Poor Arsenal fans. It’s the hope that kills.
In a season in which the league was wide open, with no one team looking to dominate, it was surely Arsenal’s title to lose. Or at least that is how it seemed at the end of 2015.
Arsene Wenger had assembled a squad of power, pace and determination, and for the first time in years they looked like a unit with the quality and belief to finally lift the Premier League trophy again.
But since the turn of the year it’s all turned to sh*t. Who would have predicted that by the start of February, Wayne Rooney (5) would have scored more league goals in 2016 than Arsenal (4).
Tuesday night’s 0-0 stalemate with Southampton saw the Gunners drop into 4th place in the table, and Twitter was merciless in its mockery of Wenger’s men for once more inhabiting that ominous position…
https://twitter.com/reema80/status/694636793065541632
Arsenal go fourth on Groundhog Day
— ConorMcKeon (@ConorMcKn) February 2, 2016
Arsenal sliding into 4th place in the Premier League like… pic.twitter.com/rE9uxsrfT5
— Not Match of the Day (@NOT_MOTD) February 2, 2016
Arsenal in fourth, their natural habitat.
— John Brewin (@JohnBrewin_) February 2, 2016
https://twitter.com/BreatheSport/status/694639268204023808
Well, Arsenal is back to 4th Place. Nothing knew. Same old, same old. 💔 pic.twitter.com/oejmlDGsow
— Roberto Carlos ⚽️ (@RCjr96) February 2, 2016
https://twitter.com/DynamicChilean/status/694645746692419585
https://twitter.com/therealshah_/status/694634933470437376
Arsenal down the 4th…. pic.twitter.com/wjcbamhLaR
— Callum (@CCM1708) February 2, 2016
Arsenal fans trying to figure how they went from 1st to 4th under a month pic.twitter.com/2KRrllljc4
— Nelson (@NelsonTwelve17) February 2, 2016
