vjeko-3008
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Stopped caring after that game at Newcastle in 2011 
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How do you cope?
- Thread starter Gooner Zig
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Country: England
Greatly lowered my expectations. So far so good.
tap-in
Nothing Wrong With Me
It depends on how we lose. If I feel we were robbed, like the CL final going down to 10 men, then it takes me a long long long time. If we were dreadful and didn't deserve to win, ie Everton & City, then I get over it pretty quickly. I've also realised that staying away from AM after a loss helps you recover quicker
samshere
Why so serieuse?
I generally takes losses pretty bad till it seems like we're in the running. Each loss makes me more immune. This season, the Everton loss hit me hard, the city not so much. And any further losses will be like water off a duck's back to me.
Country: Iceland
I thought I was doing very well handling losses this year. I really though.
But apparently I have spended almost 3000 £ on cocaine this year.
But apparently I have spended almost 3000 £ on cocaine this year.
Country: Canada
In the words of the immortal @celestis , you can't control losing, only how you react to it.
I just keep in mind that I have no effect on the outcome of games, and the outcome doesn't affect my life in any way unless I let it. So there's no point worrying or being upset for any length of time. Its now pretty easy to for me to enjoy the wins and be only temporarily disappointed about losses, even if during the game it can seem awful. Just go think about something else for a while and it very quickly no longer matters.
The nice thing about football is there's always another game. To quote Mitchell and Webb, "there's everything to play for, and forever to play it in."
I just keep in mind that I have no effect on the outcome of games, and the outcome doesn't affect my life in any way unless I let it. So there's no point worrying or being upset for any length of time. Its now pretty easy to for me to enjoy the wins and be only temporarily disappointed about losses, even if during the game it can seem awful. Just go think about something else for a while and it very quickly no longer matters.
The nice thing about football is there's always another game. To quote Mitchell and Webb, "there's everything to play for, and forever to play it in."
After a loss, I just take a walk and think about other stuffs like how Chealse are going to lose 10 consecutive games and how Mane is going to get injured.... Truth be told, the past ten or twelve years have made me immune to the heart ache that losing a game brings. As long as I watch a good game, and of I feel the players have given their all, losing a game doesn't hurt as much for me.
Gosh this is a painful topic.
No matter how I adjusted expectations, invariably I get disappointed some way or another. Because deep down I want us to win everything.
Another part of Gooners is that we know the team usually doesn't recover quickly. And it's always a depressingly period for a month or two. THat is the ultimate kick to the balls. This is why Gooners are conditioned to react very pessimistic all year after one bad game/loss. Because we know it's the start of yet another painful phase.
No matter how I adjusted expectations, invariably I get disappointed some way or another. Because deep down I want us to win everything.
Another part of Gooners is that we know the team usually doesn't recover quickly. And it's always a depressingly period for a month or two. THat is the ultimate kick to the balls. This is why Gooners are conditioned to react very pessimistic all year after one bad game/loss. Because we know it's the start of yet another painful phase.
Jury
A-M's drunk uncle
Stopped caring after that game at Newcastle in 2011
I feel that. Yes, we choked bad, but the ref that day too... **** me.
Jury
A-M's drunk uncle
I find it so much easier to remove myself from the depression these days. Not sure if it's a defence mechanism that's developed over the years, or whether I'm just caring less. Probably 40-60 in favour of caring less if I'm honest. But the great thing about that is I'm able to see things objectively and not bullsh!t myself like I know I used to.
RacingPhoton
Established Member
I suddenly become a physicist and start watching videos about the Universe and Big bang which will make me realize that nothing matters in the bigger scheme of things. Works every time I get depressed.
SiMamu
Part time Leeds fan
Go for a few pints with the boys to discuss the result and why we need to get that 'frog' out of the club, then kicked out of the pub for racially abusing a foreign fan who's just entered and then getting in a fight with an overly politically correct white fan who defended the invader.
After that, I return home in a drunken state, beat my wife, verbally abuse the kids and the cat - overgrown rodent. This is followed by taking the dog - Dennis - Dennis - out for a walk to calm my head and think things over. On way, I stop at the local 'P*k* shop' to get a few fags, and get a takeaway from the nearest Chippie. Saturdays done right, imo.
After that, I return home in a drunken state, beat my wife, verbally abuse the kids and the cat - overgrown rodent. This is followed by taking the dog - Dennis - Dennis - out for a walk to calm my head and think things over. On way, I stop at the local 'P*k* shop' to get a few fags, and get a takeaway from the nearest Chippie. Saturdays done right, imo.
Jury
A-M's drunk uncle
Jury
A-M's drunk uncle
Let the Leeds flow through you.
freeglennhelder2
Established Member
Country: England
Player:Elneny
It just doesn't hurt like it used to. I think the simple explanation is that I've seen too may things.
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."
rich 1990
Not A Big Believer In Diversity
You might want to have the bath after your ****, tbf.Wow this is getting all too deep . To paraphrase @Jury after a particularly galling loss a few years back draw a bath ,search pornhub and have an almighty **** , endorphines released, job done and you've done you bit for prostate health .
Vinci
The Sultan of Unai
Country: Netherlands
I don't have a bath.
Country: England
Country: England
I've accepted that we won't the league under Wenger so the losses rarely get to me. Last season was probably the moment things clicked.
Since then I've been able to look at us very objectively without the red tinted shades and whereas before I would be looking for any reason to excuse us (refs and linesmen).
On the odd occasion I get pissed off I just watch some Arsenal Fan TV and realise that it could be so much worse.
Since then I've been able to look at us very objectively without the red tinted shades and whereas before I would be looking for any reason to excuse us (refs and linesmen).
On the odd occasion I get pissed off I just watch some Arsenal Fan TV and realise that it could be so much worse.
