{"id":68498,"date":"2026-03-09T11:14:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/09\/why-do-so-many-people-want-arsenal-to-fail-in-the-premier-league-title-race-jonathan-wilson\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T11:14:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:14:18","slug":"why-do-so-many-people-want-arsenal-to-fail-in-the-premier-league-title-race-jonathan-wilson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/09\/why-do-so-many-people-want-arsenal-to-fail-in-the-premier-league-title-race-jonathan-wilson\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do so many people want Arsenal to fail in the Premier League title race? | Jonathan Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The leaders haven\u2019t won the title in more than 20 years. Yet very few neutrals are excited about seeing them as new champions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ablink.editorial.theguardian.com\/ss\/c\/u001.Yw_JkLMEmFuifc_XG18IRyTNtZQ7fIEMgszcCSneHEDdU1IxeDnOTgt6YHM8QyEWtqwpwSAHqn42W48e4lxhBcsjq2l2fkD4Y3L_bu6RBiJlxQgq6_DSnF5EmWfvJBXTqDleBNB7wtd_nSQ4AjIqtHKOcZQ6oRa7-Zq2fzE-XB8-C99jekmBKhbC18w1ufpNxKwgUWEgFKGAM3GhkswV6H0EMPNxkWi7VSfwJps-fm0Il4FJK4JplOdKTl6nH9ug6HkDJsBXWZeXZWx6H1TQ4Ow7WGSYJrgJqeTc7d65F7-FOOOY0bLi6vLPIf31rPG01EQh59t0Y8bIPVibUJcVdZTIENDi3oVwAuk76dT6ctI-kQRhw8Ik0IQPoiBz97Oqe4Wdy6iL03ONC-8XcRuJ9A\/4l3\/YffwdCt2Qe-WVW351zs7xw\/h7\/h001.6ZKqI8iNPRrEcm32Jn4a3VTlyzfHwvlEUtF6tUBcP0M\"><strong>Sign up for Soccer with Jonathan Wilson here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What was striking after Arsenal\u2019s grim 1-0 win at Brighton on Wednesday was less Brighton manager Fabian H\u00fcrzeler\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/mar\/04\/fabian-hurzeler-mikel-arteta-brighton-arsenal-premier-league\">attack on the Gunners\u2019 style<\/a> than the way his criticism seemed to resonate. In England, it feels as though almost nobody, other than Arsenal supporters or anyone-but-City fans, wants them to win the title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I would ask everyone in the room: \u2018Did you really enjoy this football game?\u2019 I\u2019m sure maybe one raises his arm because he\u2019s a big Arsenal fan but, besides that, no chance,\u201d H\u00fcrzeler said.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is an extract from Soccer with Jonathan Wilson, a weekly look from the Guardian US at the game in Europe and beyond. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2023\/jul\/20\/sign-up-for-soccer-with-jonathan-wilson-his-free-weekly-newsletter-on-european-soccer\">Subscribe for free here.<\/a> Have a question for Jonathan? Email <a href=\"mailto:soccerwithjw@theguardian.com?utm_term=64e374e957bc66de2eba0d88db18746b&amp;amp;amp;amp;utm_campaign=SoccerwithJonathanWilson&amp;amp;amp;amp;utm_source=esp&amp;amp;amp;amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;amp;amp;amp;CMP=soccerwithjonathanwilson_email&amp;amp;amp;amp;utm_term=64ff1d6da46fdfa0ee94e9584bcde874&amp;amp;amp;amp;utm_campaign=SoccerwithJonathanWilson&amp;amp;amp;amp;utm_source=esp&amp;amp;amp;amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;amp;amp;amp;CMP=soccerwithjonathanwilson_email&amp;amp;amp;amp;utm_term=650857e42d6de1edacd87a4ce777e357&amp;amp;amp;amp;utm_campaign=SoccerwithJonathanWilson&amp;amp;amp;amp;utm_source=esp&amp;amp;amp;amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;amp;amp;amp;CMP=soccerwithjonathanwilson_email\">soccerwithjw@theguardian.com<\/a>, and he\u2019ll answer the best in a future edition.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/mar\/09\/it-seems-like-most-of-england-wants-arsenal-to-fail-why\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The leaders haven\u2019t won the title in more than 20 years. Yet very few neutrals are excited about seeing them as new champions Sign up for Soccer with Jonathan Wilson here What was striking after Arsenal\u2019s grim 1-0 win at Brighton on Wednesday was less Brighton manager Fabian H\u00fcrzeler\u2019s attack on the Gunners\u2019 style than &#8230; <a title=\"Why do so many people want Arsenal to fail in the Premier League title race? | Jonathan Wilson\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/09\/why-do-so-many-people-want-arsenal-to-fail-in-the-premier-league-title-race-jonathan-wilson\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Why do so many people want Arsenal to fail in the Premier League title race? | Jonathan Wilson\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}