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| Arsene Wenger (telegraph.co.uk) |
This what Wenger said: "Well done. You have won in the lottery and you do not need to sweat like I did for long years and fight for every pound. So it's very well done. "
When compared with the Emirates which are estimated to annex funds up to 390 million pounds, West Ham was seen Wenger so lucky.
For the French manager, West Ham won a lottery tub after competing with Tottenham Hotspur for the rights to use the Olympic Stadium with a capacity of 60 thousand seats. London club previously based at the Boleyn Ground have had to spend up to 15 million pounds, the details of the lease 2.5 million pounds per year to contract at the Olympic Stadium.
Perhaps for the readers, the comments seem normative, mediocre. However, honestly, I am troubled by sorts of that "affirmation". Indeed, Wenger is one of the most instrumental people in the process of building a bloody Arsenal Emirates Stadium. However, Wenger does not need to claim as the most miserable person.
Is Wenger jealous with "success" of West Ham get the stadium at a bargain price? During the development process along with the repayment of Emirates debt, Wenger was forced to tighten their belts, to shortness half dead.
Limited transfer funds forced Wenger to play the brain in order to prepare a competitive squad every year. The pressure to qualify for European competition are getting harder after an exodus of key players every year.
For this problem, Wenger may be proud. Let's face it, not many managers out there who would faithfully fulfill his words that he would complete the mission of establishing a new basis to completion.
Clearly, a hard mission of modern football which is the main criterion "only" title. For humans at a higher level, a sweet legacy is sometimes more valuable than debauchery when being a champion.
Then why Wenger can survive in the middle of economic crisis and high expectations of the fans?
Wenger grew outside the city of Strasbourg. His father participated in World War II that made the word "discipline" imprinted in Wenger's daily life. As a child, Wenger had to help the family business at a bistro and a car repair shop. Therefore, the tradition of hard work was embedded in the minds of Wenger since young. In addition, Wenger families also emphasized on honesty.
When helping a family business, Wenger learned observing the behavior of football fans who spend long hours in order to watch a game replay and then did a discussion.
Wenger mapped out what the fans like and what they did not like. From there, Wenger learned that the process is always nobler than an outcome, let alone an instant, like an unemployed from Portugal.
From this experience, do not be surprised if Wenger with "bold" played Thierry Henry and Robin van Persie, they were a winger into a striker.
Wenger understood that both love scoring goals, did dribble that made fans holding their breath and fired a parabolic shot that hypnotizes the opponent's goalkeeper. Courage, which is based on depth research on a player makes a sweet result.
The cult of the process also he applied to Tony Adams. When Wenger first came to Arsenal, the Arsenal skipper was in the first stage of alcoholism. It could take up to 18 months for Adams to completely escape the habit of consuming liquor.
The struggle was won by Adams, with the backing from Wenger. Adams was able to get back to his best and England picking one of the best center backs throughout history. Yes, the point is a process, as well as efforts to build a home for the future.
Process, is a word derived from the understanding of hard work, discipline, and honesty in the Wenger's family. So on the one hand, we can understand the tone of "degrading" when Wenger said that West Ham should not need process because it "only" won a lottery.
Moreover, Wenger added that West Ham did not have to suffer like him. A statement, which for me, was quite disappointing, but unique.
Why disappointed? Back to my statement above, Wenger did not have to claim because it is not just him who suffers.
Just look at the fans in London willing to pay (the highest in the UK) to watch Arsenal at the Emirates. Remember also the fans around the world who buy the original product; the money goes to the treasury of Arsenal.
Who knows, a purchasing money from the original jersey of a fan in Asia could buy a sack of cement for the construction of Emirates. Or a purchasing money of genuine merchandise from a die hard fans from America could buy waterproofing paint to paint the ceiling of the beautiful Emirates.
Essentially, many parties involved and bloody participated when Emirates constructed. Is not the togetherness that forms Arsenal? Togetherness in harmony framed Victoria Concordia Crescit.
Is Wenger's sentence addressed to West Ham reflects harmony? The sentence does not reflect the process that adopted by Wenger since he was inexperienced, but depicting pride and ask for mercy.
Arrogant, who ironically seen at the situation on the field. Surpassed with two beautiful goals, Arsenal were careless and did not show how to survive ideal. Naive, they're very generous to allow West Ham players released crossing that addressed to Andy Carroll. Like the dragon get rain, Carroll undermine confidence in the Arsenal squad as a whole.
From just a greeting, a result was seen on the field. Harmony, which headed to victory was created from the sidelines.
If harmony has eroded from the image of a Wenger, then what can assure us that Arsenal grew from togetherness?
If West Ham gets a new stadium with the "easy", so do not need to be addressed with a sneer. Perhaps, their management is already working well to steal the rights to use Olympic from Tottenham Hotspur.
I am not speaking in the context Wenger Out or In Wenger We Trust. I'm talking about introspection. Make greeting from Wenger as an example for us. An example of that vanity and always claiming will end up hurt.
In the end, Victoria Concordia Crescit slogan must not only decorate the club logo only. The beautiful slogan must be felt and internalized; start from fans, the officer of stadium's ticket, parking attendants stadium, security officers, hawkers at the Emirates, the fans were singing loudly, the ball boy, kitman, the staff, the players, the manager, to the owner (if any).
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