The Arsenal FC Guide To Launching A Pathetic Protest Against Your Current Manager

Today, Arsenal FC faced a largely meaningless game against Norwich City. Arsenal will finish in the Premier League top four for the twentieth consecutive season, and fail to win the Premier League title for the twelfth season in a row, whilst enjoying a sustained period of financial stability. This is, of course, quite boring, compared to Leicester City - who are going to win the league - or a number of the other clubs in the division who get to fire their managers for a bit of excitement. Therefore, with some supporters as disenchanted as they have ever been, they decided to organise an official protest in the twelfth and seventy-eight minutes of this evening's game.

This post does not disagree with the supporter's right to protest: it is their club, they are entitled to do what they wish, and mass protest can be good. This post does, however, think that today's protest was just a bit crap. If you are in a supporter group and considering launching a protest against your current manager, then read on and avoid doing anything mentioned below.

Subject your greatest ever manager to an abhorrent chant

Way to not engender support for your cause:

Ensure your mass protest does not have mass appeal

The official support calling for change failed to enjoy widespread support. In the end, all it did was trigger an element in the crowd in support of Wenger:

Well that protest went well! Emirates Stadium now singing: "One Arsene Wenger". More supporting the boss than against him today #Arsenal

— Kevin Palmer (@RealKevinPalmer) April 30, 2016

We can safely say that these fan groups represent a minority and most fans don't use Twitter. Protest was chanted out by fans. #Arsenal

— Ben Liam Jones (@Ben_Liam_Jones) April 30, 2016

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Arsenal protest? Ha! You'll hear bigger protests down your local nunnery. What a pathetic and entitled bunch of spoils brats

— James Corrigan (@jcorrigangolf) April 30, 2016

Pockets of Arsenal fans arguing with each other as the 12th minute protest against Wenger begins. Crescendo of 'Arsene, we love you'

— Sam Wallace (@SamWallaceTel) April 30, 2016

If that Arsenal protest was a person, it would be Theo Walcott. Not quite as effective as we were lead to expect

— Men in Blazers (@MenInBlazers) April 30, 2016

Launch the protest using a vapid and meaningless political slogan

C'mon, Arsenal fans. Surely you could come up with something more catchy than 'Time For Change', a slogan so incredibly vague that political parties would love it:

I'd say less than 10% of crowd holding up those poor banners. 'Time for change'. Christ. Like a bad election manifesto.

— Miguel Delaney (@MiguelDelaney) April 30, 2016

Make sure to argue a nuanced view

Don't forget to read the small print, folks.

When protesting, do not use banners that exceed A3 size

NEWS IN VIEW: Arsenal fan inadvertently puts club's problems into perspective. pic.twitter.com/me3lIGUvhO

— TBN Sport (@TBNSport) April 30, 2016

The Emirates is divided.

Some #Arsenal fans call for change, others support Arsene Wenger.https://t.co/3KVjTOfH6G pic.twitter.com/dWHDxyClFv

— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) April 30, 2016

The latest Arsenal A3 print-out protest:

'Wenger - 12 years of excuses
Ranieri - 9 months, champions'

— Sam Wallace (@SamWallaceTel) April 30, 2016

Be mysterious

Don't be overly concerned with clarity.

Another Arsenal banner:

'Pain is temporary
Arsene is forever'

*tries to figure out whether that is #WengerIn or #WengerOut*

— Sam Wallace (@SamWallaceTel) April 30, 2016

Do not be dissuaded by poor level of popular support

We will have our revenge, in this life or the next.

@MiguelDelaney @jamal_dakane when Rome fell to Spartacus, it ddnt start with a million ppo but ultimately it fell...so we on the way there!

— Victor Oria, Ph.D (@Nyuka_Bel) April 30, 2016

After the failure of one protest, schedule another protest later in the same game

Seems like a mistake, that.

Bonus Everton contribution

Everton also staged a protest against the continued employment of Roberto Martinez by hiring a plane to fly a protest banner over the ground. Please, make this stop. Just because you can afford to hire a plane, that does not mean that your opinion is any more worthy.

"Time to go Roberto" plane banner at the Everton game 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/cprcgd2WHG

— Olly May (@OllyMayFootball) April 30, 2016

To watch your club's fan-base tear itself apart in anger at a legendary manager is undoubtedly a horrible experience for Arsenal fans, as it is for Wenger himself. But if you are going to protest, you can surely make a better fist of it than this.