Beyond caring.
We’re two weeks into the new season and I don’t think I’ve ever felt lower about football before in my life. Not about Arsenal per se. Arsenal haven’t really done anything to hugely annoy me lately. In terms of absolutely everything else, though, I’m full to the brim with ‘whatev’. This is probably how it feels to get to the end of a marriage and feel like you really can’t be arsed to try any more.
There’s very little happening that’s not truly hateful, in the foreseeable future. The transfer window can go take a big fat running jump off a massive pile of fuck off dust, especially. I am SO SICK of transfer rumours. I am SO SICK of hearing about wages and fees and medicals and terms. I am SO SICK of men my age dictating to decades old clubs about what they want and when they want it and how they want it and the ways in which they want to be paid it.
Fuck. Off. I hate you. I HATE YOU. I’m tired of having to care about players who’ve done the off. It’s extremely fatiguing. I’m tired of hearing empty words from the mouths of morons who can kick a ball quite well, pledging their futures to clubs they’ll later shit all over when the going gets tough. They are bastards. They are bastards who must be brought down.
It’s a beautiful game but Christ Almighty there’s a hell of a lot of ugly running through its clapped out old veins at the moment. And look, I’m not jumping on the Olympic bandwagon here. Much as the Olympics were wonderful and the athletes beautiful and the stories inspiring, the whole ‘Football could learn from this’ crap that kept being said was a load of old bollocks really. It was great seeing all these other sports in the limelight, but when all was said and done, we were all counting down the days until the return of the football league season. Because football is better than most other sports. It’s full of shit, but it is still inherently better. And because we are absolute mugs, claro.
Football is hideous at the moment. Fans are too. I know this post has exclusively been me moaning but MY WORD don’t we like a whinge up! There are people who latch onto bad news like it’s absolutely a given fact. ‘We absolutely will not sign anyone this window.’ Maybe that’s worrisome. But do you know what?
I DON’T GIVE A MONKEY’S. But there’s been more online activity in this past month than there is at the height of the season. Earlier on today there was a lovely little interlude of actual football news, in the guise of the Champions League draw. We drew Schalke, Olympiacos and Montpellier, by the way. You might have missed the news, as it was only the basil garnish in the monster feast of a sandwich with extra chips that is TRANSFER DEADLINE WEEK.
Knob off. Maybe we do need reinforcements. In fact, I’m quite sure we do. If we get those, how marvellous it will be. But stop your fucking obsessing over a player who might or might not materialise. Stop getting attached like its via the means of the umbilical cord to your mama, to some randomo player you’ve had to Youtube. You really didn’t think he was all that before we missed out on him to that team.
It’s sometimes easy to forget, in the doom and gloom that surrounds Arsenal in particular, that we’re actually quite good. Remember when van Bollocks pissed off up to the shit place? Actually, remember even earlier when he released his arsey little statement (GUYYYYYYYYYYYYS)? And everyone was all ‘Ohhhhh nooooooo, what are Arrrrrrsenal gonna doooooo now? Robin van Peerrrrrrrrsie’s leffffft them in a cloud of doooooooooooom! They shall die! They shall shrivel up and they shall be DEADDDDDDD!’
Piss off mate. Arseface has gone indeed. He now resides in the rainy place (though I heard rumours he’s not moved there properly yet? I WOULDN’T EITHER HAHAHA!) Song’s gone too. No more heart attacks when the darling little dope ploughs on up on one of his skillzy little showcases of talent. Ta-ra! Theo Walcott might or might not go. I’m really struggling to be bothered either way. Perhaps it’s the new broken me that is struggling to muster up any enthusiasm. It’s nothing against Theo. It’s surely impossible to hold too much of any kind of grudge against Theo Walcott? Even his name sounds like a company who makes butter. But I just think this little fiasco has come at a bad time. I’m all out of bothered juice and I surely can’t be the only one.
Every time I access Twitter, there’s more doom. I have been unfollowing like a maniac lately. In fact, the only time anyone is happy is when they’re talking about the ACTUAL FOOTBALL! You remember, that ball game we all once cared about? Of course you don’t, it’s been so long since we last cared about it.
But hold on one second, I’m hearing [random player] is moving to [irrelevant club] for [slightly excessive] million pounds and on a [couldntgiveashit] long deal. Now THAT’S excitement! This is the feeling we line the seats of football stadiums up and down the country for!
Honestly. Football and football fans. You’re really being arseholes at the moment.
Kath
265 days ago
Awesome!!! Summed up what a lot of people are thinking!!! Cant wait for Sunday when the window has closed! xx Top writing
Sian
264 days ago
Thanks Kath!
Patrick
265 days ago
Absolutely love this post. So spot on about the state of the “beautiful game.” This summer, more than others for some reason, seems to have really left a bad taste in my mouth. Not Arsenal specifically, but fooball in general…
Arsenal fan from the States
Sean
265 days ago
Loathe the transfer window. Rumors should be illegal. Love your blog. I can only aspire to have an Arsenal lady like you in my life one day.
nishanth
265 days ago
Excellent post. Summer transfer window is still bearable. January transfer window is a total farce.
Atif
265 days ago
Awesome! Beautifully captured how I am feeling too. Hope we get back some stability once all the scumbags have left the club. Keep up the good work with blog and twitter.
Alan
265 days ago
Brill, bird. You’ve captured the mood perfectly. I love football and I’m very partial to those boys in red and white, but I really cannot handle all the ITK twats getting it wronger and wronger. Here’s to 11.00pm on Friday when the shit ends and we can get on with the real stuff.
Marvin
265 days ago
“Stop getting attached like its via the means of the umbilical cord to your mama”
Priceless haha.. And it’s all I’m seeing. Whining because the player who has gotten their hopes never materializes.. mainly because they were never promised in the first place. Tomorrow is the only day that matter because we will see who we will or will not sign. I just want it to be over with. Onto Anfield on Sunday and the Champions League/League Cup. Let’s get back to enjoying the football and watching our Gunners improve and get back on track, as they always do.
Cheers.
COYG.
AndyT
265 days ago
Ditto the above. Tony Blair was once a raving Trotskyite. I was once a raving Gooner. We’ve both given up the ideology and now tread a boring path of centre ground mediocrity as do both our teams. Lucky I have 3 kids with more enthusiasm than me to carry on the faith.
Milo
265 days ago
This is my first comment on this site…Even though I have read all the rumours, EVERYDAY!!!, I have NEVER ONCE gotten my hopes up!!! NOT because we won’t sign anyone, just that all those crazies who do get their hopes up and cry and moan when we don’t get a player, are exactly that…crazy. I can see exactly where you are coming from. I just look at all the rumours to pass the time, really. I only actually click on the blogs and headlines that have to do with the youth or well thought-out ones like this one. Do you follow the youth at all??? It provides a welcome relief to the first team and all the hullabaloo surrounding it!!! There is still some bullshit, but not nearly as much, I seem to find.
Treez
265 days ago
Such a breath of fresh air! I’m so fed up with who we’ve bought… Oh no we’ve lost him etc. your blog sums up all that’s wrong with football. Well done. I think you speak for the majority.
Mark
265 days ago
Great post and pretty much sums up exactly how I’ve been feeling the last two weeks since the whole Sahin debacle of will-he won’t-he join us. Can’t wait until the window slams shut tomorrow night and we can focus on watching actual matches. That being said will probably still end up glued to the television tomorrow.
Keep up the awesome posts.
Adrian
264 days ago
Wow, I am stunned by the outpouring. Very interesting mind you.Is it typical of London Arsenal supporters?
Is the sun still shining in London. Is this what they call post Olympic blues??
Or is it pre-season nerves with a “slight” downward outlook.
Look forward to your more whimsical musings as the season progresses.
Wellington New Zealand
NIck
264 days ago
Sounds like you need a darkened room, a wet sponge and some whale music!!
Can’t fault your analysis mind you……mercenary bunch of toe-rags, the lot of ‘em.
Theo Walcott sounds like a company that makes Butter……I LOVE that !!!
I’m thinking nice packaging, great colour, good texture, disappointing taste !!
El Greco
264 days ago
Hey Sian, thanks for the blog…..you’ve nailed it!
Scottie
264 days ago
Spot on! At the moment I lost my job in June and am living on benefits so it’s hard for me to feel sorry about players crying about how they are only on 75k a week. The way I’m feeling, I wouldn’t mind if we did an AFC Wimbledon or a Glasgow Rangers and moved down a few divisions if only we could guarantee that our players were there because they wanted to be there!
Gary
264 days ago
Spot on – this is exactly how I feel about the tranfer noise and football fans in general at the moment. Absolutely pathetic to spend your every moment awake on talking about whom we are going to sign, have signed, should be signing, what money we have available, how much the players get paid etc etc etc. Nauseating
Daniel
264 days ago
Getting this blog tattooed on my chest.
UncleK
264 days ago
Superb and nail on head.I’ve been grumbling in this direction for a long time,yei still wasting time reading,watching and wondering why… Maybe a season off to cleanse the palate (Though I know this will not happen) Hey ho, here we go again. Great thought provoking stuff,Siany.
Micheal
264 days ago
Arsenal are a joke of a football club and Wenger is taking you knowhere fast. Deluded cunts
Daniel
264 days ago
D’you no where knowhere is?
Sian
264 days ago
Please stop spelling your name like that.
irishgray
264 days ago
LMFAO!! Only funny cos it’s true! Great post Sian and by the way this just in, we might be getting Essien on a season long loan! Just thought you would like to know
1NilToTheArsenal
264 days ago
You’ve captured the frustration a lot of us feel. I steadily follow 4-5 Arsenal blogs (there are sooo many!) and I’m amazed at how so many other supporters come on to pollute these sites with sometimes vicious diatribe and bilious (always loved that word) nonsense. Yes, we all know football is tribal and that, but it’s way over the top for me, especially from some of the Stoke fans.
Always wearisome, I think the transfer stuff is harder to bear this summer, because like it or not this is two years running now that we’ve sold our best player.
Starting off the season with scintillating 0-0 games back-to-back may raise the blood pressure a bit as well.
As some have pointed out, we were even worse off at this time last year, and we truly do have players who can really give it a go this season. The transfer s$%t ends today thankfully, for four months anyway. We have the int’l break coming up after Liverpool. Hopefully now players, press, managers, etc can shut the f%$k up and just play some footy.
elkieno
263 days ago
Not much else to say really sian, except that’s how I feel also…
It’s shut finally, we signed noone but I don’t care just as long as we can get on with it.
Maybe in January well get someone but for now lets all go forward as one entity, for Arsenal and our manager, one for all and all for one!
We shall not be moved…
FunGunner
263 days ago
Fantastic! You nailed it again, girl. Made me laugh my face off, too.
(and hello to IrishGray)
feng
262 days ago
Wenger probably thinks its more fun to try and win with one hand tied behind his back; where’s the challenge otherwise?
Cheers!
ChippyPan
262 days ago
Hey, what a pick-me-up present from the team, eh?
They must have heard about your blues
Gf60
261 days ago
Knock, knock. “Mornin’ Missus. If she’s not still rantin’, can Sian come out to play today?
Oh! She was all happy but then van shitface went and got a hat-trick so she’s pissed orf again?
Well, tell ‘er I called to say the transfer windows shut, Wallcot’s been benched, our defence looks better, we do ‘ave some classy players after all and at least I’m an ‘appy bunny.
Tara.”
Shaun
261 days ago
International break is usually when van P€r$i€ gets injured playing for the dutch?
vaders_grandfather
261 days ago
Good Evening All,
Just wanted to pop in and say hallo!
So errr…
Hallo.
Bye.
James
254 days ago
As many have said, nail on the head. Brilliantly captured how I and seemingly many others feel. Interesting too reading it after the Liverpool game in which I thought we looked very good.
We have some stars in this team, and it feels like there’s a togetherness that has been lacking of late following two summers of will our captain/best player leave us?
But this was exactly how I felt on transfer deadline day. Thats said, as someone else pointed out, I followed it all day till the end, hoping for something.
We have what we have. Forward.
Alex
251 days ago
Fair dinkum with the post Sian, all that the latter months of the transfer window did was leave me feeling quite hollow, I sighed quite relievedly 2 Fridays ago at 11pm
damsen
250 days ago
I know that Diaby’s injury is only minor, but this shows that he and Jack (on the latter’s return) will need a lot of rest to gently play their way back to full fitness. Taking into account also that Arteta is prone to the odd niggling injury, and there will definitely be chances for midfield squad players to get involved in the first team. If I were the likes of Ramsey and Coquelin, I would be stepping up my game this season big time. Of those two, Ramsey seems to be the one more on the forefront of Wenger’s plans but, recent form apart (especially in the case of Ramsey), I have seen enough to believe that these guys can make it here at Arsenal if they want it. Instead of harping on about needing to leave for game time, just pull your socks up, work hard and be ready to take the chances when they inevitably present themselves. Whatever the media says about AFC, this is still a great club to hone your football talent. We give young players chances more than most other big clubs and I only wish such players were hungrier to seize them, rather than wanting it all laid out on a plate for them!