Terrace Talk: Arsenal - We’ve now accepted we are a mediocre team

“Over the last few years, the rivalry between the two sets of fans has become intolerably hateful.” 

A first away day as an Arsenal fan had been long overdue, as indeed had a visit to watch them play in any capacity, and if you are going to make your away debut, what better way than with a North London derby, amongst the home-crowd, like a pilgrim in an unholy land?

The ‘death-by-a-thousand-cuts’ nature of the past 12 years has given rise to a haze of numb apathy. This cloud does occasionally lift to give a glimpse of hope before it is again savagely extinguished by another tame and lame performance that once again reminds you that the Arsenal are still the same three players short that they have been for the past 12 years. All up the middle too.