Gunner12 wrote:Hey everyone, I'm really excited to join the forum and it is quite entertaining hearing the old lads talk about 1970's and stuff. I was not around those times not even close. I am a big gunner supporter and get a lot of flack from friends who are Chelsea and Man U supporters. I decided to join the forum hoping for some good topic and like minded people who all are arsenal fans. I am a little disappointed to say the least!! Some of the people here seem so negative and against arsenal its quite sad. Yeah we are doing bad but to hope that your own team will lose 10 - 0 is just outrageous. Should this not be the time where fans pull together and stand behind our team regardless of what is happening? I don't know about you guys but isn't that what a fan is? Am I just being too much of an optimist?
Yes. Yes, you are.
Only kidding, mate - welcome to the forum.
A lot of what is posted on here is just people venting their frustrations, mate. Some do wish we lose because they are either genuinely THAT angry at the club or (in a couple of cases) they are idiots.

But most on here are long term Gooners, many of us since the 70's, a few old boys from the 60's and even the 50's (and then there's
olgit, who helped found the club in 1886 at the young age of 32!

).
Most of us still want to win no matter what. But the negativity can't really surprise you, can it? With what has transpired over the last 8 or so years? There are a lot of angry Gooners out there and where we used to be the minority those numbers are growing day by day.
Also, don't confuse negativity with lack of support. You can support the team on the pitch and still express your anger at how that team is managed.