I’ll love it when we win a trophy, particularly if it’s one of the big two, to rub it in people’s faces- these people who criticise Arsenal all the time and say stereotypical rubbish about them all the time- people like Lee Dixon, Mark Lawrenson, Andy Townsend etc

I  switched on Sky Sports News this morning when I got up and saw them showing the games in which Arsenal have dropped points from in winning positions- Tottenham twice, Newcastle, Sunderland.

But for some reason they never seem to show Man Utd’s weaknesses. Man Utd have actually dropped points from winning poisitions more than us this season and yet it’s Arsenal who are criticised for it because a lot of people in football- media, pundits, ex- players etc are just thick. They hide behind the stereotypes and the easy things to say rather than actually analysing things with Arsenal. Yet with Man Utd, they can’t wait for ‘Giggsy’ or Rooney to have a great game, even when Rooney was doing crap they obsessed over him and never criticised Man Utd when they fudged up.

Man Utd were 3-1 at Everton in stoppage time and drew 3-3, that was a capitulation if ever I did see one. They screwed up at Fulham late on- Fulham equalising twice and Man Utd missing a penalty at 2-1. They drew at Birmingham 1-1 in the last minute, the were 1 up at Chelsea late on and lost 2-1. They were 1 up at Wolves and lost 2-1. They were 2-0 up at home to West Brom and drew 2-2, with van der Sar messing up big time. But we can’t criticise van der Sar can we? And we definately can’t criticise Man Utd can we?

So why do these thicko’s focus on Arsenal? I don’t know exactly why, we seem easy targets to a lot of people. Probably because we haven’t won anything since 2005 and people can’t wait to get on our backs for that. If ‘Fergie’ had gone through through this spell with Man Utd that Arsenal have I don’t think Man Utd would be criticised as much, they’d say’Oh Fergie’s dealt with the stadium move well and kept Man Utd in the top four every season and come close a few times, what a man’.

But people in this country generally hate Arsene Wenger, perhaps because he says things they don’t like to hear, complaining about decisions (but every manager does that), has rows with other managers and not handshaking a couple of times, he answers their questions with complex answers that they probably can’t understand because their too thick and already thinking about what to criticise Arsenal of.

I think a big reason is due to the respect for Ferguson and the lack of for Wenger. People in football are too scared of Ferguson, and Wenger isn’t a scary guy so they have nothing to fear when criticising them- plus he’s not British.

It’s just a disgrace how Arsenal are targeted in this country. People are brainwashed to believe all these dodgy stereotypes that journalists and pundits have created themselves because they say simple things because they are too thick to actually analyse more accurately.

They also had the gall to not even show or mention van Persie’s disallowed goal at 3-2 that shouldn’t have been. Nobody has, apart from the match report on Arsenal.com. Why?! I bet you £100 that if that had been up the other end and it was Tottenham that had it disallowed they would mention it and talk about it rather than focusing on the negatives as everyone does with Arsenal, even when we win.

I’ll love it when we win a trophy, particularly if it’s one of the big two, to rub it in people’s faces- these people who criticise Arsenal all the time and say stereotypical rubbish about them all the time- people like Lee Dixon, Mark Lawrenson, Andy Townsend etc.

I just can’t believe that that disallowed goal has never been mentioned. Any other club and it would have been mentioned and looked at but because of Arsenal’s form over the last couple of months- knocked out of all the cups and some poor results in the league- they ignore it because they can’t wait to stick the knife in again.

Plus, it staggers me that hardly anyone has pointed out how Arsenal have been without Thomas Vermaelen for all but 3 games of the season. They have done excellently to be where they are. But no, no-one says this, people go on about a ‘soft centre’- the one which is missing our best and most important centre half.  Can you imagine if Vidic was out for Man utd- it’d be excuses city- ‘oh hasn’t Fergie done well given Vidic has been out’. And we’ve had van Persie and Fabregas out for spells, as well as Walcott and Djourou.

Can you tell it winds me right up?

Mean Lean’s Response

Don’t get me started TL Gooner. I agree with the points you raise completely. We know that the media are not just there to give us the news, they are there to give us the news from their own agenda.

If this is the case with actual real life and death situations that we read and watch every day then why on earth would this exclude football?

What agenda they have is another matter all together. Is it because Arsene Wenger is because foreign? or is it more specifically because he is French? Is it Arsenal? or our supposed lack of English players?

Many football supporters from different clubs feel that they are hard done by from the media and I suppose many supporters can see things from certain angles but there is no doubt in my mind that we are treated differently to other teams.

There are just far too many examples of this to write down today. I have moaned and groaned about them in past blogs and I suppose I will continue to do so in future.

One thing that really gets my goat is the ‘lack of trophies’ in recent years. Why is everyone going crazy about Arsene’s lack of trophies? Who exactly are we comparing this against?

Liverpool FC are a bigger club that Arsenal, they have a better history than we do, they have spent more money than we have but yet have never won the Premier League. Ever. Why do we not hear the repeated mantra about Liverpool not winning a trophy since 2006 or not ever winning the Premier League?

Tottenham Hotspurs have gone fifty years without winning the league and have spent more than most in the Premier League years on transfers yet we do not hear a peep out of anyone about this.

In fact the Spurs love in from the media this season has been sickening. I believe it has something to do with their urge to have Harry Redknapp in charge of the England national team. It is no surprise that Fabio Capello has been destroyed by the red tops this year.

Meanwhile Arsene Wenger has to listen to mindless pundits bang on about Arsenal’s lack of silverware in the last six seasons. As if we have never had long spells without winning trophies before and that is without having to rebuild our squad from scratch as well as building a new stadium. That is never mentioned so it doesn’t count.

Going back to Van Persie’s disallowed goal. My first thought was that he was onside and I was sitting there waiting to be proved wrong but for some strange reason Sky decided not to show a replay that would allow the viewers to make their own minds up.

I understand your frustration. It should bother us Gooners these days but it certainly irritates me.