Do people actually hate Arsenal? Yes, they do. The real question is why? | Barney Ronay
Mikel Arteta’s side will be deeply unpopular champions, but this probably says more about us than it does about themThere was a minor stir a few years back when some American scientists bred a strain of “gene-edited” hamsters with the chemical that causes anger removed, presumably so they could achieve one of humanity’s historic goals: the dream of a more docile hamster.Unfortunately the opposite happened. What the scientists created was a race of hyper-angry hamsters. These were described a little glibly in the media as Mutant Rage Monsters. But science is always more nuanced than this…