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  • In terms of being underrated on the pitch, just his casual and undemonstrative body language. Everything was so elegant he made it look simple and easy, whereas someone like Connor Gallagher steams around crashing into people and cant pass it ten yards but is lauded as a team player.

    In terms of hatred almost certainly rooted in Racism and Islamaphobia. He famoulsy said when i win Im German when i lose im Turkish. He called out the inhumane treatment or Uighur Mulsims in China when Arsenal did a promotional tour there which was the end of that relationship.

    He is a great footballer and human, among the most philanthropic out there.





  • After Arsenal built the stadium there was little budget for transfers so as the senior players aged out of the squad inferior players came through in every position. People were used to competing for titles had to adjust to scraping into fourth spot.

    This also coincided with the advent of fan channels on youtube. The ranting and raving when we lost got twice as many hits and bred a certain type of ‘fan’ who would get overnight fame for screaming ‘Wenger out’ every week.

    Eventually Arsenal went on run of terrible away form. This is what hit the core ultra fans who pay to travel each week.

    Personally as a casual admirer of Arsenal i think Wenger was very hard done by. His league placing s and cup record with the squad he had by the end is arguable as big an achievement as his double or unbeaten season. It would be akin to a squad on the level of Brightons getting into the Champions league.