I don't give a fuck.

A filthy breeze washed through the air, and the skin upon his face tightened. He was alone, yet somehow he was surrounded by people. Organically identical, yet so different. A street light cast an eerie gaze upon the scene below, and as the breeze whipped around the block he nervously eyed the path that lay ahead, navigating his way through the hordes of the effectually deceased, blurred with disdain. A hatred seeped through his skin for all those he encountered. He was not hateful nor was he equally despised, yet he was happy to tar each and every single independent individual with the same characteristics, no matter how they proved him otherwise. It was not that he did not wish to seek the spanning idiosyncrasies that could so bond one another together. He was just more Hyde than Jekyll, despite the fact it was Jekyll that the illimitable masses discerned.

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Adebayor

Since I was a kid, I've always liked football. I wouldn't claim to be a die-hard fan, nor would I claim to know the sport in and out. But I've always followed my team (Manchester United, of course) through thick and thin.

I'll admit however, that recently I've started to feel alienated from a sport dominated by ridiculous sums of money, shameful crooked business deals, and thuggery on the behalf of not just a minority of players but management and staff.

One notable recent incident is that of Adebayor, who is deep in trouble after two incidents in the Arsenal vs Man City clash last weekend. After scoring an undeniably fabulous goal against his old club, Adebayor ran the full length of the pitch to celebrate in front of the Arsenal fans.

I believe that in the modern game players show less respect and loyalty to their clubs then before. Thinking back to the 1990s and the Manchester United team that had such success, many players were homegrown and fiercely loyal to their club. Of course, when the time came, some moved on. But whereas Phil Neville moved to a club which is not a direct fierce rival of Uniteds, many players these days seem to show no hesitation at moving to a rival club.

I would say that for fans, club loyalty is a massively important aspect of how a player conducts themselves and where they chose to move when their time at the club has indeed expired.

With regards to Man City, the club has, like Chelsea in recent years, found itself highly unfavourable by fans of other clubs due to the financial clout the club currently posseses. There is something us fans can't quite pin down that is seriously wrong about a club being able to spend £100m in a single transfer window. It's not just transfer money either, City have spent over £500m in aggregate wages and transfer fees. It's these sums of money that simply alienate fans and cause rifts between clubs. It's arugable that if Man City were successful this season, that their success was purchased. How can a Sport justify itself as fair and moral when being successful is comparable to buying a trophy off the Internet and putting it on your shelf? Hey look folks, I'm World Judo Champion 2009.

And I believe that this deep, financial corruption that seems inbred with modern football clubs in the top tier runs into the players too. Adebayor would probably argue that he left Arsenal for City because in his last season he fell short of the fans demands and lost their support. Perhaps this is true, but it's also possible his performances and attitudes took a dive because he knew a long time ago he wanted to move. And the reasons for wanting to move? It can't really, justifiably, be success. City haven't recently won any major honours. So it could be argued that Adebayor simply left Arsenal because he knew he would become a very, very rich man at City.

And so, I believe it may be these suspicions, and this open disrespect so many players in my view have for previous clubs that is the reason why Adebayors run to the other end of the pitch to taunt the Arsenal fans riled them so much. It was a stupid thing to do, it was thuggery. Thuggery too easily excused for passion. Behaviour such as his seems so common in modern players. I could also talk about Joleon Lescott, or Cashley Cole, or Ronaldo, or any number of players who have done a runner to the Bernabau with the reward of huge sums of money.

But you're probably a bit bored of my opinion now....do feel free to comment.

First post...

This is, obviously, the first post on this blog. I spent a good while deciding upon a name. I started stumbling across names from Greek methology and eventually I settled on Mnemosyne. You pronounce it /nɪˈmɒzɪni/ or /nɪˈmɒsəni/ (Ni - mo - see - nee). Mnemosyne is the Greek personification of memory. In Hesiods Theogony, kings and poets receive their authoritative speech from their posession of Mnemosyne and their special relationship with Muses.

This blog will be a place for me to write about things that interest me. I'm not bothered who or how many people read it, but if you see something here and it itnerests you feel free to comment or send me an email. You can contact me at michael.gunner09@googlemail.com.

Please note that the views expressed in this blog are my own.