@GoonerReverend
Well the aftermath of the Man Utd game wasn’t an Arsenal fan Twitter melt down as such it was a bit of banter gone badly wrong between an Arsenal legend and some overseas fans. It is understandable that emotions were running high after such a game but what transpired after cannot unfortunately be put down to losing and a high emotional state.
https://twitter.com/IanWright0/status/937149062553440256
Ian Wright is an Arsenal legend & without doubt one of our greatest ever players to lace up a boot. These facts are undeniable, the great man was one of our all time leading goal scores with 185 goals in 288 appearances and is only eclipsed by Thierry Henry (228-377) but is this on field immortality enough to excuse an ex player of acting in the manner in which Ian Wright did. The issue with some ex-players in the media and on social media is they think that they have a divine right to criticise anyone and pass judgement without consequence and then take it as a severe affront to their standing if any mere mortal dare questions their opinion. To many long-standing Arsenal fans dismay Ian Wright questioned the value of overseas fans as supporters & their right to support a team arguing it’s a game they simply do not understand. This and his other tweets smacks of bigotry and Xenophobia and we should expect better from anyone let alone an ex player with a well-established media presence in the UK.
Many will come to the defence of the great man because of his standing in the game and his media personality but unfortunately there is no defending this behaviour as it is completely ethically and morally wrong as well as totally unprofessional to say the least. It wasn’t just one tweet that upset so many it was a number of tweets where Ian mocks overseas supporters because they dared to question something he said. To his partial credit he did try to apologise for his comments later but it appeared that his apology was more to do with the fact that he didn’t expect the furore his tweets caused rather than genuine remorse. Arsenal fans come from all parts of the globe and Just because they don’t live in England and go to the game every weekend doesn’t make them any less of a supporter of The Arsenal. To openly mock someone who has to get up at 3:30 am to watch their team live and then question their reasoning for doing so as well as their ability to understand the game is not an honest mistake its arrogant and deeply offensive.
Only 60,000 can attend an Arsenal home game yet Arsenal have an online presence of over 12 million fans on Twitter alone and they are fans that take the time to love and support their club through all the emotional trials and tribulations that’s comes with supporting one’s team. Ian is no stranger to off field controversy but this time he has shot himself in the foot because he has done the inexcusable on his own doorstep which is the greatest of football’s cardinal sins.
https://twitter.com/IanWright0/status/937624028885471233
Ian. Overseas fans are just as passionate loyal and knowledgeable about The Arsenal and the greatest game of all and to suggest otherwise is sheer folly not to mention extremely damaging to your standing as the great man you are and rightly should be in the Arsenal family.
Positively Arsenal 
“I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.”
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All beyond regrettable, and, frankly, embarrassing.
Fair to say that pundits in general are not having their finest hour right now and little sign of things improving, sadly.
One assumes this is the culmination of having almost exclusively ex-pro players who’s skills were honed on the pitch rather than the studio or other media.
At the moment, over in the cricket, a splendid journalist has seized part of the commentary centre stage from the band of former players – her insight and journalistic skills have done nothing but enhance the coverage from Australia.
Lessons are in front of our eyes …
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Great post, by the way!
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Ditto Phil ditto…
As a million mile away Arsenal fan his comments were indeed very offensive. I also saw that those who us to simply move on and cut him some slack because of his “legend” status are from in and around London, ergo they have no idea how offensive his remarks are which is why I think they share his views on us foreigners and are, dictionary.com’s word of year, COMPLICIT!
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The problem is many fans can’t compartmentalise what the likes of Wright, Henry and Merson did on the field and weigh it against the deliberate damage they are causing right now.
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@GoonerReverend
Excellent post from a clear thinker
The difference between you and Ian Wright in writing.
I have insight into your football skill but Ian Wright I have had close first hand knowledge.
His talent as a player was instinctual, uncoachable , he leaned on it because it worked and got him to where he achieved his dream. If you read his book and or follow the documentaries he has been involved in, you see a complex conflicted man who sees no problem in his desire to be treated with respect and before he blinks his eyes is deeply disrespectful to someone else. This has manifested itself on many occasions in his private life, (Including a deeply upsetting incedent with a Traffic Warden).
His reactions are always instinctual, like during his playing career and if he perceives that you are questioning one piece of his football I.Q, he sees it has attacking the one thing he can hold onto being genuinely provable, his talent as a player . Being the person he is and how he came through he had to fight to make it, he will use what ever tool especially the low blow of ‘You’ve never played the game’ catch all, worse “your not even English so what could you know”.
Knowing what Ian went through and others of his generation, for him to treat anyone like that is disgusting to me on a personal level .
Having been treated in some of the most appalling and condescending ways by The FA, Eniola Aluko was handed a somewhat awkward apology and some double speak, Ian was front and centre speaking up for the challenges that football faces , as he should be , then weeks later he does this but he just does not see the join.
I for one am not surprised by his behaviour, he goes into defensive mode because of his inferiority complex , his desire to be part of ‘some other’ is the driving force behind his reactions in the main.
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Thanks Rev
I read thought the ‘incident’ yesterday and was ashamed of Wrighty.
Yes there are far too many stupid people in our fan base, who will go online or on air with their half baked opinions about what is ‘wrong’ *coughs with our great club, but equally, an often over reacting pundit like Wright, who does know a big about the game should not be putting someone down just because they’re not a local.
Agree with WWWB’s post entirely.
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I think Ian got a sufficient digital thrashing in the 24 hours after the original tweet – I forgive him.
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If Wrighty had such great love for the Arsenal,
Then why did he advise his son to say no o the Gunners and unlike Arteta go elsewhere or the Wonga.
Wrighty’s loves other things above AFC. His first loyalty is not to AFC. Not a controversial understanding.
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As an overseas fan, I don’t care what Wright thinks. He’s proven himself to be not too bright many times over in the media. (They play this off as a lovable, down to earth persona) I met him once. He came across as arrogant (the only one of the Arsenal legends to have a posse, who were ordering around the fans waiting in the rain to see their heroes) Yeah he was drunk, but so was the last guy to leave the bar, Ray Parlour (probably not a shock) who was an absolute delight to interact with.
Ian Wright was slightly before my time. I never saw his heyday, so maybe that’s why I don’t see the ‘legend’ status as extending beyond the field. I have more affection for Henry but I can at least see when he’s being a prick towards Arsenal. And while both Henry and Wright play the media’s game for their own ends, for Wright to attack someone on the basis of their ‘foreignness’ is something that goes against the very ethos of the club. At least, that’s how I feel. I am not offended by Wright’s unwitting expose of his own stupidity. I simply ignore what he has to say. I am more annoyed by the fawning over he is getting from those in the media, and some Arsenal fans. As I said, Wright is just stupid (I think) but those Arsenal fans are supporting something which goes against the ethos of the club, ironically while seeking to defend it through the person of Ian Wright.
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anicoll5
If this was an isolated incident, I might be like you inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt.
But NO! Wright is a serial abuser.
He recently spoke out about him being bullied at Palace, but he is also accused of bullying another footballer whilst at Palace .
He has shown no contrition regarding that incident of bullying
He needs to be told of his lack self awareness.
I have said many times he in my opinion he was the best finisher I have seen play for Arsenal, in football terms he was the most like Alexis in risk/reward ,energy and output. But this does not absolve him of his latest transgression.
It will happen again.
You can pin this
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The ‘problem’ with Wrighty is he says he first thing that comes into his head – the space between the brain and his vocal chords is a small gap – about half a quark across. I bet you at school he was always the class clown, bright enough but much more interested in being the centre of attention than getting down to his books.
And that is why dear reader he ended up as a football pundit rather than, say, a High Court Judge.
No Wrighty is not evil, not wicked, and may even be genuinely remorseful. He is however a man trapped inside a juvenile mind.
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He is not genuinely remoresful, this is not the first time this has happened. He does think he is above everybody else and remember thats how he played the ultimate selfish finisher. What once made him great now makes him a nasty piece of work and because his IQ is not great either he will not learn from his percieved mistakes.
He has disrected the man who got him a league winners medal not just recently but for years and years and years.
This is also not a knew thing many people who have been big supporters in his life he has let down just ask the mother of his children.
Ian Wright will always be an absolute legend but as a man he has failed miserably
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I think Wrighty knew exactly what he was saying and that good old fashioned hubris and narcissism, which was possibly at play, led him to post it online. He wasn’t ready for the backlash though, because he’s not too bright to understand why those remarks might be hurtful or offensive to others. And as a_or_b said, no genuine apology. It was merely done to save face.
We can only hope he learn from this or best, leave them for those private chit chats with Shearer. We all have our prejudices but not all of it need to be publicly displayed.
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Hey!
There’s nothing wrong with being trapped inside a juvenile mind. That is what I keep on telling myself.
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Trapped is too strong a word.
I like to say that I’m simply embracing my inner man child.
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DC
Overall impressions of the Arsenal this season?
How did the stadium sound to you?
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there was no real apology from Wright, in fact he implied that Arsenal fans, instead of exposing his nasty views, should be targeting Alexis and Ozil, after all as wright said, they have not signed new arsenal contracts.
Ian Wright was one of our greatest players, legend never. Same applied to the likes of Henry and Merson. You see for me a legend is much more than what they do for the club on match day, its the whole package, its the love and support for the club, the reverence they hold the club in, Bob Wilson is the real definition of an Arsenal legend, I think when you compare him with the others I mentioned, you will understand my criteria for what makes an Arsenal Legend, and it certainly is not on field playing success. Bob Wilson would be no less a Legend if he had never won a cup.
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Zelalem back running with Bielik also set for Arsenal return
by jeorge bird
Arsenal U23s are set to receive a double fitness boost with midfielder Gedion Zelalem and defender Krystian Bielik closing in on their respective returns from long-term injuries.
Zelalem has been sidelined since May with an anterior cruciate ligament injury that he suffered while playing for the United States at the U20 World Cup but he is now back running individually and will hope to return to full training soon.
Bielik, meanwhile, hasn’t featured since suffering a shoulder injury during Arsenal’s U23 game against Manchester City in August.
The centre-back, who had a successful loan spell at Birmingham City in the second half of last season, should be back in training shortly.
Once Zelalem and Bielik have returned to fitness it is anticipated that they will feature for Arsenal U23s in early January before perhaps heading out on loan prior to the closure of the transfer window if they are deemed sharp enough.
Zelalem, who has already had loan spells with Rangers and VVV-Venlo, is out of contract at Arsenal at the end of the season and has yet to be offered a new deal.
Meanwhile, defender Chiori Johnson remains sidelined having not featured since pre-season because of injury
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Daley @DaleyAFC
Replying to @GeezyPeas
Cheapest tickets for last three home games have been £28, £65 and £17. Only the £65 one was sold out.
A Whole Generation of Fans being Priced out of going to Arsenal games
the soundbite gets sillier day by day
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Have we closed down?
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why would we have shut down pg?
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Eddie NketiahVerified account @EddieNketiah9
3h3 hours ago
Delighted to have signed a new long term deal with @Arsenal , looking forward to pushing on and continuing my development at this great club. Thanks to my family and friends for all the support, God is good!🙏🏾
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Young professionals Eddie Nketiah, Matt Macey and Ben Sheaf have all signed new contracts with the club.
All three players have been rewarded with contract extensions after making their first-team debuts this season.
Eddie has played in four first-team matches so far this season. The 18-year-old striker has featured in three Europa League matches and in one Carabao Cup tie, where he came off the bench to help us seal a dramatic 2-1 extra-time win over Norwich City with two goals.
image: https://www.arsenal.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images/macey.jpg?itok=a_yrip3u
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Matt has appeared in two first-team fixtures this season. The 23-year-old goalkeeper kept a clean sheet in the 0-0 draw with Red Star Belgrade in the Europa League and featured in that memorable win over the Canaries in the Carabao Cup.
Ben has also made a European appearance this season. The 19-year-old midfielder was a late substitute in the away win over Red Star Belgrade in October.
image: https://www.arsenal.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images/shea.jpg?itok=mVZESCjv
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This news comes on the back of another exciting young talent, Joe Willock, also signing a new long-term contract earlier this month.
We would like to congratulate all players on their new contracts and wish them every success as they continue their development with the club.
Read more at https://www.arsenal.com/news/nketiah-macey-and-sheaf-sign-new-deals#6ASr5WUGRmkMzhIy.99
Read more at https://www.arsenal.com/news/nketiah-macey-and-sheaf-sign-new-deals#wim6XoEXJ1jFlZt0.99
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I’ve been to Billingham – I can’t think about football
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Thought for the day:
Modern day stadia are named after their biggest sponsors. Naming rights. Modern Football. Etc.
Given this understanding I have carefully considered an appropriate name for the new stadium we are all paying for in n17:
The Johnson upon the Lea (Stadium)
Also known as: The Johnson
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Very upset that I won’t be able to see some of these players who’ve signed new contracts play some football tomorrow night.
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Are you a peaky blinder now Andy, or am I in the wrong place?
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Atletico Madrid, Napoli, Borussia Dortmund, RP Leipzig, Sporting Lisbon, Celtic, Spartak Moscow, and CSKA Moscow drop into the Europa League from the Champions League
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Hi Fins
Two visits to the Ems last week,
Reports of the demise of Arsenal FC have been greatly exaggerated.
If fact, even the fans behaved themselves.
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Looking forward to tonight’s game.
Not sure many youngsters will be involved from off tho. Think all of Ospina, Debuchy, Chambers, Mert, Holding, Elneny, Coq, Wilshere, Iwobi, Walcott, Giroud, Welbeck in line to play.
Maitland-Niles joinging Weng for interview suggests he’ll keep his spot so that’d mean two of above not starting. Iwobi plus…Welbeck or Walcott?
I’m expecting team to be very hungry from off tonight
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Was surprised yesterday not to see more talk on here, after another strange media week which has featured journalists and pundits being critical of us in ways which feel unprecedented… as a response to some of our fans insisting we are treated differently.
An unpleasant feeling to have a writer I have admired for a long time to join in and give those fans, including myself, such a kicking
https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/dec/06/revealed-why-match-of-the-day-biased-insert-club-name?CMP=share_btn_tw
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Rich I expect a line up along these lines
Ospina,
Debuchy, Mert, Holding,
Chambers, Elneny, Coq, Maitland-Niles,
Wilshere, Giroud, Welbeck
subs: Macey, DaSilva, Willock, Nelson, Iwobi, Walcott, Nketiah
others that could be included are Sheaf, Akpom and Osei-Tutu
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I think we have the mainstream media on the run Rich – The role of the football journalist has been rendered obsolete by the digital revolution. As a fan I can see every game, from every angle, in slo mo or fast no or backward mo. I have seen thousands of games before, probably 10,000 players live. I do not need Henry Winter or Neil Custis to tell me what I am seeing, or their opinion of what I am seeing.
Good God even I understand that anyone on here who reads my post game reviews knows that.
The second role of the football journalist used to be brining us ‘breaking news’ or the content of one to one contacts with players, managers and the great and good in the game. Forget it. The old days in which a journalist would drop by the training ground and have a 15 minute chat with Clough or Busby or Graham are long, long gone. There are no personal links and consequently no personal journalist insights. It is all about news management by clubs, managers and league officials. They are not trusted, they have no purpose. Journos and broadcasters are as firmly outside the fence as we are.
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Don’t get me wrong. There will still be a role for writers who can produce entertaining or informative copy, and who ca get me to look at and think about things in football that I would otherwise miss. But the massed ranks of the football journo posse are the stuff of dinosaurs. Enjoy their final sighting;
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Unless they’re acting as PR agents for sporting agencies. I’ve seen Jerry McGuire, the Hollywood movie from a decade ago! The above is most definitely not a controversial statement. Hardly a controversial statement, I can think of one or two on the plundits merry go round that are well known for such unpublicised professional/industrial relations.
After all why wouldn’t people within a collapsing industry explore more avenues of generating somerevenue? To imagine that they are not attempting to do so given their circumstances and prospects would be irrational.
I give you: Joseph “betting industry rep AKA Teflon” Barton, Robbie “man of the people” Savage and Ian “show me the money” Wright. They don’t act or look like plundits. But they do represent and behave like PR reps.
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My more recent footballing heroes include the writers of the Damned Utd, Mike Bassett, and the of course the gladiator who came from Grampus 8 not from obscurity but self imposed exile / retreat following disgust and falling out with the French football scene after having seen off one of France’s biggest mafia Kingpins (since released from jail and recently given billions by the French gov.). please refer to Arsenal first team coach for the last twenty odd years Primorac for further details.
I do feel the need like the blaggers to spend time wondering why the only top flight club to have sacked a manager for taking a bung, who to try to avoid third party laundrettes/tanning salons, why they have been happy to stick by their man for two decades.
And why media owned by certain interests attack the club and manager for following a different political and financial philosophy. Of course they would! It amuses me to see the shapes thrown by the blaggers as they attempt to obfuscate and excuse those they desire to see as their colleagues and buisiness partners.
Not for nothing do Tottenham fans and former pros and managers from within the game like John Gregory describe the Arsenal as:
“Representing the best in English Football”
Which is markedly different PR to that churned out by the reps acting on behalf of those who would like to see the club spend £30M on an u23 player like GazCorp, who’ve lost millions and millions in their dealings attempted or otherwise with the Arsenal. Not hard to understand their frustrations, what exactly it is that they mean when they say: “end of an era”
Not. A. Mystery.
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Arsenal , ever since the move North have always been seen as a ‘Lighting Rod’ for the Press. An ‘Easy Out’ for any embarassment served by the desperate, salacious story hungry print media in particular.
In the sports media minds they still have not gotten over the loss to Mr Wenger in his first week in the job , “How could we lose to a fucking surrender monkey football manager, they are not as smart as us. We’ve got degrees and ev’ryfin”.
It cost a few jobs the memories are long .
How many of the so called journalists at the time were ignoring or leveraging undesirable coaches for extra access to teams .
How many journos have been made to feel shame, for their complicity in the acts that where happening before their eyes and they ignored or re-imagined.
Non the less, the stories came out , where are the journalists who used to hang around the clubs, giving all this insight during those times?
How comes none of them the saw anything?
The stories are out there , the media want to attack Arsenal, it’s manager,the staff owners and the fans.
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Ed
Definitely most likely team that, if only because Walcott has been out for a while, otherwise I’m guessing he’d start.
Probably mentioned before a few times, but I’ve loved opportunities we’ve given younger players this year and the chance to give all senior squad members reasonable game time while keeping first 11 fresh.
Can’t be a coincidence that this has been far and away the best year for main players staying fit- only Mustafi and Welbeck with anything significant all year and even those not long absences.
It’s actually only right at this point, tonight’s game, where there’s any sort of issue for me between playing one or two seniors vs younger lads. It’s about whether we are open or more to any of those seniors leaving club this window or next summer.
If so, the case would be strong for giving young player the chance instead.
Looking through them again though, while I feel quite a few could have decisions to make by season’s end there’s probably no one in there who is very likely to depart in January, and even if there was Wenger would for one good reason or another still give them a game tonight.
Just a weird quirk that while we traditionally use a very young team in Europe if qualification secure, tonight will likely be our most experienced selection so far this time.
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Can’t do likes fellas, but some good posts about our media friends. Hyde’s article didn’t alter my feelings on them a jot, but were a bit of a smack around the chops, or in the gut, for me given how often I’ve agreed with her on all sorts of things in past.
It’s been a fairly crazy coincidence that the bias question has exploded last few weeks, as after the City game and the hypocrisy of the furore of handball in N Ire game, seeking catharsis, I wrote something about it- Bias- I thought could be my writing debut here.
Was too long and unwieldy as always, but a few parts of it have felt so relevant to the events, especially our fightback (which probably only had the strength it did as the Spurs game brought fans together for a bit) against crap from media, since :
(The last bit could almost have been written with you in mind as my audience, Anicoll. It’s the important bit and where I ran out of steam. Trying to explain why such a tremendously far-fetched and improbable thing could possibly be true)
“One consequence of all this- the bias everywhere, with everyone being biased for their ‘own’ team and normally against others, rivals and enemies- is that should any one team genuinely have a serious grievance, they can only expect any serious upset to be felt and expressed from within their own quarters, or, to a lesser extent, when the party who has wronged them, or the party who has benefitted from the wrong…is the enemy of someone else, some other group or team. Though, of course, this is where neutrals should always ride to the rescue, or rather cooly offer their opinions from their off centre position.”
“This, of course, is all exceptionally handy should an administrator ever be guilty of serious wrongdoing. As it is accepted by any sensible person that bias exists, administrators (or journalists) can always claim any outrage against them is merely this, bias doing its thing; people who are biased towards something falsely claiming wrongdoing where none exists. Look, they can say, who else is upset about this? Seems to be no-one, not even the neutrals”
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“So, here’s my theory: there’s something wrong with pgmol; there’s something wrong with the head of pgmol, Mike Riley; whatever it is that’s wrong, it hurts Arsenal badly on the pitch.”
“Even more awkwardly, for someone with a dislike of conspiracy theories, this bias, or whatever it is, operates alongside and to an extent relies upon, an equally powerful bias against Arsenal in the media. This latter bias, meanwhile and oh boy, is able to flourish purely because the majority of the (football) media’s audience are naturally biased towards their own non-Arsenal entity, or team, and in many cases have an active dislike of Arsenal – natural, as a direct rival or thereabouts, or created and nurtured as a result of the media’s treatment of Arsenal over a long period of time.”
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“It all sounds…tremendously far-fetched. Referees seriously biased against one team AND the media biased against that team AND the public biased against that team. Tremendously far-fetched. The natural bias for a team from a fan, which includes a sense that others are against them, run amok and out of control. How can it not be otherwise? How could such a far-fetched thing be true? It takes some explaining, or rather hypothesising.”
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Or it takes a judge with the “footballs” required to bug someone’s phone.
Or so we only allow esteemed blaggers and the aforementioned “journalists” such privileges in the U.K.
Clearly the problems in the sport are not restricted to one club. That would be as comprehensively stupid and obvious a lie as insisting that only one cricket association had problems with certain officials in the nineties, and not most! Great drama with the VARs in the cricket eh? If you can calibrate it for lbw…then, well…there is no need for further comment on the topic!
Only an idiot or completely disingenuous nag employed by the Manchester Grunt stable would follow that thread down into a deep dark pit full of their own manure…
I don’t watch the Beeb for footy or touch soiled tags like the bloody Manchester Grunt.
But I’m happy to listen to Michael Vaughan discuss the cricket on the Beeb. And, well, the former Captain doesn’t hide his post retirement connections to agents. He even discuss’ such stuff on his show! Does that count as a conspiracy theory?
Why is the Football coverage such an outlier?
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I have always said about conspiracies is, if the are any good, you just don’t know about them, you haven’t clue, no one has – they are THAT efficient.
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We have been spoiled abit in this season’s lesser euro competition watching an endless string of youngsters perform admirably in each game.
Tonight although top v bottom it’s difficult to know how the game will pan out. It would be nice to see the fast free flowing football of the early games rather than some of the anxious patches we’ve seen in the last two.
With the west ham cup game in mind the experience second string will probably get the nod over some of our majestic youth but their time will come and looking at the fixture list this season success will bring the need for the youngsters to be used all over the place.
The further we go in this competition the more the priorities will change and juggling players through all the cups will be necessary.
For tonight although cold the lads should warm our tentacles and finish the league well COYG.
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Andynic
Very true! How else or why else could or would an Italian judge order a wire trap to catch some known crooks!
Or a British court send a foreign national to jail for spot betting and match fixing. (Not football)
Or an Australian court bang up some non-league British footballers for match fixing?
Or…
It would be absurd and misleading possibly even a poor deflection to describe such cheating as conspiracy/conspiracies It’s just plain old cheating. Or as some say, and I can quote:
“Theatre”
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interesting views anicol on the media, I think the development in Liverpool yesterday, when they refused the BBC the rights to broadcast commentary from Anfield of their CL game is a sign that the media are less important to clubs now, as they all have their own media broadcasting ability, and like LFC yesterday, they know its a cert to be pro their club. I notice that many in the media are not at all happy about this development, and so I say it must be a good thing.
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I see Arsenal have clearly priced a whole generation out of going to tonight’s game v Bate
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Debuchyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy drives a shot low and hard from corner of the area into the far bottom corner of the net.
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Walcotttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt our captain adds to the Debuchy goal to make it 2-0. The chance came about after Welbeck once again took the wrong option, but luckily the ball fell to walcott to score.
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