Football Daily | Tifo sets tone as Arsenal underwhelm on their big night in Europe

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?We want to do something special,? said Mikel Arteta in the buildup to Arsenal?s Bigger Cup semi-final first leg against PSG, urging fans heading to the Emirates to bring their boots, their shorts, their T-shirts and everything but their dinner. ?That place has to be something special, something that we haven?t seen.? While it is not known how many spectators heeded the call to go the full John Terry, they were certainly treated to the unprecedented sight of the world?s most underwhelming tifo hanging apologetically from the roof of the North Stand like a club-branded beach towel pegged to a back yard clothesline. Before one of the biggest home games in their team?s history, this quite dismal effort by the Arsenal hierarchy to generate some in-stadium vibes has been widely ridiculed and may have contributed to a curiously quiet atmosphere that was only exacerbated by Ousmane Demb?l??s early gut punch.
Can I be the first of 1,057 readers to point out that, despite the subject line of yesterday?s Football Daily talking about a ?royal rumble?, you?ve instead used an image from last Friday?s very good Tables, Ladders and Chairs (or TLC for short) match? ? Ben Johnson (and no other wrestling aficionados).
A lot of things have to go wrong for Stoke City if they?re to get relegated this weekend (yesterday?s Football Daily). On the other hand, there?s the incentive of El Ceramico against newly promoted Port Vale if the worst happens? ? Derrick Cameron.
Re: Jon Millard (yesterday?s Football Daily letters), Everton have the perfect opportunity for a dig at their local rivals when they officially open their new stadium. If they don?t incorporate the phrase ?This Means (Bramley-)Moore?, then the whole thing will have been a complete waste of time and money? ? Ed Taylor.
May I add to Dave Step?s congratulations for Truro City?s achievements in a season where little was expected, having just returned to actually playing home games in their own city (yesterday?s letters). Having recently formally adopted a ?favourite Italian team? in the form of Bologna, could Football Daily go one better and actually sponsor Truro? If not for outdoing Italy?s finest on the pitch, but for the fact that Truro regale under the nickname ?The Tinners?? ? Michael Lloyd.
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