Powderfinger
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Any club can have a season totally derailed by injury. And until Arsenal win something big, there will always be questions about getting over the hump.People were talking in a similar way about Spurs under Pochettino after a couple of "title races" and the run to the CL final, then the wheels came off completely.
Even Klopp's Liverpool found themselves scrambling for a CL spot the year after winning the title, and finishing fifth last season.
It could obviously go either way, but it's not like it's complete conjecture to think they won't amount to too much based on the respective records of Arteta as a manager and Arsenal as a club.
But I think Arteta is a far better manager than Pochettino and that Arsenal as a club are much more invested in a long term project than Spurs were at the time. Arsenal's 22-23 season was akin to Spurs 16-17 in that a mid 80s point season came a bit out of nowhere and depended on everything clicking with a group of young players. Spurs reacted to that "leap" season by selling one of their best players (Walker) to a rival and then the following summer not buying a single player. Arsenal reacted to their "leap" season by buying Rice, Havertz, Raya, and Timber and by all indications we will be aggressive again in the market this summer.
Still need to win things and still could have it all fall apart. But the club is much more serious than Spurs ever were about actually trying to win.