsene Wenger if he regrets losing Bentley after developing the player.
Wenger says that Benley had too many good players in front of him and was transferred as a courtesy. He also says that Bentley could play for his current squad though he's not sure how much.
As for Bentley, while others are claiming he was "developed" by Arsenal, he himself does not have fond memories of that developmental period:"When I was at Arsenal, it was all about statistics and perfect football...Everything I thought football should be wasn't happening at Arsenal...it was boring."
Hmm. We are left scratching our heads. If Arsene Wenger is truly such a steely technocrat, can his football be truly "beautiful" if it is devoid of human emotion and nature?
And if Arsenal's players are mere technical robots, can they really be Beautifulgamers?
A chink in the armour for Beautiful FC then?
Source > 11.02.2008
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2 comments:
Fun site, JC. The posting is heavily tilted in the direction of quality over quantity - all too rare.
Thanks. I wish I had more time for this particular blog. Most of my Arsenal stuff ends up on The Beautiful Game Search Engine where they are the reigning Beautiful Team.
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