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Arsenal fan.The only time in my life I was about to go to London, a pickpocket nicked my passport and almost my wallet an hour before I was supposed to take the Eurostar.
Arsenal fan.The only time in my life I was about to go to London, a pickpocket nicked my passport and almost my wallet an hour before I was supposed to take the Eurostar.
Arsenal fans are the richest, we pay the costliest tickets. It was a Spurs fanArsenal fan.
He does look always sad.Jesus!
Xhaka is not great player. But this whole captains being some sort of angels is laughable. Many captains have done far worse thing. The issue is he is not performing.And if the Swiss in any way hurt his feelings he'll replace it with an image of himself making the Kosovan crossed arms eagle. Captains don't sulkily stroll off pitches telling their own supporters to feck off.
Terry was sagging his team mates girl. Adams was a drunk and Keane went to backstabbing his team mates to media and was sacked by SAF. Proves my point you get away with it as long as you perform great. All those guys are terrible peopleThe issue of being the captain...
It says more about the Arsenal squad and the wider issue of players in the modern game. They are just not many players you could call Captain material in the way Keane, Adams, Terry were.
Yes Xhaka is well paid, but he has only been at Arsenal a few years and has no connection to the club other than being paid to work there.
The years he has been employed the club has won nowt and he has been criticised throughout.
So his reaction is totally understandable tbh.
Burley is about right...Just listen to this absolute prick of Burley. This is his level of analysis .....
It's how he says it.Burley is about right...
Sagging? Do you mean bagging or is sagging a word? Genuine question.Terry was sagging his team mates girl. Adams was a drunk and Keane went to backstabbing his team mates to media and was sacked by SAF. Proves my point you get away with it as long as you perform great. All those guys are terrible people
ShaggingSagging? Do you mean bagging or is sagging a word? Genuine question.
Bit of a difference between being a drunk and an actual alcoholic. Adams was very open about being the latter. Addiction is terrible, but an addict is not a terrible person.Terry was sagging his team mates girl. Adams was a drunk and Keane went to backstabbing his team mates to media and was sacked by SAF. Proves my point you get away with it as long as you perform great. All those guys are terrible people
I don’t think it’s meant to be an apology tbhThe good old non-apology apology.
"I'm sorry you feel that way".
I admire him sticking to his guns.
Well, it is ESPN FC isn't it? My god, the Liverpool love in there is unbearable. Steve Nicol was so salty about the 1-1 draw it was hilarious. They always remind me why I want the scousers to never win anything.Just listen to this absolute prick of Burley. This is his level of analysis ....
half these pundits seem to follow the Souness guide to bullying players - he was an average player himself at bestJust listen to this absolute prick of Burley. This is his level of analysis ....
Should've done a McGregor.The good old non-apology apology.
"I'm sorry you feel that way".
I admire him sticking to his guns.
Bellerin will get it and will ask for a transfer back to Barcelona as is tradition.So - if I get this correctly:
Xhaka - tells fans to feck off
Koscielny - goes on strike to return to France
Van Persie - joins Manchester United
Gallas - sat on the pitch after a game and sulked - and later publicly criticized his team-mates.
Vermaelen - always injured
Arteta - made captain when he was no longer a regular
Fabregas - later joined Chelsea
If I were an Arsenal-fan, I would be seriously worried if someone I liked became captain
He is shite so wouldn't get a move to a decent clubHe should move on to a club that are less toxic than Arsenal, maybe a decent German club instead.
He most likely would imo, not a dortmund or Bayern but a solid german side would take him 100%He is shite so wouldn't get a move to a decent club
He's not going to Bayern, Dortmund or Leipzig, so it would be the odd Schalke, Leverkusen type of club for him. England is a no-go and i'm not sure what italian club would take him.He is shite so wouldn't get a move to a decent club
He was a starter, and doing well, for a decent German club before going to Arsenal. There's every chance the same, or another, decent German club would be in for him should he be made available.He is shite so wouldn't get a move to a decent club
Being bad at football is fine, the abuse he has been receiving is way OTT. What have his daughter and his wife got to do with his football ?It's too easy to write a whingey letter like that, trying to play the victim card.
The truth is, he doesn't give his all every time he's on the pitch. Every single time I watch Arsenal on MotD, they highlight a goal they've conceded where he's switched off in midfield - where he's walking back lazily or has allowed his man to get a run on him.
Then last weekend, when the team he captains desperately needed a goal, he's walking off the field feeling sorry for himself. The gobshites who have spoken about his family or personal life are scum, but it wasn't them he was reacting to last week and to try and paint it like that now is weak.
Er... nothing at all. You'll note I just said the dickheads talking about his wife and daughter are scum in the post you quoted.Being bad at football is fine, the abuse he has been receiving is way OTT. What have his daughter and his wife got to do with his football ?
It is an accumulation of things if we choose to believe his words. Obviously what he did was wrong but he is human after all, his reaction didn't come out of nowhereEr... nothing at all. You'll note I just said the dickheads talking about his wife and daughter are scum in the post you quoted.
His reaction when substituted last weekend was not in response to those gogshites though, it was petulance in the face of genuine and understandable frustration from the ticket buying supporters of the club he captains.
People on twitter can be pricks and he can still be wrong. One doesn't absolve the other.
The fans are paying customers that have received a substandard service from an employee of the company they pay a subscription to.Not even sure why he's said 'sorry'. The fans give it him and he gives it back, and they can't take it and demand he apologises.