How we managed to mutate from a team that could produce an unbeaten season to this lot of plonkers will be studied by sports historians for years. We have one of the best managers in world football, an economic genius

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Against Fulham, we sucked. Sorry, we were utterly crap. A team that cannot beat Fulham and Sunderland at home does not deserve to be in the Champions League. That is a cold, hard, fact.

For most of this season’s league campaign, we have looked a bunch of rudderless, heartless bums. Players clearly do not bother to turn up for matches which do not involve the big teams. We lack imagination, creativity, bite, and spirit. I’d trade all these bums pulling on the red and white for a Ray Parlour right now. He knew what it meant to pull on the Arsenal jersey. He wasn’t the most gifted player, or the most skilled, but he had enormous heart. Romford Pele gave 210% in every game he played. And the fans loved him for it. And when the judge decided to give his ex-wife a bigger share of his salary and he had to move to ‘Boro, he went with the blessings and goodwill of every Arsenal fan.

I’ll never forget that goal against the team formerly known as Chelsea. And the accompanying comment from that dude, “No worries. It’s only Ray Parlour.” Aye, that was a great day for him and us.

How we managed to mutate from a team that could produce an unbeaten season to this lot of plonkers will be studied by sports historians for years. We have one of the best managers in world football, an economic genius, running our club. A man whose vision transformed Arsenal from a small London club to a global brand name. Arsenal has become one of the best supported clubs in the world over the past decade, with a global followership in the tens of millions. Week in, week out, people pack into bars, hotels, restaurants and even barbing saloons in Nigeria to watch their beloved team. And every supporter I know here would give his teeth to go to the Emirates just once so he can cheer the boys on in person.

Since we moved to the Emirates, we’ve seen a transformation in the manner of our home support. Highbury was called a library, but I cannot recall ever seeing empty seats in that stadium with five minutes left in a game. I cannot recall ever hearing one of our players being booed by his own fans because he was having a bad game at Highbury. I cannot recall Arsenal being booed off by supporters at Highbury because of a bad performance. But then, I’ve only been an Arsenal supporter for about 14 years, so I’ll be the first to put up my hands and admit I don’t know everything.

However, I do know that the attitude in the stands is being reflected on the pitch. Our players have admitted they prefer to play away from home because the away fans are more supporting and that tells you a lot about the poisonous atmosphere in the Emirates. A stadium where 2000 away fans are more vocal than 58,000 home fans. A stadium wherein the paying customers (for that is what they’ve become) decide to walk out 5 minutes before the end of a half. It is absolutely sickening to watch. Where the fu*k are you off to? You can’t park your arse in your seat for a few more lousy fu*king minutes? I’ve never been to an Arsenal home game, but by God, if I shelled out 60 pounds for a ticket, you can bet your mortgage I’m staying in my seat to the final whistle. Singing my lungs out. Isn’t that what being a supporter is about?

At the end of the day, I’m not an Arsene supporter, I’m not a Fabregas supporter, I’m not a van Persie supporter – I am an Arsenal supporter. I love the club first, and by extension I open my heart to the employees of the club. If Arsene left us tomorrow, Arsenal would remain. Arsenal isn’t going anywhere. The attitude of the customers who are privileged enough to attend our home matches is appalling. If we’re not leading 7-0 20 minutes into a match, they stop singing. If we’re not 10-0 up by halftime, they get restless. And if we misplace one pass out of 100, they hiss and boo. What are you people, spectators at the fu*king Coliseum? If you want “entertainment” that badly, go watch a movie at the cinema. Don’t come to our stadium to pout and sulk because the football isn’t “sexy” enough for you. If you want “sexy” go rent a porn DVD or something.

Teams come to the Emirates knowing that the only supporters present are in a certain corner of the stadium and are there to cheer them on. They know that if they can frustrate Arsenal for 20 minutes, the customers will get on the players’ backs. They’ll start yammering for their banana daiquiris and wondering when Tom Cruise is going to show up to spin a bottle or two in the air and make them go “OOOOOOHHHHH!”

We’ve gotten used to qualifying for the Champions League every season Arsene Wenger has been at the club, a remarkable achievement given the financial constraints we’ve been operating under. In all probability, next season will be the first in which we have to make do with the UEFA Cup for a change, which is fine by me under the circumstances. AC Milan had to play in the UEFA Cup this season, and they didn’t explode. And though they got knocked out of the competition last week, their fans aren’t rioting in the streets.

This has been a frustrating season, and has exposed the shortcomings in Wenger’s vision for Arsenal in a manner most brutal and unforgiving. It has revealed to the world that his players are just not as good as he thought they were. And while he will defend them to the death in public because that is the kind of man he is, Wenger must surely recognize that the buck stops at his table, and must now start to rebuild his reputation as a shrewd spotter of talent, and for getting exceptional performances out of mediocre players.

However, it has also exposed the fact that Arsenal’s new stadium is currently being subjected to the weekly presence of by far the worst-mannered, ill-tempered, spoiled brat fans in the history of football. The Emirates Stadium deserves better.