A loathing that dare not spe*k its name
WITH an accuracy that Darren Bent, Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Keane only dream of, Top Four Tottenham shot dead the messenger this week.
In a quite ridiculous tantrum, Top Four Tottenham threw their toys out of their pram this week and banned our fellow hacks at the Evening Standard from the press box, apparently on the grounds that its columnist have unfairly criticised the club.
Makes me wonder whether Top Four Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has ever seen this column.
The trouble with this most pathetic of football clubs is that people – not just Arsenal fans – are tired of the endless boasts about how well they are going to do.
No other club has claimed such greatness with such an empty trophy cabinet to back it up. The cabinet is bare. Completely bare.
Top Four Tottenham have not won anything significant since 1991. For a team that claims to be among England’s elite, that’s an appalling record. I can see the fans scowling and writing in with a reminder of the League Cup ‘triumph’ of 1999.
Please finish your letter: it says it all.
Top Four Tottenham have acted like fools in the opening weeks of the season. And if you do that, you must be prepared to take the flak. Booting out the reporters will only make things worse.
THINGS are so bad at T*ttenham that the New Journal can’t even find one measly Sp*d to be mean in print about Ars*nal – even a Spanish bloke the editor offered a “dizzying” sum.
So they’ve asked me, a West Ham fan.
I’d rather watch a Sean Bean film than see Ars*nal win the league, but it’s still difficult to find something nasty to say about them.
True: Arsene Wenger has an irritating face.
Also true: So does Richard Osley. Just look at it.
But the fact is, Ars*nal haven’t beaten West Ham since January 2003.
Of the last three meetings, I don’t know which was better: Sol Campbell going missing at half-time as we became the last away team to win at Highbury; Wenger’s hilarious touchline shoving match with Alan Pardew at Upton Park; or the offside Bobby Zamora goal that made us the first away winners at the Emirates.
Being a Hammer often isn’t easy – ask our cone-headed chairman, if you don’t believe me – but it’s nice to know we can always rely on Ars*nal to help out.
In the past I’ve been rude to Gooners after the game. This season, I’d like to say “thanks” in advance... Thanks, guys.
