Worst ever? A veteran Arsenal fan explains why he left Wembley early

Please Arsene leave the club now and don’t let the door hit Steve Bould’s arse on the way out! by Geoff Wood

I have supported Arsenal now for over 50 years, I had a box at Highbury, had 5 season tickets at The Emirates, and just to put the Cherry on the cake I am also an Arsenal shareholder. So please don’t tell me I have no right to have my say, I have spent a fortune supporting my team over the years and Wenger has earned one.

I gave up my season tickets to my cousins, in protest over the way the club was managed some 6 years ago. Although I have been to a few finals since and I watch us on the TV at every opportunity, my protest against Wenger has continued, I have sworn never to go back to The Emirates until he has gone.

This week I saw the worst Arsenal performance I have ever seen against Ostersunds, I felt ‘well even though they were a pub team, ours was mostly second string’ and by Sunday against the heavily favoured Man City we would put that right.

So I went. I was one of many queuing to escape once the third goal went in, yes I did say escape. I was amazed at how many people that had spent their hard earned cash were doing the same, in fact it took longer to get out than it did to get in, half way through the second half. And did I mention it was freezing.

It was quite simply the worst performance I have ever seen from Arsenal, no fight, no passion and the most inept defending I have ever seen.

Forget Wenger, what on earth does Steve Bould do? He is a disgrace, he is taking a salary from the club and allows them to defend like that, it’s okay saying that Wenger won’t allow him to influence the team but then why is he there? Grow some balls Steve.

In his day he was world class, now he is an embarrassment. He should hold the door open for Wenger, and then follow him out.

I get sick and tired of Wenger telling us he will always respect a contract, I’m sure most of the managers in world football that got sacked this season would love to have respected their contracts too, you know what Arsene? It isn’t your call.

I even met people on the train on the way back that are still reminding me of what Wenger has done for us, well no more than we have done for him, who was he before he joined us?

Please, please leave my club now before we slide even further down the table.

You are a greedy, self obsessed man who doesn’t know when to call it a day, what we witnessed yesterday sums you up.

Geoff