"When Liverpool beats Arsenal, I'm upset." - The Other Teams Thread

This letter to F365 is hilarious and spot on:

Start Apologising, Chelsea
Seeing as Chelsea fans are demanding apologies from Rafa Benitez before the man is allowed to work for a company owned by a Russian man which he bought for a pittance and whose investment has been the foundation for any of the success these fans have enjoyed over recent years can I assume that it's fair enough for us to ask Chelsea fans to apologise for the following;

John Terry. Everything about John Terry.

The unwavering support for the above from the majority of their fanbase.


The myth that di Matteo was anything other than a fan favourite and a limited manager at best.

Tim Lovejoy.

The plastic flags (seriously Rafa's not the only person who hated them).

Introducing the phrase 'project' to describe football clubs.

Attempting to build the most unlikeable team ever with Terry, Cole, Lampard and Deco occupying the same pitch at the one time.

The way your fans have been offensive towards and dismissive of talented managers such as Scolari and Villas-Boas because they haven't brought the instant success Chelsea (ahem) 'deserve'. You tolerated the revolving door up to now it was eventually going to whack you guys in the ass!

Forgetting that you were once a likeable club because you remembered where you'd come from and the involvement of men like Matthew Harding and becoming utterly bile=-inducing smug, impatient exemplars of everything that is wrong with modern fans.

Tim Lovejoy again (actually if you could apologise on a monthly basis for him that'd be better).

Acting like you're not nouveau riche and as if your some sort of bastion in the annals of English football. The most famous thing I remember about Chelsea growing up is everyone referring to them as the team that didn't enter the European Cup before United did.

Let's get this straight teams like Aston Villa, Arsenal, Liverpool, Leeds, both Manchester Clubs, Celtic, even fourth-tier Sevco/Rangers, Everton and a host of others will always be prouder more important clubs in British football history than your band of mercenaries cobbled together with one youth teamer who've bought a few trophies in recent memory. All the recent noise you've been making has obscured the passing of Dave Sexton, who probably would've been appalled at the carry-on of Chelsea fans at the moment.

Demanding an apology, Jesus wept! None of these clubs would have fans appealing for someone to get the sack and causing the scene that Chelsea fans did on Sunday. Even Villa fans weren't this bad with McLeish. The reason you're a small club is because you act like fans of a small club. You're making Liverpool fans look reasonable. Liverpool. Fans. Reasonable. I never thought I'd write that sentence.
Mick (hoping Pep doesn't taint himself by going there) Dublin

 

Odds are that Joey B actually thought he was speaking French... and so impressed with himself that he'd mastered it so damn quickly.

 

I just don't understand what Joey was trying to do there...

 

i don't either... is it the very easy to do "talk with an accent of the country you live in" move?
i was very guilty of this when i lived in england... not proud of it, but it happens.

 

And I.......Plead the Fifth.

 

As a fellow Clevelander, I always liked making fun of Brad Friedel for his faux-English accent. Apparently, it's a bit of a sore subject for him.

 

I'll get ma coat.

 

God help me when i head to the states next year and walk around everywhere with an Aussie/Texan accent.

 

It's not so bad, I don't think it's a symptom of being a poseur. I remember the after first semester I spent in Pennsylvania for college, I was sounding a bit like a Western PA person. I had a lot of friends in the area and they would ask questions with this strange inflection, and I caught myself doing it too haha. Though I think this only applies to moving to a place that speaks your native tongue. Living in France a couple of months is not going to make you speak English with a French accent .

 

Yep, the guilt that I feel, is eased by the fact that I have lived in a foriegn country,
20 years longer than, the reincarnation of Paul Gascoigne.

 

Stop off in Hawaii en route....

I'd love to talk about cricket, ..........in my fake English accent.

 

Not sure where I should post this but...

I have a friend coming to London this weekend unexpectedly. If I buy him a red membership is it likely we'll be able to get tickets together on the Arsenal exchange next weekend for the West Brom game?

 

Have you not met any of our London based friends yet?

 

Haha I've only been here a a few months!

Is there anywhere I can go to?

 

Months? Anyway, look at the "Going to See the Arsenal" thread at the top of the "Tickets and Travel" subforum. Post 525 has a link to the pub where our friends meet prematch.

 

What a strange year this is... West Brom solidly in 4th, tied for 3rd on points!

And is it really going to be a Manchester 2-horse race for the title.

 

Van Persie makes me sick....

....damn magic man

 

Gracias

And yeah I've only lived in London a few months

 

You're so lucky! Just be sure to make the most of it while it lasts!! Go to as many Arse matches that you can and when you can't... go to one of the Arse pubs.

 

Have you been to any games yet?

 

Yeah I went to a few games two years ago, was lucky enough to see Cesc play in his last season.

I think I'm going to go the Red membership route and get tickets on the exchange, but it's all reminded me how shit the club's site is. Constant error messages trying to buy tickets.

 

There are usually tickets around if you know who to talk to. Go to the pub and make some friends.

 

He can't make it any clearer for you mate...take heed of good advice.

 

Carlton Cole just Diabyed Gary Cahill.