TonyTheYid
24-07-2006, 10:07
I've been giving a link to a Gooner Fan's forum and here's what they think about their new stadium after Saturday's game....
“… What really ****ed me off was the anouncement to get your little flags out now and wave them ocrastrated football support, mexican wave without a mexican in sight. Half time after having to get serious with a steward about me roll up, i decided to leave the grove went up the Woodbine about 4 of us in there and it was ****ing miles better.
To the Arsenal board you have finally worked out a way to get rid of me :upyours: “
“i walked into the ground ready to salute the best player ever to wear red and white. and walked out feeling i had been raped by dein & co. you can dress it up however you like it's a concrete bowl full of tarquins and not an ounce of the class of highbury “
“its not just about atmosphere! its about the people that go now, the people that dont give a **** about arsenal, dont give a **** about football, dont understand the game and the passion that goes with it. They just jump on the arsenal band waggon becuase they can afford to, and tell their numpty mates they have a season ticket at The Arsenal. real fans have been priced out, and im only 19, but to me, it feels like Arsenal as a club, is slowly dying! “
“of course i love arsenal, but to me, its gone past the stage of loving the club, becuase the club dont care about us!”
“its not a club anymore, its a corporation. “
“true but it still bears that arsenal crest so ill follow em till i die no matter wat they are “
“Follow is the right word. There was a time when you went football and you didn't feel ripped off. Now it just feels that everytime you follow Arsenal no matter how good the football you feel ripped off. Where the pleasure in that? “
“Going Arsenal is like walking through a gang of muggers with a 50 pound note hanging out of your pocket, at least they only take what you have in your pocket the Arsenal board take your heart as well “
“The prices :yikes: £2 a packet of crisps, £1.80 a bottle of water
…and i never buy food or drink inside a stadium! but thats not the point, why the prices need to be so high, is beyond me, ****ing joke! “
(even more than Spurs! (topspurs eds.)
“The ground looks great from the outside and i'm sure every away fan that come here will be in awe and feel quite jealous. But to me it's just not Arsenal. There's just not that proper 'football' feel that Highbury had at all, it's just another concrate construction in order to take money from us. When I was walking along the bridge I thought it looked more like a shopping complex than a football ground! Once in there I was just as ****** off to see that you can get "meal deals," it seemed more like disney world than going down the Arsenal! And worse than that I felt like I was in a neutral ground like Cardiff at kick off, just didn't seem right at all. To top all that off I had some posh **** in fornt of me singing, "davids is a plonker," and frowning everytime somebody swore or shouted. All in all I don't hold high hopes for the grove and now more than ever I realise what Highbury really meant and stood for :cry: “
“walked past highbury today felt gutted, thank **** for the second half today otherwise would have been a really **** atmosphere. think everyone who really has arsenal in their heart felt lost today.”
“The main problem for me though is the ****'s that your surrounded by! I mean how do these people who have no interest in Arsenal what so ever managed to get tickets! “
I'm afraid it's one big vicious circle, we've now moved in order to make more money so we can compete with the so called 'bigger clubs' which has in turn alerted even more ***** to a good day out down at Arsenal. This then means the prices go up, but we should end up with more success, which in turn leads to even more pricks wanting to come and sit in the ground not giving a toss about the result and then the club can charge what they want as they know there are countless tossers locked out each week who fancy a change from the theatre. “
Arsenal will never be the same now, I fear it's all down hill from here for the average supporter :cry:
:hihi: :hihi: :D
“… What really ****ed me off was the anouncement to get your little flags out now and wave them ocrastrated football support, mexican wave without a mexican in sight. Half time after having to get serious with a steward about me roll up, i decided to leave the grove went up the Woodbine about 4 of us in there and it was ****ing miles better.
To the Arsenal board you have finally worked out a way to get rid of me :upyours: “
“i walked into the ground ready to salute the best player ever to wear red and white. and walked out feeling i had been raped by dein & co. you can dress it up however you like it's a concrete bowl full of tarquins and not an ounce of the class of highbury “
“its not just about atmosphere! its about the people that go now, the people that dont give a **** about arsenal, dont give a **** about football, dont understand the game and the passion that goes with it. They just jump on the arsenal band waggon becuase they can afford to, and tell their numpty mates they have a season ticket at The Arsenal. real fans have been priced out, and im only 19, but to me, it feels like Arsenal as a club, is slowly dying! “
“of course i love arsenal, but to me, its gone past the stage of loving the club, becuase the club dont care about us!”
“its not a club anymore, its a corporation. “
“true but it still bears that arsenal crest so ill follow em till i die no matter wat they are “
“Follow is the right word. There was a time when you went football and you didn't feel ripped off. Now it just feels that everytime you follow Arsenal no matter how good the football you feel ripped off. Where the pleasure in that? “
“Going Arsenal is like walking through a gang of muggers with a 50 pound note hanging out of your pocket, at least they only take what you have in your pocket the Arsenal board take your heart as well “
“The prices :yikes: £2 a packet of crisps, £1.80 a bottle of water
…and i never buy food or drink inside a stadium! but thats not the point, why the prices need to be so high, is beyond me, ****ing joke! “
(even more than Spurs! (topspurs eds.)
“The ground looks great from the outside and i'm sure every away fan that come here will be in awe and feel quite jealous. But to me it's just not Arsenal. There's just not that proper 'football' feel that Highbury had at all, it's just another concrate construction in order to take money from us. When I was walking along the bridge I thought it looked more like a shopping complex than a football ground! Once in there I was just as ****** off to see that you can get "meal deals," it seemed more like disney world than going down the Arsenal! And worse than that I felt like I was in a neutral ground like Cardiff at kick off, just didn't seem right at all. To top all that off I had some posh **** in fornt of me singing, "davids is a plonker," and frowning everytime somebody swore or shouted. All in all I don't hold high hopes for the grove and now more than ever I realise what Highbury really meant and stood for :cry: “
“walked past highbury today felt gutted, thank **** for the second half today otherwise would have been a really **** atmosphere. think everyone who really has arsenal in their heart felt lost today.”
“The main problem for me though is the ****'s that your surrounded by! I mean how do these people who have no interest in Arsenal what so ever managed to get tickets! “
I'm afraid it's one big vicious circle, we've now moved in order to make more money so we can compete with the so called 'bigger clubs' which has in turn alerted even more ***** to a good day out down at Arsenal. This then means the prices go up, but we should end up with more success, which in turn leads to even more pricks wanting to come and sit in the ground not giving a toss about the result and then the club can charge what they want as they know there are countless tossers locked out each week who fancy a change from the theatre. “
Arsenal will never be the same now, I fear it's all down hill from here for the average supporter :cry:
:hihi: :hihi: :D