Hatred for Arsenal.

[southern muppet]

We often look to Liverpool as the most bitter (apart from the obvious) set of fans about our new found status.

I think upon relfection, however, it is this lot. There's nothing like a snob for forgetting where their grandad made his dirty money when they start looking down their noses at other people.

Their current status has been achived by a combination of things including bribery (Henry Norris), bungs (George Graham) and creation of a cosy cartel to give them an advantage over the competition (Dein, Wenger)

That banner saying "you can't buy class" was particularly sanctimonious. The price of tickets at the Emirates are a disgrace and yet Arsenal fans see it as something virtuous that these prices allow a fat dividend to be paid to the shareholders whilst the failure to invest properly in playing staff is ongoing.

Arsenal fans must be the type of customer that CEO's dream of. People mug enough to swallow the line that the club are doing it "the right way" before blindly accepting another inflation busting season ticket price increase.

This bit is absolutely spot on. They are being robbed blind by their board which has effectively turned them from a football club into a cash cow. They've taken the business decision that in order to keep themselves comfortable each year all they need to do is remain in the CL positions, aiming higher would be too risky and the financial speculation involved in investing to get it could result in bigger losses - but they think to themselves ''never mind, these mugs will continue to pay the highest prices in world football no matter what''

It's basically just become one big Ponzi scheme to make money for its shareholders. For the Stockholm Syndrome-stricken Arsenal fans to then go and actually speak about this, sometimes with what seems like real foaming-at-the-mouth conviction, as if it's some kind of huge virtue that reflects well on their club and on them...well the term 'useful idiots' springs immediately to mind, the directors and shareholders must be pissing themselves laughing that they've managed to pull such a con.

 

[rossie]

How they treated Adebayor and Nasri was disgusting. Wilshere added to it with snide remarks about the club and Piers Morgan has added to it via twitter a lot aswell.

I think their fans are classless and to pay £1,000 plus for a season ticket to see 7 years of fuck all serves them right. I'm glad Fabregas fucked them off aswell and hopefully Van Persie does the same eventually.

They are second only to the rags in my most hatred premier league teams.

not sure i see where your coming from with the 7 years of fuck all.. have you forgot something ?....how about 35 years of fuck all

 

[charliebigspuds]

had to laugh at this post on Freecycle

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Hi I have a pair of kids arsenal curtains that I won in a raffle and as
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interested you are welcome to them

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

GDM is spot on. Arsenal fans are the most vitriolic towards us in my view and their "we've done in the right way" is even more laughable than that of the rags. Back in the early 1990's they'd settled into mid-table mediocrity after Graham went. Then the late Danny invested £50m, which Rioch then Wenger were able to spend on players. That money was probably the equivalent of £500m today.

The rags st least have an excuse for not remembering their own sugar-daddy, James Gibson, saved them from oblivion in 1931. Arsenal fans have no such excuse.

 

[OABAAB]

I wont waste any of my hatred on anyone else other than them scummy red bastard rags!!!!

 

[blueinsa]

Hatred for Wenger the hypocrite rather than Arsenal as a club.

 

[mancunial]

arsenals hatred comes from a divine right, throuout history people with a divine right have become none existant?

 

[blue10high]

First class +1

I wont waste any of my hatred on anyone else other than them scummy red bastard rags!!!!

 

[jlc09]

3rd most successful club in England, not bad I say.

There's no real vitriol directed at Toure or Clichy. Ade and Nasri are rotten characters though, but they give some back and take some from fans.

 

[Scotland_WC2010]

Adebayor and Nasri deserved the hate given to them by the fans.

Adebayor for not trying at all. His last season was the same as how he played for City after the initial goal spurt.

Nasri purely for being a hypocrite.

In both cases there were lots of fans that gave them over the top abuse which can't be justified but they weren't hated out of bitterness. If their actions didn't make them hateable it would all be fine as they both left for more than they were worth.

As for being disgusting, is the way City fans treat Boateng disgusting?

Can't disagree with the Piers Morgan bit though, he is a deluded ****.