so when Tot equalised Arsenal's 4-2 lead few days ago, i, infuriated and justified, got up from the assuring comfort of my huge maroon leather sofa and headed off straight to my room...after the hull city defeat, this was
the second time i cried this season.. which happens to be a grave issue, 'cos unlike most other girls, I don't cry too often...but, this sure was serious...i knew the repercussions...how must i revert to the fusillade of messages by non-gunners poking fun at me?? the "Oh-Your-Arsenal" derogatory remarks?? so I made a rather declarative statement-- i cant support this team no more!
*pause*
not support arsenal? then do what?? start supporting Tottenham? or bet on the winning horse like most wanna-be muppets do?? Am i not a One-Club-Woman?
so the quintessential question here is : Why am i a gunner??
the omnipresent answer to this is: Because i am ME.
i support my club, irrespective of the stream of disappointments in the last 3 yrs. i support my club, inspite of coming so close to a title and totally losing the plot in the last month.i support my club, whether it loses to hull city or draws to Fenerbahce or whoever because this very club defines ME.
how can i question their perfection when neither am i perfect? how can i call Wenger a freak and Clichy unforgiven and Fabregas amateur? hasn't this club given me abounding moments of pride? with no latest-titles-to-flaunt aren't we still considered (arguably) the best soccer club? so why must one or for that matter a thousand failures make you doubt the potential of your team?
are we here for whoa-wesome football? Cos i certainly am not. Its all hunky dory to be a united fan but if it was all abt rooting for the best club, derby county would have had no fans.Arsenal hasn't had any notable success for the maximum time among the top 4 clubs, so if you think we here are glory hunters you've verily lost your marbles.
football is not abt the game.It never was.It goes far beyond the parameters of the laid rules and transcends into the horizon of sentiments when you don't "watch" the game but start "feeling" it with all the ardor you could muster.its abt the emotions at stake.the pride,the dignity,the attachment involved.You come to this point in life, when you don't follow football as your passion, but religion.
I LOVE ARSENAL. Big words would trivialise the truth in the said statement.
i love my club because i relate to it. i surely am disappointed. I'm sure in this 21 yrs of life i too have disappointed many. and i know how it feels.but when I'm down and beat, a luminous fire in me keeps burning...and my loved ones, those who believe in me,oil this fire...they tell me to rise, like the gush of breeze that eventually turns into a colossal cyclone--
unstoppable,fearless,indefatigable,triumphant.
I'll oil this fire in arsenal and the gunner spirit will live on, till they are all beaten.Gone without a trace.Ash to ash, dust to dust, fade to black....
fine, we are off-form.we are, at wat they say, "level zero". now when they play man-utd, chelsea, or the lately-infused-blood-with-enthusiasm scousers, my heart is not going to sink.and fine guys,take away the title,take as many as you can. fine you win, we lose...go do your dirty dancing..get drunk by the bay and enjoy the northern lights...but please, don't tell us what to do..we'll help ourselves...kindly shut your gobs and bother more about your own clubs.
We don't need no education.
Roles will reverse mate...oh!if you have been hearing this for the last 3 seasons,then fear; 'cos NOW we are 3 yrs closer to it and look at me, I'm still smiling! because i know, devoid of expectations, potential refuelled, rifles reloaded, meticulous manager and rocksteady backup of true fans... the gunners will rise,rise to victory,surpassing benchmarks, overstepping pedestals, setting new standards....and when they do, this world will watch
as we paint these multitudinous seas incarnadine with the gore of our enemies...
HAIL ARSENAL.MY LOVE YOU REMAIN.
Do they, do they, remember lessons taught in preschool?
Hmm..I think, I think---> never talk to strangers.
No you fuckwit!! temme the first golden rule!
I know, I know---->never underestimate gunners.
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Glu glu glu glu glu glu!!!!
And as General George Patton said
"You're never beaten until you admit it"
Go gunners..Go AK47's..!!
nice post...
the reason why we support arsenal is like asking the reason why we breathe.arsenal is much more than just football.i love it when you say -- you don't "watch" the game but start "feeling" it.how true.
GOONER TILL DEATH.
I said so in the community, I say it again - a great piece of writing.
As somebody who eats, drinks, sleeps Arsenal, I dont have much to say, because I feel everybit of what has been written. Arsenal forever.
PS: A word of caution however. For this season atleast, give up crying if Arsenal lose a match. Otherwise from a not-so-much crying gal you run the risk of becoming a good-bit-of crying gal :D
Don't ask me who i am or what im doing on this page but that was super-amazing.
Im not an Arsenal supporter, but those words hold as true for me as it does for you.
Super post !!!
Okay, I wouldnt have gotten curious to know who you are, if it werent for your opening liner.
"Don't ask me who i am or what im doing on this page"
You are obviously a rival Manc, and I obviously know you. Who art thou? :|
Wrong there. I support the more successful team down the east lancs :P and no, you don't know me.
Im just a random guy who happened to visit your orkut profile and found the link to the blog there.
Thats it for the curiosity, no?
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