LONDON ¨C The walk from the security-guarded gate at Selhurst Park to the Arsenal coach is about 15 meters, but to the players beaten 3-0 by relegation-threatened Crystal Palace Monday it must have seemed 150 meters.
Arsenal supporters, whose mood was toxic after witnessing another dire display, chanted ¡°you¡¯re not fit to wear the shirt¡± at the defeated team.
In some respects, it is the ultimate insult. Fans, who pay a lot of money to follow their team around the country, believed the players were not worthy of wearing the club¡¯s shirt. In public they say they are ¡°disappointed¡± but it must be hoped their inner feelings were a lot stronger. Supporters who have cheered and hero-worshipped them have turned on the players who have let them down too often. Enough is enough.
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