Random Arsenal Shit (When it's not worth starting a thread)

[Letters]

OK. Again. 3 regular posters banned by me on this board. Ever. None for anti-Wenger views. Otherwise why would you or Zim or NQ or pretty much anyone still be here?
143 posters with over 100 posts. 55 with over 1000. So there are plenty of regular posters who are free to come back any time they want.

[Niall_Quinn]

That’s just your way of being friendly

Correct. I thought you were complaining about missing out.

[Niall_Quinn]

OK. Again. 3 regular posters banned by me on this board. Ever. None for anti-Wenger views. Otherwise why would you or Zim or NQ or pretty much anyone still be here?
143 posters with over 100 posts. 55 with over 1000. So there are plenty of regular posters who are free to come back any time they want.

Why do you keep mentioning me? And Zim? Do you have some sort of bias against anti-Wenger posters? It certainly does seem that way.

And - "I don't know who "Josh" is." That's a bit too convenient really. The irony of it, you always on here defending alternative lifestyles but now you go quiet when it relates to you.

[Letters]

Why do you keep mentioning me? And Zim? Do you have some sort of bias against anti-Wenger posters? It certainly does seem that way.

It's my "To Ban" list. Not very good at getting around to things.
Weirdly, I do remember meeting Josh in NY but cannot find a user account with that name on this board or the old. Pretty sure he isn't banned though.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

As I said, it starts off as being anti Wenger, then when they get into personal duels with you, you press the magic button because you have the power to do so. There's a common denominator of them being anti Wenger and that's ultimately where it all starts. Why are you never banned and its always them, despite you being equally to blame?

Josh- the black dude you met whilst you were in America.

Also what happened to MK? He got banned as well I think.

These posters added character and excitement to the forum. They were controversial but contributed a lot. One by one they got banned and it's bought the place to a standstill.

But if that was such a relevant common denominator, almost all of us would be gone.

There is an almost total absence here of support for Wenger being the manager, where as five years earlier there was a lot more if anything it’s a microcosm of the entire Arsenal fan base itself.

This particular site started in 2011 and before that it was hosted on another server (although didn’t use it much then) but having looked at this forum and compared to most this has been the most consistently hostile to Wenger....and as someone who wanted him gone that’s why I come here most.

Even within the anti Wenger sentiment there seems to be a subset which you Zim and occupy....where there is a real hatred for the guy, it’s not a sentiment I share and sometimes I think it borders on the ridiculous (although I have almost no respect for him after the way he went about getting his new contract)

You seem to be, to me at any rate....seem more aggrieved that other people weren’t as anti Wenger as you from the off.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Correct. I thought you were complaining about missing out.

I was. I used to run a debating club at university....used to end in knife fights

[Letters]

Full disclosure. We did also ban a user called "achat sextoys" before he/she had even posted.
But Maccy did that. The bastard.

[Letters]

This particular site started in 2011 and before that it was hosted on another server (although didn’t use it much then).

Pretty sure that we had an amnesty when we did that actually. Anyone who was banned on the old board was free to sign up. Clean slate. Anyone banned since was done so for persistent WUMming or abuse. And it is only 3 regular posters. Just checked the post stats and there has just generally been a steady decline as people have drifted off and not many new posters have joined.
The lack of activity is nothing to do with a few posters being banned, the trend had already started on the old board.

[Özim]

But if that was such a relevant common denominator, almost all of us would be gone.

There is an almost total absence here of support for Wenger being the manager, where as five years earlier there was a lot more if anything it’s a microcosm of the entire Arsenal fan base itself.

This particular site started in 2011 and before that it was hosted on another server (although didn’t use it much then) but having looked at this forum and compared to most this has been the most consistently hostile to Wenger....and as someone who wanted him gone that’s why I come here most.

Even within the anti Wenger sentiment there seems to be a subset which you Zim and occupy....where there is a real hatred for the guy, it’s not a sentiment I share and sometimes I think it borders on the ridiculous (although I have almost no respect for him after the way he went about getting his new contract)

You seem to be, to me at any rate....seem more aggrieved that other people weren’t as anti Wenger as you from the off.

The thing is the anti-Wenger sentiment is a more recent thing, back in the day everyone supported him and only a few didn't rate the guy (me being one of them) and these people were rounded on and ridiculed for having an opinion, often goaded with joke comments and ironically none of those posters (very much WUMs got banned).

Yes sure now people want Wenger out, not really a surprise though, it's the popular opinion now as noone in their right minds can possibly have a valid football argument for wanting to keep him on, I stayed on the right side personally by not getting personal or insulting other posters, despite insults being thrown at me, but I prefer it that way.

There's one guy in particular on here who hs goaded people for years and never got banned, why? Because he's always been pro Wenger and has got in with some of the more pro Wenger mods, he was just as much to blame for stuff as anyone else, yet he's still here, that tells it's own story. I'm not saying he should have been banned, I wouldn't go that that route personally, but if you're gonna ban some of those who have been, he definitely should have been on the list as well.

I'm entitled to my opinion, in football terms yes, I can't stand the guy, he's everything bad abut football today, look where we are because of him, he's destroying this club and I think he gets far too much credit as well, outide football I'm sure he's a nice enough guy, but I don't know him personally, all I see is a man who seems to lie to the fans, do the weirdest things just to prove people wrong and sees himself as untouchable. If you want an indication of how powerful Wenger is you don't need to look far, look at how Keswick behaved, he only did so because he clearly feels above everyone else there and can't be bothered to entertain their ridiculous ideas/questions (to him), Wenger is in the same position the only difference being he is a better speaker, a much better speaker, he does however see himself as some sort of messiah for the club.

People have humoured Wenger for far too long and when people treat you like some sort of god in a lot of people it makes them feel like one and they then feel superior, pretty much what has happened to Wenger, just listen to him talk and listen to how he's happy to blame the fans, only someone very very comfortable in their position would feel able to do that. He even went as far as defending Keswick after the AGM, he could have kept quiet and said the AGM is over etc etc, but no he defended the guy, unbelievable.

NQ is spot on with what he says, if someone kicks you in the teeth (not literally) you don't then get up and say don't worry about it, you're a great guy!

[Cripps]

Anyone banned since was done so for persistent WUMming or abuse.

But you always got away with it despite being equally to blame

Using stats to distort reality and absolve himself of any blame

Letters going full on Wenger mode

The similarities between you and Wenger are actually hilarious