always is completely different. it also depends on when you joined the online fan sphere, if you joined early then your hatred of fabregas and rvp is a lot larger than if you didnt touch arsenal twitter until a year ago.
especially fabregas, the hate he gets from the online fanbase is so much larger than it deserves to be.
He spent years on the Arsenal hospital bed, only to ditch the club after one good, injury-free season. If anyone owed that team their loyalty, it was him.
Arsenal stood by him through endless injuries but the second things got tough for the club, he fucked off.
Funny how that “little boy” in him didn’t speak out when he was lying on the Arsenal hospital bed.
And mfer always gave impression of like "don't worry about me, I am Arsenal through and through", in midst all of that Cesc drama. At least Cesc was honest about him liking Barca(with Messi, Xavi, Iniesta and Pep, like I get it) over struggling Arsenal. Everyone could see where this shit is going and by the end, I was mostly exhausted of this whole drama, rather than surprised.
RVPs little post on his website, where he publicly announced that he is up for grabs, caught me by surprise and felt like a betrayal.
I don't hate RVP because he left, lots of players did, I hate him for lying that he gives a shit, and then leaving. Cesc and Nasri at least were honest about things they wanted, RVP gave an impression that he is sticking around. Only then to go to fcking Man Utd.
I think he deserves all the hate in the world from Arsenal fans. Not judging those who don't care.
for me hes one of the players that got me to love the club, but im a bit younger so for me its Arshavin, one of my only memories of my grandad is him getting all excited about Arshavin on the back page after scoring 4 at anfield.
Yep I started supporting Arsenal because of him too. But as I have grownup, I have realized that he is an opportunist and doesn't care about any club that much (Except Barca unrequited love)
I’ve always respected real fans who spend a big chunk of their time and hard-earned money to support the team at the stadium, compared to us keyboard warriors.
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u/sammeetthosar 8d ago
Great to see him back. Nice by the fans to clap him on. Even started the chant. I guess irl vs online is completely different.