There’s no question in my mind that AWFC YouTubers/podcasters/bloggers and much more constructive, positive and add more value to the club than a lot of the people (men) we see “representing” Arsenal FC.
What I mean by this is the absolutely toxic adulation and adoration for a manager than has won virtually nothing, coupled with insulting whoever doesn’t see things the same way and I have found that this doesn’t really happen with AWFC creators. This is just one of many, many things.
I don’t agree much with many people or many fans for that matter and this is something I talk about frequently on The Highbury Squad YouTube shows. Yet, I don’t feel a need to insult or belittle people that don’t agree with me, other than maybe when I got super defensive when we gave Viv to City on a free. Even then, at the very most sensitive I’ve been since DVD left, I never wanted to insult or criticize people for thinking differently.
Another example is when people on twitter gave me shit because I thought Sonia Bonpastor was someone we needed to get. I got laughed at and people came on my DMs saying they didn’t believe in her because of her “tactics” to which I laughed because these tactics won her a league and Champions League… so ummmmmmm my objective view is that her tactics are preeeeeeeeeeeeetty good.
Some people were saying that and defending the then manager just because they like hearing themselves sound loyal and sound as if they are more supportive than people like me that embrace change. Which isn’t the same as being ungrateful.
A lot of people refuse to be vocal about their discontent with the club because they want access to it and what’s wild is that some platforms like AFTV have people vociferously insulting players and yet they have much more access to the club than most normal people or content creators that are less toxic.
Authentic content is where it’s at, but authenticity is a very interesting thing. We can be authentic and be different from who we were and that’s still ok and authentic…. But let me put it in musical terms.
Take Taylor Swift for example. Let’s just say that when she released Red it was authentically who she was. All of her thoughts, energy, love and dedication were encapsulated in that moment. But a few years later she puts out Folklore… a VERY DIFFERENT album but it’s still her. It’s still authentically her. Differently her but her.
If content is a form of art, then it can be authentic, ambiguous, subjective and of course daring. That’s a part that sometimes goes missing and when a content creator does dare and challenges the status quo, most dudes on the AFC landscape do so with insults and negative drivel.
Now, you might assume that I’m implying that I make good content or that people have to be like me. NO, hell no. I am also negative and have spent way too much time criticizing a few players over and over and I have to learn to be more constructive. I always encourage people to have blogs, podcasts and specially YouTube shows. Make them great, with good audio and great lighting and be consistent.
So now that Jonas is long gone and so is our WSL season, here’s to a turn of the page and more constructive words, not so much in the podcast world but here.
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A very subjective look into AWFC 
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