According to the Evening Standard, Arsene Wenger will sit amongst the Chelsea fans for Saturday’s crunch encounter with the league leaders.
The Arsenal manager will serve the third game of his four game touchline ban, picked up after the 2-1 win over Burnley last month.
The rules of the ban mean Wenger can give his pre-game and half-time team talks, but because the Chelsea director’s box is at the opposite side of the ground to the dressing rooms, it would take him too long to make his way there and back before and during the game.
The report states that the Frenchman will watch the game from the stands, flanked by Arsenal security staff. As with the other games, he will have an earpiece and headset to communicate with his coaching staff on the bench.
It might well be more convenient, but you do have to wonder what it’s going to be like for him amongst opposition fans who won’t be shy, that’s for sure.
It’s not difficult to see this one ending with hassle, but if he’s willing to do it, then he’ll be aware of what kind of difficulties he might face.
Wenger was briefly surrounded by home fans at Old Trafford when he was sent off there for kicking a water bottle, but spending 90 minutes with Chelsea fans … rather him than us.
Chelsea have been excellent after we beat them at Emirates, and we have been very inconsistent… You’d think after all seasons we’d learn from our mistakes but no.
When we had the chance to go clear on top we draw with Tottenham and Man U, then after a decent run we are unable to beat City and Everton after taking lead at half time, now a chance to go within 3 points of Chelsea, obviously that’s not happening.. What’s the point of having a specialist psychologist
It’s not as easy as that. You can learn from your mistakes and still lose or draw a game. You have to allow for the fact there is another team on the pitch with exactly the same goals as you and in the case of City, Spurs and United , very similar squads.
Win lose or draw, I support them and over the years I’ve learnt that what should happen and what does happen are often two entirely different things.
Do you as a fan want Arsenal to win things or just accept any fate reserved fo them ? Arsenal should consider giving a fine of one week of salary to players if we lose to a team 10 ranks below us or whatever but some financial consequences.
A real fan would support the team even if they dropped down to the conference league.
Clown!
Financial consequences? This is football, not investment banking. Financial incentives do not necessarily motivate players. It may motivate some, not all. The team as a whole may need additional coaching on events such as Watford game. We have shown resolve and determination in other games from losing positions. This game we just didn’t perform. People seem to forget that Chelsea went on that 13-game winning streak that is quite remarkable. Only the Invincibles has bettered that. If you put a couple of draws in that run, the table will look much tighter at the top. So, we have performed almost… Read more »
Fair fucks to Arsene, he will be getting a lot of stick if we’re getting dicked.
I fucking hope we beat them, not that I particularly care about ‘the title race,’ because even with a balls out 4 nil pasting Chelsea would still be a solid 6 points clear with 15 games to go – I just need us to beat them for my own psychological well being. I cannot take seeing us lose there again. I fucking hate them. I fucking the them so fucking much.
Godspeed Arsenal… Godspeed
I think I love you Gobber
Goobber
Goober
Taxi!
Dont forget your coat.
He will be getting nothing but praise from the chavski scum and they will be begging him to stay for as long as possible.
you, Sir, are a legend!
Damn, thought this was a spoof story and was waiting for the punchline!
I want arsenal board to bury me when i die so that they can let me down for the final time
That was sad and a bit funny at the same time.
As an optimist and a lover of all things Arsenal. I would want the Arsenal to be my pallbearers so they can lift me up one final time.
Also, that joke so old.
Keep your cool AW and your dignity..good luck..
Now that is a punishment!
Maybe a screen from the dressing room would be better!
It would be nice for us to get a win, and have the camera pan to Arsene who puts on a pair of shades and saunters past the Chelsea fans.
Why… Why would he do this to himself?? Rumors say it is contagious!!
THISSSS ISSSS AARRRRRRRSENALLLLL!!!! though i feel he might need Ragnar as well……
Pretty sure Chelsea will put Wenger in the rich section. Probably no bother from the fans…
Somewhere around the 65th minute, Costa throws a tantrum after faceplanting the turf courtesy of a crunching Koscielny tackle, the camera pans to Wenger awash in a sea of blue scarves and jerseys and he is belting “Arsenal till I die” at the top of his lungs.
In that moment I will know I can die a happy man.
Don’t think I can stand him being in charge till he dies.. Might just kill us all
dont know how old u r but grow up no ones perfect.Come on arsenal
He’ll need a long hot bath after sitting amongst that filth
Surely he’ll want some kind of bio-hazard suit. Or one of those giant hamster balls. At least the coins would bounce off…..
If things do not change and we don’t win anything this season. The reaction he should be concerned will be more of the Arsenal fans.
Probably safer than sitting amongst the away fans with the amount of negativity -and hate he gets from some groups of fans. Saw someone on Facebook who said he wanted to cave his face in, and he was an Arsenal supporter. Just crazy stuff.
Would bloody love to win and have him turn around and bask in the agony of their fans this weekend though!
He clearly was not an Arsenal fan!
He’d rather sit with the home fans than the away if another performance like ht at Bournemouth is served up
Our away fans are miles better than our home fans.
Guess what Matt? We’re the same fans. I’d say from my experiences in the UK and abroad that the away fans are more racist, mysogynistic, homophobic and prone to the really nasty stuff like gas-hissing towards Spurs – the stuff that when it makes it onto TV like Chelsea’s racist tube incident will taint us all. But we do make a lot more noise than we do at home, so that makes it all OK.
Got to love Arsene, i can only see this ending badly because, for obvious reasons, I am not the most confident about this weekend’s result. That said, after our loss mid week this is almost (not quite i know) a game that no longer matters so we will probably smash them. I am really trying to remain positive about the rest of this season however so will tell myself anything is mathematically still possible. Frankly the team should look at this as motivation to go out there and perform because fuck me guys if you dont you are hanging Arsene… Read more »
Would also add – this is yet another example of Arsene putting what he feels the team needs and what it best for the team ahead of his own personal wishes because no one would choose to sit with chelsea fans. I wouldn’t want to sit next to one in the office let alone at a match.
And when wengers big 1000th game came along against chavski, did the players turn up and perform?
My statement was they should, not that they will (or have)
And my comment wasnt a dig at you or what you said just at the players and/or wenger
Pretty sure those Chelsea “fans” will be more busy bothering him for a selfie.
Some Arsenal fans can give him even harder time if we are behind 0-3 by half time. I mean, it might be better being surrounded by Chelsea fans than some of our own.
Some arsenal fans are rubbish anyway
Win and they praise Bould
Lose and its all Wengers fault
Spoilt children living their dreams through the club and throw g their toys out of the pram when it doesn’t happen.?
…but still better than chelski scum?
Its these “Wenger out” kids that will turn this club into a man city. No respect for past achievements, experience, guidance, and overall influence and want a new toy that they can boast about for a bit.
I can’t believe these Wenger outs really think he’s not world class. He might have won way more than he did if he didn’t stay loyal to the club.
Somehow I am not confident we will beat Chelsea. We always seem to falter away from home against the likes of Chelsea, Man U, City etc.. Best we can get is a draw and even I want Arsenal to win but I don’t think we will beat them.
It’s easy to envisage how bad it could be. But for the moment let’s just think how funny it would be to lace them five nil with the crowd silent and Wenger just smugly sat there.
What a ‘pipe’ dream, but i am with you, I’ll take ten please……… of whatever it is you have been smoking pal.
You just love dreaming don’t you?
apparently he/Le Profasorea is now going to a private box in the east stand, the one where Jose went to cry in when his team snubbed him again at the Xmas party. They have named it the Avenger Room.
Hopefully the arsenal players will know how rubbish they were on tuesday nite and take it out on chelsea sat
How long would it take to walk him to walk across the pitch anyway?
Can’t they build him a zipline from the Director’s box? The racist scum.