I see you never met many Arse fans.
I see Arsenal as a necessary adversary. You need them to add a bit of spice to a league. You can't always play Norwich or West Brom, you need an adversary of a slightly higher level. Arsenal are a bit like Roma in that sense. Supposedly they're a title contender, but everyone knows that's not really the case. They'll just end up third or fourth again. But because they're called contenders, you get a Super Sunday somewhere around the end of September when Man U (real contender) play Chelsea (real contender) and Liverpool (fake contender) play Arsenal (fake contender).
Basically Arsenal exist to make people watch MOTD.
