Rio Ferdinand believes a petition protesting against Noni Madueke being a Gunner is ‘vulgar’ and ‘utterly disgraceful’. At last count, nearly 5,000 signatures had been gathered. The pundit questioned, imagine if that was your son, brother or friend being harshly judged before even kicking a ball for the club.
My own opinion is it lacks class, but I respect it is a person’s right to express themselves as they wish. I do think it is a waste of time though, as no one in power at the Emirates is going to care. As long as you are not breaking the law, feel free to make yourself look silly.
It was not always this way. While there have always been a few morons in any era, Arsenal once had a reputation as the club that acted with class. The team that, on and off the pitch, were known for doing things the right way… the Arsenal way.
Mr Wenger warned in his final year as manager that he was aware of behaviour from a section of the fan base that was jeopardising the proud principles he had helped maintain.
So as someone who likes a list, here are the times Gooners went too far, in my opinion…
Eboue
Perhaps the worst treatment any Arsenal player has ever received from their own fans at the Emirates was when Eboue got booed by his own supporters.
Xhaka would receive similar treatment years later, but that came while being subbed off. Eboue, on the other hand, was being jeered every time he gave the ball away. Unsurprisingly, that impacted his confidence, which led to even more mistakes.
Mr Wenger felt obliged to substitute the substitute, with the Ivorian clearly shocked by his treatment as he walked off. Even more bizarrely, the Gunners were leading for most of the
Ticket touting
A classic example of how a few idiots ruin it for the rest of us.
Ticket touting has existed for decades but got completely out of control a few years ago when it looked like Arsenal might win the title on the final day of the season.
The red membership scheme used to allow you to pay approximately £30 per year, which gave you access to buy tickets, typically a month before a fixture. I have had two direct debits for nearly 15 years, allowing me to afford a home match every month (and I do not live in London).
I have sat in a Costa near the stadium and watched a man pull out 20 membership cards. These are essentially the keys to enter the Emirates.
The process is simple: the tout buys a ticket for, say, £55, then charges significantly more to lend out the membership card. In response, the club introduced a ballot system to better verify ticket allocation.
The result? I now pay once a year just to have my name placed in a hat.
Damaged murals
While the recent vandalism made headlines, it has actually been happening for a while.
In March, with Josh Kroenke in attendance, it was reported that his image outside the Emirates had been defaced.
Besides disrespecting the artist, what exactly is the point? Do these people think Mikel Arteta or the owners care what is scribbled on a wall?
Offensive fan chants
I have long argued that the UK has a problem where grown adults feel free to act however they want inside football grounds.
These are people who probably have respectable jobs and loving families, yet on weekends, chant things they would never say elsewhere.
I will never defend Adebayor’s celebration when he scored against us. As a professional, he endangered himself and the crowd. But let’s not pretend songs like “your dad washes elephants, his mum is a whore” are not racist and offensive.
Fans upset with Robin van Persie’s exit chanted “she said no, Robin, she said no”, referencing a serious allegation. Ashley Cole was serenaded with “ten men went to bed, went to bed with Ashley” after false tabloid allegations.
Mr Wenger even stepped in, pleading for the homophobic chants to stop.
I am passionate about my club, but I have never felt the need to take it to that level. But then, I am educated.
Rise of fan channels
I respect anyone who can earn money doing what they love. Some have made careers sitting in front of cameras talking football. Fair play.
But what happens when you realise most of your views come from negativity and conflict?
Originally, AFTV claimed no one on their fan cams was paid. But Robbie Lyle quickly saw which personalities got the most traction. So he gave them their own shows, essentially turning them into exaggerated characters and telling them to turn the volume up.
Now a generation believes a “real fan” is the one who shouts loudest and swears the most.
I know someone popular on YouTube who refused to stay behind and applaud Mr Wenger during his final game. Getting more subscribers took priority over showing respect.
That is the issue with a lot of content in 2025. There is no substance to the opinions. If your brand is built on negativity for clicks, how do we know when you are being genuine?
Wenger’s final years
I was invited to his film premiere and spoke with the great man.
It is clear he remains hurt by how some fans treated him. What is most painful is that he now regrets not leaving earlier.
If he had known his legacy would be judged on silverware alone, he could have walked away when Arsenal were financially crippled and gone on to lift trophies at PSG or Bayern Munich.
The Frenchman naively believed the loyalty he gave would be returned. Fans from other clubs still express shock at how we treated the most successful manager in our history, online abuse, banners, planes hired, insults in public.
He believes keeping Arsenal in the top four with a limited budget was his greatest achievement.
I wrote at the time that it would only be after he left that some fans would realise how difficult that was under the Kroenke regime.
You would think our regression would have humbled some people. But it is hard to admit when you are wrong.
Abuse outside the Emirates
Regular attendees know where to wait after a match if they want a chance to meet a player at the traffic lights near the stadium.
But players cannot win.
Keep the windows up and you are a millionaire who has lost touch with fans. Roll the window down and you risk verbal abuse, even with your loved ones in the car.
That is why Arsenal’s security advised the players to stop engaging. Xhaka and Özil were both targeted in this way.
Pundits attacked
There was a stretch in 2023 where Arsenal had to reassess their press box security.
Both Roy Keane and Samir Nasri were attacked while working as pundits at the Emirates.
Of course, neither are going to be particularly popular here, one is a former United captain, the other left for City, but that is no excuse for physical threats.
It is yet another example of how ex-footballers cannot win. If they do not interact, they are criticised. If they do, they are targeted.
Online abuse
Too many Gunners have spoken about the toll online criticism has taken on their mental health.
When Granit Xhaka cupped his ears and threw down the captain’s armband after being booed off, we learned what he had been enduring, not just as a player, but as a person.
He received messages wishing his baby would get cancer and his wife would die.
Instead of apologising, he stood firm, and many respected him for it.
Sadly, this is not a one-off. Too many players suffer in silence, while platforms like X and Facebook still fail to enforce proper verification.
Still no zero tolerance
As mentioned, football seems to offer some people a free pass to behave however they like.
These are the 2023-24 statistics for why 21 people were banned from the Emirates:
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Assault – 10
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Tragedy chanting – 5
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Offensive gestures – 2
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Racism – 2
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Homophobia – 1
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Sexual assault – 1
No stats have been released for last season, but both Arsenal and PSG confirmed civil action is being taken against fans who greeted the French club’s coach with monkey gestures.
We cannot educate every idiot, and it is not our job to.
What we can do is ensure that the next generation understands there will be consequences. Prison sentences. Public naming. Shame.
What do you think, Gooners? Has a section of the fanbase crossed too many lines?
Dan Smith
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Unfortunately we live in times where certain people think they can say and do what they like. Entitled I believe the phrase is.
I have the utmost respect and admiration for what Mr Wenger achieved at Arsenal. His record in his first 8 years was phenomenal really.
And I believe that gave him 4 seasons of credit regarding winning more trophies. But I do believe that the great man stayed 10 years to long. As good as he was, and he was good of that there’s no doubt.
Having been ahead of the game in many respects in his first 8 years at the club, once his rivals realized that they to had to move with the times. They didn’t only catch Wenger up, but they overtook him.
And he could never really reach the heights that he once did. Although I will say that he wasn’t helped by the limitations that the new stadium brought. And that makes keeping Arsenal in the top four for as long as he did remarkable.
But as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. And I believe he should have gone 10 years earlier, as I said earlier. so I was one who was calling for his removal towards the end.
But I certainly wasn’t calling him all sorts of names or bad mouthing him in a venomous way. His record at the very least demanded respect, and he got it from me. But I believe it was the right decision that he left, albeit 10 years to late.
“You would think our regression would have humbled some people. But it is hard to admit when you are wrong.”
Good lord, that’s an arrogant thing to say about the Wenger years and could easily be turned back on yourself, Dan – arteta had to gut the squad to rebuild to and get us at least fairly close to the title and that’s because of all the remnants of the latter years under wenger (talented players who were never going to win titles because we were nowhere near it mentally). The regression started under him and even when he had money to spend, things didn’t improve – we stayed top 4 chasers and nothing more. Is it really so strange people got bored of the groundhog day feeling every year?
Abuse towards him is a separate issue – obviously the genuine abuse he received was wrong (and obviously that did happen), but “Wenger out” is not abuse, and there was nothing shameful about that.
Funny how that one got me – fully agree with the rest of the article. The one I feel for the most is eboue – just the nicest person it seemed to me, and he was an extremely talented footballer. Strangely, imo he was on track to be a really top right back but unusually for Mr Wenger, he actually “killed” his trajectory as a young player by signing the brilliant sagna. I never really understood that one, but maybe he just didn’t think eboue would be good enough in the long run, and maybe he was right. Sad how it turned out though and the booing was an awful moment to witness.
No mate
Arteta has failed to do what Mr Wenger did
If Arteta left tomorrow who would be remembered as the greatest between the two
Dan
If he was to leave or be sacked now he wouldn’t be remembered the same as AW.
I do remember though he took over a depleted squad which had lost its soul and passion and yes UE was just before him but basically the same mentality remained.
Saying that I confident to nail my colours to the mask and say we will win the league or cl this season.
Onwards and upwards
Dan,
I will let Davi answer for himself if he choses, however, it wears a bit thin that you compare Arteta to Wenger so regularly. It comes across as a form of idolatry
I rated AW highly and I rate Arteta in the here and now. It isn’t a contest.
I didn’t … He literally did
You were a bit unclear with the term regression in the article – I assumed that referred to regression under arteta, as well as Emery.
Yes mate
So, comparing then. Not that it matters
Having supported Arsenal before Wenger (from Bertie Mees’ time actually) I think that Wenger did stay too long, and those pretty awful – often humiliating – final seasons didn’t do his overall reputation any favours. The most difficult thing, in football, politics, show business, whatever, is knowing when to leave – not many get it right.
Of course, it was doubly unfortunate for Wenger because those seasons coincided with the rise of Chelsea. Everyone laughed at them initially (including me and most, if not all, Arsenal fans) for their profligate spending – Déjà vu? – with little to show. We didn’t laugh that long though. Anyway, that’s all past and it can’t be changed.
As for Arteta, he has done a good job in rebuilding the team but at a huge financial cost (£750m or so, before this summer’s spending, which could take it pretty close to £1billion). Arsenal will have to be very successful indeed in the coming few years for him ever to be considered along with Wenger.
Should Arsenal fail for whatever reason(s) next season then I think he’ll be gone in the summer. Unfortunately, the record books – which is what top professional football is all about in the end – would then show him to be one of the least successful managers of the last 50 years – despite his re-building work. Hopefully though, that won’t happen.
*Mee’s
I think that’s a fair summary – I’m going to be painted as a thoroughly anti Wenger, arteta cultist, but I’m really not. I’m just more positive about arteta than I was about Wenger’s latter years because I do see he really desperately wants to win rather than settle for 4th. Nothing can take away what Wenger achieved in his first roughly 10 years, though.
Wenger would be remembered as the greater, obviously, he’s the greatest ever arsenal manager. If you compared only Wenger’s final *decade* (emphasis because that’s a very long time!) at the club, rather than the first part, it would be less clear. I’d say arteta has built a better team with a stronger mentality than Wenger had during that decade, but you’d doubtless point to the fa cups and the money excuses (even though we were able to spend quite big for a decent chunk of it, and I dont think it excuses the weak mentality he cultivated), but it’s very much down to preference rather than a clear winner.
No mate in Wenger’s final years he won more then Arteta and Arteta finished lower
Again only comparing in response
That doesn’t really go against what I said.
Not trying to go against what you said
You said it would be a preference and not a clear winner if you took out Wenger’s first 10 years
So my preference would be that Mr Wenger final years have been better then Arteta first few
It’s hardly surprising that Mikel has failed to do what Wenger did, considering the defence the two managers inherited, and yes we all know that how Wenger extended the careers of the famous back 5.
But Arteta finished 8th ?
Wenger didn’t sign Sokratis, Mari , Luiz , Tierney , Leno , Cedric or play Maitland Niles as a full back or decide to loan out Saliba so not sure you can blame Mr Wenger for Arteta finishing in our worse position in quarter of a century ?
I haven’t blamed Wenger for us finishing 8th under Mikel 🙄.
Oh I thought you implied that Arteta didn’t go as well as Wenger because of the defense he inherited?
Why should Mikel go ?
Soz meant to say do not go
My phone lol
Well Wenger did inherit the best defence this club has seen, while Mikel inherited one that was, well, really not good enough.
Not one that was finishing 8th though
But you also look at our greatest ever side / season or even our second Double most of the defense were players Wenger gave chances too
No, one that was 10th when he took over.
So what happened when all of our famous defence were no longer at the club, how many PL titles did we win ?
He replaced that entire famous back 5 and they did okay ……the Invincibles
He didn’t inherit Cole , Lauren , Campbell , Toure , Lehman
So nah mate , I don’t agree one simply inherited a good defense
Mr Wenger bettered the one he Inherited and then still brought in defenders who were successful
He did indeed inherit Ashley Cole, who came to the club under Bruce Rioch, the then manager. While in the youth set up he was moved from a Left Winger to a Left Back. He was on the verge of being sold to Crystal Palace for £1.5m until it was discovered that Sylvinho had a dodgy passport.
Martin Keown should take a lot of credit for Kolo being moved to the CB position, as it was his idea.
HD, the best defence ever seen?
I don’t recollect them being Invincible, as that was the back five that Arsene Wenger put together.
As Dan says, not one of Arsene’s defences finished lower than sixth and that’s not something that George Graham can say.
Still a brilliant defence mind you and I don’t think Mikel Arteta’s back five is far behind either of them as well.
Ken, while it was an incredible achievement to be invincible, that defence only won one trophy. Under GG they won every domestic honour and a European Trophy.
Very different remit for the managers pre top 4 qualifying for the CL, they had to win trophies. So finishing mid-table didn’t matter if trophies were won.
Not really mate
The point your trying to make is Mr Wenger only had success because of the defence he inherited
They were failing for years in the Prem and majority say he changed their careers
Yet Cole, Lauren and Campbell won – 2 Prems and multiple FA Cups
Toure was an Invincible and won a couple of FA Cups
Even in our second double under Mr Wenger , the likes of Upson and Oleg Luzhny played more in the Prem then an Adams or Dixon
So yeah , what he inherited he improved , then made his own great defence
Still, one PL title and one FA Cup in his Highbury days after the GG defence had stopped playing for The Arsenal.
When he had to build his own defence, without the help of Martin Keown, it took him nine years to win another trophy, the FA Cup in ’14.
Regarding the defence failing previously in the PL, yes they did, but as I posted, the managers in the days before the CL didn’t have the luxury of finishing in the top 4, their remit was to win trophies. After our last League Title win in ’91 we won the domestic Cup Double (first time that had ever happened in England) and our second European Trophy, what a great trip to Copenhagen that was 😁.
I did say in my first post that Wenger did extend the careers of the defence.
Do not agree about Wenger or Arteta.
Wenger took us from a bad stage in the (a boring mid-table team) in the early 90s to win titles, and with a thin wallet. He then had to battle Chelsea with Abramovics wallet, and City with even larger wallets. Emirates was built and Wenger had to use almost nothing to buy with.
But more importantly, Wengers sides, with the one touch soccer, creative freedom, and flamboyant, fluid game gave us entertainment and pride, whilst Artetas style is something I feel shamed of and reluctant to even watch as it feels boring to see.
Wenger gave us titles, the invincibles, and entertainment whilst being loyal despite offerings with higher salaries. He deserves the utmost gratitude and respect.
While i agree that many of the actions listed were despicable I also disagree with some. Wenger tarnished his legacy by staying on too long. When fans were so divided on the stands it cracked the unity in our fan base and he should have stepped down.
I will not give excuses for any actions whether correct or stupid but when you love Arsenal with passion you can’t just sit down and keep quiet. Pressure needs to be put on those running the club so the more vocal fans are the more the self entitled will realise they need to get their act together.
Adebayor and Ashley cole should never be forgiven especially the latter because he left for the money and i will gladly buy the person who came up with his song a beer. Anyway my father and grandfather were working class men who loved Arsenal and i can now proudly say my grandchildren are fifth generation gooners but congrats on being educated nevertheless.
I could give a list of pundits who have gone to far and, unfortunately, never apologise when they’re proved wrong.
Apart from that, I’m not going to comment further on articles that continue to roll out criticising our fans, our owner, our manager, our signings and all from a very select author of…. one!!
A pundit getting something wrong isn’t the same as abusing someone online, physical threats or racial chanting though I’m afraid
What you are missing is that Arsenal supporters, football supporters in general, the human race, are all capable of what you describe.
Joey Barton has never shied away from sticking his oar in
Never said otherwise
Just one observation that I have to come back with on your comment Dan.
When the pundits, the government, the establishment got together after the Hillsborough disaster and blamed innocent people of robbing the dead, inciting violence and leaving the families of nearly 100 football fans fighting for justice, I’m afraid that causes more harm than spraying paint, chanting songs and the threat of physical violence.
How many years did it take for those families to get justice, simply because the lies were covered up by the establishment?
Thkse morons who attacked the PSG bus will, accirdung to you, be brought to justice in the very near future, as was the idiot who attacked Keane and Ramsdale.
It took years for the Sun rag to apologise and millions of taxpayers money was spent before the truth was revealed.
Did we see anyone prosecuted for the lies spread?
Of course we didn’t and it still happens today with pundits claiming they know the truth, but not admitting they were wrong, when it is proven they were absolutely wrong.
It’s all so easy to preach from a high pedestal about what’s right or wrong, but it’s also completely two faced hypocrisy when someone hasn’t got the strength of character to admit they were wrong, while trying to tell everyone that they shouldn’t be doing this or that.
So the media, pundits and anyone else who says something that isn’t true, but then refuses to retract that statement, can cause as much damage, if not more, than anything you mention.
The graffiti is gone, individual Arsenal fans have been punished or about to be according to you – but those 97 fans will never return and not one person has been punished.
Ken1945,
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But there both wrong ?
I don’t get the point
Hillsborough was horrible and the Sun wasn’t punished so therefore an racist fan shouldn’t be punished ?
I don’t get the point ?
That’s like saying I can rob your house because someone else had their house set on fire and that’s worse
Of course you don’t get the point, because you just seem to want to drive the narrative that our club, it’s owner, the manager the players and the fans are, in one way or another, a group to be ashamed of.
I’m giving you examples of where football and its fans have been castigated, lied about, denied justice, worked over and it happened again in Paris when the establishment put out the false narrative that it was English football fans who were responsible for the chaotic scenes we all saw unfolding.
Now, you, amongst others, jumped on the bandwagon without waiting for any proof of what was being said and wrote an article that minicked the false narrative regarding Hillsborough.
But this time, we had a French establishment that had the cojones to stand up and take FULL responsibility for what happened that night – no hiding away, no further lying, no blaming anyone else – they held their hands up and admitted it
I haven’t seen one apology from anyone who jumped the gun and condemned this football fans, including you!!
Yet, you keep on producing articles that are negative to our club, be it the manager, the owner, the players or the fans.
You give examples that, while wrong and should be punished (which in most cases they are, unlike Hillsborough) pale into insignificance to Paris and Hillsborough.
How you can lecture anyone on what is right or wrong, when you haven’t apologised for an even bigger crime of being the judge and jury of fans of another club, without ANY proof whatsoever is unbelievable.
I hope any Arsenal fan that brings our club into disrepute, no matter what they’ve done, is caught, punished by the law of the land and banished by The Arsenal….. as long as they are identified and proven to have done so by the facts.
No I generally don’t Ken
Your essentially saying …..but worse has happened elsewhere
Which it has ….but it doesn’t make it okay
If I get beaten up in the streets should those thugs not get justice because other people got murdered ?
This article doesn’t mention the owner or manager . In fact I defend them for having their murals damaged
Yes we should be ashamed of anyone who racially abuses people , attacks people , makes threats online and we should call that out
I’m struggling with what part you are not comfortable with ?
Should we not be ashamed of any of the points in the article ?
Which ones are you okay with ?
Dan,
I never read the article you wrote which Ken1945 is referring to, but I have read the regular to and fros regarding it between you both over many, many months. His point is as clear as day to me.
It’s not to me
I work in behavior cases and it’s called deflection
People don’t want to deal with the topic so will bring something else up so you end up not talking about the original point
So if I write I think it’s wrong to racially abuse PSG players , that’s what I’m going to stock too
Not ……. remember Hillsborough
You’re good at deflection Dan. One of your specialist subjects 😀
I disagree with Wenger’s greatest years being the Ist decade (as he had trump cards and was ahead of the rest and could have achieved even more like CL title). His greatest achievement was 2006 – 2012 where he kept them in the top 4 despite having financial restrictions and not being ahead of the game and still took us to a CL final. Despite winning 3 FA cups in 5 years, this was his worst period as he spent money compared to previous years and was still not able to close the gap. I felt he should have left after the FA cup win against Hull.
If I can remember another disgraceful act from our lunatic fans.
It was when some loony fans met wenger on a train or at a train station and absolutely taunted him, mocked and abused him in to his face.
That was one of the most heartbreaking interaction I had ever seen. Then the constant abuse from our fans he would get at the emirates in the dugout area. Etc.
Stuff like that really broke my heart.
But at the same time Wenger had become so entrenched in his own little bubble that he had become so out of touch with the majority if the fanbase in the later years of his tenure.
But also this “#NoToMadueke” epitomises a certain flavour of our fans. Madueke has never done anything to infuriate our fans but the disgusting behaviour shown towards him by the loony section of our fanbase makes me despise them even more.
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Goonster, I’m pretty sure the incident you are referring to at the train station was at Wigan after we lost 3-2 after being 2 nil up.
In his post match interview Wenger blamed the pitch for the defeat. Funny how it didn’t affect us from leading the game 2-0 until the last 10 minutes.
The worst incident for an Arsenal manager in my lifetime was after a UEFA Cup game in Belgium against a team by the name of Winterslag. They beat us 1-0 and our manager, Terry Neill, was hit by a brick after the end of the game.
HD
The game Goonster was referring to was against Liverpool. I think we lost 5-1 to them at Anfield. It even was featured in MOTD that night. This was the year Liverpool under Brendan Rogers lost the title due to Gerrard’s slip against Chelsea I think.
IGL, I’ve just searched for the incident, and it seems we were both wrong as it was at the train station at Stoke after they beat us 3-2.
Yeah it was
HD
Sorry, the game against Liverpool was the one where he fell down along with his suitcase and this photo was on MOTD that night.
I don’t understand the Arteta adulation personally. George Graham, from nowhere took us out of the dark years with an a limited squad to two titles, Arsene Wegner gave Arsenal an international profile, the envy of our Premier League rivals through style and class. Meanwhile Arteta is still regarded as a work in progress. With a limitless budget and being the lucky recipient of three young players in Saka, Saliba and Martinelli , who have often saved his bacon, he still has everything to prove. Judging by the comments of the sensible people out there defending him, his job is pretty much guaranteed beyond next season regardless of whether or not he wins a major trophy ( obviously not the Caribou or F.A. Cups).
Joe
I think MA doesn’t win a BIG trophy then I can see him being moved on
I agree on GG and they were some glory.dsys but unfortunately he.led us straight back down where had come from
Weather it was him or the club but all the best young talent were being sold off and replaced with 2nd rate player
Like wise it seems a cycle as AW last years seem exactly the same
I have faith that MA will land a big one this year and not for just his sake but for us as fans
No team has the God.given right to demand success but we all expect it in one form or another
Imo I don’t think an FA cup or carobo is enough so one of the 2 big wins is what is needed
That’s not because of the net spend but as Dan pointed out a few times. It’s very deceiving. We have or are spending big in this window but overall the sales we have made compared to the buys we have made the net spend is not a lot
Plus this is the first window we have splashed the cash in 4 windows
I will always support the manager no matter who he is as he or maybe she in the future is the manager of our great club
That includes managers such a Bruce, UE and the greatest of all AW. Even though you could see it is going wrong and they have lost the plot.at times or too many times
Hopefully this time next season we are talking about how we are going to defend the trophy
Onwards and upwards
Joe,S
I’m not seeing too much adulation of Arteta but I most definitely think he’s done a good job.
A work in progress is a fair assessment. I’d add that Arteta was never on my shortlist of potential Emery replacements and as a complete managerial novice, was taking in a huge role. Much progress has been made, however, and it’s at the point now where the club needs more to show for the investment and support Arteta has been given.
100% agree that George Graham was a canny, and successful manager and I was mortified by the scandal which ended his tenure. I was also mesmerised by the football under AW and his many achievements. I never think it’s helpful to keep reading articles which mention his name as it always ends up as a comparison between the two. I’m grateful that we’ve had the likes of GG , AW and now Arteta at a time when City under Pep swatted all others away. He will have to prove he can do more than he has, but I for one am glad he and the club’s management have made great strides.
Sue I agree he’s done a good job
I will never understand the hate directed towards Noni Madueke, this is someone who is as we speak yet to sign for arsenal, hasn’t played one game for us nor worn that arsenal Jersey yet he is abused for what exactly? If anything the attacks should go to the folks at Arsenal’s recruitment office but then again Social Media has made people more toxic and given the already toxic people a platform to express themselves without being punched in the face, Que Mike tyson.
Sad what happen to Eboue but I recall his next game he was applauded very audibly even given a standing ovation when he was subbed, so an effort to amend it was there same with Granit Xhaka. Many of football fan base (not just Arsenal’s) are quite awful people borderline demonic possessed I should add, they channel the anger and frustration dished out to them by rival fans whose teams are doing better than theirs towards players and coaches. Childish / narcissistic / psychopathic behavioral tendencies I believe. Then You add the racists, the homophobics, the xenophobics and all the haters (closet and open) out there who lack self control, its a bloody mess I tell you and it’s only going to get worst.
Shame really.
If people only just understands that football is like life, sometimes you win sometimes you lose and happiness is not guaranteed so also is pain, perhaps education is what is needed at elementary and high schools.
As put in the headline I don’t think it is like going too far with Roy Keane. He witch hunts Arsenal, waits for Arsenal’s failures to ridicule fans and has indescribable animosity toward AFC hence he’s the provocateur in most cases.
Doesn’t make it okay to assault someone mate
I think they tried to assault him didn’t get him well.
Got charged for it
The coward had to do community service, pay a fine and apparently it impacted on his job lol
An utter disgrace is what RF wants us to be, like Manure. “Sometimes you lose”? Well losing most of the times is exactly what made those fans sign the petition and Wenger was a bigot who hoped to match Ferguson’s record at United.
Njarookie, have you any idea what the word “bigot” means?
How come a person who confronted face to face and physically with Keane been called a ‘coward’? I don’t know when and where but Keane himself invites persons who oppose him saying like ‘come to the parking lot I’m waiting for you there’. For what? Just to fight! He still is belligerent hawkish sorry we can’t advocate on behalf of him.
How is he a coward ?
Okay lol …….
CCTV caught him running away
He lied numerous times
And then …….he cried lol
Over a …….game of football lol
Hardly heroic
Okay I didn’t see it as Wenger taught us over some dubious situations. Thanks indeed Dan! In your article everything is perfect except mentioning that person’s name who himself is still controversial in every aspect. I hope you know it well Keane invited a spectator of football to meet him in the parking lot to fight. Is it the proper way a seasoned pundit should himself behave? Would other pundits react in that physical manner?