Is Wenger being selfish?

[redgunamo]

Yes. Yes you can. That's the point. There is no legal, moral or physical imperative making you go to the football. You can simply choose not to go because what you see on the pitch does not match what your expectations based on what you're paying. You just don't get to watch live games and save yourself plenty quid. Or you can go to another club like a lower-league team.

Indeed, one could argue that, by not withdrawing your custom (and thus allowing the club to carry on with what it's doing with no financial penalty), the fans are actually perpetuating what they see as the problem. So, far from being victims in this situation, by failing to act decisively, they are complicit.

No, it's more like paying tax; everyone still does it regardless. In fact, it's *exactly* like paying tax, albeit with a personal, private imperative, rather than merely a legally-imposed one.

[Ash]

No, it's more like paying tax; everyone still does it regardless. In fact, it's *exactly* like paying tax, albeit with a personal, private imperative, rather than merely a legally-imposed one.

It's love, that's what it is.

Unrequited love.

[redgunamo]

It's love, that's what it is.

Unrequited love.

Well, quite. We can't expect the likes of B and Sir C to credit that, can we.

Love is a practical, physical mechanism and also its own magical reward. But, so far as the club is concerned, it's all about bums on seats

[World's End Stella]

Well, quite. We can't expect the likes of B and Sir C to credit that, can we.

Love is a practical, physical mechanism and also its own magical reward. But, so far as the club is concerned, it's all about bums on seats

Quite. So while it's sensible for the club to consider bums in seats as a priority, it's also perfectly reasonable and sensible for a supporter to return each year because of this love, while at the same time having every right to point out what he dislikes about his love. The idea that he should just shut up or leave and support another club is as puerile as it is naive.