Arsenal fans.... a rant

[YaYa's Left Peg]

I think this 'issue' is symptomatic of how we are perceived in general.

I'm not surprised that Arsenal fans tend to look down on us, as for all intents and purposes, as far as they are concerned 'who the f**k are we?'. They have an amazing record against us, and until recently they were almost guaranteed six points in these fixtures. To go from that 'dominance' to having to accept that we have caught up with them so quickly, and potentially might match or even surpass them in the forseeable future, then I guess it is pretty hard to swallow. Consider this together with the fact that they still haven't got over the other upstarts (Chelsea) spoiling their cosy twosome with the Rags, and their bitter rivals, Spuds looking increasingly their equals, then it's a pretty bad time (relatively speaking) to be an Arse fan.

However, I think for their own good, they need to man up and get over it pretty damn quickly or else risk being completely consumed with self-pity and bitterness. Their arrogance will continue to be their un-doing - I mean how cringeworthy and disrespectful were their players at the end of the match coming off 'shaking their heads'? And Fabregas, well he could start me off on a whole new rant, which I will spare you all from (for now)!

As an aside, I too re-watched the match and was pleasantly surprised at how well we weathered the early onslaught, and adapted our game to combat this so effectively.

 

[tonea2003]

I think this 'issue' is symptomatic of how we are perceived in general.

I'm not surprised that Arsenal fans tend to look down on us, as for all intents and purposes, as far as they are concerned 'who the f**k are we?'. They have an amazing record against us, and until recently they were almost guaranteed six points in these fixtures. To go from that 'dominance' to having to accept that we have caught up with them so quickly, and potentially might match or even surpass them in the forseeable future, then I guess it is pretty hard to swallow. Consider this together with the fact that they still haven't got over the other upstarts (Chelsea) spoiling their cosy twosome with the Rags, and their bitter rivals, Spuds looking increasingly their equals, then it's a pretty bad time (relatively speaking) to be an Arse fan.

However, I think for their own good, they need to man up and get over it pretty damn quickly or else risk being completely consumed with self-pity and bitterness. Their arrogance will continue to be their un-doing - I mean how cringeworthy and disrespectful were their players at the end of the match coming off 'shaking their heads'? And Fabregas, well he could start me off on a whole new rant, which I will spare you all from (for now)!

As an aside, I too re-watched the match and was pleasantly surprised at how well we weathered the early onslaught, and adapted our game to combat this so effectively.

great post left peg, the gooners being all self righteous is becomming very tiresome now.

 

[mano-obe]

My reply two a couple of Gooners on another forum.

*Some* of you Arsenal fans make me pi**.

Obviously you've got long term memory loss. I remember in the 80's when boring, boring, Arsenal(remember that famous chant?), under George Graham, ruled the roost, sending everyone to sleep, but winning (one nil) and drawing matches in the process, and ultimately winning trophies.

Fast forward 20 odd years and those very same Arsenal fans who 'loved that boring, boring, success', are now crying foul. (YCMIU) It's shit! It's boring! Booo! Etc. Well it wasn't 20 odd years ago was it?. So f*** off!

Moving on to last night. Did you Gooners really think we would turn up and go gun ho, like we have in the past? Oh you must have laughed as the 3rd, 4th and 5th went in. If you did, your bigger fools than I thought. Those days are over. Get used to it and smell the Italian Espresso.

All season we have played defensive away, when necessary. The other times we have attacked, hence having the best away record alongside guess who? That's right, Arsenal. Wow! Why would we change for you? Just to justify your £100 match day seats perhaps? I think not. The fact that we were without two of our best players(ring any bells?), also had a big impact on Mancini's tactics. We went with a game plan and stuck to it. It was up to Arsenal to break us down and destroy that plan. They failed. End of. BTW, I know how you feel. It's happened at COMS as well this season. Teams have come to defend and nothing else. They've gone away with a point. Our fault for not breaking them down and scoring. Hence singing Dzeko.

I find it really ironic that Arsenal fans should criticize City for the way they played last night. Yet their team goes to Old Trafford season after season and repeatedly puts in spineless and gutless performances, handing 3 points(and the title) to United on a plate. This season being another prime example. Perhaps if Arsenal showed the character and determination that City showed last night, they would at least come away with a deserved point for once, instead of the annual defeat and nil point.

Finally. I couldn't give a shit what you think *******.(or the 60,000 other Arsenal fans). We came away with a point. We cost you two points. We're in January and we're still above you. Who'd have thought that at the start of the season? Certainly not you *******. Remember? As we say in Manchester. "Do one!"

That my friend is a superb quality post. Hopefully you haven't been banned for that one on the Arsenal board. They are still crying over it today.

It's not uncommon for Arsenal fans to cry when they play the likes of Bolton, Stoke, Everton etc. How dare anyone try to stop them scoring. As I said the funniest one was the bloke on Talksport who claimed it was cheating lol!