crazy little thing called love.

the newspapers love it, sky sports news are full of it and its all over social networking sites. what is this 'it' i hear you ask. well of course, its the annual 'arsenal are in crisis' stories. we get them around the same time every year when journalists are bored with transfer gossip. 'trouble at the emirates' read the daily mirror, with reference to the 'unrest' concerning arsenal fans. i wouldn't expect it to be anything but dramatised & senstationalised, however the daily mirror failed to focus on the majority of arsenal fans: those who believe in arsene wenger and have faith in him to deliver. this summer, without a ball even being kicked, is an incredibly important summer for the club. time to ditch the deadwood holding us back and invest in quality players, who have the talent it takes to play 'the arsenal way', and have the passion to endear themselves to the emirates crowd.

as a seventeen year old life long arsenal fan, i have no first hand experience of arsenal without arsene. the thought of getting rid of wenger would not even cross my mind. i trust wenger completley. i understand fans' frustration, as am one myself but you must have faith. a fans revolt would fill tabloids and give journalists a field day - that is not the arsenal way, we don't believe in PR stunts and airing our dirty linen in public. its apparent wenger has full support of the players, its about time a certain minority of fans see how important he is, instead of trying to line up his replacement.

the situation at aston villa is a prime example of a 'troubled club' - the story dominating the electronic and print media: arsenal do not need this kind of press attention and we should be thankful that we have a good manager, good board (well usually)and good fans. the trophies will come. we need to remain positive: our hopes have been cruelly dashed every season for six years but we have the quality to change this.