But that's not the goal though, otherwise everyone would have been happy with what we were achieving and it's obvious that's not the case. And it's not just because we are missing out on top 4 this season.
10 years ago top 4 was a necessity as part of the business model, it was our minimum target each year, to help ease the burden of the stadium debt. Thats where the trophy comment stemmed from. We didn't like it but we understood it. Now that's not the case, we want more. We want to win trophies, we want to be challenging for the big prizes and this is where the unrest comes from.
Fair enough, it's not the goal for the fans. The Arsenal fans have acted pretty reasonably, just like every other set of fans would, I've made the same point on here a few times before myself. We'd have shown similar levels of content/discontent under the same circumstances, although maybe with fewer "bluds", "fams" and rap battles thrown in, but maybe a few more "las", "teds" and "meffs"
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It does seem that's the goal for the owners and Wenger though, and if your manager does start calling it the "4th place trophy" when that's the height of their ambition then you have to accept a little light hearted ribbing from opposition fans and maybe not get too defensive about other clubs targeting top 4. For other clubs its clearly a different scenario to yours as other clubs (owners & manager) see top 4 as just a stepping stone.
[says silent prayer to self in the hope that FSG dont see top 4 as the final destination]