Philippe Auclair
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We know all that.
But the community of fans is very different from that and really takes pride of it.
And I think it really gets up the nose of rather a lot of people in a society that is as polarized as ours because we represent something completely different.
And also take that, by the way, and I can understand why people hearing me would say, God,
You think you're so much better than the others.
That's not the point.
I know we can come across as like that.
We're not so much better than the others.
Every club that you love is the best club in the world, beginning of, end of.
But I do think that the political and social dimension of it is something which explains why there's been this level of animosity and even hatred towards Arsenal this season.
Andy, a question.
Do you think that the timing of the decision might be linked to the fact that they are now almost sure to lend Iraola as a manager?
And that because of that, they thought that now we can do it because we've got a successor.
If slot has gone, do you expect other movements out of the door as well during the summer?
Because from the outside...
Oh, it looks to me that there were quite a few players who didn't quite pull their weight, whose attitude was questionable, perhaps, whether they liked their manager or not.
Certainly, their performances were way well on the par compared to what they had been before.
So I'm not talking about the recruits.
who had such a mixed bag of fortunes when it comes to injuries in particular.
But I'm thinking about more of the guardians of the temple, so to speak, who were way back on the performance of previous seasons, including the seasons when they were champions with Slott and everybody was celebrating the fact that he had managed...