Arsenal Crowd: The most self-entitled?

[Rado_N]

It seems like every time I watch Arsenal I notice this, their fans must be the worst for crying out for decisions at every turn?

If one of their players does down they're jeering at the ref demanding a freekick regardless of what's happened.

If an opposition player is down they'll jeer him as if he's faking it, again regardless of what's happened.

I know all crowds do this shit, but they seem to get on the refs case much more frequently than most, over even the most innocuous of decisions.

Anyone else noticed this? Or am I forgetting a worse offender?

 

[Lay]

I was thinking this during the first half They appeal and moan for everything.

 

[Bogart-er]

All fans are guilty of this when their team is playing. Especially in such a high profile and high stakes match...

 

[acnumber9]

Everton fans are comfortably the worst at this. A contested throw in is enough to send them into a rage as if they've been denied a blatant penalty in the last minute of a Champions League final.

 

[Kraftwerker]

Indeed.

It's what happens when you fill your stadium with a load of gilet wearing advertising execs from Tunbridge Wells.

 

[Pexbo]

Maybe it's because I hate this referee but I actually thought it's the kind of referee performance you see when a bias dad is reffing his son's u11 match.

 

[CM]

I was thinking the same, audible moans from the crowd about every 50-50. They were terrible for it against Leicester.

 

[Lay]

Maybe it's because I hate this referee but I actually thought it's the kind of referee performance you see when a bias dad is reffing his son's u11 match.

The ref has been good.

 

[Rado_N]

All fans are guilty of this when their team is playing. Especially in such a high profile and high stakes match...

That was acknowledged in the OP.

 

[J-Stander]

Everton fans are comfortably the worst at this. A contested throw in is enough to send them into a rage as if they've been denied a blatant penalty in the last minute of a Champions League final.

Agreed. Everton are the worst by a country mile.

 

[Aboutreika18]

Speaking of crying out, anyone else remember that annoying lady who'd always scream when the opposition had a chance at Highbury?

 

[Bob Loblaw]

Yeah was going to suggest Everton too.

 

[Boycott]

Their fans are insufferable for that reason and more. Pseudo-intellectuals

 

[Minimalist]

Not disagreeing totally but it is a massive CL match against the reigning champions. Not exactly hard to understand why they want to put the ref under as much pressure as possible.

...I mean of course that nonsense would never happen at Old Trafford.

 

[FC Ronaldo]

It's pure anxiety and driven through self-defeatism. It's like every fan came into that stadium expecting a whopping. Haven't seen it yet. Try to suppress the hope it might not come. Then let it all out at every decision the ref gives irrespective of correctness.

Suarez has had about 7 calls wrongly against him that half too and it's still not enough though.

 

[Siorac]

And Stoke. It's also awful there.

 

[JohnnyKills]

Yeah I can't stand Arsenal fans in general. A lot of them had nothing to do with Arsenal, or football in general, before Thierry Henry yet they talk as if they are football connoisseurs and view every other club as thuggish troglodytes. The smugness is nauseating, although I am sure lots of fans would say the same about us

 

[DWelbz19]

Preciousness. It's like their mandate.

 

[JohnnyKills]

Their fans are insufferable for that reason and more. Pseudo-intellectuals

Exactly. Thanks for summing up my feelings in a more succinct way

 

[cyberman]

Theyre not supporting their team tonight at all. They're just watching.
Its an awful atmosphere.

 

[rimaldo]

Speaking of crying out, anyone else remember that annoying lady who'd always scream when the opposition had a chance at Highbury?

that was andy gray.

 

[prarek]

They moan a lot but look at their ticket prices and they win very little, cobwebs in their trophy cabinet. Hard to blame them.

 

[Siorac]

that was andy gray.

 

[El Zoido]

I was thinking the same thing. They booed every decision in the first half even though he ref got them right. At one point they even booed two great tackles by Barca where it wasn't even debatable that they were good. The atmosphere is shocking too. Those boos are the loudest they've been all night.

 

[77]

Arsenal fans always seem very aware when the cameras are on them.

 

[Vidicious]

Insufferable bastards. Most self entitled fans yet apart from 2 FA Cups they've won piss all recently.

Imagine what they'd be like if they actually won the league this year.

 

[Irrational.]

What more do you expect from the fans whose best chant is "Aaaarrsseeeeenal, Aaaarrsenal FC, are by far the greatest team, the world has ever seen". How the feck do you fit that many syllables into a simple chant? Cnuts.

 

[pacifictheme]

It seems like every time I watch Arsenal I notice this, their fans must be the worst for crying out for decisions at every turn?

If one of their players does down they're jeering at the ref demanding a freekick regardless of what's happened.

If an opposition player is down they'll jeer him as if he's faking it, again regardless of what's happened.

I know all crowds do this shit, but they seem to get on the refs case much more frequently than most, over even the most innocuous of decisions.

Anyone else noticed this? Or am I forgetting a worse offender?

In fairness to the arsenal fans today barca have behaved like a bunch of see you next tuesdays for most of the game. Alba should have been sent off.

 

[Member 5225]

Arsenal fans are the worst

 

[Sylar]

What more do you expect from the fans whose best chant is "Aaaarrsseeeeenal, Aaaarrsenal FC, are by far the greatest team, the world has ever seen". How the feck do you fit that many syllables into a simple chant? Cnuts.

My favourite is when they chant that the same game they end up booing their own team.

 

[FC Ronaldo]

At least they turn up though. City fans etc.

 

[2 man midfield]

Indeed.

It's what happens when you fill your stadium with a load of gilet wearing advertising execs from Tunbridge Wells.

Was thinking the same

 

[Vidicious]

Imagine going to see your team play the best team in the world, to watch the best player of all time, and half the stadium leaves at 80 mins because you're down 2-0.

Arsenal fans are shocking!

 

[VivaObertan]

Speaking of crying out, anyone else remember that annoying lady who'd always scream when the opposition had a chance at Highbury?

I'm SO glad somebody else noticed this. I once mentioned it to an Arsenal fan who thought I'd gone insane. He probably thought the sound was his subconscience.

 

[Donaldo]

Every crowd does what the OP says.

However I do believe our home crowd are among the most spoilt bunch in the league. Fairweather chanters and singers. Away fans are by all accounts probably among the best.

 

[Donaldo]

I'm SO glad somebody else noticed this. I once mentioned it to an Arsenal fan who thought I'd gone insane. He probably thought the sound was his subconscience.

I met her once in 2005. Surprised to see she was around 90 years old.

 

[justboy68]

This is definitely true of Arsenal. I notice it every time I watch a game at the Emirates, much more than games at most other grounds.

 

[Mciahel Goodman]

Up there with Newcastle.

 

[SqueakyWeasel]

I was thinking this during the first half They appeal and moan for everything.

We all do to be fair

 

[BigDunc9]

Everton fans are comfortably the worst at this. A contested throw in is enough to send them into a rage as if they've been denied a blatant penalty in the last minute of a Champions League final.

I agree. I am happy we do it though as I think it puts pressure on the referees. No point in having home advantage if you are not going to use it I say.