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ARSENAL’S FICKLE FANS

by
The Late Tackle Magazine Team
31 October 2013

JORDAN SHUKER looks at the sudden change down at the Emirates after the arrival of Mesut Ozil

After Arsenal were comprehensively beaten 3-1 on the opening day of this season by Aston Villa, I was returning from Pilkington FC after playing on a wet afternoon in St Helens listening to 606 on 5Live. As expected it was full of irate Gunners giving it the ‘big un’ about how Arsene Wenger didn’t know what he was doing and needs to spend some ‘bees n honey’.
After a few moans and groans, there was one fan who stood out. He came on shouting and balling, slating th...

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