Emery managed 70 points and 5th place in his first season. Doesn't get backed in the summer , things go wrong and he gets the sack. Arteta is allowed to finish 8th back to back , gets heavily backed in the summer , Rivals Leicester/United regressed and Spurs for some time underperfomed. Top 4 is given on a silver platter , they only have the league to focus and now they're hoping for relegated Norwich to beat Tottenham to maybe see if they can secure CL as there's no guarantee they won't drop points to Everton. The most points Arteta's arsenal can get is 69 , still below Emery who had europe and reached EL final
Not sure how some Arsenal fans can take Arteta seriously as a manager and he just extended...
Agreed totally. Thank you for that.
I'm just tired of regurgitating the same criticisms of Arteta, I'm not even happy that I've been proven right once again. He really outdid himself this time..I mean last year was calamitous, but to have a clear sight at top 4 and then lose to Crystal Palace, Brighton, Southampton and get thrashed by Tottenham and then lose to Newcastle in the closing stages of the season...he really outdid himself.
Far worse was than last year's shameful exit at the hands of Villareal in the EL - literally the first competitive team we faced.
Every single season, we are getting WORSE under him, not better. That's something people have remarkably not caught onto. His BEST season was his first season, when he won the FA Cup, and it went all downhill from there. It's hard to believe what is happening right now, especially with the way Wenger and Emery were treated. It's so difficult to accept, it's shameful by the club. Utter disgrace!
I could have egg on my face if Tottenham somehow managed to commence operation Tottenham and bottle their fixture against Norwich.
But even if we fluke top 4 from this position, the damage is already done. It's by far, the worst ending to a season I have ever seen in my lifetime.