At the weekend Ryan Giggs gave an interview in which he spoke about how he got up for games against Arsenal by telling himself a load of nonsense.
Of course, his quotes were easy to pull out of context, which is exactly what I did when I tweeted:
"I didn't like Vieira, he was dirty. I didn't like Petit because he had long hair…." pic.twitter.com/AawVV8Va0g
— Daily Cannon (@DailyCannon) March 23, 2019
The response from Arsenal fans was brutal with most of them sticking to the same theme.
Can you guess what it was?
Yeah we'll take the hate
We all know what happened to the last person u liked https://t.co/9dFZECPvxY— Ross Mosby (@GellerTed) March 24, 2019
You are such a disgusting,shameless human being. https://t.co/esTSwxOC1D
— Batraben Mwandila (@Batraben) March 24, 2019
Vieira was dirty, has giggs forgotten he played along side two of the most dirtiest players ever Keane and cantona https://t.co/F3jNDZYYB2
— M Walker (@M_83_Walker) March 24, 2019
Your brother's wife had long hair and you seemed okay with that. https://t.co/91xQpACADT
— Palmwine Drinkard (@ThirdChief) March 24, 2019
You had an affair with your brother's Wife for over a decade…
You should dislike yourself too. https://t.co/pmtxWEIrNk
— The Thumb Thespian (@BishopCognac) March 24, 2019
https://twitter.com/catyeboah/status/1109670364416753664
long hair?! too far https://t.co/hRMJHcrW5h
— connor (@concotterill) March 24, 2019
Your brother hates you because you Shag his wife https://t.co/CXe1pTFzyk
— JJ (@stumpee79) March 23, 2019
But you liked your brother's wife GTFOH. https://t.co/grqXqL900z
— Zizou (@Gjow_34) March 23, 2019
Well that's the end of Joe Allen's career @Cymru @FAWales https://t.co/3d6LXU2hAI
— Welshy (@Welsh_Gooner) March 23, 2019
Imagine talking publicly after banging your brothers wife! https://t.co/sddmurVo40
— Rob (@Thepretendrob) March 23, 2019
not as dirty as you tho https://t.co/nJS38i411T
— Dejango Unchained (@LFCynwa1207) March 23, 2019
He doesn't like anybody. He only liked his brother's wife. https://t.co/MLwvkvQJ8f
— ♕ Tushar Jadhav (@Tushar08_ynwa) March 23, 2019
He doesn't like anybody. He only liked his brother's wife. https://t.co/MLwvkvQJ8f
— ♕ Tushar Jadhav (@Tushar08_ynwa) March 23, 2019
https://twitter.com/RadiCoolArtist/status/1109470315241979905
https://twitter.com/AmiAFCxo/status/1109466988496277504
Look who is calling someone dirty… A man that slept with his blood brother's wife.
Look in the mirror, Giggs. https://t.co/cuXRPv5AVv
— Igbafe Onuwa (@omomo14) March 23, 2019
This is only a tiny sample, there are far more in the replies and more quoted tweets I haven’t included here if you want a laugh.
For the record, Giggs full quote was, “I didn’t like Arsenal. I didn’t like Vieira ’cos he was dirty and got away with murder. I didn’t like Petit because he had long hair. I didn’t like Bergkamp.
“I didn’t like Pires even though when you meet him now he’s actually dead nice. I wouldn’t even look at them, didn’t know them and didn’t want to. I wouldn’t allow myself to rate any of them.
“Berkgamp? Nah, I told myself he wasn’t as good as Eric Cantona. I wasn’t really that kind of person. It wasn’t really me. But you had to get that in your head, that intense dislike. It was pure motivation. But deep down we knew. They were top drawer and that rivalry was everything to us. Deeper even than Liverpool at that time.”