A-M 昨天也发表了(可能也是转贴,我就没有翻译 作者是EXILED IN NEWCASTLE)
Arsène heard the chants at Barnet. You might not have been that far away but I'm sure you didn't.
Now fair enough, you were at the World Cup (but not at Bolton I seem to remember) and were never expected at the match, and no doubt the date of your wedding was a coincidence. I've no intension of making jokes about your wedding because whatever anyone might think so long as you and your bride were happy with it that's what maters.
But.
There's always a 'but' with you Ashley.
Quite often it's after a 'he could have been...'
This time it's your book.
And loyalty.
Didn't this start with you meeting with another club behind Arsenal's back and then denying it ever happened? Then when it was obvious it happened you denied it was your fault. So it happened. But you said it didn't.
Loyalty. Hmmm. Rhymes with honesty.
So you dumped on the club you claim to love. You destabilised the team at a vital time. And nasty Arsenal decided to complain! You weren't 'hung out to dry' – you were caught bang to rights and then lied to your employer about it. And to us.
Slavery? Behave. That was an abhorrent comment.
Ash, I adored you when you broke through. Firmly in the see ya Silvinho camp when you appeared in the first team. And in the first summer of stories about Paddy leaving I put you forward as captain 'if Paddy stayed a couple of years'.
Mate, you blew it.
I wrote that 'Open Letter' last summer. I know your p.a. read it and talked to Arsenal about it. There was going to be a comment. Then silence.
Again, fair enough. We're just an independent fan site so we're not exactly Fleet Street in terms of expecting comment, and no comment (as opposed to a quotable 'no comment') was all I ever expected. But I took the trouble to email it to you and your agent.
So you didn't talk to Arsenal-Mania, but you explained why we should support you to...no-one. Whilst you spent most of the season injured until the World Cup pops up.
Then you ask for our support because you always give 100% on the pitch. Well let me tell you giving 100% is nothing to boast about, it's the LEAST we expect as the poor mugs who pay your wages.
A few times there were quotes that almost seemed to be asking us to support you over the club! Wake up kid, The Arsenal were there a long time before you and still will be a long time after. In terms of Arsenal history you're little more than a (sour) footnote.
Ash, without wanting to sound like a b movie, you're gone to me.
Goodbye. And good riddance.