Spurs do not play better football than Arsenal, George

Spurs do not play better football than Arsenal, George

I do not know what is the deal with former players and former managers taking turns to have a pop at Arsenal.

Correct me if I am wrong but I do not actually see former Chelsea or Man U players criticise their clubs as much as our ex-staff seem to do.

Last week, an Arsenal legend David Seaman choose to re-ignite the Ashley Cole story - a story that we would all rather forget about.

Now, you have George Graham telling us how Spurs actually play better than Arsenal.

I know that Harry Redknapp is the new media darling - after all he is the only English manager to have led a team in the Top Four for nearly a decade (the last one being Sir Bobby Robson).

But saying that Spurs are better at entertaining football than Arsenal take some beating, even for a man who later went on to manage Spurs at the end of his career.

I cannot blame Graham - he needs to play along with his employers Sky who are keen to implant a misguided belief in English football that Arsenal are “nothing but pretty passers”.

Hearing Sky commentators sometimes, you will get the feeling that Arsenal do not actually complete passes. If you only listened to their audio, you would think that Arsenal only play “pretty triangles in their own half”. Which is why I actually turn off the sound and only watch the game these days !

It does seem that Sky and tabloids part of their network have an agenda against Wenger but you would still expect them not insult our intelligence.

Arsenal play a lot better than Spurs and that is a fact. Our brand of football is recognised globally and that is credit to Arsene Wenger.

While I accept that defending has never been Wenger’s strongest point, you would rather have an attacking side than a long-ball side.  Graham was a master tactician and produced a great back-four - it won us trophies but we were not known as an entertaining side back then.

Wenger has produced a team which is a true joy to watch and  it can be poetry in motion at times.

I would understand if there were questions about our ability to translate that great football into trophies.

But saying that Spurs are more entertaining is sheer stupidity. I expected better from George but then again he has been a Sky employee for years.