franksav63 wrote:Hmmm.... these bleeding hearts that say ''we must support the players'' etc etc.... yes, it really works doesn't it? I think the fans over the Arsenal are too fucking nice, it must have something to do when they got on Eboue's back (quite rightly also) in the Wigan game a few seasons, if these players are playing shit or not putting it in then give them both barrels, let them know and the wanker in charge that we won't put up with the shit they produce and the shit that he continues to buy and play.
Look how this support is helping Giroud, supported to the hilt and still looks fucking shit, Rosicky, applauded, his name chanted as he warmed up and then makes a half hearted attempt at getting back for Michu's 2nd goal last week, it's all too cosy over there and it's the fans faults imo.
Agree with this 100%. How many times do you hear our players say what a great place it is to play football - Rosicky said the same last week.
I went to the Capital One game at home to Coventry and Giroud's name was sung out loud all the way through despite the fact that the useless fucker hadn't hit a barn door in his opening games and was offering nothing to the team. He'd just replaced a fans favourite too, something that at Chelsea or Liverpool would have had the fans baying for blood after 2 or 3 games without a goal. The ground is full of daytrippers these days that are happy to sing along to whatever the latest song is and go home happy win, lose or draw - mainly because they have no emotional attachment to the team whatsoever. Its all about 'the matchday experience' these days rather than passionately supporting the team of your birth.
I would say Arsenal fans are FAR more patient than any of the fans of the other top clubs in this country. Liverpool fans singing Dalglish's name 2 months into Hodgson's reign, Chelsea fans booing their team off the field after a 0-0 draw with Fulham despite being reigning European champions and having won trophies galore when 20 years ago they were a yo-yo club on the verge of bankruptcy, United fans wanting Ferguson out in 2003 and again in 2005 and booing Ferdinand when he wasn't sure about signing a new deal.
Honestly in all my years of watching Arsenal, I can count on one hand the number of times I've heard genuine fan discontent on any sort of scale. More than ever its a club of the upper middle classes these days and players and management are afforded much more patience and respect as a result. Lets see how 'patient' those lovely chaps at United are when Ferguson eventually turns it in and some other fucker dares to go even 2 seasons without a trophy.