The Emmanuel Eboue debate rages on today, unsurprisingly, and after Grabby’s take on it yesterday It’s my turn now. It might seem like a bit of a U-turn.
Keen-eyed and or regular readers (both of you) might have noticed that in the past month we have had the prescience on this blog to refer to our dear utility right-back/midfielder as ‘Eh?Boo-him’. This is because we (or at least half of us) have always felt him to be a) bad at football b) lazy and c) a moron, three qualities which, if not disqualifying him from all professional employment, ought at least to render him ineligible for one of the best teams in the world, and one of the most sought-after careers in humanity.
People go to watch football, and support a club, because as much as it is another little world to escape into, one with victories and defeats – it is entertainment, a show, and like all the best shows it has heroes and villains. Though I want the team to win, for the money my season ticket costs I want to be able to say whatever I want about the team when I’m in the stadium(within the realm of decency). If I’m in the wrong, no doubt those around me will tell me to shut up. Nobody did on Saturday. I booed Adebayor at the start of the season for behaving like an asshole over the summer – I don’t anymore, and I booed Eboue yesterday for a terrible performance. We were winning a match which was providing us with three crucial points, and Eboue seemed to be trying to sabotage it.
Whilst it might be a bit disheartening for the player, I refuse to take responsibility for the morale of a grown man paid twice the UK average annual salary, every week, to play sport for 90 minutes. I think it’s irresponsibly demoralising to, say, boo returning squaddies because you don’t like the war. Having a boo at Eboue, who delivered one of the worst performances I’ve seen in an Arsenal shirt (and I watched Glenn Helder), is not on the same scale. All of the best jobs come with pressure – if you wilt as Eboue seemed to, despite 55,000 people wanting him to do well and for the team to win, then perhaps you should find another one.
He has never looked the part. Despite his technical gifts, no Arsenal fan has ever looked at an Arsenal teamsheet and been reassured by the presence of Eboue. One of the reasons he has been more popular in midfield than he ever was in defence is the perception that somehow he can do less damage there – no reason for an Arsenal man to earn his position.
You can become popular with the Arsenal crowd either through your character and how you work in games, or by being fantastically good at football. Of the current crowd in the first category I’d put Almunia, the second Van Persie, the third Clichy and Fabregas. Eboue will never be appeal on either of these grounds.
I doubt he’s played his last game for the club, and he’ll probably get a big cheer next time he comes on by way of apology, but what is essentially a reaction to media coverage should not be used to paper over the obvious truth; that Eboue’s quality and temperament are both below the standard we should expect of an Arsenal player.
Finally I present you with a quick game. Do a youtube search for any of the Arsenal first team. For only one player are two of the first results ‘red card’ and ‘dive’. Guess who?
December 8th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
before his injury i thought he was one of our better players this season
December 8th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
I want to be able to say whatever I want about the team when I’m in the stadium(within the realm of decency).
Booing your own team is not within the realm of decency. Need anyone say more? Anyone booing our own players aare a bigger disgrace than the player they are booing. Shout at him by all means but booing???? Grow up please. Surely all we want is for The Arsenal to win? Surely booing anyone in the team is only gonna be detrimental. This is obvious. JUST STOP BOOING! you give us Gooners a bad name and it is total embarrassment, much more embarrassing than having Eboue in your team. I don’t like him much don’t get me wrong but booing him? All it has done is caused all us proper fans total embarrassment!
December 8th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
To the tune of the Pogues’ Fairytale of New York
Manu eboue
Wears the Arsenal shirt
Came in 2003
From the coast of Africa
And then he raised his studs
And gave Terry a punt
Well that’s ok with me -
Terry’s a right cunt
The chavs they booed him then
But by this time next year
I’ve got a feeling -
They’ll all be City fans
So support the Arsenal
A club with history
Cos Manu Eboue
Plays for the Arsenal
December 8th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
This article is a vacuous bag of suck, written by an absolute chimp of a man. Were you dropped on your head as a child? BOOOOO! It’s okay for me to say this, as I paid for a month of internet service. BOOO!
December 8th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Yes is S. Scott, yes it is. I mean you look a bit dense, but it’s ok.
December 8th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Bottom line….you never boo your own player no matter. If there is no solidarity between players and fans then we are just playing straight into the hands of our rivals.
I think the booing was borne out of frustration fundamentally on the current situation we are in at Arsenal and perhaps a frustration at Arsene Wengers policy over the last 4 years.
Our position in English football has fallen from number 1 or 2 in the country to number 4 or 5 at the moment. The best testament to where we stand vs the teams that won the doubles under Wenger:
1998 team: David Seaman, Lee Dixon, Nigel Winterburn, Martin Keown, Tony Adams, Ray Parlour, Patrick Vieira, Emmanuel Petit, Nicolas Anelka, Dennis Bergkamp, Marc Overmars.
2002 team: David Seaman, Lauren, Sol Campbell, Martin Keown, Ashley Cole, Fredrik Ljungberg, Patrick Vieira, Edu, Robert Pires, Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp.
Very few of todays players would get in that team save for maybe Sagna and Clichy (although Cashley was awesome that year) and Fabregas.
So we have gone backwards and while I admire our policy of bringing young players through we are just not the quality team we used to be so my expectations have been changed over the last 3 years.
On our day we can still beat anybody because our strongest 11 are still quality but hand on heart would you back them week in week out to acheive success against Man U, Chelsea (Liverpool maybe). Even this year Villa are closer to us than in the last 3 seasons which also tells a story.
So even though I condemn the booing of an Arsenal player I can understand the frustration and forgive me for saying this but if it is through fans frustration that the message finally gets to Arsene that he must buy some quality as well as rely on in grown talent…then I wont be blogging every week to condemn it.
December 8th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
proper fans? sorry… explain to me how boo’ing/not boo’ing differentiates fans and proper fans? try and construct an actual argument this time you fool.
all fans have the right to express an opinion … if you think that right should be taken away (as you clearly do) please go and live in China or Russia. i for one like the fact that we have freedom of speech irrespective of whether ‘you’ like what i’m saying at the time or not.
god forbid you ever watch a team outside of the UK… you would probably die from ’stiff upper lip’ at the comments from the stands.
this country is a democracy thank god.
December 8th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Gooner Dev, I’m not sure it will play any part in affecting Arsene’s decision-making. Thank god, but he’s never listened to anybody much except Arsene Wenger, and it’s a policy which has served him very well so far…
Pede – I agree, there’s no real reason why the booing issue should be about ‘proper fans’ and the rest. The implication seems to be that ‘proper fans’ are those who blindly support the team through thick and thin, regardless of what they might feel. I can understand that some people feel this strongly, but whilst I feel I’m as devoted to Arsenal as the next man, I don’t agree that this means I can’t vent my frustrations at terrible performances.
December 8th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
We as fans have duty to support the team. When we start booing our own player then you can not call your self a supporter. Look, Eboue had a terrible game but you have take into consideration that he just came back from a 6 week injury. hurling abuse and boos just because for some strange reason you don’t like him outside football is anti-support. So is this the level some ‘morons’ in the crowd are gonna steep to when a player has bad day? Are we going to boo Clichy next time he gives away a goal? no because because some ‘morons’ in the crowd are hypocrites.
December 8th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
I never said anything about not venting your frustration at a player. But when a whole lot of fans boo one player it only has a detrimental effect on the team. I always thought booing was for the bad guy at a pantomime. Yes shout some criticism at the player but booing is just no good. What good does it achieve? Looks like EE27 will be playing against Porto so what possible positive effect can booing have? I also agree it has nothing to do with “proper” fans I was ranting but if only to show how frustrated most of us are with this idiotic booing of players. It happened with EA25 early season too, no need for it.
Surely it is not rocket science to see that booing does not help the team.
December 8th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Sorry Grabber but I just dont agree with booing your team…thats my opinion.
The only thing I agree with is that Eboue is not good enough for the Arsenal team and that is Wenger’s choice not yours or mine.
Pede, where is my reference to the fact that booing differentiates fans from proper fans? There isnt one and I dont think that booing differentiates anyone. It just tells you about what your personal beliefts are on how you deal with your frustrations. If you chose to boo Eboue thats your right to. I aint gonna stop you.
You did say that every fan has a right to express an opinion which I have done. Thank you
December 8th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
pede – Can you explain to me how booing a member of the team equates to supporting the team?
December 8th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Grabber,
Do you think his current policy is the right one in not choosing to bring in more players. I just think we are in need of 2 or 3 high profile players over the next 2 purchasing windows to make us more consistent and formidable if our intention is to win trophies.
I think it is right to give some younger players time to develop but what a huge lift it will give us if we were to land some big names as well to the whole club.
IT COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE
December 8th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
boo’ing does not help the team directly. i can agree with that.
the point is as fans occasionally your views have to be made clear.
if AW’s policy leaves nothing on a bench than a half fit 2 bit player (which has been a bit of a regular occurrence of late) to replace nasri then i would have thought you as a fan would be entitled to at the very least complain. this club has the potential to spend net £50m per annum on transfers and that doesn’t include recovery on player sales. Do the maths.
the total respect afforded by gooners on their team and management is something to be proud of however not at the cost of keeping AW and the board SO in the comfort zone where not even winning trophies is good enough anymore.
Unless of course that’s what being a proper fan is?
is something to be proud of however not at the cost of keeping AW and the board in the confort zone where not even winning trophies is good enough anymore.
December 8th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
I suspect that this season Arsene has been surprised by the injuries count, and that the borderline people he didn’t quite bring in over the summer, because he wanted to show faith in his current squad, are now looking more sensible to him.
I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw one or two new entries, but he won’t break the bank. He never has, and on the occasions he’s threatened to he’s occasionally been disappointed: I remember how excited I was when we bought Reyes, and Wiltord cost a lot too.
A central midfielder and a centre back would be priorities, but I would be very surprised if he spent more than £10m on either. I also doubt it would be someone established, although if he could get Alonso for a sensible price he would make quite a lot of sense.
December 8th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
fido… 1 game of verbal discontent does not equate to a season, but does send a message. what you are saying is neither here or there.
it’s a bit like a warning at work…. Or can you not relate to that principle?
there is nothing wrong with boo’ing a player IF its justified. Ie in this case being far from being good enough, excuses aside. Please construct an argument against that if you can as a supporter. think very carefully !
……unless you are willing to settle for the wooden spoon which isn’t even second best these days? sound familiar?
December 8th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Pede I think you’re probably over-rationalising things a bit. Booing doesn’t happen as measured ‘message’ to anybody, it’s simply the reaction of thousands to a frustratingly bad performance, in a match where the team badly needed three points.
If anything it’s an expression of how much they wanted the team to win, and how strongly they felt Eboue was jeopardising that effort with his performance.
December 8th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
I’m sorry…this is a non-sense blog…made by a nonsense arsenal fan…caring so much about his money that he forgot(or never knew) what a real fan is…
I mean, we are fans who cheer to help our team win. HOW DOES BOOING YOUR OWN PLAYER HELP THE TEAM? :S :S
CR*P blog!
December 8th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
That is your opinion and of course you are entitled to it. But the fact remains that, rightly or wrongly, Eboue is an Arsenal player – and when he is on the pitch in the Red and White, booing him is not helping your team…
Irrespective of both his salary, and whether you believe the morale of an individual player is your responsibility or not – if you can’t accept that booing your own players is clearly counter-productive then perhaps you should be watching the team on TV instead of in the stadium. Just because you have the right to vent your opinions from the safety of your seat, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the correct thing to do… just ask Gallas whether venting his frustration on the turf at Birmingham last year was the correct choice… I’ll bet Man Utd’s title and Cesc’s captaincy that it wasn’t… Clearly a very different situation, but still proof that confidence is everything in football.
I don’t think anyone is debating whether Eboue had a great game at the weekend – he clearly didn’t. And yes ok, we all know he is the most ‘theatrical’ player in the squad – (I don’t think anyone could hand-on-heart say they’ve never uttered some expletive under their breath while he rolls around on the floor after a seemingly innocuous challenge) – but the fact is that he is still IN the squad. And as long as AW believes in him enough to play him, and we as fans want our team to win, then we should be getting behind him instead of making matters worse… Personally I think he does have something to offer the team – and I for one would prefer to have a confident Eboue making the odd mistake, rather than a bag of nerves who is afraid to even receive the ball because of the taunts of his own fans. We’re short on midfielders as it is – why make the situation worse by demotivating the one player who can give us natural width on the right in Theo’s absence?
At the end of the day, if he is not good enough then AW will ship him out himself. In the meantime we should all be doing whatever we can to help the team, even if that means cheering on a player who may be underperforming – save the complaints and back-seat management for after the game when it won’t affect the team and / or the outcome of the match. Unless of course you are happy with either UEFA Cup football next year / or transfer targets thinking twice before signing for the club – in which case carry right on.
December 8th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Pede – Whether the action of booing your own team and its players is idiotic or not depends on whether you see yourself as a customer simply expressing your opinion of the product you are offered or as a supporter seeking to encourage your team on to better things. If it’s the latter then you are bound to see those actions that are discouraging the team as idiotic. There is a common acceptance that a crowd getting behind it’s team is likely to achieve more than those one that doesn’t. Question is how do you see the role of supporters – or are we just customers now?
December 8th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
grabber… if i were to over-rationalise i would suggest the boo’boys should have vented their anger at AW not eboue.
it was a strange situation to say the least. but if it forces AW’s hand to go out and spend some money on a ‘real’ player then its a good thing as far as im concerned…. and remember judging by his previous comments this is the last thing he wants to do.
December 8th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
To decide whether it is ridiculous to believe that it is a good idea to to influence a manager’s decision during a game imagine that each supporter had a button in his seat to press when he wanted a player replaced. At a certain level the manager has to accept the will of the crowd. Do results get better or worse? We all think we know better than the manager or the player at given moments. Usually it is only partly informed and based on prejudices that we have built up for or against individual players. Encouraging fans to influence a managers decision during games is ridiculous. As is creating a hostile environment directed against your own team.
December 8th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Fido – Absolutely agree with your post regarding fans perception of being a supporter (@ 2:28) – captures the very essence of the argument and is one of the most sensible posts I’ve seen for some time.
December 8th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
you might be a season ticket holder, but lets face it you are an emirates boy, not one from highbury.
you are one of the new generation of spoilt supporters branching out from stamford bridge.
did u ever see glen helder or cygan get booed ? not by our highbury fans.
it disgusts me how we have the worst atmosphere in the country at out beutiful brand spanking new stadium yet the whole world hears us boo our own players.
arsenal as a football club has changed since i started supporting them, we used to be a team with a 12th man, a unit with togetherness thru the good and the bad. dont forget the good only really started in 97/98.
the worst move we did for our image was to move to emirates. our season ticket holders at highbury were class and i was proud to have them at the game every week even if it meant i could only get a ticket for a game once in a blue moon. now I have been going to the emirates for a while but I dont think I willl be going to much more as the prices are high, our support is so shit its embarrasing, and we boo our own team (ade already had it this season as well)
the support arsenal get these days from fans at the stadium and the arm chair supporters jus isnt the same as the old days, u kids dont know what being an arsenal supporter is all about, we pride our selfs on being the small club punching above our weight. our new supporters (theatre ticket holders) dont know any thing about the real arsenal from highbury and they want us to be as imoral and as direpectful as chelsea and man utd.
IF YOUR A SEASON TICKET HOLDER WHO GOES TO THE GAME JUST TO WATCH IT AND NOT AS A 12TH MAN TO TRY AND HAVE AN INFLUENCE ON THE GAME THEN FUCK OFF AND GIVE YOUR TICKET TO A REAL GOOOOOOONER.
December 8th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
I was a season ticket holder at Highbury too, thanks very much. I agree the support at Emirates has been worse, but I’d say two things – firstly the design of the ground makes it much harder to get chants and songs going with everyone in unison.
Secondly, one of the things about Highbury was you had people who had been sitting in the same place for years and years, and knew everyone around them. I sat in the North Lower at Highbury, and the sound was deafening. This hasn’t happened yet at the Emirates, but it will come with time. It’s also worth pointing out that we never had a primadonna on Eboue’s level at the Emirates. Part of the reason people are booing is the feeling that his general antics undermine Arsenal’s tradition of not putting up with that sort of stuff.
December 8th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
It’s really quite simple. If you’re a supporter, you SUPPORT! No two ways around it. And stop whining about how ‘you paid a lot for your season ticket so you get to say whatever you want’. That is pathetic, really. If it’s that much of a hassle for a season pass, please, by all means, give it to someone who still dreams of seeing Arsenal at the Emirates, like myself, as I’m currently in Australia.
This is really demoralising at the moment, right when our team needs us the most. If you’re not going to support then get lost, go join Spurs if you REALLY dislike Arsenal that much. This is why I’ve come to realise that the true fans are the ones who travel to away games or the ones who don’t get the privilege of watching Arsenal at home. All you boo-ers are just wannabe fans trying to influence the club’s decisions that can’t hack it when the going gets tough. I’ve been supporting the club since I was 8, when I first watched a match on TV and this blonde guy had the ball, and I asked my relative ‘who is that?’, to which they replied, ‘Dennis Bergkamp’ and the rest is history. Can you boo-ers remember what made you become an Arsenal ’supporter’?
Seriously, I’m sure the rest of the true Gooners would want you to go ’support’ someone else. Hell, go ’support’ Liverpool; might give us a chance at the title then.
December 8th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
i see everyones forgotten that this primadonna was 1st called up by arsene when our 1st choice right back (lauren) was injured and in the proccess he was an extremely influential player in getting us to our one and only champs league final.
since then he has been moved into other positions which he has yet to be as attacking as he should be.
so why is he not our 2nd choice right back and jus sitting on the bench?… cos arsene knows this boy has talent, its jus been hard to get him to adapt from being a defender to an attacker, show me any other player in the prem or any other top level league who started his top flight profesional career as a defender and has now been asked to change to an attacker.
ps I am sure our new captain who calls our the club a “family” will have heard the boos and had second thoughts about what he percieved to be togetherness. how long will any of them love the club for if we keep letting our selves down and being scum like chelsea supporters?…and why would any player want to join us in jan or any time when we boo our own players, lets face it at least chelsea can pay a player enough so they dont give a shit about boos, we cant. we need to work together to make this small clubs image a good one !
December 8th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Totally agree, supporting is NOT booing. If this was a war, would you be booing soldiers putting their life on the line in battle, regardless of how effective there are? NOOOOOOOOOO. In the end, we all bleed red, so there.
Highbury season ticket holders were better supporters, whole-hearted agreement here. Eboue is no way worse than Cygan, and Cygan never got booed. Even when he scored own goals, and, mind you, Eboue’s still yet to score an own goal (I believe, not 100% sure).
December 8th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
I don’t believe anyone will dispute a fan’s “right” to boo or voice an opinion at a match (that’s part of the entertainment factor of the game) but think about it for a moment. How does the heavy booing of Eboue (or any other player for that matter) help the team or help the player?? Not one iota I think. Yes you’ve voiced your opinion and you’ve every right to, but ultimately the action is detrimental as it destroys spirit and morale. If a fan wants to get involved in the game, the best thing he or she can do is support, encourage, and cheer our lads on when they need it most.
December 8th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
I feel that it was absolutely ridiculous from the fans to boo a player that has been out for almost 3months. u do not expect him to instantly get with the flowing of the game because he would definitely lack that confidence after being out for such a long while. i feel ever since eboue was being switched into midfield, the fans have not given him the support he needs so as to become as solid as he was in defence. no one ever complained about his performance as right back, so i am pleading with all arsenal fans all over the world to please give eboue the support he truly deserves so as to get his confidence back.
December 8th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Although not a fan of booing myself i can understand it. Eboue has no redeeming qualities and Arsenal fans have had enough.
I did cringe when he was booed and then subsequently applauded off the pitch but his terrible ability and equally shocking attitude caused it.
Wenger persists in playing him in midfield when he is only bearable when playing in defence. Perhaps the booing actually will benefit the side as Eboue and Wenger will realise this club has higher standards than most.
By the way, I regularly enjoy reading these posts and was wondering if you would be happy for me to place a link on my site to your page? Let me know.
December 8th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
for what it’s worth, Kolo reckons ‘Boue is “a great lad”. and that’s the bottom line, cos Kolo said so.
how does that make you feel grabber you heartless swine?
December 8th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
D. Wakely – thanks very much, of course you can!
What’s yours?
I’m pleased you share my chronic dislike of Eboue…I’ve just never seen what he offers.
December 8th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Grabby are you in the African studies library?
December 8th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
I think u ar a worse moron, Ebue has done more for the Club than you have judging from ur boos. Hope ur not a spud disguised as an arsenal fan.
He has been out for six weeks and nuturaly any player in such a situation lacks the sharpness. I give Ebue thumbs up because he is not a coward like u, he acceptable to be thrown in the thick even without playing with reserves to get match fitness. He respected the boss wish period.
December 8th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Hold on, yesterday we were supposed to booger off if we booed, now it’s ok if we’ve paid for a ticket?
This reeks of flip-flopping. What are you, for or against – or are you just going to support whichever viewpoint the masses/arseblog back?
‘So the Eboo-ers have vanished into the night, nowhere to be seen or heard anywhere across the Arsenal blogosphere.’
Followed by:
‘I booed Eboue yesterday for a terrible performance.’
A bit pathetic mate. What a spineless little twat you are.
December 8th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Kevin – I’m sorry if you have got the wrong idea. Up For Grabs Now is written by two of us. Always has been. We like to think this gives a variety of opinion for people to respond to. Yesterday we offered one point of view, and today I offered another. I can see how this might seem a bit complicated.
December 8th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
yes Kevin, you seem to have the wrong end of the stick. i agree with you that grabber shouldn’t have booed but you’re wrong to say he’s spineless. he’s literally the only fan I’ve seen so far bold enough to admit that he booed and defend his position (and there were plenty of them).
also my “booger off” yesterday was specifically aimed at those people who claimed the boos were for Arsene which i think we would all agree is a whole different barrel of badgers.
to make this clearer we’ll try and sign our posts from now on.
December 8th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
Rubbish article. How can you condone booing an arsenal player?! Doesnt matter how badly he played. He’s an arsenal player! The guy gives 110% on the pitch and tries for the TEAM! The booing is an absolute embarrassment. Rubbish article. Rubbish attitude. Rubbish ‘fans’.
December 8th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
Me, I agree that the booing shouldn’t have happened but you sound a bit silly saying eboue was giving “110%”. It was clear to everyone who saw his performance, especially towards the end, that he really didn’t give a hoot. He wasn’t trying for the team he was wandering around like a wally, standing with hands on hips and making no effort whatsoever to make up for idiotic mistakes.
December 8th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
Grabs..he had a horrible game. Absolutely horrendous game. What i meant is that the guy really does try. It almost never comes off..but he tries. And as frustrating as he may be, HE IS AN ARSENAL PLAYER!!! Who needs away fans with ‘fans’ like these? Getting on the guy’s back does absolutely nothing for him, and nothing for the team. A win that should have given the team confidence is now useless. Some ‘fans’. They should all just take their season tickets to shyte hart lane and boo the arsenal from over there.
December 9th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
u fucking asshole! its wenger that played him way out of position and he had just retuned from injury,how much of a deluded cunt r u ???!!!! u racist piece of shit !
December 9th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Get over it he got booed and there were plenty of fans in the stadium booing him. If a few boos make him cry he really has not got the mental strength to play for arsenal. He should use this experience to come back stronger and be the player he was when he first burst on the scene. I was not there saturday but I would have been screaming to get the lazy,cheating cnut of the pitch. Too many self righteous fans who never go to the game giving it large on the net about what great fans they are and never moan or say a bad word about the team/manager. I can see that the way this club has been going and the support it has attracted over the wenger years that the booing will rear itself again before the season is over. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO