ARSENALISM©

Quiet and unassuming Is it about Ashley Cole's success? I don't think it is. His list of honours since joining Chelsea is impressive to say the least. He has been consistent in his position and one of the great defenders in Premiership history. No matter how unpalatable that is, its true.  He still remains a villain to Arsenal supporters due to his leaving and the associated shenanigans connected with that departure. But this is not reason enough to explain the contempt in which he is held; after all maybe its just an Arsenal thing, an obsession and a hatred that perhaps should have run its course. No, the truth of it is much more about how hung up he appears to be about everyone else.  His petulance towards referees and his indignation that the press should expose his infidelities are, by and large, standard operating procedure for the modern millionaire footballer but rather than being admired for his considerable ability and success on the pitch he is a reviled fig...

Adulterer, Judas, Work experience shooter and all round bad egg Ashley Cole has been vilified by everyone and their sister over the last few years, It began with his acrimonious move to Chelsea; done amid a web of deceit, ingratitude and flash Harryness. When Cole returned to Arsenal with Chelsea for the first time he was subjected to 90 minutes of sustained abuse unlike anything I have heard at Arsenal. Rightly or wrongly Hell hath no fury like a group of supporters scorned. The abuse and vitriol aimed at Cole since has been sustained and he has not exactly been the shy retiring type (on and off the field), however, his major sin for Arsenal fans is that he left the club over a ‘mere’ £5000 a week and wrote about it in less than humble terms. Thus was born a nemesis for Arsenal fans to get hot under the collar over. More so as he chose to join the entirely unlikable Chelsea machine. Mourinho had courted him for one reason only; he was the best Left back in the league. So where’s the ...