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Liverpool are done. We're gonna nick it boys. Saka will be back soon and Saka's Got a Brand New Bag!
Thank you. Been trying to explain to A-M that he’s the ultimate Fugazi player, just spends all game looking busy like:Hope you’re not classing Gravenberch as a world class player.
Lights have been way too bright for him in the CL and then the league cup final. Him Jota and Diaz have absolutely stunk in this recent run.
Thank you. Been trying to explain to A-M that he’s the ultimate Fugazi player, just spends all game looking busy like:
Thank you. Been trying to explain to A-M that he’s the ultimate Fugazi player, just spends all game looking busy like:
Depends which type of defenders we're talking about.That list is dominated by defenders which makes sense, it's a position that is typically less physically demanding than the positions higher up the pitch.
Depends which type of defenders we're talking about.
Fullback position is the most physically demanding, thy must run back and forth the whole match.
CBs not so much.
Lost some confdence with respect to Arteta and big titles but really want to see if he can deliver with a higher quality attack. I cant complain about Arsenal with respect to defensive/effort/mentality attributes, so think its still in Arsenals's own interest to provide him with an opportunity with an elite attack. Hoping next season is that opportunity.What did you expect from rookie who inherited that squad from Emery?
That he would immediately win Premier League or UCL?
He did better with that squad than Emery (who had 15 years of experience as coach/manager then), he has won FA cup.
Arteta needed 3 years as a rookie to build squad ready to challenge for the title and for me this is reasonable time frame.
We saw progress every season under Arteta, until this season.
He had half of season 2019/20, took over when Arsenal was 11th, finished 8th with 54 pts and won FA cup.
Season 2020/21 finished 8th, 61 pts.
Season 2021/22 finished 5th, 69 pts.
Season 2022/23 finished 2nd, 84 pts.
Season 2023/24 finished 2nd, 89 pts.
This season we regressed, due to red cards (we lost 7 pts in these 3 matches), injuries to important players (Ødegaard 2 and a half months, Saka more than 3 months so far, Havertz since February, White 4 months, many other players short term), poor recruitment in summer (partly Arteta's responsibility) and no recruitment at all in January.
I don't expect that any team with injury crisis like Arsenal this season can win the title in league as competitive as EPL.
Arteta also regressed this season, as a coach and as a manager.
You mentioned Tuchel.
What he did in Bundesliga last season with Bayern?
He finished not 2nd, but 3rd, behind Leverkusen and Stuttgart. With Bayern, Bundesliga juggernaut.
Look what is Kompany doing this season in Bundesliga with Bayern.
Let's be clear, Arteta is flawed as a coach, even more as a manager.
He definitely disappointed this season, he failed to adapt his tactics and he failed to rotate Saka and Havertz (therefore he lost them to long term injuries).
He is very bad in squad building, he completely neglected attack and he shouldn't have so much power in recruitment.
He can suggest which type of players club needs to buy, he can even suggest names, but that's it, nothing more than that.
There is a big question mark over Arteta, can he finally win the big trophy with this squad or he peaked last season?
I'm not optimistic and I wouldn't hesitate to replace him if some big manager name becomes available this summer.
But this will not happen, because Arsenal board obviously still rates him.
@HagnSprayGooners are you taking out ypur calculator for the league or is it over?
The season that Leicester won it was much worse imo. This season alot of top teams dropped heavily us and man city specially it affected the season as whole we likely gonna end season with like 10+ points worse of last season and man city could be even more.Is this actually the worst PL season ever?
Liverpool had a hot streak and since then have been mediocre but they'll still walk in the title.
Relegation places decided in January.
Lots of injuries, lots of draws, very few highlights.
Salah's individual performance literally the only highlight of the whole season. Chris Wood and Forest probably second and that's saying something.
What a terrible season.
Yeah it's fair to say the season hasn't gone as hoped or even expected.It's tragic how this season panned out when it was supposed to be an absolute walk in the park for us.
Tied with our 2015/16 season in being the most diabolical.