Sports discussions: Football, Pie throwing, Chinese chequers, etc.

[Elin]

It's not like money talking is anything new in football anyway. A club like Arsenal who do their best to buy low and sell high are pretty much the exception, and most teams over the years have been the best because they're willing to splash out the money on the best players. The only things that have changed now are the sums involved and the names of the teams doing the buying. If anything it's more interesting this way. If Chelsea / Man City hadn't bought their way to power, United probably would have gone on winning the Premiership almost indefinitely (Arsenal are about the only exception in recent years who didn't win it by splashing the cash. Even Blackburn in 1992 bought their way to success). Some people just don't like to see football's old elite disturbed, I guess?

Anyway, more importantly that was some goal from Ibra. :3 A fitting end to Sweden's campaign, even if it's a shame they couldn't get the results earlier.