Greetings and salutations! It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to my inaugural post for ‘Victory Through Harmony’. I would like to thank our illustrious benefactor, Mr. Shukri Kemal, for granting me this honour, and privilege, which I hope he will not regret. Clearly the recruitment policy at VTH is in full swing, as it attempts to bolster the squad before the dawn of a new Premiership season. Much like the majority of teams within the Premier League. I use the term ‘majority’, because I am fully aware of the fact that some teams, while they make valiant attempts, do not actually strengthen their squads. Instead they leak talent, and bring in players that are positively incapable of filling the spaces vacated by the departed, purchased, naturally, for an extortionate price. Alternatively, teams miraculously manage to swap apples for apples and oranges for oranges, bizarrely teetering on a plateau of mediocrity, neither here nor there. In a purgatory that resembles a Premier League twilight zone. But, just as Mufasa said, this is ‘the Circle of Life’, in which everything has its place.
While the Arsenal players have been gallivanting around the world, resting their weary bodies and minds, the fans and media have been working themselves into a frenzy, speculating about current players’ futures, and future players signatures. Here’s a little glimpse at what a few of our current boys have been up to.
Dogs and their owners?
Cesc, Carlos and chums do the Grand Canyon
Robin (Miami Vice) Persie
Suddenly, without prior warning, the potency of the Paparazzo has been reduced. Courtesy of one particular social networking site, the divide between proletariat and prince has been bridged. By clicking one button, an individual, with an account, is able to glimpse through a space-time continuum portal and discover the everyday happenings of their favourite, or not-so-favourite, players, also with an account. This has of course paved the way for mega gaffs and slight hiccups to occur, enter Carlton Cole. Fueling the media fire that Sky Sports News and online news sources keep blazing 24 hours a day. It also grants players the opportunity to vent their own opinions without the misinterpretation of a foreign news channel, or the misquoting that so regularly occurs. While it must be fantastic to live on £70,000 a week, the ground is a lot further down from up there. But the opportunity for players and mass amounts of fans to interact is a futuristic idea, taking place right now. Which begs the question: if Twitter is the present, what does the future hold? Press conferences on Ustream from Alex Song’s living room? Bendtner’s match analysis blog? Nasri’s Arsenal player wish list on Amazon? Eboue’s standup comedy Youtube channel? Who knows…
Ian James
Stay tuned for Arsenal’s Worst Premiership XI.
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John Jensen’s got to be in there! oh…Steve Morrow! Eddie Mccoldrick, Christopher Wreh! Loool.