Lay Off Pat Rice!!!

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Lay Off Pat Rice!!!

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Why does Pat Rice get so much stick? People say all he does is lay out cones!! How do they know? Yes he does that as part of his job as he does when he calls the subs in but how do we know what he is doing on the training ground, or in the dressing room, what he is saying to the players at half time, what he says to AW off the record {which AW then ignores granted}. Only the players and staff know all this so how can we as fans slag him off as the reason everything is wrong and make him out to be a feeble yes man to Arsene?? None of you see him at work properly, i DO know that he shows 10 times more passion, gesticulating and shouting on the sidelines than Arsene during a game.
This is a man who has served our club as player, captain [winning] and coach for over 40 years ffs! where is the respect he deserves, when he retires it will be a sad day for Arsenal fc, there are not many of his kind around these days, he is a winner, been there and done it, im not saying its not time for a change but i do believe that Pat Rice deserves more respect from Gooners than he is getting right now!

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Post by franksav63 »

I love Pot Rice!!

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Post by Rugby Gooner »

Pat's ok,but I am not too keen on his brother, Muller!!! :wink:

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Post by DB10GOONER »

Ok then.









:lol: :wink:

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Post by OnlyGotOneSong »

Rugby Gooner wrote:Pat's ok,but I am not too keen on his brother, Muller!!! :wink:
Heard that Muller is good at corners though! :wink:

Tbf, Pat does lay out a mean set of cones :-P

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Post by TeeCee »

And to be fair, Pat doesn't only lay out the cones........he calls the subs back to the bench for our 70th minute substitution each game!! :lol:

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Rugby Gooner wrote:Pat's ok,but I am not too keen on his brother, Muller!!! :wink:
Bollocks those Muller Rice' are lovely 8) :wink:

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Post by DB10GOONER »

Maybe we have this one wrong. Is the OP telling Pat to "lay off"? Has Pat been harassing you? :shock:



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DB10GOONER wrote:Maybe we have this one wrong. Is the OP telling Pat to "lay off"? Has Pat been harassing you? :shock:



:wink:
I thought it was a thread about Rice desserts!!! :?

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DB10GOONER wrote:Maybe we have this one wrong. Is the OP telling Pat to "lay off"? Has Pat been harassing you? :shock:



:wink:
Or perhaps it's about Pat's cone laying prowess isn't upto scratch anymore!! Hence, the words 'lay off' :?

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Post by rodders999 »

Nothing worse than being a yes man, makes him as much of a culprit for our current plight as Chief Turnip in my opinion.

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Post by elpelsarmy »

how do u know he is a yes man?????

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Post by rodders999 »

elpelsarmy wrote:how do u know he is a yes man?????
:shock:

Is this a serious question? You didn't use a :wink: at the end.

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Post by I Hate Hleb »

I agree with the opening post. Pat Rice isn't to blame - Wenger is!! :evil:

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Post by franksav63 »

Why would the stubborn dictactor have anyone around him than a yes man to challenge his arrogant abd stubborn views anyway?

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