So Arsenal let Barcelona use Colney to train ahead of the Champions League final. A sign of class and generosity of the club. Then, two of their horrible, arrogant little players decide to try and be funny:
Would you see an Arsenal player do this? No. Barcelona think they exist in a world of their own where nobody can touch them, that they can do as they please and their footballing excellence can excuse them of their misdemeanors.
How much more proof to people need to see this team for what they are? Their arrogance matches their brilliance and that is such a shame, it is a shame that Lionel Messi, Xavi and Iniesta have to be associated to this rabble, their footballing philosophy is so good and they are so good at exploiting it to its maximum. Yes, they play stunning football but when they are also a bunch of cheating, rude, arrogant and ignorant little oiks it completely spoils it.
You can develop amazing footballers, you can buy some of the best players around, you can win as many trophies as you like.
But class, that doesn’t come with money, trophies, or players like Messi. It has nothing to do with winning, whether it be Premier League action
or 888casino blackjack. It is engrained in a club.
That is why Barcelona will never have it.
Geez take a chill pill. You never messed around to wind your mates up? The are international colleagues having fun that’s all, and before you explode further we have had dubious moments that are far worse, like the old north bank singing about gassing Jews is hardly classy.
They are fully aware of their actions. They don’t respect our club. Even Man U or Chelsea don’t lower themselves to trash levels like this.
Yeah man relax, its not as if Barca don’t back their right to gloat, their good, really good. Although I sometimes wish there would be a Basketball type shot clock for them.
Cant get upset about this when we’ve just had the season we’ve had
Spanish chavs…
This is so disrespectul to say the least. I never supported Man U but I rather see Man utd lift champions league trophy as a befitting punishment for this shameful act by Barcelona
what a stupid article…wound up tight are we due to being trophyless again and realising wenger’s stupid policies and shameful youth programme
why hate on barcelona? it is NOT their fault Fabregas wants to leave Arsenal after seeing failures year after year after year
and NO…fourth place is not a success
i donno…seems kinda harmless prank between childhood buddies
Let me get this straight. You are calling Barcelona players cretins for winding up their close friend by holding his picture up?
What about when Arsenal constantly tap up Barca’s young players by offering them crazy sums of money for their age? Nothing wrong with that as long as it’s ‘legit’ right? Well there’s nothing technically wrong with Barca PLAYERS wanting a former colleague to return home.
If you were honest with yourself, the reason why you are annoyed is because the fact is that Cesc desperately wants to leave Arsenal. He doesn’t look happy in an Arsenal shirt anymore. His mates know it and rib him for it. It’s only embarrassing because he’s being held against his own will.
They want to bum Cesc, it’s that simple. This picture was followed by another with their pants round there ankles spilling their beans over the picture. If it wasn’t can someone please get busy on Photoshop and post it on the net ASAP
“their footballing philosophy is so good and they are so good at exploiting it to its maximum. Yes, they play stunning football but when they are also a bunch of cheating, rude, arrogant and ignorant little oiks it completely spoils it.”
as much as i agree….i’d argue that this is what the some of our title winning teams had (both under arsene and george graham) that arsenal lack right now. all great teams have a couple of total pricks in the squad. other teams supporter hated vieira, henry, cole, keown, lehmann, pires and so on. barcelona are no different.
did they really steal it though? just becoz he says so in a humours tweet doesnt make it true
TO JONATHAN; MistaKen; TheClash; bluuuz & Steve: You are all moppets! End of.
I hope u r genuinely Arsenal fans. Respect of a club should be that regardless of whether we were 4th or stone cold last!!!
Go and join other clubs if u all cannot see a lack of respect towards a great club such as ours.
MistaKen: U are a lost and mistaken soul!!! Get it!
Do need to calm down on the outrage here.
Yes, given the tension between the clubs it’s a silly thing to do. Especially since the club has let them use the training camp. Yet it’s not really offensive is it?
They are friends with Cesc and I doubt they actually stole it, just removed it from the wall to take the picture.
Get a grip, they’re just winding Cesc up. I’d agree with another poster here and say that the anger of some fans has deeper roots than this prank.
Man up.
This has not bothered me at all, We knew the minute it was announced they would be using the Colney for training that something like this would occur. I am more annoyed at Arsenal PLC for allowing the club who tapped up our captain in such a disgusting public manner for 4 mths last year, into our “home” no matter how much money they made.
What can i say ? Life would be boring without idiots like them !
You can’t polish a turd.
Consider ds,Arsenal PLC,ANYWAY if we are among shareholders we will prefer the coach cos’what we are making huge profits.If cesc want to go let him,he can be bigger than the club write ds down and take notice of ds there is problem ahead.eg,hleb,anelka,flamini,reyes,etc left and they archieve nothing. i will prefer he shud go and use the money for another better player.
how can you fans excuse this? Barcelona are not our friends that it would seem normal they did it, I’m guessing you excuse the tapping up case of last year as just winding up, nothing serious? Screw you Barcelona
I don’t know, it seems harmless. More worthy battles to fight.
Xavi isn’t that classy. He opens his mouth and a load of crap comes out.
Made me mad, can’t stand that bunch of souless twats… hope we steal all thier Young talent! Hahahahahaha. Fuckin fags..
remember cescs sly little push on pique at the end of the game at the emirates? fab has got class and if anything this will make him more likely to stay. Oh and for all you anti wenger anti arsenal morons, why u think madrid wanted wenger over mourinho? caus what he has done with the money he has spent plus the stadium is truely remarkable. you realise that arsenal play total football, second only to barca!! and considering our age and lack of money spent, this means wenger is doing much more right than wrong, clearly. wenger now will spend and then you will see the good times returning!!! peace out
They are best of friends and pranks like these happen when you let them into your home.
besides if we lose cesc to barca its cause he cant win with 17 year olds trying to beat experienced professionals.
we need to realise that we cant waste the best years of our best players.
cesc took us to the champions league final with thierry…and some amazing memories…hes a tru warrior and a world class player…but even then he would realise and think why is he there if he cant win a trophy.
id be pissed if he left last year…but after this year…id give him my blessing. Wenger proved nothing.
move on!!!!!!!!!!!
Couple of planks, but then I guess it is just a bit of harmless, tasteless, fun and all children mess about sometimes.
What really bugs me at the moment are all these people saying how they understand Cesc wanting to leave Arsenal as they can’t win throphies – FOR GODS SAKE he was part of any failing team, stop putting him on a pedestal as if he is immune from criticism.
Hopefully Cesc will stay and realise that if he wants to win things he must share the responsibilty for both sucesss & failure.
cecs has class. if anything this will make him more likely to stay. these guys knew this would be seen as disrespectful, and as a guest in our home, this was a low act indeed. cant believe some of you in here! not arsenal fans im sure!
Look, Barca is not the greatest team ever. They play in a second-rate league where half the teams face bankruptcy, and of their 38 games, maybe a dozen require concentration to win — in the EPL they’d gain 30 points less, at least. If Arsenal played a schedule of the top six and 11 teams from League One, they’d be like Barca.
They are way too impressed with themselves.
Anybody remember Pique spitting on one of the older coaches, truly classless
I think they show disrespect to the club and his fellow players. They always try to come into Fabregas’ mind and unsettled him. I HATE BARCELONA. This is very unprofessional moves, they should restrict their players from doing such kind of stupid reaction or campaign to attract other players. If they want other players, just tell their ideas to the club management and stop posting and sharing to social network and national news by the players themselves.
We’ll just continue taking their best talents as teenagers, getting some good work from them and then selling them back for 30m profit. I don’t see Arsenal as victims in this at all. It’s a great way to do business.
@ Ron. Wenger did prove that you can stay in the top four while profiting from transfers (being a selling club). It’s time he moved on now though, just accept that we’ll be paying off the stadium for the next 25 years but we need investment in the team NOW.
the pics means absolutely nothing, we all do it when we see our close friend, we all play pranks with our pals so why are u making story from just a pics, what you saw cant even be quantify to what happened during the world cup victory celebration, so GROW UP. Up Gunners: from a true fan of ARSENAL
What better way to invest in the team than sell a player that no longer wants to play for us, back to the club he came from for a £40m fee. Whilst pinching another couple for £750k. As great as Cesc is he is not starting enough matches for my liking and certainly not enough to be club captain.
Barca are sore losers and nothing can define it more than last year’s semi-final when Inter beat barca and camp nou.The stadium officials immediately started watering the ground and after the final whistle.
Then Motta play acting to get inter player sent off.
They are arrogant team.Although i hate Man U but i want them to beat Barca hands down.
Wow it amazes me to hear so many people say Cesc should go, and that he’s not as good as he used to be. I’m sorry but the player who creates the most chances in open play in Europe? How many games have we won off one of his sublime passes? I’m sure one of you will disagree with me, for the sake of feeling all high and mighty about yourself. Do agree with the article however. Barcelona have consistently showed that they are disrespectful to other clubs, whether it be on the pitch in the disgraceful diving and swarming of the referee that gets players sent off time and time again in the Champions League, or off the pitch in the shameful talking they do to unsettle players they want, no matter what club they are at. And if Cesc were that ‘desperate’ to leave, dont you think he’d hand in a transfer request? Perhaps accept that he loves both clubs maybe, and in his good nature he doesnt want to upset Arsenal, but eventually wants to go back to the club he supported as a child.
how anal retentive are you, of course an Arsenal player would do the same, it’s called messing about, you need to take a second and reflect, what a dreary world you must live in
Come on man its just having some fun and laughs with a buddy they have known since childhood.
You know there is a reason why Cesc is vacationing in America right now, he is staying away form Barca while they are in London. He is staying at Arsenal.
I don’t really see the big deal. And no still can’t stand the thought of ManU(re) winning – still finding it had to understand how they won the league!
And yes Cesc should take some responsibility for the drought! Adios amigo, vamos if you must (hopefully not or at the right price). The magic he produced this season not enough to conceal the stench from his rotten attitude.
3.Gio may be on to a winner for our training sessions:”..I sometimes wish there would be a Basketball type shot clock for them”. Love the style of player but we need to start mixing it up more especially with 4 mins to get a point or 2 and we are still passing it like we’re up 8 – 0. C’mon Arsenal!
I agree with Mike above. I really think Cesc was shipped off to New York to get away from all the madness that would have surrounded him had he been in London.
Listen, these are just some of his childhood friends having a laugh. They are not disrespecting The Arsenal. There may be other reasons to dislike them but this should not be one of them.
This pique bollocks is always at the centre of their desrespect,there is no doubt barca are the best football team in the world but their conduct and obvious distasteful behaviour to other clubs really stinks.He was even at it tonight by cutting off the wembley netting from the goals,whats that all about?,shall i tell you what its about?.Its purposely done so this total wanker displays his nasty side and annoys people.What would a multi millionaire with all those medals want with the nets?.Barcelona fc show no desire in telling their players to show respect at all times as its noticed and appreciated world wide.Be proud,very proud all my fellow gooners because you support the arsenal who are renowned for doing things right.Lastly im pleased evra and nani are hurting a little right now,the former is a mouthpeice and nani is also a disrespectful tosser which was proved again tonight when he unlike his teammates decided not to shake hands with the winning players.Barca are the main offenders but other clubs like utd also have bad characters in their ranks.thankyou,now up to you arsene,get some money spent.
Sadly, it hasnt taken the UCL trophy from them….. UP BARCA!….this is nothing enough to make you post a blog, Martin. chill and get on with it!
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if cesc wants to leave let him go. but this is disrespectful especially since we let dem use our training ground.
Goonerboy11, chill out dude, I dont have to prove my love for arsenal to anyone. The club has been in my thoughts most of the waking day for the past 10 years. All im saying is that they didnt defile Wenger’s underwear or spraypaint over the halls. They merely saw a picture of their best friend hung among pictures of footballing legends such as Bergkamp and Henry and they were impressed. Maybe they took a photo of it to show others.
How do we know from that picture that they didnt actually ask someone before touching that frame? Think before you comment, think before you write an article, thats all I’ll say.