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I disagree. These are the sorts of games we "always" mess up. If we'd actually won them this time then it would have been a small glimmer of hope that maybe, just maybe, things might be different.
If you don't have any hope then what's the point in following it?

But anyway, we reverted to type so fine, it's over, it's all over #Rocky

My level of involvement with Arsenal these days is tutting at results after games are over. I think for now that's probably the level which the club deserve.
Why do you keep asking disgruntled fans why they continue to follow the fortunes of the club they support? It's not that fans' fault that everything has become depressingly predictable, that's entirely down to one man. He's the guy who should be leaving, not the fans.

We've had "game changing" results before. Spanking the gypos, crushing Utd, a nice win against the chavs earlier in the season. None of it amounts to anything significant in the end though. We never build on success, either in the transfer window or in the team selections or tactics on the pitch. Wenger has a failsafe position he'll always revert to as soon as he can and that's why we can always anticipate momentum being destroyed or confidence smashed or progress derailed. It's all him.

Even our shitty owners have started to do a bit by kicking in cash. We know the players are up to the task - BECAUSE of these one-off games where suddenly they can play, suddenly they have motivation, suddenly they can pass again, suddenly they want the ball. Against Watford, look at the behaviour of the players in the first half and compare to the second half. It's almost as if a set of unenergised clones were sent out for the first 45, then the real team arrived for the second. Of course Wenger found a way to screw up the second half too - he always does. And that's why a win against the chavs won't mean a damn thing in the grand scheme. Beat the chavs and the players will get excited, the fans will get excited (or would do at any normal club), the media will get excited (or would do if they hadn't seen it all before), false dawns will break and everyone will bask for a while - then Wenger will intervene and blow the whole thing up. That's what he does. That's what he has unerringly been doing for over a decade now.

This man has to leave the club so we can get a proper manager in. There's nothing more important in terms of Arsenal progressing as a genuine title contender. We can't move forward as long as this guy is holding us back. I'm not happy we lost this game, but maybe there is a silver lining. We are out of the title race even earlier than usual. That gives time for the owners to consider their options and for the fans to remind them what the main option should be. Wenger out.