Arsenal have the 6th/7th best squad in the league. For Arteta to have them still just about in the driving seat for 4th has to be considered a good achievement.
Looking at their starting 11 last night v spurs and you’d wonder how they are even in the conversation for CL.
No European football and out of the cups since January has been a huge help and yet their squad can’t cope with the loss of Partey, Tierney, White.
The replacements are nowhere near the standard required. Holding and Cedric are championship level players. Nketiah and El Neny, Laca and Pepe are bang average.
You’d have to say El T has done very well considering how weak the squad is but then you’d have to say that he’s been there long enough to have built a better squad.
If Arsenal do qualify for the CL they need a huge summer to bolster the squad. The extra games would kill the current squad. Spurs are probably in a better position to cope with the extra demands.
If Arsenal don’t qualify it’ll be a massive opportunity missed given how poor spurs were under Nuno and United’s stinker of a season.
The next 2 games are huge for the short term future of Arsenal and Arteta.
Looking at their starting 11 last night v spurs and you’d wonder how they are even in the conversation for CL.
No European football and out of the cups since January has been a huge help and yet their squad can’t cope with the loss of Partey, Tierney, White.
The replacements are nowhere near the standard required. Holding and Cedric are championship level players. Nketiah and El Neny, Laca and Pepe are bang average.
You’d have to say El T has done very well considering how weak the squad is but then you’d have to say that he’s been there long enough to have built a better squad.
If Arsenal do qualify for the CL they need a huge summer to bolster the squad. The extra games would kill the current squad. Spurs are probably in a better position to cope with the extra demands.
If Arsenal don’t qualify it’ll be a massive opportunity missed given how poor spurs were under Nuno and United’s stinker of a season.
The next 2 games are huge for the short term future of Arsenal and Arteta.