Arsenal keeper debate proves that football is all about passionate opinions - and long may it continue
Thanks for all the feedback on my piece in last week's column on the Arsenal goalkeeping situation .
I received plenty of abuse for daring to suggest Arsene Wenger dropped a clanger by leaving himself in a situation where he has to stick with Manuel Almunia after trying and failing to get Mark Schwarzer.
Any football fan worth his salt should get behind the players in his team. Arsenal fans will do the same for Almunia who remains as number one despite knowing the manager wanted to replace him.
But football is all about opinions, or so we keep being told. There were plenty of people who agreed about the Arsenal goalkeeping situation, too.
And what is really interesting is the way some fans will even contradict their own view just to have a go back at someone having a go at their club. That shows their passion.
But remember that football is not something out of George Orwell's Ninety Eighty-Four. There's no thought police. Opinions aren't right or wrong. They're opinions not facts.
Daring to suggest a manager or club gets something wrong doesn't mean they are anti that establishment. It just means they don't agree with that decision.
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