Sentences with phrase «by football fans as»

Pique was booed by football fans as the national team trained and said he was considering retiring from the team.

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Super Bowl LII's thrilling finish wasn't the only surprise of Sunday night, as Netflix enticed millions of football fans by dropping a preview for a new movie that debuted on the streaming site immediately after the Philadelphia Eagles finished off their win over the New England Patriots.

If you were a scientist hoping to isolate the fan gene, Alabama would make the perfect laboratory... A recent poll by the Mobile Register found that 90 percent of the state's citizens describe themselves as college football fans.

A recent poll by the Mobile Register found that 90 percent of the state's citizens describe themselves as college football fans.

If a club as big as Arsenal can't sack Wenger A loser by the way I wonder if the club n fans aren't owned by Wenger... Thursday nite Football

Many fans bark on about Usmanov NOT really eing a fan and while I realise that he is a businessman first and foremost he IS a football fan far more than Silent Stan as has been proved by his giving money to the Russian FA recently.

Of course, the football economy is changing and transfer records are shattered left and right, but look only as far as Liverpool and Manchester United as to why Arsene does nt splash teh cash There is a different superstar of the week every summer transfer window and I think it bothers fans how unphased Arsene Wenger is by the pressure and hype.

Ive been supporting Arsenal for 65 years to say im dissapointed, well words fail me Why did we let the window slip by and not do the business in the begining get in quick and get our players signed and out as well but NO we buggered about with the DREAMER for 6 weeks dithering with expensive so called talent and what we get another Frenchman, soon we will be able to say we have the whole french international team here The way to go is to boycott the home games and make it known the fans run the club not the useless manager or the lackluster board who do nt know who plays for us and are not interested in football per say just the money Buy Kroenke out and let him go as well

Last night Wenger, being genetically unable to EVER admit his many mistakes, of which this 12 years farce has been a stonker, had to TRY justifying this 12 year sentence we fans have suffered, by making this «man» (anatomically and he has the beard to prove it) who has been the single most preposterous choice as a captain in FOOTBALL history.

The Leicester fans» protest is not even about money as much as it is about football fans being badly treated and even completely ignored by the powers that be.

By god I never rated Flamini as a footballer since the day we signed him... I was really angry about that because it blocked any DM signing and I took it as another AW trick to deceive the fans... He tries to make his presence by pointing, shouting and fighting... bad positioning, side passing, not needed tackles and unnecessarily yellow cardBy god I never rated Flamini as a footballer since the day we signed him... I was really angry about that because it blocked any DM signing and I took it as another AW trick to deceive the fans... He tries to make his presence by pointing, shouting and fighting... bad positioning, side passing, not needed tackles and unnecessarily yellow cardby pointing, shouting and fighting... bad positioning, side passing, not needed tackles and unnecessarily yellow cards.

when i referred to walcott as the whippet i was roundly condemned by the arsene fan club that passes for football pundits on this site... i now see that i was wrong... and would like to extend my profoundest apologies to whippets everywhere for maligning the genuine qualities of that particular breed... as for walcott...

Now that footballs back, having had to bare with the dull international break fortnight (I'm sure most football fans will agree) that's just gone by, the silver lining is that we get three fixtures in the space of a week, as midweek Championship football returns.

Really don't get this whole «if you aren't as upset by football as I am than you're not as much of a fan» narrative.

Throw in a WC RW, CB & ST i would guarntee Arsenal fans would pay the prices asked now, as we have payed huge amounts as it is over the years and nothing has changed, we are used to it but ur spot on — Paying massives amounts of hard earned money to watch average players playing for our great club in a brand new top of the range football stadium paid by its fans.

This explains why Wenger is so highly regarded by the club, A. he works within the financial constraints imposed by the board B. has delivered, in the boards eyes, success with recent FA Cup wins and champions league football every year C. has maintained the support of fans as measured by financial returns on ticket sales and merchandise.

Arsenal are being run as a multi million pound business, by Americans who don't understand football or it's fans, no amount of protesting will make a jot of difference.

The former manager of Tottenham, West Ham and a host of other clubs, Harry Redknapp, came up with the not so brilliant idea of our former captain Tony Adams who, as much as he is loved by the Arsenal fans, has tried and failed to be a good football manager, so we can scratch that one.

you will be considered as a FLOP by the AKB's fans, just like Arshavin, Gerviho (who is playing top football at Roma).

No words of wisdom from the wenger faithful then... to be honest am not even feeling vindicated after 5 years of saying enough of this deluded nostalgist just shocked at the mid table football the 8m quid man now serves up... his exit will need to be followed by at least half a dozen of his hapless progeny... and boards short termist disrespect to fans means they will have to cough up a packet if this team is going to get back to the top of European football... the 3m quid consultant needs to disappear up the orange man's tax fiddling backside as well...

While i do appreciate his desire to win i think he lets his home fans down by not giving them a spectacle in beautiful football as he will always play two holding mids.

In other news, our team seems to be rounding nicely into form, with a productive off - season and several new additions already settling in, there seems to be a renewed sense of confidence in the air... our well - oiled machine has conducted business again early this year, so we can just sit back, kick our feet up and watch all those other suckers scramble to make panic moves in the 11th hour... of course, we need to tie up a few loose ends but our team of savvy negotiators, under the tutelage of our faithful leader, will perform their usual magic with ample time to spare... I have to laugh when I look around the soccer world and see all those teams look upon us with envy and scorn as they struggle to mimic our seemingly infallible business model... thank goodness the powers that be had the foresight and fortitude to resist the temptations of the modern football era... instead of listening to all the experts and simply taking the easy way out by making the necessary improvements on the field and in the front office, we chose the path never traveled... we are truly pioneers in our field... sometimes you just have to have faith in the people that have always conducted themselves in a respectful and honest fashion... most fans aren't so fortunate, they will never know what it's like to follow a team that treats everyone in and around the club as if they were an extended member of the family... all for one I say... so when you wake up this morning, please try not to gloat when you see rival fans pacing back and forth waiting for their respective teams to pull the usual panic buys, just say nothing and be thankful that it isn't you... like I've always said, this is why you stay the course... this is when the real benefits of having someone in charge for over 2 decades really pays off... have a great day fellow Gunners

We as fans sadly have to accept that 1) the board are not football fans they are MONEY fans who follow profit 2) the manager has perhaps done the best with what he has been given and has also lost his mojo and has also been caught up with in regards to tactics and transfers by the test of the world.

He lies to the fans with high hopes He bottles things up when the chance presents itself He later comes out to say we can't win the premier league That's what happens every season still some fans haven't realised this agony His time is up to leave but he won't He favours some players than others He later blames the fans as if the fans select the players He has never blamed himself For some unknown reasons, fans continue to show their loyalty by fully attending matches while they come out on social media to vent their frustrations Wenger is taking the love of football from people Hardly a day passes than Wenger not being insulted For how long will these sufferings continue?

Well said... Sadly the excuses will keep coming along with a stubborn refusal by many fans to acknowledge that wenger is unable to adapt to a changed football environment... The man said he would stay at the club as long as he was moving it forward so if he has any integrity and honesty he would leave of his own accord... sadly all we will get is more existential drivel to justify his failure... Sad state of the club

Let's get real here.It is very unlikely that ANY professional player will ever say anything derogatory about a teammate that has just left the club.If Jack had said about Coq - «Grew up playing with him in the Youth Team and have fond memories of a player they though he had very limited ability he always gave his all.Very surprised and disappointed the club never invested in a World Class defensive midfielder that we have quite obviously been lacking for a number of seasons and would no doubt have improved the defensive weakness we have shown over a number of seasons» we would have echoed his thoughts entirely.If he had said about Theo - «A player who should have been so much better than he ended up being.He had everything needed to be a prolific player for our club but I can understand the fans frustrations with his continued lack - lustre performances and total lack of a football brain.I think this is best explained by the managers preference to play a player of such limited ability as Alex Iwobi in front of Theo pretty much says it all» we again would have all nodded our agreement.Although Jack never mentioned Alexis Sanchez I would imagine something along the lines of «If the Manager had not persisted with players with such limited ability such as Francis and Theo and instead bought the world class players needed into the club then Sanchez would still most likely be here.The fans must wonder what the hell goes on at the club as they pay fortunes for the privalage of following our club but it seems the millions generated ends up purchasing a new Texas Ranch for the Owner or in a yearly renumeration of # 9million pounds to our manager».

the obvious fact is that the club began to stagnate in football terms a decade ago after the CL semi against man utd and has been in outright retreat over the last 3 years... some fans were calling for wenger to leave in 2011 - 12 as it was clear he could not cope with a more competitive environment others have been more tolerant, hanging on to fa cup glory and hoping that he would somehow self correct his weak and erratic management style but most now realise that is not possible and that the club will deteriorate further under his management so also want him gone, that has left a hard core of wenger loyalists who are either fixated with the past (selecting episodic good and bad times to justify wengers decade long failure) or too frightened of the future to contemplate a change (with selective reference to failed managerial changes by way of justification) or both, to conclude, through a mixture of panglossian fatalism and corporate philosophising, how lucky we are to have such an honourable and educated man in charge... along with their confused references to club loyalty and addiction to computer games these are troubled souls who need our sympathy and concerned medical advice... SO JUST F OFF STOCK UP ON CANNED SOUP AND GO SUPPORT ASTON VILLA ON FIFA!

How fans changes attempt by owners to turn the club to money machine using Football as vehicle!!

Football is a matter of opinions in some ways, even though it is on paper a simple game that is about getting a round bag full of wind into an oversized net, and this is highlighted perfectly by the very different sections of Arsenal fans that have become known as the WOB and the AKBs.

As reported by Sky Sports the German, whose team last season condemned Wenger and the Gunners to a first year without Champions League football in two decades by just a single point, spoke about his respect for the Frenchman and gave his thoughts on the calls from Arsenal fans for him to be replaced.

Too many faults in this article, I just can not take it serious, it may as well been written by a 10 year old playing Football Manager and not by a fan who watches his team EVERYTIME they play and keeps up todate on watching the interviews either... Low knowledge has lead to a poor article.

All this is accepted blindly as being the norms of football for no other reason than it is what the Market wants and does (sic ``... like «trading», football is a results business»)-- indeed these values are lauded and held up on high so that we now reach the point here when even a truly great manager is being subjected to a witch - hunt by sections of the media and so - called fans who question his tenure of his post and ask what has he got to do to be sacked.

as for the idiot Ramsey lovers on this site am sick of em... their understanding of football beggars belief... Mind frizzled by 4th place junkiedom... They are a disgrace to real fans if this club

What's irking me the most since last night is the gall of these Juve, Barca & Bayern fans to play the collective victim card and act as if football is being destroyed by RM as a sport.

These deluded Arsenal fans diss the teams who do win like Chelsea man U and City by describing them as money teams and their fans as being «plastic» whereas Arsenal fans are «class» and play «beautiful» football.

to me we are just watching the inevitable consequences of a bursting football bubble which is what AFC (Arsenal Financial Corporation) has become under the Franco American alliance... to be honest its lasted longer than I expected as the signs of a Ponzi club were visible 5 years ago but somehow the 4th place zombie fans kept the thing going longer than I expected but the bust is, consequently, even more worrisome for the long term health of the club... obviously Wenger should have gone 5 years back but that was not in the interest of the vulture owner... next steps are uncertain but I hope fans show their disgust by not showing up to the emirates next game

Yes we have improved we have become more aware we have started to show some maturity when facing the top dogs and that's the difference between us this season and us getting SMASHED by all of the top teams last season and if you watch football you can see that the city side are not a patch on their former selves nor Liverpool nor even chelski, we are NOT another 49 unbeaten squad not yet and not for a while until the improvements are made, Yea credit where its due of course but lets NOT RUN AWAY WITH THE IDEA WE ARE WORLD BEATERS JUST YET EH, AKB's are the reason we'll never improve as a fan base because they can see NO wrong in anything the board or AW does, Im no AOB but I do see the need for self criticism and improvement and at BIGGUN its not a ridiculous statement at all we have improved but they have also been off the ball and that why we're having a good run.

Most football fans know the outline of his amazing story by now: Griffin was born with amniotic band syndrome, had his left hand amputated at age 4, and, despite that, grew into a two - time All - AAC selection and 2017 second - team All - America at a position where players use their hands as tools on just about every play.

We were all having a laugh at mourinho's defence of a team that went down three nil and outplayed yet fans take these totally stupid comments by wenger seriously... The man lost the football plot 5 years ago if not before and has convinced himself the board and enough fans that 4th place is sufficient for arsenal fc... It's actually sad as a couple of quality signings would give us a shouting chance at least... Instead he talks up a bunch of massively overpaid players who would not look out of place in Everton spurs or villa but are not close to european elite

The Arsenal legend Thierry Henry has finally been given a job by the Gunners as a youth team coach just a few months after retiring from football with MLS side New York Red Bulls, and he has been welcomed by all Arsenal fans from Arsene Wenger downwards.

As such your claim that we need a CF and DM is no better than a claim that could be made by a hokey fan on football matters.

It was that the football community, by which I mean those fans that are interested in football but disinterested in Wimbledon as such, would recognise that the club continued to exist not in the franchise but in the phoenix.

Is there any evidence that those at the top of the game have grown more attuned to the fact that a football does not exist in its corporate entity but exists as an entity given character by its fans; a church defined by its congregation, not its clergy?

Why not just accept we are now well into the 21st century and dinosaurs like you are regarded as strange and totally out of touch with modern football reality by modern fans.

players like Ozil always present the fans with a bit of a conundrum, especially when times are tough... if you look around the sporting world every once in awhile there emerges a player with incredible skill, like Ozil, Matt Sundin or even Jay Cutler, who have a different way about themselves... their movement seemed almost too lackadaisical, so much so that it seemed to suggest indifference or even disinterest on the part of the player... their posture always appears somewhat mopey and they generally have an unflattering «sour puss» expression on their face... for some their above average skills are enough to keep them squarely in the mix, as their respective teams try desperately to find a way to get the best out of them visa vie player acquisitions or the reworking of tactics... when things go according to planned the fans usually find a way to accept their unique disposition, whereas when things go awry they become easy targets for fans and pundits alike... in the case of Ozil and Sundin, their successes on the international stage and / or with their former teams led many to conclude that if we surrounded such talented individuals with players that have those skills that would most likely bring the best of these players success would surely follow... unfortunately both the Maple Leafs and our club chose to adopt half - measures, as each were being run by corporations who valued profitability over providing the best possible product on the field... for them, they cared more about shirt sales and season tickets than doing whatever was necessary... this isn't, by any stretch, an attempt to absolve Ozil of any responsibility for his failures on the pitch... there is no doubt oftentimes his efforts were underwhelming, to say the least, but this club has been inept when it comes to providing this prolific passer with the kind of players necessary for him to flourish... with our poor man's version of Benzema up front, the headless chickens in Walcott, the younger Ox and Welbeck occupying wide positions far too often and the fact that Carzola, who provided Ozil with great service and more freedom to roam, was never truly replaced, the only real skilled outlet on the pitch was Sanchez... remember to be considered a world - class set - up man goals need to be scored and for much of his time here he has been surrounded by some incredibly inept finishers... in the end, I'm not sure how long he will be in North London, recent sentiments and his present contract situation seem to suggest that he will depart at season's end, but how tragic would it be if once again we didn't put our best foot forward and failed to make those moves that could have brought championship football back to our once beloved club... so when you think about this uniquely skilled player don't be so quick to shift all the blame on his shoulders because he will not be the first or the last highly skilled player to find disappointment at the Emirates if we don't rid the club of those individuals that are truly to blame for our current woes

Pod and Campel are overrated by Arsenal fans and better for their career and development to find other club... Hayden and Bellerin still need time to develop as EPL footballers... The 2nd goal should be denied by Ospina, but let's not judge him by only one match... Wenger era is over.....

This won't happen as fans in England lack the willpower to do it and if someone is offended by this post I couldn't care less the same way the god of this football club Arsene doesn't care about how I feel — and what I have to endure when my mates start messaging me.

It suggests that far from football fans being a group of people that excludes racists by definition, it is instead a group in which racists feel happy to express themselves as such.

Arsenal fans are aware that the manager is going to put the domestic league games first anyway so we would not mind seeing a weakened Arsenal in the Europa League, but if there really is a risk of Alexis being handed a two game suspension by the English football authorities, as a report by The Mirror has claimed, then I think Wenger would want to use his star striker in the midweek match instead.

Picture this, we don't come out of the gate firing on all cylinders, Wenger speaks of how there wasn't enough time for the first - teamers to build chemistry, several key players aren't even playing because of Wenger's utterly ridiculous policy regarding players who played in the Confed Cup or the under21s and the boo - birds have returned in full flight... if these things were to happen, which is quite possible considering the Groundhog Day mentality of this club, how long do you think it will take for Wenger to recant his earlier statements regarding Europa... I would suggest that it's these sorts of comments from Wenger which are often his undoing... why would any manager worth his weight in salt make such a definitive statement before the season has even started... why would any manager who fashions himself an educated man make such pronouncements before even knowing what his starting 11 will be come Friday, let alone on September 1st... why would any manager who has a tenuous relationship with a great many supporters offer up such a potentially contentious talking point considering how many times his own words have come back to bite him in the ass... I think he does this because he doesn't care what you or I think, in fact he's more than slightly infuriated by the very idea of having to answer to the likes of you and me... that might have been acceptable during his formative years in charge, when the fans were rewarded with an scintillating brand of football and success felt like a forgone conclusion, but this new Wenger led team barely resembles that team of ore... whereas in times past we relished a few words from our seemingly cerebral manager, in recent times those words have been replaced by a myriad of excuses, a plethora of infuriating stories about who he could have signed but didn't and what can only be construed as outright fabrications... it's kind of funny that when we want some answers, like during the whole contract debacle of last season, we can't get an intelligent word out of him, but when we just what him to show his managerial acumen through his actions, we can't seem to get him to shut - up... I beg you to prove me wrong Arsene