I don't know how you can be so utterly dismissive of us as rivals. How are we way below your level. We was only 3 points behind you and knocked you out of the cup, and you've only won 1 out of the last 9 games against us.
When you have been top of the league in recent times, some of us have written you off completely right then.
Others have argued 'no, they are much stronger this season blah blah'. To which the reply has been 'wait and see'. Suddenly, off come the wheels.
The reason people are not taking Arsenal seriously is because they have been watching them bottle it every season for more than a decade, in spite of having squads which are perfectly capable of winning it.
In the last few seasons, City have had a squad which needed an overhaul, as well a lame duck manager replaced by a new manager, Utd have had David Moyes, signed a plethora of shite, Chelsea have swapped & changed managers, so Arsenal become the main contenders right ?
No actually it's Liverpool, or Spurs or when everyone has turned to shite & it's nailed on Arsenal$s year, fucking Leicester win it, with SPURS as the main threat.
Meanwhile, you have had a manager building a team, for over TEN YEARS.
If Arsenal were to actually live up to the yearly bullshit hype, it would be almost as much a shock as when Leicester won it. Yes you 'should' be up there. Yes you might turn up v City & play it like a cup final, but then you shit your pants & get rolled over by a no mark rags team a week later.
That's why people don't take Arsenal as being rivals.