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Originally Posted by NBC
Why should "hatred" for an opposing club be celebrated or revered? All this tells me is that he is a bit thick. Association Football has a major problem globally with local, regional and sectarian violence and when players get involved in the "hype" or "hatred" aspect it is largely unhelpful. I can understand (sort of) why supporters feel this way, especially if they are from the area and it is a generation thing. But players are largely mercenaries, flitting from one team to the next, sometimes from rival to rival and most are at a club for very short periods of time.
Most times "hatred" like this springs out of one of two things; jealousy or stupidity. My sense is that he fits nicely into one or both of the categories.
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I disagree, I think it shows commitment to the club
hatred was the wrong word because I don't think he hates any of the players on Arsenal, but the problem with like you say so many mercenaries in football nowadays is that rivalry games and derby matches which mean so much more to the fans than other games seemingly mean the same to most players
Rafa's two best games this year have probably been the two against Arsenal, he understands that those are the most important games in the league for the fans