Comments on: The Song Remains the Same http://www.epltalk.com/the-song-remains-the-same/1822 Daily News & Analysis of the English Premier League Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:52:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: SekadarBlog - Kenapa Arsenal Gagal http://www.epltalk.com/the-song-remains-the-same/1822#comment-7896 SekadarBlog - Kenapa Arsenal Gagal Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:12:26 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/the-song-remains-the-same/1822#comment-7896 [...] dibilang Henry sedikit banyak ada benarnya. Pengamat juga meyakini Arsenal nggak punya pemain pengalaman yang bisa memancing trofi juara. Arsenal cuma [...] [...] dibilang Henry sedikit banyak ada benarnya. Pengamat juga meyakini Arsenal nggak punya pemain pengalaman yang bisa memancing trofi juara. Arsenal cuma [...]

]]> By: jm http://www.epltalk.com/the-song-remains-the-same/1822#comment-7771 jm Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:28:07 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/the-song-remains-the-same/1822#comment-7771 I think your contention that Arsene's transfer policy is to "feed his ego" to be rather dubious. Not only does it violate any reasonable standard of evidence, but also any standard of charity. You offer a fine and reasonable argument for why he should bring in more quality in order to bolster squad depth, why sully it with baseless accusations? In fact, there is a quite reasonable reason why Arsene might not have bought more players. It may not be compelling, but it certainly is more reasonable (and more charitable to attribute to Arsene) and more in line with the evidence than your accusation. A youth movement requires the opportunity to play, and to get as many minutes as possible. More depth would have pushed everyone back, and if the top choice players were fit, the younger players would only get sporadic and uneven runs in the team. Arsene's goal was likely not this season, but the next five. To build for that, you need to give young players time to play in the first team. The difficult choice Arsene had to make was whether or not any given player X would improve the squad enough in the short term over a younger replacement and whether or not signing X would stunt the development of the younger replacement (who may have more potential, etc.). That's a complicated question, it is not as simple as Arsene feeding his ego. I think your contention that Arsene’s transfer policy is to “feed his ego” to be rather dubious. Not only does it violate any reasonable standard of evidence, but also any standard of charity. You offer a fine and reasonable argument for why he should bring in more quality in order to bolster squad depth, why sully it with baseless accusations?

In fact, there is a quite reasonable reason why Arsene might not have bought more players. It may not be compelling, but it certainly is more reasonable (and more charitable to attribute to Arsene) and more in line with the evidence than your accusation.

A youth movement requires the opportunity to play, and to get as many minutes as possible. More depth would have pushed everyone back, and if the top choice players were fit, the younger players would only get sporadic and uneven runs in the team. Arsene’s goal was likely not this season, but the next five. To build for that, you need to give young players time to play in the first team.

The difficult choice Arsene had to make was whether or not any given player X would improve the squad enough in the short term over a younger replacement and whether or not signing X would stunt the development of the younger replacement (who may have more potential, etc.). That’s a complicated question, it is not as simple as Arsene feeding his ego.

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