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Why Stewart Robson should be given the sack immediately « Untold ...

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By Michael Shelly and Tony Attwood

Unwarranted criticism emanates from ex-Arsenal players and managers (Bob Wilson, and Charlie Nicholas generally excepted) all day every day.  From Paul Merson to Ian Wright, those who have nothing better to do now their playing days are over, knock Arsenal.  We see it and hear it day after day after day.  It has become an industry – find an ex-Arsenal player, wake him up, and ask him to criticise.

Of course some are decent and never say a negative word.  Dennis Bergkamp, Marc Overmars, Thierry Henry…

Maybe it is something to do with nationality (although not all non-English ex-Arsenal players are reasonable in their commentaries, just as not all English ex-Arsenal players are negative).   But whatever it is, it generates constant negative feedback as it seems to come from our “own community”, which gives added credence to this criticism.

Of course everyone is entitled to an opinion, however far it is from our own, and you can see some ex-players like Martin Keown doing their level best to keep getting the work (even if it does mean being an organ grinder with a monkey by your side) while trying to give some sort of balanced view (as the producer shouts in your ear, “say something controversial Martin or you are not on next week”.)

Yes everyone is entitled to an opinion, but there is a case where this has just gone far too far: Stewart Robson.

If ever there was an enemy within it is he.  We assume he is still employed by the club as a match commentator and summariser and hasn’t recently been sacked, but if he is still there, surely it cannot be right that he is allowed time and space on Arsenal TV while he spends most of his life undermining and criticising everything that Arsene Wenger and his team does.

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