Free scarves for Portsmouth game?

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wonder if the scarves will be good quality?
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i'm so happy this week, for 13 years i've been trying to buy an arsenal scarf and never saw one for sale in brazil (hot fucking shitty country, people don't wear scarves, football fans don't have'em), but last week i finally found one for sale!!!

i was so happy i wore it twice this week, and yesterday was fucking HOT!

:barscarf: :barscarf: :barscarf: :barscarf: :barscarf:

it's this one:

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brazilianGOONER wrote:
it's this one:

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I don't think that one will be on my seat tomorrow somehow. :o
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littlefire wrote: I don't think that one will be on my seat tomorrow somehow. :o
well, mind you, i had to pay 100 brazilian reais for it, which would be aproximately 25 pounds... for a fucking scarf... arsenal shirts cost me about 70 pounds without name or number... and mind you, wages in brazil are about four times smaller then in the uk, so it's something like an arsenal shirt costing 280 pounds for you guys... :shock:

so even if it's a paper scarf, i'd enjoy it if its free...
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Wow.... I think even a £40 shirt is overpriced..... can't remember the last time I spent £40 on a football shirt :?
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i have a sneaking suspicion that they will be uncannily similar to the ones in the membership pack...
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xDAVEYx wrote:i have a sneaking suspicion that they will be uncannily similar to the ones in the membership pack...
Seconded,pieces of crap they were.
Bitterly dissapointed with the pack this year,oh well we have all had a good moan about this already!
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brazilianGOONER wrote:
littlefire wrote: I don't think that one will be on my seat tomorrow somehow. :o
well, mind you, i had to pay 100 brazilian reais for it, which would be aproximately 25 pounds... for a fucking scarf... arsenal shirts cost me about 70 pounds without name or number... and mind you, wages in brazil are about four times smaller then in the uk, so it's something like an arsenal shirt costing 280 pounds for you guys... :shock:

so even if it's a paper scarf, i'd enjoy it if its free...
Have you tried buying your Arsenal stuff online? Surely even with postage and packing it's gotta be cheaper than that?!
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PHP wrote: Have you tried buying your Arsenal stuff online? Surely even with postage and packing it's gotta be cheaper than that?!
yeah, the problem is with the brazilian taxation. it is cheaper until it has to enter brazilian borders - if they realise there is a manufactured product inside, they add 100% on taxes, and you have to pay it or else it gets stuck by the federal police... :roll:

i managed to buy a book this month, however (arsènal: the making of a modern superclub), since books are considered to be of cultural and educational importance and are free of taxation...
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brazilianGOONER wrote:
littlefire wrote: I don't think that one will be on my seat tomorrow somehow. :o
well, mind you, i had to pay 100 brazilian reais for it, which would be aproximately 25 pounds... for a fucking scarf... arsenal shirts cost me about 70 pounds without name or number... and mind you, wages in brazil are about four times smaller then in the uk, so it's something like an arsenal shirt costing 280 pounds for you guys... :shock:

so even if it's a paper scarf, i'd enjoy it if its free...
Sounds like Dublin (price wise)!! :(
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surely you have to make 'em crap scarves because if they're decent, everyone takes them home and won't be bothered/remember to bring them for the rest of the season!!
If they want a show then do what a lot of european teams do and get a group of fans together and the club provides big banners/flags for co-ordinated displays before the match, at half time, goals scored etc.
That way it might even happen every game rather than just one!!
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littlefire wrote:Spelling: Arsenalisaton = yes
Aloud = not in this context


:D :D :D
:lol: :lol: thanks spelling not my strongest point :oops:
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marcengels wrote:
Tallest gooner wrote:Depends if we are aloud to stand up to hold them before someone texts the steward number :roll: :roll:

I no it isnt the way some people may like to try and change the atmosphere at home games but a least the club are finaly listening to the fans.

Seems like abit of a catch 22 situation, people moan and bitch about the shocking atmosphere at homes games but when the club try something to change it like the "Arsenalisaton" (spelling? :oops: ) and the scraves people call it tacky and embrassing.

The way i look at it, it will be better than how it was for the last 2 seasons wether its for 1 game or the rest of the season. :barscarf: :barscarf: :barscarf: :lol: :lol:
You've got it all wrong mate. There's no catch 22 situation and it's very simple. Arsenal had the chance to seat the original clock-end fans at the new clock end and chose not to offer season tickets. They then make the redaction section the furthest possible distance from the away fans. The club frown on any show of "spontaeneous" passion, only gimmicks like this when the fans are told that today is scarf waving day or flag waving day.

Arsenal want a controlled corporate atmosphere, not the spontaneous "in your face" atmosphere that exists perhaps at places in the lower leagues and stoke/burnley.

If you have a beef, then it is with the club, not the fans who remember when the atmosphere might have been shit but at least anything that did occur was natural.
Got to agree with you there mate, i have never been a fan of the seating set up at the stadium, and have said before they should have put redaction section at the same end as the away section would create good banter and generate more noise.

Got to be honest i only went to 3-4 games at highbury could never get a ticket and sat in the north bank with my old man when i was younger. So your point about where the clock-end supporters sit is probaly right but i cant pass jugdement.

My main point is anything has to be better than the atmosphere that we have had at home games since moving to the new stadium, if scarves or flags change it, surely it has to be a good thing ???

:barscarf: :barscarf: :lol:
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digger wrote:@Tallest: You must be the most positive gooner going. It's an admirable trait, that makes me realise how cynical I've become :lol:
I'll take that as a compliment i think?? Dont tarnish me with the rosetinter brush mind you!! :) :)
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