Glory Hunters!!!

last SG · 2006-07-08T00:03:10+00:00

I'm 17 yrs now, support man utd since 11 yrs old. I support them because their strike force was damn impressive. With Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole, and that t...

MingFreeman SG

Yup agree.

Supporting big clubs has nothing to do with glory hunting. Supporting small clubs doesnt mean you are a true fan either.

Glory hunting is "supporting" whichever club is the flavour of the season and the strongest. e.g from mid 80s till now, a glory hunter would have supported liverpool, manutd and then chelsea.

MingFreeman SG

So all manu supporters in the 90s onwards are glory hunters? Confused

What about those who start to support liverpool in the mid to late 80s and those who started supporting arsenal in the early 2000 esp in their unbeaten season?

Are they glory hunters too?

pls.......glory hunting is not about supporting big clubs. Supporting smaller clubs doesnt mean you are a true football fan either.

Aveme SG

i support arsenal not because they were winning Rolling Eyes

i have watched soccer way long b4 i term myself supporting any club.Back in the old days when eric cantona and group were winning medal,cups,championship year in year out,i did not support them,so what if they were winning,i just do not like manu as the way it is ran is more like buying thophies since they pay really good $$ to bring in the proven best.

Only when Arsene wenger was the manager and with his gift of using ordinary raw talents and developing them to produce result did i started my support for arsenal.It was what i see in that the trophy they win is not brought by big $$ but by development and improvement.On top of that,arsenal also play the attractive kinda attacking football i loved so much,so even when they were losing,they were still deserving of my support.

So supporting a bigger club does not means looking for glory,for me,it was being able to identify with what i believe in myself that make me support this club.

MingFreeman SG

for yur info, manutd didnt buy their way to trophies. There is no sugar daddy with a bottomless pit of cash.

U say wenger develops talents and build teams. Well, so does ferguson. He built the 90s winning team based on the academy and bought good players to compliment them.

Ferguson inherited a manutd team which was underperforming and was definitely not one of the richest clubs.

He turned it into a club which wins trophies, which results in more money and fame. With the increased revenue, of course you can buy players with bigger names.

Even wenger said that he wanted to buy those big names but he cant, due to financial constraints.

Aveme SG

well yes like you said brought good players,brought with pretty good amount of $$,meaning not a full team from development,and even if Manu then were really doing development to get their team,it was way in their past already,since long time ago,they were already using good $$ to buy proven players,rooney,rio ferdinand,rvn and lots more.

For wenger,it is really youth development all the way even till now so Manu cannot even be compared to what arsenal did imo

MingFreeman SG

Ya I agree with you on this, although ferguson did not totally give up youth development. Wes brown ,rossi, fletcher, o'shea are all from the youth setup.

Maybe it's because of the wealth , which makes it less necessary to rely much on the academy or young players.

If arsenal aso develops into a rich club, maybe wenger will also start to buy more big name players.

Aveme SG

well with wenger’s talent in spotting raw talent,i believe that day where arsenal need to buy big names to produce result will not be near.Just look at theo walcott,his latest signing from a lower division club,he look just like a very potential replacement for henry if ever the day come for henry to take the path of viera.

RockeY SG

Yeah i think so. And those that supported Chelsea from 2003 onwards. Mr. Green

MingFreeman SG

Dats quite an inaccurate assessment! Mr. Green

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