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Originally Posted by Shadow Demon UK
I just think if fans are prepared to give a player stick, they should expect it back and a player should be able to. Why should a player have to contain his emotion? It's not like he ran up to them shouting and swearing. He was given stick and he has proven he's still a quality player, he should be able to give some back to the Arsenal fans. I expect he will get a fine/ban like Neville did when he celebrated infront of the scousers, which in my opinion is ridiculous
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Oh yeah I understand his reaction. I think it's misplaced because the nature of that relationship with the fans was his own fault. I rarely see our own players booed at the Emirates, towards the end of last season a lot were being booed though.
I think what he did was stupid because he was trying to provoke a reaction and stomping (it true) on Van Persie is very unprofessional and vindictive. Shows we were right to sell him since improvement in the dressing room moral at Arsenal was attributed to him leaving. He used to dismiss and insult the other forwards for example. Especially Van Persie and Bentner.
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Originally Posted by Russ B
A lot of us do 
I'll criticise him as I feel he deserves it. He can get all over the pitch, his workrate can be high etc but that's not what he's paid to do. He's a forward, a striker. His job is to score goals. So far he's been a massive flop on that score. Maybe he'd do better as an attacking midfielder, I don't know. But as a striker he deserves all the criticism he gets.
What I don't agree with is abuse. If I do my job badly I expect my boss to act on it. I would not expect abuse.. |
You see at least Berbatov puts in the effort. I don't know why he is still in the team but whenever I see United play there isn't a slacker among them. Same with any decent team, I honestly don't know why Wenger put him in the team because it doesn't matter how good you are if you can't be bothered to play!
I agree that players should not be subject to abuse,
especially from their own fans. I never understood that Gallas, although not booed, was disliked because I always rated him and Toure.