Arsene Wenger said today in regard to Arsenal's losses to Manchester City and United, "I think this year, more than ever, those two defeats were an accident.'' Now, before you go thinking I'm going to do some send up of all those "on purpose" defeats Arsenal has endured over the years, I think we should explore this idea a little further, don't you?
My own view is that Wenger is a classical Platonist, and his approach to football over the past few years exemplifies (heh heh) Plato's views on the nature of being. You see for Wenger, each Arsenal match participates in the perfect form of "Arsenal Match" (Arsenal 4 Everton 0 comes close), and what separates the particular game from the universal form is the 'accidental' features of the game.
So what Wenger meant to say was, "I think this year, more than ever, more than ever, those two defeats were accidents distinguishing those games the universal substance or 'Form' of 'Football Match.'"
Sorted. And no this is not an excuse to link to philosophy football. *cough*
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