) not to mention back then you wouldn't qualify for europe just by finishing 7th, the goalposts have also significantly changed since the graham days and now we play at a stadium fit for a world class side and have yet to make any inroads on becoming on since 2005ish. so yes, fans are angry and disillusioned because most of us have seen the progress made since the neil era , during david dein's time in particular and its just been to move to a shiny new home to count our money instead of compete. i'm not sure why thats so difficult for you to grasp, you think our fans are happy? did you hear the silence in the bowl today? i don't know anyone who goes anymore because it is a fucking souless, identityless place where local fans have been priced out or simply been told to shut up and sit down by stewards and other fans alike. now look at what you have left. apathetic fans that go to football for something to watch, not for the reasons that old school fans did back when we were shite, when we had camaraderie and we could shout and sing what we like. the fans that are happy with this team don't seem to make any noise about it.
have a look at the banners at the em*rates, "Arsenal france" "Arsenal China" "Arsenal Thailand" "Arsenal South Tibet " blah di blah di blah. I'm going to stop myself because I could go on all day and I know the old laughing "gooner" won't respond sensibly to any posts in here and only posts to wind people up but I felt like getting that off my chest because it hurts me every day. saturdays used to be exciting, even when we were shit. pint down the pub, walk to the ground, lose you voice after 90 minutes of shouting then back to the pub. now half the pubs are closed and the stadium is a whispering gallery so we have nothing left but to get fucked off behind our laptop screens
), not for the "matchday experience" of goodie bags from the club shop, selfies and foot long hotdogs. Never had as much fun at the football ever since a few scouse scumbags, followed by Murdoch, changed it forever.
) that I do not welcome as a supporter of an English football club. His snobbish ideas on ''collective expression'' and ''collective leadership'' for example. He has forced his own socialist beliefs on a club which had a tradition of strong individual ability and leadership. The slow and technical continental type football is passionless shite, especially compared to the more aggressive style we had when the team was made up of British and Irish players. And the lack of defensive organisation and the absence of a genuine winning culture at the club makes me sick. As does hearing us called Francenal, or being referred to as a French club playing in England ... largely because there has been a never ending stream of (mostly average) signings from the French league. Quite simply Wenger has changed Arsenal into something the resembles himself and his cultural background ... and I hate him and resent him for doing this. He is an arrogant prick.
