Niall_Quinn
28-03-2017, 10:14 PM
Few posts (when the forum is working). No real debate, said it all before. General dwindling interest from almost all people here, it seems to me, in terms of the club, the results, news and football in general. A general cynicism blanketing every aspect of a game. Some people are saying this is the worst state they've ever seen the club in, which might sound weird considering we're near the top of the table and in an FA Cup semi - but most fans are aware of the issues affecting this club and probably get where these dire appraisals are coming from. I know a few people still go to the games but plenty more are saying this is the last season, no more renewals.
Is this is then? Has this board and has this manager finally ground us down to the point where we're going to bow out and leave them to it? They've nicked our Arse and now they are kicking our arses out.
This has coincided with football as an industry reaching new lows. Hype, silly money for average players, boring tactics, tournaments with long traditions devalued by the money men, word of the first £100million (and possibly £200million) transfer deal doing the rounds. Corruption at the highest level of the game, the World Cup sold off to the highest bidders even when they have no connection to the sport whatsoever, the media and the pundits sucking it all up for every crumb that falls off the table. They'd tell you everything is better than ever, because it's worth it for them to lie so blatantly. Ridiculous "journalists" and a PR whipped FA are excitedly telling us the biggest problem we face is England fans singing anti-German songs.
It's in a really bad state, like most things that gets touched by commercialism. Do they even want fans any more? The likes of Neville have utter contempt for us.
Is it worth fighting back on this or is it gone? For us at Arsenal, wouldn't it be too sickening to walk away and watch from a distance as the cronies award themselves bumper pay days and new contracts as reward for abject failure? Shouldn't somebody do something about these bastards and if it's not going to be the fans then who?
Is it time to start organising with rival fans?
Is this is then? Has this board and has this manager finally ground us down to the point where we're going to bow out and leave them to it? They've nicked our Arse and now they are kicking our arses out.
This has coincided with football as an industry reaching new lows. Hype, silly money for average players, boring tactics, tournaments with long traditions devalued by the money men, word of the first £100million (and possibly £200million) transfer deal doing the rounds. Corruption at the highest level of the game, the World Cup sold off to the highest bidders even when they have no connection to the sport whatsoever, the media and the pundits sucking it all up for every crumb that falls off the table. They'd tell you everything is better than ever, because it's worth it for them to lie so blatantly. Ridiculous "journalists" and a PR whipped FA are excitedly telling us the biggest problem we face is England fans singing anti-German songs.
It's in a really bad state, like most things that gets touched by commercialism. Do they even want fans any more? The likes of Neville have utter contempt for us.
Is it worth fighting back on this or is it gone? For us at Arsenal, wouldn't it be too sickening to walk away and watch from a distance as the cronies award themselves bumper pay days and new contracts as reward for abject failure? Shouldn't somebody do something about these bastards and if it's not going to be the fans then who?
Is it time to start organising with rival fans?