That's it, I'm moving to London
I just read a story that everyone's favorite LA soccer star is going to practice with my favorite English football team in January. Yes, Becks is going to workout and practice with Arsenal in January. MLS is not in season right now. But Becks still needs to be in shape. He needs to stay in shape for his next season of MLS and so that he can play for the English national team.
Arsenal is the only "big" team in England that takes crap from English fans for only playing "foreigners." The team is run by a Frenchman and manned almost entirely by non-English players. There's only one or two guys who qualify for the English national team on the Arsenal squad and both of them are so young that they play on the Under 21 team, not the main national team.
But here's Arsenal, going out of their way to let the former English captain train with them so that he will be fit to play for the English national team while his league is on break. Obviously I don't really care about national teams. But I want the English fans to quit their complaining about Arsenal. It's a big deal right now that England is supposedly not turning out young men who can play soccer at the same level as other those from other nations. The Arsenal manager doesn't restrict himself to just the English talent pool when he's looking for young men who will fit in on his team. If he needs to get 4 from Africa, 1 from Belarus, 1 from the Czeck Republic, 2 from Spain and so on, that's what he does. And when a good player asks, "Hey, do you mind if I run around with your boys to keep in shape while my league is off season?" he throws his hands up in that famous French shrug and says, "Why not?"
So, yeah, I want to move to London just to watch Becks train with Arsenal. Surely, they need someone to video their training sessions?
[and now a word from our sponsors...]
Arsenal is the only "big" team in England that takes crap from English fans for only playing "foreigners." The team is run by a Frenchman and manned almost entirely by non-English players. There's only one or two guys who qualify for the English national team on the Arsenal squad and both of them are so young that they play on the Under 21 team, not the main national team.
But here's Arsenal, going out of their way to let the former English captain train with them so that he will be fit to play for the English national team while his league is on break. Obviously I don't really care about national teams. But I want the English fans to quit their complaining about Arsenal. It's a big deal right now that England is supposedly not turning out young men who can play soccer at the same level as other those from other nations. The Arsenal manager doesn't restrict himself to just the English talent pool when he's looking for young men who will fit in on his team. If he needs to get 4 from Africa, 1 from Belarus, 1 from the Czeck Republic, 2 from Spain and so on, that's what he does. And when a good player asks, "Hey, do you mind if I run around with your boys to keep in shape while my league is off season?" he throws his hands up in that famous French shrug and says, "Why not?"
So, yeah, I want to move to London just to watch Becks train with Arsenal. Surely, they need someone to video their training sessions?
[and now a word from our sponsors...]
Don't get caught with egg on your face. Play Chicktionary! Check it out!
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home