Match Reaction vs Hull City Tigers (away, FA Cup).

[Letters]

I think yes that's part of it and the fact that if they don't turn up others will, the other thing is the level of discontent is subdued to say the least, just look at Liverpool fans for example when things aren't to their liking, they let their feelings be known, there's very little of that here.

Last season we finished 3rd and retained the FA Cup.
This season after 26 games despite some wobbles we were only 2 points off the top, admittedly at the expense of Leicester, but still. It's hardly cause for rioting in the streets.
After another collapse even I am coming round to the view that Wenger isn't the right man to push us on but the last couple of years haven't been an abject failure and generally our home record has been good so it will take a while before the mood in the ground turns sour.

[Munchies]

It's an abject failure when the same areas in the squad keep letting us down year in year out

[Kano]

I think yes that's part of it and the fact that if they don't turn up others will, the other thing is the level of discontent is subdued to say the least, just look at Liverpool fans for example when things aren't to their liking, they let their feelings be known, there's very little of that here.

Pool fans let their feelings known, then turn up again for the next match. Most of the crowd stayed in the stadium during that walkout. This sort of brand loyalty isn't like refusing to shop in Tescos anymore.

[Marc Overmars]

That Moh melt seems so interested in getting his name out there

Talks alot of shit

The DT banner guy/Claude talk sense at times

I went to the same school as Moh.

He was a few years above me, used to sometimes play football against him and his mates during breaks.

[Letters]

It's an abject failure when the same areas in the squad keep letting us down year in year out

They let us down at the start of last year and by the time they got going it was too late to mount a proper challenge. But the end of the season and the retention of the Cup earned Wenger one last try IMO. Till recently we've been in the race but now we've fallen away and that's why he should go. He's had a few years with the new money now and not pushed us on and this season in particular the title was there for the taking.
So yeah, he should go but it's hardly time for pitchforks and rioting

[Niall_Quinn]

And if he chooses to stay?

[Letters]

There will be a LOT of tutting. A LOT, I tell you.

[adzzzbatch]

and rolling of eyes!

[Letters]

I might even stop wearing my Arsenal shirt.



Obviously I'll buy a new one, it's getting a bit tatty anyway tbh.

That'll show 'em! Vive la Revolution!

[Niall_Quinn]

There will be a LOT of tutting. A LOT, I tell you.

That's about right. Most of the fans will just take it up the arse without a whimper. At least some fans are picking up the responsibilities the owners and directors have shoved to one side in their endless pursuit of profit.

The situation is we have a manager who is incapable of moving the club on regardless of the circumstances. No money, tons of money, dopers, no dopers, he fails in every environment. Any club with the slightest hint of ambition would be hunting high and low for a replacement by now. But our lot have rolled out a chair for life and left it up to the manager to decide when he will leave, regardless of his job performance. Disgraceful, a complete piss take. Only at Arsenal would you find a fan base so equally complacent. Which is not to say they aren't entitled to their losing aspirations, each pays their money and each makes their choice. It's a shame though. It was maybe tolerable when we were playing decent football, well not really because it's never tolerable to be a willing loser. But the decent football was a welcome distraction. Now we don't even have that. It's frustrating to see what is supposed to be an escape from shitty normality become shitty normality, the whole point of sport is lost in the process. The amount of people who don't get this amazes me. What are they involved in sport for? The half-time pie? A chance to appear on Arsenal Fan TV? Do they have so much cash they don't know what to do with it and Arsenal is the most efficient means of disposal? Quite the mystery.