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Is it me or are arsenal fans becoming unbearable ?
Sure every fanbase has their share of morons. But don’t arsenal seem to have more than their fair share.
Not including City fans who barely qualify as humans.
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Ive had lifelong friends who are arsenal fans. Even during their “invincible days” , they weren’t unbearable. They had respect for Liverpool and vice versa too.
But there’s been a marked change in their behaviour ever since Arteta took over.
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Think it has more to do with social media “culture” ( 
) bleeding into real life. Think we only had myspace when they last won the league. Youtube wasn’t even a thing yet.
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Could be correct.
I’m not talking of the imbeciles that are there on social media but there’s an increasing entitlement among otherwise normal arsenal fans.
And a fair bit of resentment and entitlement too. It’s peaked post Wenger. Almost like their behaviour reflects the shithousery that arteta signifies
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Maybe it’s to do with the fact that we weren’t their direct rivals for a premier league trophy before.
It’s almost like arsenal figured that they would walk the league if City slipped up. Which clearly hasn’t happened.
Maybe @cynicaloldgit staying in London has other thoughts on this. And other people here too
He’s clearly seen arsenal fans up close.
But for me , it’s almost like as @ShadesOfRed says , the toxicity of the online idiots is slipping down to the general guys.
There are plenty of entitled Liverpool fans, too.
Like those who turn up their noses at the Carabao Cup.
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I said. It’s only important if we reach the finals.
There’s a huge difference.
The Arsenal fan changed when Poundshop Pep arrived.
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Does seem that way.
You carry on believing that.
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The PL always was the key.
Yes, the Premier League is the most important trophy to win.
However, that does not mean that the opportunity to win any trophy has to be sacrificed. There are only four trophies available in any given season (assuming a team is in Europe) - any one of them should be celebrated.
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Regardless of how we feel about it, managers’ team selections, in earlier rounds of cups especially, have reinforced the idea that cups aren’t as important.
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Managers are, by and large, judged on their performance in the league. and understandably prioritise that competition as a consequence.
However, this does not detract from the fact that any trophy success is to be celebrated. People who are indifferent when we get knocked out of a cup are not real supporters, in my eyes at least; a true fan wants the team to win every game it plays.
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The two seasons under Klopp where we had long runs in all competitions but ending up without major trophies changed my attitude on the cups to be honest, for now at least. Not saying I was indifferent to getting knocked out of the FA cup this year, but I got over it quick. That said, I was glad the club had something to celebrate in Klopp’s last season.
It depends on where we are as a club I guess. When we had that long barren run after Rafa’s FA cup, I celebrated Dalglish’s Carling Cup win more than City fans collectively celebrated their treble (not saying much… but you know what I mean).
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To win four competitions is an impossibility. Just think back to how we felt when we ended up with the two domestic cups instead of the Prem and the CL , and look at the toll it took on the players. No matter how much you try to romanticise it , there’s only two competitions that count.
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Absolute nonsense.
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There’s banter, and there’s hateful rubbish.
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