“No history” has never meant “no trophies” in a literal sense. Virtually every top division club will have a few honours in their 100+ year history. But, if you’re discussing a club that has won 80-90% of its honours in the last decade, it’s “history” was clearly pretty irrelevant when you then compare it to clubs that have won things consistently across the last 100 years.
The “your club has no history” jibe is a nonsensical concept in general. Nearly every club has quite a lot of history, with or without silverware and nearly every club “bought success” at one point or another (through cash injections that often set them up to then become sustainable businesses later). Arsenal did, City did, Liverpool did, United did, Chelsea did, Tottenham did, Everton did, and so on. It’s just enough time passing since the initial injection that apparently makes it acceptable.
Most comments you see on here, in the stands, or at the pub are a product of juvenile ignorance, often by people that prefer to reject reality in favour of comforting narratives.
And I can’t blame them, the world is a sad, scary place, and it’s easier to deal with if you can create arbitrary groups of “others” to focus your disappointment and anger toward.
“No history” has never meant “no trophies” in a literal sense. Virtually every top division club will have a few honours in their 100+ year history. But, if you’re discussing a club that has won 80-90% of its honours in the last decade, it’s “history” was clearly pretty irrelevant when you then compare it to clubs that have won things consistently across the last 100 years.
The “your club has no history” jibe is a nonsensical concept in general. Nearly every club has quite a lot of history, with or without silverware and nearly every club “bought success” at one point or another (through cash injections that often set them up to then become sustainable businesses later). Arsenal did, City did, Liverpool did, United did, Chelsea did, Tottenham did, Everton did, and so on. It’s just enough time passing since the initial injection that apparently makes it acceptable.
Most comments you see on here, in the stands, or at the pub are a product of juvenile ignorance, often by people that prefer to reject reality in favour of comforting narratives.
And I can’t blame them, the world is a sad, scary place, and it’s easier to deal with if you can create arbitrary groups of “others” to focus your disappointment and anger toward.