Arsene, don’t bite the arse out of it.

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Yesterday Arsene Wenger told the shareholders that the press and the supporters aren’t supporting the team enough, give me a break Arsene, we have stuck by your baby experiment for 4 years now and still turn up in our droves, we still buy the shirts, we still sign up to the Arsenal channel and we’ll always love the Arsenal, whether you’re the manager or not, please don’t tell us we’re not good enough. This is what he said.

‘I believe this team needs a strong guide to go through difficult periods, because at the moment I do not feel that, either from the media or our supporters, this team gets the support that it deserves.

‘I want to be that guide and I want to get this team to deliver not next year, but this year.”

Meanwhile, Wenger has hinted that he could reinforce his squad with signings in the January transfer window.

‘We want to win at the end of the season and if we feel that signings are needed in January to accomplish this, we will do so’

Have you got any idea how much we pay to watch our team Arsene, you earn shed loads, we pay for that, at least respect us and don’t bite the hand that feeds you.

Out of interest I wonder has he ever paid for a ticket to watch Arsenal, bought a shirt or subscribed to a pay channel, I bet the answer is no, and he’s telling us we’re bad supporters!

You say we’ll buy if we need to in order to win something, we’ve needed to buy a centre back since Sol Campbell and Tony Adams left so why haven’t you bought already? Why wait till January?

I love this team, I love the way we play, I even love the boss, Arsene Wenger, but please, please don’t tell us we don’t support our team enough, I’ve had emails from every manc, spud and chav I know, taking the piss out of what you said, so thanks for that, but do us all a favour, start winning trophies and lay off us.

If you seriously want to win the league, stop playing the shit players you stubbornly keep picking and play those your unsupporting supporters know will do the job.

Finally if you want atmosphere then tell the useless stewards to shut the fuck up and stop telling us to sit down and be quiet.

Maybe then we’ll win the league again

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  1. Keyser

    Geoff – What’s wrong with people picking holes in what you write ?!

    Kelsey – Have you watched the video of his interview ? The mans a Legend, he’s kind of smiling when he’s asked about coming back..

  2. Geoff

    Nothing, but when they keep coming back with ‘and another thing’ it get on my nerves and all they want is a row.

  3. Geoff

    Anyway Keyser, who says he’s a legend? I don’t think he was kind of smiling and how do you know it was really him in the video, and how do you know it wasn’t made up, and how can you say you want him back, what about Arsene, do you hate him etc, etc

  4. Keyser

    Geoff – That’s what happens when you have a blog, how many of the comments on here are venting frustrations ? I’m sure you’ve vented plenty yourself. when people get heated there’s going to be plenty of arguments.

  5. Geoff

    Not this blog Keyser, that’s why we have so many comments from nice people, they feel safe on here because we protect them from people that like to blog bully, even Wrighty’s doing it now!

  6. Wrighty7

    Here’s a poser,

    does anyone think that Chelsea will end our unbeaten 49 game record? Can you believe the last team to beat them in the league was us, last December!!

    I fucking hope they don’t, just thinking of John “I’m well ‘ard” Terry and Frank “I only score deflected goals” Lampards smug faces in smashing our record makes the blood boil!

  7. DH16

    Sorry to break up all your arguments guys but i can’t be bothered with it today.
    Does anyone know what all the buildings surrounding the Gove listed ‘required by Arsenal football club’ are going to be used for?

  8. Paulinho

    Blase Matuidi, Xabi Alonso, Gorkhan Inler, who knows how many more?

    What al this tells us is that Wenger doesn’t believe the current squad is strong enough and he thinks the fans are ignorant enough not to see that to.

    He believes we need the crowd more than ever to offset our lack of quality and experience, which is why he has made these comments.

    The problem is the fans know a bunch of losers when they see them and the new stadium is not conducive to cajoling.

    I think the season could turn ugly very soon.

  9. Odub

    Too pissed to blog seriously folks.

    Sorry but my typing,languagse and general chatis going to be even crappier than usuall!

    Geoff,

    Kush was good for a couple mopre copmments..Come on let him back on!

    I found his ‘our leader’ posts amusing (and disturbing!!)

  10. rico01

    Geoff, i went to the game last Saturday, got up five minutes early before half time so we could get a beer, had a lovely prawn sandwich, sat quietly for the rest of the afternoon’s entertainment, then left ten minutes before full time to get home early, only to find a queue at the tube………

    Only kidding, thought i would have a cheeky comment on the debate of today ;)

  11. Odub

    Sorry Rico!!

    As an airplane is about to crash, a female passenger jumps up frantically and announces, “If I’m going to die, I want to die feeling like a woman.”

    She removes all her clothing and asks, “Is there someone on this plane who is man enough to make me feel like a woman?”

    A man stands up, removes his shirt and says, “Here, iron this!”.

  12. Odub

    I know…. I am almost 40 you know…. almost an old boy tbh, and I havent got any mates… I even blog by myself… I think I need a hug….

  13. Odub

    Rico,

    I think I might have overdone the vino this time…Mainly because there was 5 of us, 2 were spuds and we didnt realise we’d been taking the mick out of them for almost 4 hours!!! Was worth it though!! Havent laughed so much since…well, havent laughed sop much full stop!

  14. rico01

    hi kelsey – grim week and kept myself away, did read though.

    Great result on Tuesday, cheered me up a tad, just what the dr ordered ;)

  15. Odub

    A little boy and his grandfather are raking leaves in the yard. The little boy sees an earthworm trying to get back into its hole. He says, “Grandpa, I bet I can put that worm back in that hole.” The grandfather replies, “I’ll bet you five dollars you can’t. It’s too wiggly and limp to put back in that little hole.”

    The little boy runs into the house and comes back out with a can of hair spray. He sprays the worm until it is straight and stiff as a board. The boy then proceeds to put the worm back into the hole. The grandfather hands the little boy five dollars, grabs the hair spray and runs into the house.

    Thirty minutes later the grandfather comes back out and hands the boy another five dollars. The little boy says, “Grandpa, you already gave me five dollars.” The grandfather replies, “I know. That’s from your Grandma.”

  16. kelsey

    : What do Pool Fans and sperm have in common?
    : One in 2,000,000 has a chance of becoming a human being.

    West Ham’s keeper is such a useless cunt, he couldnt catch thrush

    : Whats the ideal weight for a Man United supporter?
    3 pounds……including the urn!

  17. rico01

    Hope they took it well Odub, the few Spuds I know are not very good at taking a bit of banter, sadly they only have the Cc defeat to bring up over and over again, sad eh ;)

    And its good to laugh, especially at their performances at the moment.

    Many bloggers were envious of the Spuds getting Gomes, I was always glad we had Almunia… Gomes is pretty poor right now

    Really hope they lose again this weekend, as dont want them to have any confidence when they come to us Wednesday – who have they got, any idea?

  18. Odub

    A Man walks home from a long day at work only to get hit in the head with a frying pan by his wife.
    In a Few hours, the man comes to, and he asks his wife, “What the f*ck was that all about?!”
    His wife says, “I found a piece of paper in your pocket that said Debbie with a phone number!”
    The man explains” honey, that was my racehorse, Debbie! I went to the track yesterday and bet on her!”
    The man’s wife apologizes sincerely.
    The next day, the man comes home from work to get a lamp broken on his head.
    He says “what the f*ck was that for?!”
    His wife says, “Your racehorse called!!!!!”

  19. Michael

    Well does anyone dispute the fact that there’s a lack of atmosphere at the Grove?

    I think Wenger was rather referring to that than slagging of the supporters.

    The crowd isn’t very noisy, leave early to catch a train, boo the players when they don’t score shitloads of goals….that can be annoying I’m sure.

  20. Odub

    Rico,

    They got even more pissed than we were, just to try and dull the pain!! Good on em though, I would have left after 10 minutes!! lol!!

  21. Odub

    Rico,

    It’s died a death on here!

    Right, I’m offski! Have a good one folks,and 2-1 on sunday for me!!

    Come on you reds!

  22. rico01

    Odub – ditto, I wouldnt be able to take it for that long, the mickey taking i mean ;) I get really down if we lose, they must be good eggs so to speak – and how come you are not yet in a coma after all that booze, I would be fast alseep, and would need 2-3 days to recover – i must be getting too old!!

  23. kelsey

    That gomes is pure rubbish,I am still laughing how he chinned corluka and knocked him spark out at stoke.I reckon he is worse than robinson and that’s saying something.3 reds in a week another one on sunday and it will be interesting to see who turns out for them next week.

    on a more serious note,it looks lke all 4 PL will qualify,is Platini tearing his hair out expecting anot all english final.proves again how strong the PL is,mybe inter and barca as well,but he will do everything to make life harder for the englsh clbs.her

  24. Sarge

    Sorry guys been busy all day and can’t be arsed to read all of the comments today so apologies if I’m raking over old ground. Wenger misses the point about the noise levels and the fans involvement. These ‘silent’ fans are saving his bacon. If we were more collectively more vociferous and honest about our chances (other than the enlightened that converse here) given our current plight then he would be seriously under more pressure than he is now.

    So what does Wenger want? We can’t vet ticket sales and as much as I hate the ‘new’ fan and their holier than thou ‘theatre’ demeanour we can’t make ‘em sing.

    He’s fucking lucky he doesn’t manage the Geordies

    On a lighter note Ramos thinks he’ll get more points on the pools this weekend than Spurs will get this season.

  25. Geoff

    Kush I just read your 3.48 post and I’ll let you back on, but that was a yellow card, come on and discuss but cut out the arguing, we run this for fun, not to get into ding dongs.

  26. Geoff

    Apparently Wenger said he wasn’t having a go at the fans, he must have read Le Grove as Pedro tells me we’re the only blog that had a moan.

  27. Paulinho

    I don’t really think Wenger retracted anything. He just repeated the same thing in different words. Cheeky bastard ;)

  28. Sarge

    Geoff, the missus is a shareholder and went yesterday. Apparently, when he stood up to talk the audience was quite mute and he remarked that it reminded him of Saturday’s crowd. However, my point still stands. The lack of vocal support and this unwavering support from the majority of the crowd takes a huge amount of pressure of his shoulders.

  29. marylandgunner

    So I had a heated debate with a buddy of mine who is blind to anything other than Chelsea. He went on and on about how they were going to win it all . . . bla bla bla. Geoff/Pedro, I would love to see a poll that asks: What is Arsenal going to win this season?

    1. EPL
    2. CL
    3. FA Cup
    4. EPL and CL
    5. Nothing

    Truthfully, unless we kick into high gear and run the course for the rest of the season in the EPL, along with taking points from all of the big 4, I am not sure I see us wining the league . . . but the CL . . . that is a different story.

  30. paul

    I have stated many times on here,that the crowd where we sit at club level are useless.More interested in what they can get to eat and drink.People should not be allowed to return to their seats if they are late coming back.

  31. Geoff

    Sarge I am too but I never go, saying that I think I would’ve stood up and asked him the last time he paid to go to a game, sarcastic prick.

    Maryland, if he persists with Song I suspect we’ll win fuck all, if he buys a world class centre back and play Djourou, we could win the lot, that’s my view anyway.

  32. marylandgunner

    Paul, since I am nowhere near London, I have to sit in a pub and watch the games on TV each week. We yell, sing, cheer . . . we are cheering from the other side of the pond. My wife and I will be seeing our first few games, in person, in November, and I can’t fathom spending my time munching or drinking . . . I am there for the game.

    But, so you have some perspective, in the US, it is the same way with baseball or “football.” People spend more time eating and drinking than they do watching the game. I think that this is the plight of sports in today’s age of “instantaneous information,” and “over stimulation.”

  33. avenell

    I think we are more set up to win the CL, we have a short but quick defence thet suits europe and when we played 4-5-1 on tuesday we looked good and the european teams are not used to the Ade type attackers.

    But really I think we are too inconsistant to win anything, but I live in hope.. :)

  34. Sarge

    The biggest issue is that this is now a corporate sport and being a London club emphasises this. There is a massive contradiction between Arsene’s views and the board’s. The board want to flood the ground with free spending corporate twunts and fuck the ‘dyed in the wool’ supporter who can only afford a game once in a while. That’s the trade off between the commercial model and the romantic ‘ football clubs for the supporter’ model. It works in the lower leagues but not in the Prem anymore. Erstwhile it impacts the atmosphere in the ground as the average ‘Joe’ is pushed out and ‘Clive’ and his brigade with fuck all loyalty, sense of history and knowledge take over

  35. SIMON MCAHON

    Listen BOSS TAKE A LOOK AROUND read the Papers watch TV, listen to the Radio
    we are in a RECESSION !!!!!!!
    now more than ever its up TO YOU AND THE TEAM to get us fans out of our seats ,chanting singing, clapping,The cost of tickets are riddiculous so DONT YOU DARE have a go at us fans when you take our money .
    Its not a time for patience its a time for DELIVERING !!!!

  36. Doublegooner

    Change of subject;

    I’ve been away for a few days. Can anyone tell me if the spuds will still finish TOP 4 ?? :)

  37. Keyser

    Geoff – LoL you crack me up, what do you think he would’ve said after you’d just asked your question and called him a sarcastic prick ?!

  38. marylandgunner

    Double, no team other than Southampton has been able to claw their way out of the spot that Tottenham are in right now. Tottenham will very likely get relegated this season . . . crazy to imagine.

  39. rico01

    So Arsene has come out and asked fans to get behind the boys each week, I say, AND?? Is it really such a big thing, everyone knows that the fans can be a 12th man on the pitch, and i think that is what he is striving for – yes, he has said it in such a way that some are pretty peeved and i can understand

    why is it not as noisy as Highbury, so many reasons, the layout, the stewards, fans leaving early, arriving late…. etc etc – well maybe whoever manages the stewards will have taken on board his comments, and stop trying to be party poopers – deal with the hooligans, not the passionate fans… I wont hold my breath though.

    I dont, cant go to THOF football at every opportunity, I wish I could – and yes I am an armchair viewer, but this doesnt mean I love the club any less. The few times I have been -it has been quiet, in comparrison to Highbury, but its bigger, the fans are scattered and it takes a collective bunch of folks to make a choir!!

    I am not at the ‘Arsene out’ stage, like us, he has the freedom of speech, but i would if i could ask him to look at what goes on in ‘the seats’ to understand why its quiet, maybe then he would understand.. He talked also about not ruling out a signing in January – well that means nothing does it really, he said many things in the summer which never proved fruitful, but he insists he tried!…..

    Arsene turned this club around once, and I will never lose sight of that, but we have been having a frustrating few seasons – his words make me wonder… is he on the verge of turning us around again, one more time, he tells us to be louder, roar on the players…. Give them the belief that they can do it and experience a trophy, a player or two in Jan to bulster the squad, cover injuries or rest some tired old legs – and most importantly see us over the finishing line – may just be the start of the next chapter in Arsene Wengers life at our club…………………

    Then again ……………

  40. chris

    well i for one was shouting like a looney at eth weekend, people around me were even laughing at me/with me, its funny he said that at teh shareholders meeting

  41. Big Raddy

    Imagine AW as a fan, not a manager.

    Do you think he would be one of the fans singing, or one of those admiring the play, and telling his mate how shit Song is?

    I know what I think …….

    You know I am right.

  42. rico01

    Yo Big Raddy – hope all is well with you

    Blame me, my comment scared everyone off, and i think he would be commenting on Song! ;)

  43. rico01

    i feel like the donkey on Shrek…………… I’m all alone…………….

    Hey Ho – or EEEEEEEEEEee OOOOORRRRRRRRRRRR

    Good time to have my dinner i guess, 1 Portion of hay coming up……. Yum Yum :)

  44. goonermichael

    This talk of atmosphere reminds me of roy keane’s prawn sandwich brigade remark.
    He conveniently forgot they pay a lot of his wages and if he thinks a prawn sandwich is uppper class in any way it shows what a fucking pikey he is.

  45. rico01

    choy – hello, how are you, no doubt you are wondering why your delivery has yet to arrive, I promise, it will – honestly

  46. rico01

    gm – evening to you, my turn to go now, dinner calls and looms very soon, its nice to be cooked for, for a change ;)

    be good all – catch up again soon

  47. choy

    hey gm.. hows it going?

    I think we need to realize that when we built the new stadium.. the hardcore fans would never be able to afford to go to every game!

    Again the whole thing has been taken out of context.. wenger was simply referring to how quiet the people were at the AGM meeting and just compared it to the game on saturday against Everton!

    What wenger needs to realize is that the fans will not be patient in this modern day of fast food and fast result society that we have created for ourselves. Wenger started this youth thing as we needed to move to a new stadium and now its become an obsession, whether he entirely trusts them or not is a different thing.

    I also think that wenger said that he would sign players in the DM and CB position which was why we lost out last season did not actually materialise! And no silvestre was not the signing.

    Also the lack of unity within our players.. them leaving for other clubs… ade whoring himself out…

    Our lack of a decent captain a leader.. so wenger does need to have a hard look.

    I somehow also feel that wenger just wanted to give the players the backing! simply!

  48. goonermichael

    I’m quite an armchair fan myself but from what I’ve heard people who’d stoodthen sat together for years were split up which would kill a lot of atmosphere.

  49. choy

    gm.. that would be expected i think.. you cannot have a mix and match of fans…!

    they should create specific zones for different people.. being a hardcore fan among tourists would certainly be wierd!

  50. Big Raddy

    Sorry. I got over enthusiastic on the red wine ( a fine bottle of Chateau Piss),

    Rico… I apologise, as I am sure you are aware, a man on the lash is good for nothing.

    Gallas says the cigarette wasn’t lit. Bit like Clinton not inhaling a joint !!

  51. Big Raddy

    John Hollins. There’s a name I had forgotten. I could never forgive him for being a Chav. (Weird because I never thought of GG in the same way) Bit like Alan Ball, who was Everton, despite being AFC captain.

    Strange how that works. Henry was a Gooner from DB10 the same. Wrighty was never Palace, he was Arsenal. But sometimes the transfer doesn’t gel. Does anyone think of Owen as a Newcastle man? Or Sol as Pompey. Or Ballack as a Chav?

    This is fun – I could go on for sometime….

  52. avenell

    Hollins stood at the clock end when he made aa anti-smoking advert for the goverment in the early eighties..
    When he came out the clock end used to sing “he don’t drink he don’t smoke” “what does he do” to the Adam Ant record that was about at the time.

  53. kelsey

    Evening all,
    strange in a space of a week Gallas comes out about he reacted last february after the Eduardo injury and now smoking an unlit fag,next thing he will be saying he wants to play for a successful team,if you get my drift.

    Clichy will be our next captain.

    One can’t reproduce the atmosphere we had at highbury in a modern state of the art stadium,nearly double the size.

  54. Big Raddy

    Will Gallas ever lose the smell of Chav?

    Is Ashley still a Gooner to the Chavs ?

    When Brady went to WHU, did anyone think of him as anything but a Gooner?

    TH14 may be at Barca, but we all know he bleeds Red& White. As does Bobby P.

    TA may be at Pompey, but we all know where he belongs …..

  55. rico01

    Ah, Raddy – you have a yellow card from me for abandoning me ;)

    But hey, it was for a bottle of Red, all is forgiven :)

    Really off now

    Nite nite ;)

  56. Big Raddy

    Re Atmosphere.

    Ever heard the Wembley roar Kelsey? Big stadia CAN have good atmos. It depends on the occasion and the fans. When we came back to draw with MU a couple of seasons ago, the Emirates was rocking.

  57. avenell

    What about Pat Jennings? Malcolm Mcdonald? Ray Kennedy? Frank Stapleton? Michael Thomas?

    Clichy talks pretty good english Raddy..

  58. Big Raddy

    My point exactly Avenell.

    For me Supermac was a Geordie. Pat Jennings was Spurs – even though I was proud that he wore the shirt, and he was a brilliant keeper for us. Ray was Arsenal – despite all his years at Pool. Frank the same. And you only have to ask Mickey where his true loyalty lies.

    Of course, this is purely subjective. Kennedy had many more years at Anfield than Highbury.

    Frank McLintock ? Cpt at both Leicester and Arse.
    Viv Anderson?
    And how about PV4.?

  59. avenell

    Jennings, Mcdonald and Kennedy I would say they are Bi-Arsenal 50-50….. Stapleton and Thomas deserters.

    Frank has always been Arsenal to me as i started supporting in about 69′ 70′

    Pat is a gooner and Viv for some stupid reason I just see him as a footballer who plays in red, not attached to a team.

  60. choy

    evening BR.. avenell.. kelsey…

    my team for sunday

    almunia

    eboue gallas silvestre clichy
    walcott fab denilson nasri
    rvp nick

  61. raif

    remember Wenger has a habit of making odd Team Selections.

    i would say TW14 on the right but come on. Ebue must be doing somthing for wenger to keep picking him . *Shrug’s Shoulders*

  62. avenell

    Evening Choy and BBK

    Almunia
    Eboue, Gallas, Silvestre, Clichy
    Walcott, Fabregas, Djourou, Nasri,
    Diaby.
    Ade.

    Arsene will go with Denilson and RVP instead of Diaby and Djourou I think though..

  63. himpressive

    Interesting Samir Nasri quote from GoonerTalk:

    “…Nasri also brought back some praise for his former club Marseille and their loyal fan base. He admitted the Velodrome is probably one of the most hostile stadium’s in Europe, and he’ll never forget the support he had there.

    “The atmosphere at the Velodrome stadium is still the best for me. Because here in England the fans make noise when somethings happening on the pitch. But at the Velodrome the fans never stop singing, and I think it’s the best atmosphere in Europe.”

    “I could have stayed at Marseille but when a Club like Arsenal come to see you – a Club which trust his young players, with a great manager, and which play a great football – you can’t say no.””

  64. himpressive

    Three old friends got together for some drinks to celebrate their reunion after 10 years of leaving Uni. They began to reminisce about the good old days when they were all young and single and had a lot of fun sowing their wild oats. Soon, the conversation drifted into marriage and how well each was doing in their relationships.
    Trying to outdo themselves, each began to paint a glowing picture of their wives.
    The first guy said: “My wife loves me so much – she treats me like a prince and brings me breakfast in bed every day.”
    The 2nd guy said: “My wife loves me so much – she treats me like a king and will not allow me to do any house chores at all”
    The third guy said – “Well, that’s nothing!” My wife loves me so much she treats me like her god – she brings me a burnt offering for dinner every night”!

  65. patthegooner

    To be honest I am pretty critical of Gallas as a Leader, I dont think he is one anyway, but unfortunately he is the best candidate we currently have, but

    I could not give a hoot about the picture, these guys have to have a social life too. As for the smoking, its his early death.

  66. ReVELAtion

    almunia

    eboue
    silvestre
    gallas
    clichy

    theo
    cesc
    ramsey
    diaby

    bendtner
    van persie

    subs: Fabianski, Song, Djourou, Denilson, Nasri, Adebayor, Vela

  67. ethangunner

    hound dog
    please leave your a fucking twat !
    and what contributed leading up to me and finest having an arguement over a retarded cNUT like you!!!

    take your german ass off to your beer delivering , non- seat leaving football games and stop
    being interested in our BRITISH club , i knew i didn’t like you for a reason !

    i hate all germans ! you should marry my X wife ..

    brains of a prawn sandwich the both of you !!

  68. mwt

    bit off topic…
    But ive just looked at the betting and the scum are favourites to beat Bolton
    How can the spuds ever be considered favourites this season

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