A very subjective look into AWFC

One of the things that I certainly will need to come to terms with as a fan, and I feel that a massive part of the fanbase needs to as well, is the emotional attachment we have to some players. I don’t mean that we shouldn’t care or anything like that… my point is that I feel we care “too much” about some players or we feel some sort of dependency because we like their personality or something like that.

Due to them being so endearing its like we love them just because. This in a way can bring some sort of complacency and potentially lower our standards at the club. Like do we really actually think X player is what we need or do we want them at the club because they are silly and funny and witty at the social media content stuff?

Fans on twitter overhype some players so much and when they make their case about why say a GK should be at the club, it’s never about them being better than Manu or actually being able to push and challenge her, but about how they are off the pitch. This worries me, to be fair.

There seems to be a project as far as competition is concerned. We keep building the squad and getting it deeper and deeper. We’re bringing it players that will push our starters to their limits, one would hope, yet I still think and will always think, that the keepers we currently have are not the answer. I feel like I’ve talked about this before, and I have nothing personal against them at all. I wonder often though if social media access has become a double edge sword for me and I’m not sure where I stand now.

Thanks to social media content I was able to “know” the players more, to get a look into their personality, their brains, and their sense of humor. That’s all great yet I don’t think I ever wanted a player to remain at the club only because of that. Maybe I did, I’m not really sure, like I said, but what I do know is that said content is not going anywhere. It’s only gonna keep getting bigger and more important within the fan / club interaction dynamic experience thing.

We have a responsibility with ourselves as Arsenal fans to always want the best for the club. But I have to admit I’ve wanted/rated players that not a lot of people did and I’ve also wanted players out of the club that seem to be fan favorites, which makes my head want to explode, and there’s no way that I don’t make other fans’s heads want to explode.

All this to say that I hope we bring better keepers in and another CB asap please and thank you.

d ❤

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