for bringing on Holding instead of Wilshere, when it was palpably clear that Kos had signalled he was injured and had to come off.
Imagine going to the bother of attending a live event that you are *that* disengaged with and then getting *that* angry when your lack of engagement results in you totally missundertsanding what the fúck is going on?
One supposes that was your favourite part largely because everything that happened on the pitch was so utterly unpleasing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
There was a moment in the first half that we put a nice, slick passing move together and nearly created a half-chance. I quite enjoyed that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Nearly created a half chance! Now if that isn't worth getting excited about nothing is :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
One point from twelve away from home.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
Imagine going to that lot.
There was also a moment that Kolasinac brought down a cross-field pass with a beautifully deft piece of control. Worth the entrance free alone, imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pokster
I'm not denying that we are irredeemably **** or that the Weng deserves cancer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
It's just the disengagement that baffles me.
People mostly just attend games in the hope of seeing their team score goals and win, I think. Everything else is pretty much secondary.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
But if you don't care enough to not be able to follow such a basic and fundamental narrative thread, how can you care enough to get angry about it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Because you're angry about not winning (or, in our case, losing) and thus perceive everything that happens thought that prism and as either contributory to or symptomatic of that fact.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
Football crowds - in case you hadn't noticed - are not wise, rational, considered or dispassionate things.
When one is busy explaining to, for example, a goal-shy boggle-eyed living-nicker that he is a useless reproductive organ it is perhaps understandably easy to miss seeing the captain pull up with a knacked calf just prior to being substituted.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
You don't have to see him pulling up. You just had to engage for a millisecond and allow the most basic context clues to sink into your thick ****ing head. The second I saw Holding on the touchline my first thought was that there must be a defensive injury. And yet the first first thought of all of these fans was that Wenger had changed his mind at the last moment and opted for a defensive substitution, and then continued thinking this even AFTER they saw Kos coming off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Yes, yes, I know. All I would say is that having a go at some pissed-up spectators whose wrath, however inarticulate and misdirected, could have been avoided by the team not playing like a bunch of complete cùntwarbles, seems to miss the key take-away* of the evenings entertainment, or lack of.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
* My apologies for using this abomination.
What you say is of course, valid. However, it is hard not to feel that you may be seeking to distract from the key point, which is that the fans did justifiably have a fair amount to moan about in that performance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
When I attend football matches the fundamental narrative thread is always foremost in my mind.
Are you lampooning me?Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
I would not dream of such a thing my friend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
Perhaps the others you are mocking did not see Koscielny letting the bench know he wanted to come off, perhaps they thought JW could come on and we revert to a back 4 which we have done many times before, his introduction being to try and win the game.
Lot's of scenarios, all simply the view or opinion of other football supporters.