12 Jun 2014 16:33:18
Looking at Cesc in a Chelsea shirt makes me sick, I posted before I hoped we resigned him we didn't, but the fact is he wanted to leave and left us when he was hitting is peak, to go back to Barcelona where it didn't go as well as planned, Wenger the person he described as a second father telling him he didn't want him back probably hurt more than any boos will. I am sick of other teams signing our old players;

Chelsea; Cole & Cesc. Man Utd; RVP.
Man City; Nasri, Clichy & Sagna (Also had Vieira, Adebayor and Toure)

I want us to sign Balotelli for two reasons;
1) He is a top quality striker, with bags of talent and is only 23, I'm sure Wenger can keep him under control, though his exploits are exaggerated after the press saw the money in them.
2) He's ex City and is still well liked by their fans, be nice to sign someones ex player then enjoy him during his peak.

If we add Marshall, Aurier, Khedira, Vela and Balotelli, that would be incredible yet possible and we could challenge for the league, personally though I see Remy over Balotelli which is gutting.

{Ed002's Note - Players are simply transient employees of the club - you should wish them well when the leave and applaud them when they return. It is astonishing that the fans of only a few clubs want to spew hate on returning players. And unfortunately it seems Arsenal are one.}

1.) 12 Jun 2014
I fail to understand how my post spews hatred? I made no rude remarks toward Fabregas, just stated my frustration at seeing our rivals now have our ex Captain, and that I'm tired of our better players leaving to join our rivals. That is a fair point not a bad thing if you want to do well then you need keep hold of your better players. Of the list I mentioned the only players I really dislike in footballing terms, out of those who left were Cole and RVP and it was for the way the went about it, one disrespecting the club with the statement he made, the other talking about almost crashing his car when he heard the money we were willing to offer him. I also fail to understand how wanting to sign Balotelli because I'd like other teams to be in our shoes for once, which I clearly state was not the sole or main reason I wanted him signed is a bad thing. I actually discouraged the booing of Fabregas with my comments about Wenger choosing not to sign him, and if you look at my posting history you can clearly see I have no interest in spewing hatred. The nature of football dictates that fans will be unhappy with players joining their rivals that is part and parcel of the game, it would be foolish not to expect it, though I do admit some fans can take it too far and to personal. But rather than attach the idea of hatemongering to my post surely a more sensible idea would of been to post on the front page of the arsenal section of this site saying, Fabregas has joined Chelsea we understand that some maybe frustrated by this but can we keep this site clean, and watch what we post and the language we use when commenting on this subject. Especially when I have no history of this, causing trouble or insulting eds.

{Ed002's Note - I have deleted numerous vile posts of hatred aimed at the kid. Manchester City fans won't give a damn if Balotelli joins Arsenal.}

2.) 12 Jun 2014
United fan here. To be fair Ed, Arsenal have suffered incomparably in this respect in regards to sheer numbers of talented ex players now playing for direct rivals.No club's fans would accept that without at least a vent on an online forum.