Arsenal Artillery 1886

TeeCee · Post by **TeeCee** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 2:02 am

Rather than call it regular, call it 'The Arsenal Loyal'

tel · Post by **tel** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 7:29 am

I agree we have to do something as the bowl really is a morgue now. I normally sit either in The clock end lower or west upper depending on how I feel. The problem with the clock end is The stewards who don't allow any standing at all which makes for a soul destroying experience. If we get enough bodies together it might work.

k.lertpisitkul · Post by **k.lertpisitkul** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 12:26 pm

The atmosphere from the home fans at the dortmund game was non-existant.

Rosie_titters · Post by **Rosie_titters** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 12:49 pm

simples, just ask 7000 dortmund fans to come over to london once a fortnight and that would increase the atmosphere by 50%

worthing_gooner · Post by **worthing_gooner** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 8:49 pm

This really needs to be kept at the forefront of people's minds - the atmosphere today was a complete embarrassment.

Of course, fans rely on the team to get them pumped up, but on the other hand sometimes the team need a lift and the home fans just dont do the business.

When we go away from home, we get behind the team for the full 90. Anyone at OT knows that, and even at Norwich last week as soon as we went a goal down we were singing again before we'd even kicked off.

The team were poor today, but had the "fans" at the ground today created any kind of atmosphere it could have pushed the team on to a better performance.

I know I'm living in a fairytale world here, but if we could create an atmosphere at the grove even half as good as the one at Dortmund, it would undoubtedly be worth an extra 9 points or more per season.

Rosie_titters · Post by **Rosie_titters** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 9:18 pm

the crowd should be the 12th man,

Post by **Barriecuda** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 9:21 pm

Emirates BibliothÃ¨que.

Fucking ridiculous how 60,000 is seemingly quieter than the 3,000 we send to our away games.

Rosie_titters · Post by **Rosie_titters** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 9:26 pm

football has become a family day out, it's just as much part of going to the local cinema, theme park or any attraction

you see it every home game. mum, dad, and there 2 or 3 kids - you can spot them a mile off, with there bulging armoury bags.

suprise Arsenal haven't started promoting kids birthday parties at the grove burger, chips and soft drink for Â£25 per kid and the birthday boy or girl gets a signed football and a balloon

Dan_85 · Post by **Dan_85** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 9:28 pm

Yes, was woeful again today. Even in block 5, the supposed "lively" section

SWLGooner · Post by **SWLGooner** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 10:04 pm

That was fucking embarrassing, last 20 minutes excepted, but a very small portion of the blame has to go to the Fulham fans for doing fuck all to get anything going, worst support I have ever seen, home or away in a good 300 games of football.

Post by **I Hate Hleb** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 10:35 pm

SWLGooner wrote:That was fucking embarrassing, last 20 minutes excepted, but a very small portion of the blame has to go to the Fulham fans for doing fuck all to get anything going, worst support I have ever seen, home or away in a good 300 games of football.

Are you being serious?

SWLGooner · Post by **SWLGooner** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 10:37 pm

I Hate Hleb wrote:
SWLGooner wrote:That was fucking embarrassing, last 20 minutes excepted, but a very small portion of the blame has to go to the Fulham fans for doing fuck all to get anything going, worst support I have ever seen, home or away in a good 300 games of football.

Are you being serious?

Yes, a decent set of away fans does help getting the atmosphere going, obviously like I said the vast majority of blame has to go to us lot, but they were far worse than we were tbh

Henry Norris 1913 · Post by **Henry Norris 1913** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 10:46 pm

I didn't even hear the fulham fans when they scored

think they sang "come on fulham" about 5 times over the ninety minutes. say what you like about the grove but at least our away support will never be that bad.

Post by **I Hate Hleb** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 10:47 pm

That's hardly saying much though is it SWL? Today I think the home support reached it's final nadir. Even the likes of Blackburn, Fulham and Wigan make more noise at their half-filled grounds than we do nowadays.

I think that if at their meeting with Arsenal officials this Wednesday RedAction and BSM don't get any proper acknowledgment from the club that this is a major problem that they themselves could easily help remedy, then we might be at the point where these groups need to boycott future meetings and step up their own actions independently of the club and their 'consent'.

worthing gooner · Post by **worthing gooner** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 11:22 pm

For me the pound note speaks for the club now so as long as people are buying tickets atmosphere really wont be an issue.
Sad times indeed as prices push people away there is a decay at our club that will get a lot worse.