It's all a bit like a man whose lover's left him screaming she's a whore down the street while secretly sobbing to himself. Instead of confronting the reality of why Gallas wanted to leave the club, its easier to make up a string of defamatory allegations. And before anyone asks why Gallas doesnt just sue them for this: because it's not worth it. Only Ashley has the stamina to go through the enormous court process that will probably go to appeal then next appeal then infinitum. Chel£ have lawyers who could drag this out for months. It really is for the best if Gallas just laughs, and ignores it. Chel£ could have said that Gallas threatened Peter Kenyon with a sawn of shotgun, and he wouldn't receive libel damages until 2010.
It can't, realistically, be about money, because Chel£ have more than anyone put together. I don't want to overly speculate on the reasons why Gallas left Chel£, but I think a hefty part of it must come down to Mourinho's personality, and the way the club is presently being run.
My favourite bit was this:
"Chelsea has a wage structure in place that is valued not only on the contribution of the player to the manager and the team, but also on a player's respect for the club and contribution to the promotion and image of the club off the field. Every player is expected to play their part in this.
"William Gallas rarely recognised these responsibilities.
"He also failed to recognise the role Jose Mourinho and Chelsea played in helping him become a double Premiership champion for a player whose only league title prior to that had been in the French Second Division."
So he should remain at Chel£ forever, out of pure gratitude at the wonderousness of Chel£ and Mourinho? And surely the most important point: if Gallas is so awful, if he was capable and threatening to do all these things: why did Chelsea want to keep him so badly? For that is where Chel£'s logic machine stops judering to a halt and explodes. The simple truth of the matter is: they wanted to keep Gallas, he turned them down, so they now want to try and mentally destroy him.
It can all be, as it has been, easily contrasted with Arsene's reply regarding Ash's move in which he wished him well for the future and thanked him for his contribution to the team whilst at the club. Of course Arsene probably wanted to rant and rave at Ash for being an ungrateful money whore, but he didn't, because he has class. That's why Arsene is a respected manager, and why Jose still has to go on TV and berate people for not giving Chel£ any respect. It's also partly why Chel£ still have tickets for sale for their next home game in the premiership.
If you don't act respectfully and with class, you will not get these attributes attached to yourself. No matter how many times you win the league, or pathetically compare yourself to a mafioso 'family'. Success doesn't inherently earn respect, and that's what no one at Chel£ seems to have realised.
Still, you've gotta hand it to them - the statement's worked. Instead of focusing on our own mattters, we've been drawn into debating all this with them. Still, my advice to Willy: ignore it. Don't rise to it, as I have. In fact i'm so angry, I can't think of anything else to write about this afternoon. So, adieu.
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Once again goonerboy your sentiments echo mine in a scary way. Go to the arsenal vital football website and check the article I wrote about this. Chelsea have shown themselves up in an extraordinary way and look the weaker for it.
Chelsea - Chelsea - Chelsea - Chelsea
Jose Mourinho - Jose Mourinho - Jose Mourinho - Jose Mourinho
Face it Goons -
We are the Champions.
There is only one team in London.
good post goonerboy, keep up the good work.
Oooh, oooh, these are such nasty comments that they must be lies.
Of course, you forgot to entertain the possibility that they could be true. That would be awkward, wouldn't it?
Much easier to close your eyes, stick your fingers in your ears and say 'LALALALALALA, I'm not listening, your pants are on fire'.
Nice Tommi!
How are ya fella!??!?
Actually, I thought what the kingsnewclothes initially said was rather balanced and fair. I don't agree with him re: us 'hanging out' Ash to dry over the past 18 months - if he'd admitted his mistake, taken his punishment, then there'd be no probs.
I think Gallas should settle at Arsenal, as Wenger is a lot less belligerent than Mourinho.
A non-inflammatory question to Chelsea fans: how do you think your defence will do without Gallas? I really don't understand why Mourinho played Carvahlio at c-b instead of Gallas, and why Mourin won't play Bridge, who's looked ok so far this season.
Calm down fellas. Thekingsnewclothes makes a reasonable point and it's not often one of their lot will concede that much, so ease up a bit, eh? Yes, Chelsea - the club - are a bunch of idiots; not all their fans are. And frankly one or two of our lot could do with a spike thorugh the frontal lobe anyway. With Baptista and a (hopefully) focussed Gallas onside this season, who knows? Maybe we'll take the Premiership back in May and then we can all relax.
Yeah and you gooners haven't earned any
Chelsea has a wage structure in place that is valued not only on the contribution of the player to the manager and the team, but also on a player's respect for the club and contribution to the promotion and image of the club off the field. Every player is expected to play their part in this.
So when Shevchenko and Ballack signed and got the biggest wages at the the club they had obviously had years of respect for the Chavs and contributed hugely to the team ( having never played a game ) and improved the Clubs image off the field ( Is this not the same Ballack who has just settled out of court in Germany for some offence or other ) And Cashley has obviously been the perfect example of showing respect to his Club
Chelsea are the playground bully who have been found out - the fans will bleat on how they don't care and look how many cups we've won. They are the Ben Johnson of Football - the original steroid ( money )enhanced club who will always be tainted however much Chelski fans would like to think otherwise
Alright Tommi fella!
I packed my old job in (again!) BUT I am now working once more...the blog will be back up and running before the week is out. Although with the quality of yours, this and a few others I'm a little hesitant!
But hey, fuck it the more the merrier!!!
UP THE GUNNERS!
Im not the biggest fan of Myles Palmer - although he does write intelligent pieces - but I did like this piece from earlier...
THERE IS NEVER A SILENCE from Chelsea, is there ?
After Mourinho called Makelele a slave, Chelsea have now issued a statement saying Gallas threatened to score an own goal if he was picked for them again.
They say he asked for £100,00 a week and turned down £70,000 a week and had "an illegal meeting with AC Milan." Crikey! An illegal meeting like the one Ashley Cole had with Mourinho and Kenyon! Appalling disloyalty ! Where was the meeting? The Royal Park Hotel ?
It's all pretty horrible but Chelsea will implode soon.
There is no style there, no soul, their own fans were bored last season and giving up their season tickets to friends. It's just not fun for many of their fans.They've bought two titles but they've taken the sport out of football.
The oligarchs achieved the legal rape of a continent's mineral wealth and then Roman Abramovich came over here and took from us something we have had since 1888.
The mother of leagues started in 1888 and every year for the next 112 years we have talked about who will win the league.
The English always talk about the weather, the royal family, and who will win the league. Now we know who will win the league, so we don't talk about it any more.
Still, I'm sure this will be Mourinho's last season.
Overall, it's what you expect from a silent billionaire and a marketing bozo from Manchester. They're not hip and they have no sense of league and they will never have any class.
And that is the point William Gallas himself has made.
Gallas, talking at Clairefontaine yesterday, said, "I spent five years at Chelsea.In those five years, I always gave my best and I showed how honoured I was to be wearing the shirt. That means very, very little to Chelsea. Chelsea might have lots of money, but those new directors lack class."
So you are comparing cole, who offered himself gor selection to Gallas who threatened to score an own goal if selected. I don't condone Chelseas' brash way of doing business on any given sunday but if you are going to throw your weight firmly behind Gallas without even looking at the merits of Chelseas' claims then you are no better than Chelsea - It can only be your deslike of Chelsea and a desire to see Gallas winning matches for Arsenal regardless of what type of man he is that motivate such a stance.
Does anyone remember what MOURINHO SAID WHEN ASKED WHY HE WAS'T picking Gallas? He said - Ask the player himself. At that point one of Chelseas' players (admittedly Joses pet) Drogba aimed a subliminal message at Gallas. I thought at the time that there was certainly something wrong. Class? The first thing he did was condemn Mourinho as soon as he had managed to convince Arsenal to pay him more than loyal, senior mebers of their squad like Kolo despite not bringing more in football terms. - He is actually older than Kolo.
If this had been Chelsea we would have said:
They are buying a mercenary
They are overpaying him while insulting the loyalty of their senior pros.
Just my two cents
Why do any Chelsea fans still persist with thinking that their club has anything at all to do with them? They are on the outside looking in at a monopoly game being played by someone else. They can claim zero influence on events that take place at the bridge. Chelsea has been hijacked from them and they should wake up and realize what has happened. They are just the unwitting beneficiaries of a Russian thief trying to buy himself respectability and safety. They are the kept women of a sugar daddy and are superfluous to his needs. They have no right to celebrate the bought 'success' of recent times since their contribution to it is precisely nothing and doing so is no different to enjoying the benefit of his other toys such as yachts or private jets - try staking a claim to any of those - Chelsea FC is in the same category as far as he is concerned. Face it Chelsea fans - YOU DON'T HAVE A CLUB. IT BELONGS TO SOMEONE ELSE AND YOU DON'T MATTER!!!
What people need to grasp is the fact that Abramovich's wealth puts him above the law. Chelsea can make whatever outlandish statements about Gallas or anyone else for that matter and know that whatever the financial consequences are, they are totally meaningless. Even in some wild scenario where they were fined 5 billion pounds or more, the effect on Abramovich's lifestyle would be nothing. So to say they would not come out with these statements if they were not true for the risk of a lawsuit is complete nonsense. It is clear that the statement about Gallas is there to distract and destabilise him and Arsenal. Their reason for doing so is because they realise that the swap with Cole has strengthened Arsenal and weakened Chelsea so they resort to this as a way to redress the balance.
My suggestion for all the premiership clubs is to start from scratch and form a new premiership and exclude Chelsea - UEFA should do the same with the Champions League.
I feel this is the only way to deal Chelsea's flagrant disregard for everyone in the world of football and let us get back to real sport and competition.
To thekingsnewclothes,
Hash treatment is different when it comes from the fans then with it's directed at a player from the team he played for. There is a big difference. Regardless of how much money is spent Chelsea as an organization is low class.
We must all remember as Arsenal Fans that the only title missing on the resume or CV of Arsene and THenry is the Champion League title. I really don't think that the leaders of the club are currently trying to win the Premier league but are more focus on winning the Champion league. We must understand that currently we have in our ranks three wonderful defensive mid-fielders. The three are: Gilberto, Baptista and we must not forget that Lauren can also play the position. I don't think i will get any agrument from anyone on this forum about the toughness of Lauren.
I'm happy with the way Arsene is building our team. I two or three years Arsenal will rule Europe for the next 10 years. Lets look to the future and winning titles for years to come instead of looking at hear and now.
Actually I think the vitriolic comments were not being aimed at TheKingsNewClothes, but at Euroblue, unless I'm mistaken?
The reason we can easily dismiss Chelsea's accusations as a pack of lies is because the club and Jose Mourinho have a history of lying. Jose claimed he couldn't have met Ashley Cole in a hotel because he was in Italy, that was a lie. Jose also testified to the FA that he would never sign a player like Ashley Cole because he was too short for a defender, that too was a lie. This is just another lie from this new and classless regime.
And then you have that skinhead rat bastard Peter Kenyon who doesn't have a ethical bone in his body. ManU's class went up infinitely the minute he left Old Trafford.
To Anonymous at 2:40.
Thankyou for your erutide comment. Your language is indicative of your intelligence. Since you have the IQ of a hamster, i will have to spell it out for you. Yes of course we contribute far more to our club since they rely on our cash to help run the club. Chelsea on the other hand can and should exist without any fans. Your comments are trite and childish and like a child you have responded with nothing tangible. I am pleased to have touched your raw nerve.
For you Chelsea fan who think Jose is lying you are correct because of the following news on Talksoccer:
Ranieri rejects Gallas claims
Former Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri has rejected claims that defender William Gallas would score an own goal if he had played for the club again this season.
"I cannot believe these stories," Ranieri said. "It is absolutely incredible. I signed William and he was always a good professional on the pitch. Of course, I don't know what has happened in the last two years."
Chelsea football club should be very ashmed of themselves like a guest on Skysports said everything Chelsea touches off the pitch turns to DIRT.
anonymous at 2:40. of course we impact the way arsenal is run.if we stop showing up for the games the club will be in deep trouble and the management will probably resigned. many of you have stop showing for your games judging from the charity sheild and man city games. i do no think jose,kenyon and more importantly roman have give any indication that they care. afterall didn't jose said as much when he claimed his responsiblities is only to win.
QUOTE :"anonymous at 2:40. of course we impact the way arsenal is run.if we stop showing up for the games the club will be in deep trouble and the management will probably resigned. many of you have stop showing for your games judging from the charity sheild and man city games. i do no think jose,kenyon and more importantly roman have give any indication that they care. afterall didn't jose said as much when he claimed his responsiblities is only to win. "
HALELUJA!! Okay gooners. YOU contribute to your clubs "success." You have class. We are buying titles. William Gallas never threatened to score an own goal (before doing just that by joining a club that is moving backwards). I hope this helps you fuckers sleep better at night because : YOU'RE GONNA WIN FUCKALL!!
tHE GOONERS WANT US TO SIMULTANEOUSLY BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE A SUPERIOR COACH/PLAYERS BUT WE ARE ALSO BUYING TITLES. INCONGRUOUS INDEED!
aNONYMOUS AT 3:17 PM i EARN MORE MONEY THAN YOU DONT EARN EVERY MONTH AS AN ATTORNEY (i DONT LIVE IN BRITAIN) MY GRAY MATTER IS MY TOOL OF TRADE MY FRIEND. I JUST DONT NEED TO USE BIG WORDS ON A FOOTBALL BLOG WITH GOONERS. eSPECIALLY NOT WHEN U USE THE WORD ERUDITE AS IF IT WAS IN FASHION. TRITE ACTUALLY ENTAILS THAT WHAT I SAID IS SO OBVIOUS THAT IT DIDNT NEED SAYING. I'D RATHER YOU HAD SAID "SHITE'. STICK TO YOUR LEVEL AND AVOID MAKING AN ARSE OF YOURSELF. fUCKER!!
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