We weren't "moaning", we were gutted. And this is different - in TWENTY seasons, they've not had a single season outside the top 4, they've finished above their main rivals in all of them, and their "barren" spell without a major trophy is now two seasons.
That stands up to pretty much every...
Agreed.
That said, they HAVE lost any notion of proportion over this. 20-odd years of top 4 finishes, a groaning trophy cabinet until relatively recently and now finally they're not going to be playing in the Champions League. Although I do wonder whether Wenger wishes he'd left 3 years ago...