European League

7. Inter have a bigger fan base than Arsenal.

Wouldn't be so sure...Arsenal have massive support.

Are you forgetting the 1-5 in the CL there Bluey

Fey wrote:Lol, deathmatch between FC won it 0 times and FC Quarter final

I guess its the return now

What now? You in denial?

Tweedle wrote:Inter do not have a bigger fanbase than Arsenal

So you and tweedy agree with the first 6 points??

No, the 1-5 we remember... do you remember the 3-0 at Highbury??

Lucas Deano Neill wrote:7. Inter have a bigger fan base than Arsenal.

Wouldn't be so sure...Arsenal have massive support.

Are you forgetting the 1-5 in the CL there Bluey

5-4 on aggregate

the first 5 points are undeniable.

the financial point is vague in that if you counted all assets, Arsenal would come out on top - if you look at transfer budgets, Inter have more money though.

Point 7 is just plain wrong

bluenine wrote:So you and tweedy agree with the first 6 points??

No, the 1-5 we remember... do you remember the 3-0 at Highbury??

Lucas Deano Neill wrote:7. Inter have a bigger fan base than Arsenal.

Wouldn't be so sure...Arsenal have massive support.

Are you forgetting the 1-5 in the CL there Bluey

I do agree with the other 6...and I do remember the 3-0 at Highbury. My youngest brother (his Italian team is Inter) was a very happy boy after watching that.

Facts can be very misleading.

bluenine wrote:1. Against top teams in their leagues, Inter did much better than Arsenal (21 points as opposed to 15)

Already spoken about that.

bluenine wrote:2. In their domestic league, Inter won the league with an all time record point score, breaking many many records on the way. Arsenal finished 4th!!

Already done that too, I refuse to repeat myself!

bluenine wrote:3. In europe, according to UEFA, Inter have done better than Arsenal in the last 5 years.

Inter are 4th, Arsenal are 5th. Its very marginal. Chelsea are below us both but they are better than both Inter and Arsenal.

bluenine wrote:4. Historically Inter are a much bigger and more successful team - there is no ambiguity there.

Of course, there is no arguments there. Ajax and Bucharest also have a great history and heritage, does that mean anything in the present about how they would do in a Euro League?

bluenine wrote:5. Inter have much better squad quality and depth - its also a more expensive squad than Arsenal.

Fair enough.

Doesn't always guarentee success though as Liverpool and Porto have proved down the years

bluenine wrote:6. Financially Inter are a bigger club.

Marginally.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deloitte_Football_Money_League

After the new EPL TV deal and our every increasing gate reciepts give it a few years and we will most likely be ahead of you in this area.

bluenine wrote:7. Inter have a bigger fan base than Arsenal.

I disagree heavily with that, we have a worldwide record with our team memberships.

What I am trying to say is that Inter are clearly better than Arsenal in ALL the parameters that you can use to judge..... I don't thionk you are even close... its similar to a comparison between Roma and ManU.

And what make you think Chelsea are better than Inter?? In what way exactly?? You guys need to realise that there is a world outside EPL!!!

As for larger fan base, I guess neither of us have any evidence... what I do know is that:
1. Inter are the most popular european club in China
2. Inter are the most popular Italian team outside Italy (Juve are most popular in Italy).

I can infer from the above two points that Inter's worldwide fan base would rival ManU, Milan and Real's, if not bigger... Arsenal would be a bit behind...

Cesc wrote:Facts can be very misleading.

bluenine wrote:1. Against top teams in their leagues, Inter did much better than Arsenal (21 points as opposed to 15)

Already spoken about that.

bluenine wrote:2. In their domestic league, Inter won the league with an all time record point score, breaking many many records on the way. Arsenal finished 4th!!

Already done that too, I refuse to repeat myself!

bluenine wrote:3. In europe, according to UEFA, Inter have done better than Arsenal in the last 5 years.

Inter are 4th, Arsenal are 5th. Its very marginal. Chelsea are below us both but they are better than both Inter and Arsenal.

bluenine wrote:4. Historically Inter are a much bigger and more successful team - there is no ambiguity there.

Of course, there is no arguments there. Ajax and Bucharest also have a great history and heritage, does that mean anything in the present about how they would do in a Euro League?

bluenine wrote:5. Inter have much better squad quality and depth - its also a more expensive squad than Arsenal.

Fair enough.

Doesn't always guarentee success though as Liverpool and Porto have proved down the years

bluenine wrote:6. Financially Inter are a bigger club.

Marginally.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deloitte_Football_Money_League

After the new EPL TV deal and our every increasing gate reciepts give it a few years and we will most likely be ahead of you in this area.

bluenine wrote:7. Inter have a bigger fan base than Arsenal.

I disagree heavily with that, we have a worldwide record with our team memberships.

Inter most popular European club in China?

I'm sure you'll show me some survey or the other, but it seems like every club has one of those that claims they're the biggest in the far east, and we all know that's blatantly false. Madrid, Barcelona, Milan, and Man. Utd. are all much bigger.

And Arsenal has a huge fanbase in America, Inter's is non-existent.

bluenine wrote:And what make you think Chelsea are better than Inter?? In what way exactly?? You guys need to realise that there is a world outside EPL!!!

There is.

However Chelsea have appeared in three Semi Finals in the Champions League over the past four seasons. This is what my argument is based on.

i think inter have the most fans who are 30+ since they watched when serie a was great. so in 10 years or so inter will prob not be the most supported club in asia if they are that now. and i would say:

on form
inter=Chelsea=Barca

There is some national survey in china which has Inter at the top for teh last 2 years... Milan were 2nd and Real 3rd if I remember correctly... Forza and Cking can confirm, I remmeber us discussing teh results on this MB...

kas wrote:Inter most popular European club in China?

I'm sure you'll show me some survey or the other, but it seems like every club has one of those that claims they're the biggest in the far east, and we all know that's blatantly false. Madrid, Barcelona, Milan, and Man. Utd. are all much bigger.

And Arsenal has a huge fanbase in America, Inter's is non-existent.

Thats what I have been trying to tell these guys... I think the arsenal fans on this MB are a bit deluded

supermadrid(zizou legend) wrote:i think inter have the most fans who are 30+ since they watched when serie a was great. so in 10 years or so inter will prob not be the most supported club in asia if they are that now. and i would say:

on form
inter=Chelsea=Barca

supermadrid(zizou legend) wrote:i think inter have the most fans who are 30+ since they watched when serie a was great. so in 10 years or so inter will prob not be the most supported club in asia if they are that now. and i would say:

on form
inter=Chelsea=Barca

An on form Milan/Man Utd are better than Inter...

Last time we played them, Milan were supposedly on form with a long unbeaten streak.... PAH!!

Weak one, deano!

Lucas Deano Neill wrote:

supermadrid(zizou legend) wrote:i think inter have the most fans who are 30+ since they watched when serie a was great. so in 10 years or so inter will prob not be the most supported club in asia if they are that now. and i would say:

on form
inter=Chelsea=Barca

An on form Milan/Man Utd are better than Inter...

bluenine wrote:Last time we played them, Milan were supposedly on form with a long unbeaten streak.... PAH!!

Weak one, deano!

Lucas Deano Neill wrote:

supermadrid(zizou legend) wrote:i think inter have the most fans who are 30+ since they watched when serie a was great. so in 10 years or so inter will prob not be the most supported club in asia if they are that now. and i would say:

on form
inter=Chelsea=Barca

An on form Milan/Man Utd are better than Inter...

Milan looked $h!t...they played United on form and ripped them to shreads.

Arguing about who has the most fans in China is pointless as it is very difficult to make money out of them.

Murray wrote:Arguing about who has the most fans in China is pointless as it is very difficult to make money out of them.

Where do Man U get all their money from then? I've always thought it was from flogging shirts to Aisans.

Hardly.

We're just not up Serie A's arse.

Inter until this season hadn't won Serie A for God knows how long and this season they had an easy run of it.

Chelsea have as Cesc said, got to the semi's in three of four seasons - so it depends what time frame you're looking at it over.

If one year, then Inter and Chelsea are level IMO.

If 3 years then Chelsea>>>>Inter

If 5 years then Chelsea=Inter

If 10 years then Inter>>Chelsea

bluenine wrote:

Thats what I have been trying to tell these guys... I think the arsenal fans on this MB are a bit deluded

supermadrid(zizou legend) wrote:i think inter have the most fans who are 30+ since they watched when serie a was great. so in 10 years or so inter will prob not be the most supported club in asia if they are that now. and i would say:

on form
inter=Chelsea=Barca

At least you gave up that Arsenal arguement, dude!

On the chelsea-Inter thing, we were talking "on form", as supermadrid wrote.... I agree with your 1 to 10 year analysis there... thats what I think too...

Tweedle wrote:Hardly.

We're just not up Serie A's arse.

Inter until this season hadn't won Serie A for God knows how long and this season they had an easy run of it.

Chelsea have as Cesc said, got to the semi's in three of four seasons - so it depends what time frame you're looking at it over.

If one year, then Inter and Chelsea are level IMO.

If 3 years then Chelsea>>>>Inter

If 5 years then Chelsea=Inter

If 10 years then Inter>>Chelsea

bluenine wrote:

Thats what I have been trying to tell these guys... I think the arsenal fans on this MB are a bit deluded

supermadrid(zizou legend) wrote:i think inter have the most fans who are 30+ since they watched when serie a was great. so in 10 years or so inter will prob not be the most supported club in asia if they are that now. and i would say:

on form
inter=Chelsea=Barca