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If they win a 4th league title in a row, and perhaps do double-treble... it's really hard to argue he wouldn't be. Exactly. Experience is what his team (and he himself) is lacking. We don't have the know-how yet to handle the pressure moments...

3? Did I miss something? Or do you mean bottling 4th place in 21/22? Nah, guy cost us £6mil. Unless a crazy offer comes in or he wants to leave, I don't see why we'd let him go. He also just signed a contract til 2027 last year. I think the...

The season isn't over yet but it feels like we've all seen this before. I don't see anyone catching City now they are ahead. As for next season, I have faith that Arteta will continue to progress us. Liverpool is a question mark with their...

City always look "off it" early in the season but do just enough to keep pace. Then go on an insane run the last couple of months. Again, they have a superior squad to everyone else, it's not even close.

If he wins nothing more than his FA Cup in another 2-3 seasons, maybe I'll start agreeing with you. But for now, he has transformed us and taken us back to competing at the top level. I'm enjoying this, that's fine if you feel he should have...

I agree we have been relatively fortunate with injuries compared to others, but I would also argue that we have a weaker squad overall. The reason I think we "choke" is because we're quite clearly the least experienced team, and our manager is a...

They have the best squad. Liverpool and Arsenal's squads don't come anywhere near. And they have the best manager. They are quite literally a machine with 115 Charges holding them up.

Eventually, yes. But I don't feel (and I don't think Arsenal fans do in general) like we're at that tipping point with him. Nowhere near it. For me, the first 1-2 seasons he needed to rebuild the squad. Now he's done that, and we're competing...

Let's be honest - is anyone really surprised? They have the best squad. That has been obvious from the start of the season.

The difference is one is having to do it against the best manager ever and what's shaping up to be the best team ever in club football. I doubt very much anyone spending 1/10 of what City is spending can get anywhere near them in the PL...

No one is ignoring that but mate, I am still traumatised by the last couple of years of Wenger and Emery eras. Trust me, this is much, much better. Again, it is feeling like it's just about impossible to better Pep and City. At the moment, just...

I don't disagree but I think you're understating how near impossible it is to BETTER this City side and their cheating. 2-3 years ago when we were mid-table, I would never have expected us to be in QF of CL and being in title races 2 seasons...

Maybe, but I think the problem today was that he took Havertz out of the CF position (where he's been scoring) and put him in midfield. It weakened midfield for us, which is how Villa eventually wore us down and overran us. We lacked the...

I'd agree with this. We play more as a team and don't have a "star" player that we heavily rely on. We're the second highest scorers in the league (1 behind City) so I don't think we're lacking too much in attack, but I think we need to sort out...

When has that ever been the narrative? Maybe you're thinking of Wenger. He literally overhauled our squad, made big (and correct) calls to get rid of aging and problematic players. He has spent a lot, but has overall spent well.