I’m going to touch on this briefly as it’s been written and talked about since Tuesdays game but I worry about what appears to be a witch hunt against our Captain!
It started back in February 2007 when Arsenal faced Blackburn – a boring 0-0 result at The Emirates when Mark Hughes parked the usual 102 seater bus in front of the goal, he alleged that Cesc had a dig at him at full-time:
That should keep em out!!
He asked me if I had played for Barcelona said Hughes and when I said ‘yes’. He shook his head as if in disbelief. Then he said, ‘Well, that wasn’t Barcelona football’!
Next up was David Moyes in December 2007 – he suggested that Cesc must have ‘suffered a broken jaw or he would not have rolled around like he did’, that was after Mikel Arteta saw red for elbow in Cesc’s face during the game!
Then we had a dig at Cesc by one of our own, Hleb it was who suggested Cesc was a selfish player back in 2008.
Up next was ‘Mr Orange’, Phil Brown – after Cesc ran on to the pitch after a great win over the hoofers Hull City in March 2009, Brown alleged that Cesc had spat at the feet of his assistant manager!
More recently Wigan manager Roberto Martinez said ‘In England that is cheating, in South America, Spain, Italy, it is being clever. There was contact, but it was soft’. That was after the penalty against Wigan in January, a game we won 3-0!
One of the worst in my book was the Denilson comments in January about Cesc not being a leader, I didn’t like it then and I still don’t like what he said to this day. You do not say that kind of thing to the press or anyone outside the club!!
Then came the twitter comment from Anthony Pilkington, he suggested that two of the Huddersfield players had asked to swap shirts after the FA Cup win and Cesc told them to F**k Off – I don’t believe that happened for one minute and it wasn’t long before Pilkington made amends on twitter for his comment.
Finally, we have the Tuesday events – David Moyes again having this to say:
‘Cesc Fabregas should have been sent-off for his comments about the officials coming out of the tunnel. It was disgusting. I won’t be repeating it but maybe someone will for you’.
Following that was the player from Everton, who wished to remain un-named saying:
“As we were walking down the tunnel, Fabregas was shouting and screaming, ‘How much have you paid the ref?’ and ‘Everton are a bunch of cheats’.
Cesc’s reply was:
I have respect for all match officials. Their job is a very difficult one and their decisions are final. Yes, I was upset at half-time. So too were about 60,000 Arsenal supporters in the stadium. We were one-nil down to a goal which we felt was offside. Of course I am going to be upset.Players from both sides were saying things as we came off and this always happens in football.
I’m passionate about this club and like all the players want to win every single match, so many things are said in the heat of the moment.
Cesc Fabregas is passionate about our club, he’s a winner. How long can any human be pursued in such a way by others?
I’m sure he is no saint, who is in football but I don’t think he goes out with the intention to cheat or be cheated and yes, he was upset at half-time against Everton, wouldn’t you be??
What worries me though is how this will play on his mind? Will he think F**k you all, I’ll show you just how good we are and be spurred on by all this nastiness?
Or, will he just think it’s another good reason to leave the Premier League, England and more importantly, Arsenal…..
If this really is a witch hunt, then why aren’t Arsenal Football Club doing something about it?
On a lighter note to finish and following on from yesterday, I woke up a couple of times in the night, one was 23 minutes passed the hour, the other was 52 minutes passed the hour.. Good omen for our players wearing those numbers?
Not once though did the clock read 15 minutes passed, so no change there I guess 😉
Oh and I fibbed, it wasn’t brief at all 😉
Thats it for today, have a good one….
morning all….
TV our for another month, Song out for tomorrow but Theo fit to play….
Hi Rico,
Top class Post. 🙂
It’s stunning how these managers feel it’s OK to have a go at Arsene and/or the Arsenal players. They would not dream of doing the same to old purple nose and some of his thugs.
Frankly, whether or not Cesc said F Off to some players wanting his shirt, I would probably have done the same to someone who had tried to kick me off the pitch, and probably worse!!
Morning Rico, guys.
Firstly. I don’t think we will see TV back this season if at all. The specialists should know what he has wrong by now but they don’t and his return is continually being placed back.
As for the witch hunt, I think it is true and I think (as I said yesterday) our board need to come out in defence of the captain. The silent, dignified approach is all well and fine but in certain situations it makes us look weak and I am sure, the captain feels alone in this.
If we are sure it didn’t happen, the board should come out and issue a statement asking for Everton to provide proof of their accusations or, retract their accusations and issue a full and public apology for slandering and fellow and bringing the game into disrepute.
Will, the boss just said TV will be back in 3 weeks yesterday.
Morning RA, thanks
Spot on, i wouldn’t take kindly to being kicked all game then handing my shirt over either, I’d rather sign it and donate it to charity…
Morning Will, that TV news came from Sky, I just hope its not true and he” be a ‘new signing’ very soon…
re the club, i’d want to find out if it was true and if not, make it public and embarass these idiots who are after cesc…
Byo, thats better than a month just hope no more setbacks…
Byo, how many times has that been said this season?
New to HH….read the posts, always on the money. I really think that this media slant will push us all closer together….come on Arsenal let’s kick on!!
Morning Lee, i’m sure i have seen your ip address here before 😉
Will, that was before they were just treating it slowly and trying to let it work itself off and now he’s had the proper procedure done so that it will heal properly and will be back in 3 weeks
yesterday I posted for the first time…
Maybe that’s it then, matters not to be honest, it’s good to see you here.
I think all this will spur the team on, bit like ‘all for one’ etc etc….
Morning All,
Lets live with the beef, great players often insulted refs and got away with it and people yelled at them for it, Paddy, Keane, even woooney, Cesc is no different. it part of the game
Hi Aaron, thats what i thought too, he kept breaking down which resulted in hi op, hopefully that has resolved the problem and no setbacks – he just needs to get fit now…
will be just what we need too all the time we stay in all four comps…
We will see guys, how many times have we heard TV will be back in blah blah?
morning didee,
i can accept the little niggles in the game but i think moyes latest outburst/allegation is a bit over the top….
That was before his operation though Will, this time ‘should’ be different…
You guys seen that the chavs are to have a summer clear out to pay for their Jan signings…
Drogba nd Malouda are named as two of them, John Obi Mikel, Jose Bosingwa and Yuri Zhirkov the otehrs….
i think will have to Rico.
What Denilson said about Fabregas WASN’T TRUE, BOTH Of them cleared it up on twitter the media had twisted Denilson’s words.
Guys, got to pop off for a couple of hours, back after lunch…
Definite clear-out needed…especially if we are in for Hazard he’s not going to be cheap…
Morning Friend! Nice post Rico we are used to witchunting it was Eduardo now its Cesc as Lee puts it this should bring us together
Lee apparently Chelsea inquired abt Hazard on the transfer deadline day
Fabregas has to be very careful because it might harm us easily. These cases have the power to intensify the attention of referees, and to show confidence and authority, penalize. Change the captaincy at this stage is not the solution. Enough with the useless and unnecessary yellow cards. Outpourings everyone has only one has to take into account, where, when, surrounded by whom and in what moment are delivered.
He seems to be the talk of the town…him and Sakho in the summer and we’re all set!! why would he want to go to the chavs? Hasn’t he already said that Arsenal are the club he favours (means sweet f.a though)
Agree with AK. Having watch the video it’s clear the translator was being quite mischievious. Denilson apparently says Gilberto was a leader and yet Cesc is not? The next question logically should have been “in what way are they different?”, but alas this was not to be. The reason could be because the interviewer was a hack, or perhas it could be because Denilson was talking of someone who is a mentor to the younger players which, listen to how he spoke, Gilberto was. Cesc is no doubt one of the leader on the pitch, but is he the older brother-like figure Gilberto was to Denilson, probably not.
Anyway, let’s focus our ire at the media. Everytime we score we should chant in unison curses at one of the offending rags/broadcaster/pundits so loud and so long that everyone will know our fury
Yap Lee but with the kind of Cash the Chavs are throwing around you never know. Sakho I hear from a reliable source he may be coming in the summer but things change very quick
Moreira agree all this talk abt Cesc may bite us you know where!!!
Rico I remmember Van Persie having 1 goal now he has nine, KT must be excited he really stressed on the great role Rvp can play kudos Kt
This is another reason we have to come out and defend our captain. If we don’t, we look guilty and ref’s might start being even more biased against us.
Totally agree Will….a strong statement from the club!!
Boo, what’s occurring 🙂
Just moaning about the fact the Arsenal board never protect our manager or players.
Thats not moaning Will, that’s just fact, how many times have they had the chance to take other teams to task for tapping up? They don’t bother there either….
Howdy Erick, its good to RvP back for sure, not only for his goal tally but i think just him being on the pitch gives others a lift….
Does anyone here have an e-mail address to contact the public relations dept at Arsenal?
The prick moyes is spouting off again…http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/9388001.stm
Will – if you go onto the afc website and follow the contact us link, there you can send your message in…
What I am thinking Rico is, we have several wordy people here, maybe we can write a strong e-mail expressing our displeasure with the way things are handled and giving examples.
Good luck with that Will, I tried contacting them a while back about something different and i heard nothing, i’m not sure its worth it really but like i say, good luck….
Its quiet here this afternoon….
Been quiet for a few days.
It has i guess, never mind, the back door is always open 😉
Zzzz…how is everyone?been very busy lately.
Boo, hi KT, i’m good thanks, and you ??
All quiet here so i’m heading off for the day,
night all….
Arsenal should stop talking and just play football. Talking just provokes more response and it just goes on and on
you are in dire need of some serious help there boy get a life other than football you poor sap
We should rather be talkin about how Cesc has been so influencial in the past month,he really drives the team.Our chain on the bike perhaps.As for Mr Moyes,well don’t mind him.He’s just frustrated.Let him cum out and accuse Mr Mason for awarding his team an offside goal.
Morning guys, quick pass through.
I see Moyes is shouting his mouth off again. It really is time now for the board to act.
moyes is purple noses stooge if carrol is worth that amount what price cesc,aa to score against the geordies today
Hoorraayyyyy for cesc !!! the problem with this current Arsenal side is that when a decision on any kind goes against us we just accept it, the moment we start to stand up for ourselves ( and lets face it the whole world and his mother new Saha was off side not just a little bit but by a huge margin ) then to cap it off they even had the video evidence on the big screen, & still we’re not man enough to admit they had made a mistake. Now i’m not suggesting that the officials look at the big screen on every single decision, but on this occasion the play had stopped & it was a huge turning point in the game…. So again although i don’t condone what cesc apparently said, i feel he only voiced what everyone was thinkin….
morning all, sorry for the delay for some coming on, all first comments go into moderation…
hi crispy, the officals aren’t allowed to use the big screen for their decisions, all down to sill blatter and co not bringing in technology – if ever there was a case for it now it was against everton…
The author fails to point out that several of the misdeeds Fabregas has “committed” are purely fictional, existing solely in the fevered brows of sacked or soon to be sacked managers whose purpose is to misdirect the press away from their own shocking lack of ability as managers.
It is also interesting that this morning I have seen footage from the Moyes pre-match press conference where hee clearly states that Cesc was very calm and polite and didn’t swear at the ref. This is somewhat at odds with the view from the “unnamed Everton player” you mention above. So the shambles that is Moyes can’t even organise something as simple as a consistent story within his own camp. What a clown. I think he should call the FA and police in to search for the offender. Perhaps they could start by going round and getting a description from the Everton camp, enabling said bodies to commence their search for the offending slightly built/15 stone, 7 foot, chinese dwarf with tightly curled blond hair.
hi clockend, i did include the word ‘alledged’ in the post – i can only feed of what is in the news, i wasn’t lucky enough to be present whan any of the alledged comments are supposed to have been said….
new post up
Rico,
Wasn’t having a go, mate. Keep up the good work.
It’s impossible to think that all these incidences & comments are created off head to witch hunt Cesc, i say your just applying double standards!! Cesc is not a cheat-that one is true, but then, he is most likely foul mouthed every time he DECIDES to be “passionate” about Arsenal.
Yeah right, “decides” is in bold coz a player who plays ping pong to go to another club jst coz his DNA thinks so, cannot be passionate abt a club to that extent.
I’ve bn an Arsenal fan since 1995, & very few players we’ve had who have bn that disrespectful to the club in handling a transfer…so yes, Cesc might have said those words, and many before-coz he knows everyone at Arsenal worships him, & without him the club will be relegated to the championship.
The only difference he has with Adebayor is that he is an actual performer worth the hype, & more respectful to team mates! But overall, he has been made to feel untouchable, & it’s only goin to get worse, till his DNA does us part.
This article sounds like a rip-off from the Arsecast
Rocka, not that i give a flying one, but i don’t read Arsecast so get your facts straight please!!
Rocka,
This may be news to you but two people can have the same thought independently, especially when ultimately referring to the same article (the Telegraph one).
thanks clockend, in all honesty though, i just reflected back on previous incidents as some of the regulars were talking about whats been allegded about cesc….. like you say though, its the news for arsenal i bet many blogs were covering a similar story…
There is a new post up for today…