Arsenal: 4 reasons behind incredible support this season

2. Coming to Terms With Arsenal’s Standing

Back-to-back eighth place finishes, after three seasons outside the top four, for a club that spent 20 seasons consecutively placing in the top four is going to have an impact. It can’t not.

Then, when the pandemic struck and Arsenal embarked on a horrible run during the winter months, expectations plummeted to newfound lows.

Throw in no European football of any kind this season for the first time in a quarter of a century and you’ve got valid reasons to be disheartened.

But on the flipside, as a supporter of any club, you aren’t going to down tools. Arsenal will remain with you for your entire life, through thick and thin, and the very definition of being a supporter means getting behind your team in even the darkest of times.

Home and away fans know booing, jeering and losing faith will only work against that which they hold so dear. This team will never climb back up the Premier League table and enjoy Champions League nights at the Emirates again without the fans right behind them.

That is filtering through. Arsenal have been sinking and nothing other than passionate, dedicated support will help them back into the upper echelons of the game. Without supporting them through thick and thin the good times can never return. Fans know that.

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