Cutting The Villans Some Slack (13/3)

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Cutting The Villans Some Slack (13/3)

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http://www.onlinegooner.com/exclusive/index.php?id=555

usual thread starter… I am certain feelings are still running high on this one, and the scenes after the Villa game were testament to what a lot of Arsenal fans thought about the visiting fans’ chanting, including the writer of this piece (although I have no idea if he actually got involved in it)

The article equates things like being caught kerb crawling and losing your driving licence with what the Villa fans sang about. I certainly can’t follow that train of thought.

The question though is this. If Eduardo’s injury had happened to a Spurs player, would Arsenal fans have joined in with a p*ss-taking chant of similar bad taste?
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So I guess the author of the article thinks that anti-Jewish songs are alright as well. If he doesn’t then he is a hypocrite. And how can getting your license revoked compare with a leg break?
gooner.ed wrote:The question though is this. If Eduardo’s injury had happened to a Spurs player, would Arsenal fans have joined in with a p*ss-taking chant of similar bad taste?
Yes, there would be some fools like that.
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Post by Magic Hat »

It is an easy target and so I think some fans would do similar if the same had happened to say... Yak at Everton.
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Post by Wayno »

Great article and I admit if it had been Berbatov, Drogba, Torres or Rooney, we would be singing songs about it as soon as someone sharp and witty enough had come up with the lyrics 8) .

This isn't what football used to be about, it is what football is still about 8) .

If people don't like it , then please go follow another sport, our game has been steralised enough through all seater stadiums and corporate types and plastic jump on the bandwagon fans. :twisted:

Football is as much about the banter as it is the game itself, why else would this forum be such a success?
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Re: Cutting The Villans Some Slack (13/3)

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gooner.ed wrote:http://www.onlinegooner.com/exclusive/index.php?id=555

usual thread starter… I am certain feelings are still running high on this one, and the scenes after the Villa game were testament to what a lot of Arsenal fans thought about the visiting fans’ chanting, including the writer of this piece (although I have no idea if he actually got involved in it)

The article equates things like being caught kerb crawling and losing your driving licence with what the Villa fans sang about. I certainly can’t follow that train of thought.

The question though is this. If Eduardo’s injury had happened to a Spurs player, would Arsenal fans have joined in with a p*ss-taking chant of similar bad taste?


Of course we would :oops: :wink: :lol:
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Agree completely with author. Bit of banter like that never hurt anyone apart from the extremely thin skinned.
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Post by tenementfunster5 »

I could understand the Spurs fans taking the piss and singing about Ed because of the obvious rivalry but with Villa and Wiganetc there is no real rivalry. I dont expect that Arsenal fans would be ripping it out of Wigan if Heskey had been fucked. It's dissapointing but its gonna happen in football. We just need to come back in full voice in support of Ed and the Arsenal boys.
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tenementfunster5 wrote:I could understand the Spurs fans taking the piss and singing about Ed because of the obvious rivalry but with Villa and Wiganetc there is no real rivalry. I dont expect that Arsenal fans would be ripping it out of Wigan if Heskey had been fucked. It's dissapointing but its gonna happen in football. We just need to come back in full voice in support of Ed and the Arsenal boys.
Thing is, we are so much bigger than these clubs and as league leaders people like to pile it on us. I would rather that than be shit.
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Post by NBN »

totally agree with the author and wayno. What villa were singing was bang out of order and design to provoke a reaction, which it duely got. But this is what going to football is all about - banter, bite, venom between the two sets of supporters.
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Post by Red Gunner »

Well if Villa fans signing such songs is normalised then beating the shit out of them should be normalised as well.
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Post by Wayno »

khalid, I think you have missed the point :roll: I am not saying that football hooliganism is the way forwards, I am talking about banter between opposing fans.......Two very different things.
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Wayno wrote:khalid, I think you have missed the point :roll: I am not saying that football hooliganism is the way forwards, I am talking about banter between opposing fans.......Two very different things.
Well everyone has a different point of view but I just can't accept these vile songs :x
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