I will be in the Tollington on Tuesday night selling these T-shirts £10 each if you buy 2 you'll get the 71/2004 for a fiver. I may also bring some to Newcastle if ordered I will deliever if you pay an extra £2 a tshirt for postage contact me via my Twitter @AFChymnSheet
Up the Arsenal
The title is a phrase which you hear thrown about a lot, I certainly agree with it. But are Arsenal fans the only ones that are suffering? Because certain factions amongst our support believe us to be the only ones who are being taken advantage of, the other day I spoke to a Man City via twitter who was moaning about away tickets prices, I then explained Arsenal fans have suffered this for years, sadly that's the price of being a successful club but is it?
Arsenal played Fulham Saturday cheapest tickets was £35 still pretty expensive right? If you compare the price to Leyton Orient who play Division 1 football 2 leagues below us, how much was their cheapest ticket £25!! Wow that's a tenner cheaper than our game vs Fulham. Greed is amongst all clubs not just our own club, we need to look at the bigger picture here. Until football fans as a whole stand up to the people who rob us because our love dictates that we have to see a game and at any cost, we will continue being ripped off.
In Germany fans of teams boycotted the game for 2 week's to make a stand against the greed in their game. I have been to Germany and few times now, their tickets prices are ridiculously low they get free travel with a match day ticket, the German game has benefitted the fans have benefited from it. I am not asking you to boycott games but I am asking you to make a stand, myself I never buy a programme or food in the ground. Now imagine if say 45,000 of the fans at the Grove boycotted Programmes and food it would hit our greedy chairmen in the pocket.
Football is a sport first then a spectator sport second I'm not an idiot I believe we need TV coverage and sponsorship and businessmen involved in the game. But you take away the people who truly love the game the supporters, the game would be nothing. It's time the fans where treated with respect and the importance we all deserve. It's time to make a stand but in the right way
Tony Briggs
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Now I'm not saying all Liverpool fans are racist, but at least 2 where Vs Oldham. The thing what sicken me most was other Liverpool fans defending these 2 pieces of filth, many went with he was hit by a coin angle or they didn't call him a Black Bastard they called him a Manc Bastard angle.
Either way both where incorrect, the 'fans' where kicked out of the ground. Thats another problem I have, Why wasn't they arrested? I would go further and name and shame them. Liverpool have a chance here after the Suarez fiasco to almost make things right.
Both these 'fans' should be banned for life and given heavy fines.
You may notice I am putting 'fans' rather than fans. There is a reason no true Football fan could share these blinkered views on black players in the beautiful game of Football. Not having seen Pele, Thierry Henry, Samuel Etto, Ruud Gullitt, Patrick Vieira, Yaya Toure etc etc grace the beloved game. How can you be against black people but yet cheer when one scores for your team thats just hypocritical.
Several black football players where upset what happened to young 20 year old Tom Odeyemi and rightly so. A lot of twitters rallied behind them but some people where pushing the Sepp Blatter line 'Just get on with it' No why should they just get on with it, its 2012 now we shouldn't get on with anyone who offends us, we should stand up for what is right and what is wrong. We shouldn't have to 'just get on with it' if something offends us we should be able to say 'no thats wrong' and take the correct action
Sadly some people get a bit brave on twitter hiding behind a keyboard, thinking they can mouth of say what they want to whom they want. Trouble is if your a big mouth on twitter. You obviously a big mouth elsewhere people will find your number, your address and where you work. Pretty sure that ain't what you want is it?
In previous years we have made great progress at Kicking Racism out of football, but the last few weeks in both Football and in day to day life, we have gone back 20 yrs. We can beat Racism but we all need to work together to sort it
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Wow its been awhile hasn't it? So the King is coming Home, this should please most people yet it don't. Yes we need a full time striker to help Robin van Persie, but why shouldn't we snap up Henry on a 2 month loan as well?
He is too old I hear to often, he is 34 ffs I might as well give up if thats to old. He fucked off to Barcelona....and? He went there and won the Champions league shall we begrudge him that? Henry served us well. He could lift a deflated team with one bit of genius, as much as I love RvP I haven't seen him do that as much as Henry.
Another cry I hear is 'his legend will be tarnished' Bullcrap people Bullcrap. Henry is a Double winning, invincible and Arsenal top scorer. Do you think if Henry had one bad game or 2 someone will come and erased them records? Henry is a legend and will remain one. You will tell your Grandkids of Henry at the San Siro or in Madrid, the solo goal vs the Spuds, I can list many things this guy has done.
Moving on from the King, I wish to tell a few people who are constantly moaning, you know who you are. Wenger is not a idiot he knows he needs to strengthen but quite rightly he needs to get rid of the dead wood first. I like Arshavin when on form but he hasn't been for awhile he must be on 80k a week so he needs a new club as he obviously isn't happy here, neither is Chamakh. If we can also ship out Diaby, yes he is a talented player at times but he is always injured.
Who would I like to come in? Well to be honest I don't play Championship Manager like so many of you would be managers do, so I wont run of a list of names, just positions another Striker a left back and a stand in keeper, but I have the feeling we could sign Messi and still some would moan he is one footed
Last week Young Jack Wilshere, Retweeted a comment containing the word 'Yid' not a smart move from Jacky boy. But I think he was honestly naive to the fact that the word is offensive to Jewish people. Yes the spurs fans do call themselves the Yid Army but that doesn't make it right.
Tottenham only call themselves that as in the late 70's to late 80's Arsenal fans used to call them 'yid scum' etc etc due to there large Jewish fan base. The Tottenham fans adopted the name to show that it didn't bother them. Much the same ways as Spurs gave us the name 'Goons' which later became Gooners after we adopted it.
Now we are in the 21st century we need to move on with the times, the word Yid or Yido is no longer acceptable in the same way as the words Nigger or Paki are. We are Arsenal we having the biggest multicultral fan base in the world, I stand alongside 4 Jewish guys at Arsenal. They are passionate Gooners but they are alienated when we play Tottenham.
I agree the word Yid should be banned from football and teams should be fined if there fans sing it. It should affect Tottenham more than us, as half there songs contain the word Yid or Yido.
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Whilst I think alot of people going on the walk Sunday have other agenda's. I do on whole agree with the BSM. Ticket prices are a joke they don't want the old school fan there, They want the double barrelled Surnames with his kids Julian and Hycinth in tow. Sorry but this is Football not last night of the proms. You have no Atmosphere as the Hardcore are working class and Family comes first. So they have had to sacrifice Arsenal due to silly prices on ST.
I know Arsenal need to make money but the last few years they are taking the piss 8 kits in 3 years is a joke something we used to take the piss out off at Man Utd for. Being an Arsenal fan is the most expensive fan to be when you consider our ST and when the Arsenal turn up away prices double. Yes our Football is better than Blackburn does this make it right?
Its about time the supporters of Arsenal, Man Utd Chelsea and Liverpool said enough is enough there should be one fixed price on all Football tickets. Why should I pay more than a stoke fan as I was born with taste?
Every Gooner needs to ban buying a programme a beer and burger in the ground etc something I have.done for years now. I would even suggest not buying Emirates cup tickets. The club needs the fans as much as we need the club trouble is, they don't seem to see that.
I won't buy any kits myself and I will ask you as Gooners not to either. The choice is yours no longer will I be used to pay Diaby's over the top wages
Note: there maybe some grammer mistakes in my blog, I don't care I went to a School in Hackney and the education wasn't great. However everything I say is from the heart and meant
Now this ain't a Wenger out blog and nor will it ever be, Wenger has given me some of my greatest days of being a football fan. 2 Doubles and the Invincibles, So I will remain loyal to my leader as I done in my youth to George Graham before he was ousted.
Whilst its not a Wenger out blog I do notice Arsené has his flaws, I will try to address this in this blog
1. FORMATION. Wengers persistancy to play 4-3-2-1 this season has been our main downfall this season. When Arsenal play the likes of Man United, Chelsea and even Spurs. They change their formation to counter act ours, and it works Fergie knows Wenger is to stubborn and won't try anything else. So he plays 5 accross the midfield with Flectcher breaking up the majority of our counter attacks. If Wenger changed to a 4-4-2 for instance it would destroy alot of Fergies gameplan. But Wenger doesn't do this
2. SUBSTITIONS. Wenger never seems to make a sub until the 75th minute unless someone gets injured. That has to change we have 3 subs to make yes there could be 3 injuries after the 75th highly unlikely unless we are playing Stoke. Alot if the time you can see a team is getting more into the game like both NLD this year. If Wenger made a change earlier than 75th minute we could of stop both results happening. Also going back to formation when making subs don't do like for like. Don't bring off Walcott for Bendtner then play him on the wing. The guy is a centre forward he is 6ft 3 in height and a great header of the ball. Swithed the formation to a 4-4-1-1 with RvP playing the Bergkamp role.
3. TRANSFERS. Wenger stop being tight with the money. Us Gooners ain't when it comes to renewing our season tickets although that might change this season. We put alot into the club we deserve better than the cheapskate transfers you try. One season we was a million short of signing Alonso. Alonso and Cesc in the same team would of won us trophies. With trophies comes prize money, we would of made the money back and more. We also are fed up with the same lines as ' When they are all fit we will have to many Attackers/midfielder/defenders/keepers' Wenger the last time they was all fit....... Well I have never known a all fit Arsenal Squad never.
4. DEADWOOD. Right we all know the players who need to go, but Wenger doesn't seem to know or he is to stubborn to acknowledge, yes Arsené you have been correct aboutba few players we haven't given time to, Song and Djourou being the main 2 for me, but there are players like Denilson, Diaby, Rosicky, Almunia, etc etc who ain't good enough and need to be chopped. I don't doubt they may become Good players but how many more years do Diaby and Denilson need, there hardly youth players now. We have players out in loan who would battle hard for Arsenal. Lansbury has been amazing for Norwich and should be well ahead of a midfield place than Diaby, Dean Nelson and Rosicky
Wenger please address these issues over the summer, I love being a Gooner but I also love being a winner
So what the hell happened?? Arsenal happened once again we slaughter a team with possesion but we fail to score in open play. Who can we pin the blame of draw on to? Eboue? Wenger? Marriner?
No none of them the whole of our attack needs to be sat down and shown how to shoot. Of our 4 best chances in the game only one was from Robin van Persie. The others where Eboue, Diaby and Kozzer. Nasri is exausted who can remember the last game he dominated? van Persie doesn't seem to remember how to turn on a ball.
I am not a fan of Diaby as some of you will know but I thought he was the only player looking to play a forward pass or make a run. Talking of running Whats up with Theo he seems to run at psce but in sight of a defender he eases up!! Theo take it from a defender we hate pace you slowing down enliminates that fear.
We play them lot down the road next and hopefully the Geordies can do us a favour against Man Ure. However I do feel its Man Ures title now sadly. But we have to keep trying to win I believe they could win the title at the grove we cant and must't let that happen
Anyway looking forward to next season in our 3 new kits!! I will be boycotting all 3 Arsenal snd Nike are taking the piss out of us thats 6 kits in 3 years sorry but no more from me and encourage other Gooners to follow suit. The Blue kit is a disgrace to the club thankfully I aint seen the white one as of yet. Arsenal are showing a lack of respect to loyal fans.
If you are going to shithole on Wednesday be careful but let them know 61 never again
