Arsenal fans have been
‘brainwashed’ – Wenger on august 26, 2013 at 11:38 am
in sports LONDON (AFP) – Arsene
Wenger believes Arsenal fans
have been “brainwashed” by
the constant negativity
surrounding his team. Wenger came under fire from
large sections of the Emirates
Stadium crowd following
Arsenal’s 3-1 defeat against
Aston Villa on the opening day
of the season. That barrage of abuse followed
several incidents of barracking
from angry fans last season as
Arsenal’s trophy drought
stretched to eight years. Arsenal’s French manager
Arsene Wenger looks on during
the match . Photo: AFP. But Gunners boss Wenger,
whose side have calmed the
critics with successive victories
over Fenerbahce and Fulham
since that Villa loss, is
convinced the occasionally poisonous atmosphere in north
London is due to fans letting
their emotions get the better
of them after reading so many
negative stories about the club. “It’s always excessive
reactions,” Wenger said. “We
lost one game since the
beginning of March. That’s why
it (the Villa loss) was a shock. “The defeat was a shock,
because it’s the first game of
the season. “We won in the Champions
League away at Bayern
(Munich, in March), we won 3-0
at Fenerbahce. “It’s just like that at the
moment. You (the media) have
brainwashed a little bit the
Emirates. “Maybe rightly so, because we
haven’t won trophies for years;
everything is always negative. “We have to live this out and
just play football well.” The Frenchman has been in
charge at Arsenal since October
1996 and is now the top flight’s
longest serving manager
following Alex Ferguson’s
retirement from Manchester United last season. But Wenger, who has turned
down a host of offers to leave
Arsenal during his reign,
believes society in general, and
football in particular, has
become more reactionary and less likely to show loyalty
during difficult times. “On one side when people are
not loyal, people criticise; when
they are loyal, they say they are
there for too long,” he said. “It’s always an excessive
reaction and that’s why people
in charge have to take a (step
back), more than ever. “Being responsible in life is to
do things you think are right,
it’s not to react to what people
say. “If you listen always to what
people say, you go five minutes
one way and 10 minutes later
you go the other way. “When you have
responsibilities you have just to
focus on making the right
decisions and if they’re not
right, you say ‘sorry, I’m wrong’.
When we lose a game, I’m wrong.”

we have been brain washed to stick to gunners 4 life