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Arsenal Fans To 'Snub' Guard Of Honour?

Mendonca In Asdas
Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,655
edited April 2013 in Other Football and Sports
Arsenal fans are going to turn up late / turn their backs , for Van Persie et al at the Emirates whilst the 'guard of honour' takes place ,at the Emirates tomorrow , is this a complete lack of respect from knowledgeable Football fans , shouldn't Arsenal fans be applauding Man United's achievements this season , and how would you feel if we had to do the same for Palace at the Valley in the last game of NEXT season?
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  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,470
    Why would Arsenal applaud Man United's achievements? They're rivals. I don't see the need for a guard of honour.
  • Arsenal fans are going to turn up late / turn their backs , for Van Persie et al at the Emirates whilst the 'guard of honour' takes place ,at the Emirates tomorrow , is this a complete lack of respect from knowledgeable Football fans , shouldn't Arsenal fans be applauding Man United's achievements this season , and how would you feel if we had to do the same for Palace at the Valley in the last game of NEXT season?

    Lacks class IMHO. I could see why if it was Spurs but not Man Utd.

  • When did this guard of honour thing start? Don't seem to remember it until a few years ago, but I might be wrong.
  • Bubble
    Bubble Posts: 1,541

    Arsenal fans are going to turn up late / turn their backs , for Van Persie et al at the Emirates whilst the 'guard of honour' takes place ,at the Emirates tomorrow , is this a complete lack of respect from knowledgeable Football fans , shouldn't Arsenal fans be applauding Man United's achievements this season , and how would you feel if we had to do the same for Palace at the Valley in the last game of NEXT season?

    They need to have a look bit closer to home if they seriously blame Man Utd or Van Persie for leaving
  • United have done it for teams as well, i believe, correct me if i'm wrong?
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,109
    Turning up late for it sounds fine, turning their backs on it is a bit sad.
  • United have done it for teams as well, i believe, correct me if i'm wrong?

    They did for Chelsea, definitely.
  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,470
    Bubble said:

    Arsenal fans are going to turn up late / turn their backs , for Van Persie et al at the Emirates whilst the 'guard of honour' takes place ,at the Emirates tomorrow , is this a complete lack of respect from knowledgeable Football fans , shouldn't Arsenal fans be applauding Man United's achievements this season , and how would you feel if we had to do the same for Palace at the Valley in the last game of NEXT season?

    They need to have a look bit closer to home if they seriously blame Man Utd or Van Persie for leaving
    I think it's in part a protest against the board selling Van Persie to them.
  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,470
    edited April 2013
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  • Classless supporters one and all. Been going on for years and years in one form or another this sort of recognition.

    Man U are far from their best at the moment but have walked the league all the same and therefore deserve the plaudits for doing so. We seem to be developing a growing minority of supporters who are incapable of showing respect for anyone other than their own.

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  • Fiiiiiish
    Fiiiiiish Posts: 1,671
    Spurs I could understand it but Manu United? The two clubs in competition terms are miles apart. Hope United Hammer them, they those who arrived late can leave early.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,366
    the clubs have a history of mutual disrespect going back to the George Graham era when both clubs were vying for topdogmanship .. they really deserve one another
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,056
    I believe Man U did it for them, albeit a few years ago now!

    If it were us & the nigels, I think I would just suffer another pint at the North Upper bar!
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952

    Why would Arsenal applaud Man United's achievements? They're rivals. I don't see the need for a guard of honour.

    A few years back Man U gave Arsenal a guard of honour after they won the title.

  • Super_horns
    Super_horns Posts: 1,299
    Is all the hate towards RVP fair as well..he left to win something and he has?

    I suppose the fans feel Arsenal helped him through injuries and then left after 2 very good seasons but its up to Wenger to get a replacement of sorts.
  • Davali
    Davali Posts: 60
    Wy the anger at RVP? He has done what many Arsenal players have done before him, left because they never win anything or likely to for years.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,156

    Arsenal fans are going to turn up late / turn their backs , for Van Persie et al at the Emirates whilst the 'guard of honour' takes place ,at the Emirates tomorrow , is this a complete lack of respect from knowledgeable Football fans , shouldn't Arsenal fans be applauding Man United's achievements this season , and how would you feel if we had to do the same for Palace at the Valley in the last game of NEXT season?

    Lacks class IMHO. I could see why if it was Spurs but not Man Utd.

    Likewise SHG. Just an extension of this Sky manufactured "rivalry" between their pet favourites.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,056
    Pretty pathetic from any Arsenal fans who take part in this.
  • No way in hell i would applaud anything millwall or palace won particularly if chris solly left to help them do it.

    Why would I.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,056

    No way in hell i would applaud anything millwall or palace won particularly if chris solly left to help them do it.

    Why would I.

    It's not really the same though is it ? If it was Spurs then maybe I'd understand but Arsenal have a rivalry with United that is based on mutual competitiveness not geography. Surely in those circumstances anyone with class can recognise the better man.

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  • No way in hell i would applaud anything millwall or palace won particularly if chris solly left to help them do it.

    Why would I.

    Think that's the nub of this though isn't it. For us Palace or Millwall would be intolerable but would you snub applauding Brighton for example ? Arsenal have Spurs and possibly Chelsea but its classless to not applaud Man U.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,156
    se9addick said:

    No way in hell i would applaud anything millwall or palace won particularly if chris solly left to help them do it.

    Why would I.

    It's not really the same though is it ? If it was Spurs then maybe I'd understand but Arsenal have a rivalry with United that is based on mutual competitiveness not geography. Surely in those circumstances anyone with class can recognise the better man.
    Exactly. That's why I agreed with SHG. There is no "rivalry" between Arsenal and Manchester United, other that the one invented by Sky.
  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,828
    edited April 2013
    Fair enough chaps I always thought there was a historical rivalry between the 2.

    Yeah I would applaud most other clubs like Brighton etc of course.
  • PopIcon
    PopIcon Posts: 5,970
    If Man U had won the league at our place I would have given them a good clap.
    Every bloody team is a rival and everyones hates Man U, but they're a great team.
  • PopIcon said:

    If Man U had won the league at our place I would have given them a good clap.
    Every bloody team is a rival and everyones hates Man U, but they're a great team.

    Every team is a rival but not every team is a rival on the same level are they. We have rivalry in the league with Bolton and Ipswich but its not the same as with Palace or Millwall is it. I could cheerfully applaud Ipswich if they won the league at our place but I'm fecked if I would for either of our real rivals.

  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,171
    If we'd been challenging sheff wed for promotions and cups and had some bitter encounters over years and not forgetting them laughing at us getting relegated from the prem a rivalry would occur
    And you'd prolly end up wanting to snub them etc
    But we're not challenging with the same teams and always playing the same teams in cups as well as leagues so we won't get the rivalry
    Madrid and Barcelona are rivals why's that then !!!
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,040
    edited April 2013
    I think a guard of honour is a nice touch. If fans are so childish that they can't respect another team's successes then it's their loss really.

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  • When your champions of the league it shouldnt be until your last home game of the season that any guard of honor is conducted

  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    Hmm. Should be spontaneous IMO. Another thing that's become regimented and formalised, like the pathetic attempts by the bloke on the tannoy telling us that we have to cheer whilst simultaneously playing music so loud there's no point bothering.
  • SheffieldRed
    SheffieldRed Posts: 3,772

    The biggest clubs in football have, in my opinion, used the game for their own benefit and to the detriment of others and the game in general.

    Today, it's alleged, United have taken a player our youth team.

    Still applauding?