Craig_J
Eidur Gudjohnsen
Her? I assumed it was a little boy that I was hearing. I did think it was bad manners to have taught a child but put it down to the youth of today!
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The Goon Thread - Officially Second In A One Horse Race
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Her? I assumed it was a little boy that I was hearing. I did think it was bad manners to have taught a child but put it down to the youth of today!
ricky2tricky4city
Tom Huddlestone
No nicked the Payet song....just like we did.
Gazza Dazzla
Chris Perry
Xhaka must be laughing his tits off!
lurker of old
Wilson Palacios
I had the purgatory of being on a train full of gooners heading to Liverpool. They were clearly (mis)educated twenty somethings, so they didn't raise a full level of disgust but even so being surrounded by yellow shirts and red scarves isn't my idea of a good time. Just read their Captain Xhaka saying that gooners have told him they wish his daughter dies of cancer etc. Classy bunch!
However poor some of our players, (Rasiak?) I can't imagine that level of abuse at one of our own...
However poor some of our players, (Rasiak?) I can't imagine that level of abuse at one of our own...
K.D.D.D.D.Soc
Paul Walsh
There's plenty of time.
Kandi1977
Terry Dyson
Have a look in the Eriksen thread. One would think he'd killed some of the posters children by the level of abuse and hatred he gets.
nayimfromthehalfwayline
Andy Thompson
Midfielder Granit Xhaka has been stripped of the Arsenal captaincy with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang taking over, Gunners' boss Unai Emery has confirmed.
Xhaka, 27, was involved in an angry confrontation with home fans during the Gunners' 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace on 27 October.
"I had a meeting with him and told him he is no longer in the captain's group," said Emery on Tuesday.
"He accepted my decision. I needed to take a decision and now it's closed."
Last month, the Switzerland international was booed as he walked off the pitch at Emirates Stadium, prompting him to cup his ear, take his shirt off and head straight down the tunnel to the dressing room.
Emery later said Xhaka should apologise to the club's supporters, saying the Swiss midfielder "knows he was wrong".
However, Xhaka refused to go that far, although he did say he got "carried away" and reacted "disrespectfully" to fans.
"The scenes that took place around my substitution have moved me deeply," Xhaka said in statement on Instagram last month. "I love this club and always give 100% on and off the pitch.
"My feeling of not being understood by fans, and repeated abusive comments at matches and in social media over the last weeks and months, have hurt me deeply.
"People have said things like, 'We will break your legs', 'Kill your wife' and 'Wish that your daughter gets cancer'. That has stirred me up and I reached boiling point when I felt the rejection in the stadium on Sunday."
Xhaka, who has not played since, has been left out of Arsenal's squad for their Europa League game in Portugal against Vitoria Guimaraes on Wednesday.
He joined the club in a £35m move from German side Borussia Monchengladbach in 2016 and played in the 2017 FA Cup final as Arsenal beat Chelsea.
Xhaka, who is the captain of the Swiss national side, also helped the Gunners reach the League Cup final in 2018 and the final of the Europa League earlier this year.
Arsenal are fifth in the Premier League and play away at third-placed Leicester on Saturday.
'This leaves a huge question mark over Xhaka's future'
Phil McNulty, BBC Sport's chief football reporter
Emery's decision to strip Xhaka of the Arsenal captaincy was the inevitable consequence of his angry exchange with supporters during the draw with Crystal Palace.
The whole affair has been a mess of Emery's making, starting with letting a blind vote among Arsenal's players elect a captain rather than being strong enough to make the decision himself, ending with a figure who has never been a fans' favourite and has had a chequered career at the club with the armband.
And while there is understandable sympathy for Xhaka because of abuse he has suffered on social media, it was impossible for him to continue as captain once he gestured and mouthed towards fans when he was substituted during the 2-2 draw.
Xhaka had not actually been subjected to any undue criticism from supporters during the game itself, a fact many have missed, with the frustrations inside the stadium only bubbling to the surface when he decided to make his slow-motion exit, almost goading and provoking fans before taking off his shirt and walking down the tunnel.
No matter what the human emotions are, it was an action that made this latest development predictable but also highlights Emery's own uneasy handling of the captaincy succession after Laurent Koscielny's departure.
It has turned up the spotlight on Emery and leaves a huge question mark over whether Xhaka has any sort of future at Arsenal.
Xhaka, 27, was involved in an angry confrontation with home fans during the Gunners' 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace on 27 October.
"I had a meeting with him and told him he is no longer in the captain's group," said Emery on Tuesday.
"He accepted my decision. I needed to take a decision and now it's closed."
Last month, the Switzerland international was booed as he walked off the pitch at Emirates Stadium, prompting him to cup his ear, take his shirt off and head straight down the tunnel to the dressing room.
Emery later said Xhaka should apologise to the club's supporters, saying the Swiss midfielder "knows he was wrong".
However, Xhaka refused to go that far, although he did say he got "carried away" and reacted "disrespectfully" to fans.
"The scenes that took place around my substitution have moved me deeply," Xhaka said in statement on Instagram last month. "I love this club and always give 100% on and off the pitch.
"My feeling of not being understood by fans, and repeated abusive comments at matches and in social media over the last weeks and months, have hurt me deeply.
"People have said things like, 'We will break your legs', 'Kill your wife' and 'Wish that your daughter gets cancer'. That has stirred me up and I reached boiling point when I felt the rejection in the stadium on Sunday."
Xhaka, who has not played since, has been left out of Arsenal's squad for their Europa League game in Portugal against Vitoria Guimaraes on Wednesday.
He joined the club in a £35m move from German side Borussia Monchengladbach in 2016 and played in the 2017 FA Cup final as Arsenal beat Chelsea.
Xhaka, who is the captain of the Swiss national side, also helped the Gunners reach the League Cup final in 2018 and the final of the Europa League earlier this year.
Arsenal are fifth in the Premier League and play away at third-placed Leicester on Saturday.
'This leaves a huge question mark over Xhaka's future'
Phil McNulty, BBC Sport's chief football reporter
Emery's decision to strip Xhaka of the Arsenal captaincy was the inevitable consequence of his angry exchange with supporters during the draw with Crystal Palace.
The whole affair has been a mess of Emery's making, starting with letting a blind vote among Arsenal's players elect a captain rather than being strong enough to make the decision himself, ending with a figure who has never been a fans' favourite and has had a chequered career at the club with the armband.
And while there is understandable sympathy for Xhaka because of abuse he has suffered on social media, it was impossible for him to continue as captain once he gestured and mouthed towards fans when he was substituted during the 2-2 draw.
Xhaka had not actually been subjected to any undue criticism from supporters during the game itself, a fact many have missed, with the frustrations inside the stadium only bubbling to the surface when he decided to make his slow-motion exit, almost goading and provoking fans before taking off his shirt and walking down the tunnel.
No matter what the human emotions are, it was an action that made this latest development predictable but also highlights Emery's own uneasy handling of the captaincy succession after Laurent Koscielny's departure.
It has turned up the spotlight on Emery and leaves a huge question mark over whether Xhaka has any sort of future at Arsenal.
Mulletperm
Mauricio Taricco
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MKSpur
Christian Ziege
Does that mean we are getting him after?
I’m not sure winning trophies playing ‘brick’ football has ever really been an insult I’d be worried about
Lemonade Money
Steffen Freund
I don't know, he looks like he knows what he's doing. Would much prefer Henry or Viera, or what would be the most amazing gift to Yids everywhere, Campbell.