How can you ignore how much money the man has spent? I don't care if its much less than anyone, £1bn is £1bn and we are bloody awful !
He has bookended his performances, first season was the worst football I have seen from any Arsenal team and this season the worst football I have seen from any Arsenal team.
What are we doing here???
Because it's less than others.
Money is a stupid argument unless one team is spending so much more than others with an unfair advantage - like Chelsea and City did.
The issue here is not that we spent a lot of money and haven't won the league, it's that we've let winning positions slip time and again. Whilst Arteta has brought us to the brink of winning a title, this year has proven he is unable to handle the pressure at the business end of competitions. His decision making on selections and his lack of adaptability is being brought to the fore.
As soon as the team sheet was announced vs Bournemouth, I was worried about that midfield. It was not complicated, it was obvious. It's poor management. Certain players have been persisted with regardless of how they have performed. A sign of a lack of control of the dressing room and indecisiveness.
It's been months now where it's obvious that Zubimendi should have been dropped - but he's still there.
Up front Gyokeres is simply not working in the PL - either drop him or change the tactics. Doing neither is yet another sign that the manager is trying to crawl over the line and is unwilling to adapt.
Playing MLS at FB just to shoehorn him into the team in case he leaves from non playing time is weak management.
He's a midfielder and literally everyone who follows football knows it.
Playing Kepa in the cup final was formulaic. No understanding of the gravity of that match. Not just the trophy, but the impact of losing to City.
The thing that really highlights the lack of adaptability is the response to City's tactics in the cup final. OK, it might have surprised us, but Bournemouth did the same and we clearly had not planned for other teams copying City's approach. That is unforgivable. To have that basic tactic work again is dreadful.
There are more instances of players not playing in their proper positions - not just the likes of MLS and Havertz. We've had Madueke on the left wing and Eze on the wing too this season. Madness.
The biggest one though - Martinelli - he is a 9 all day long and absolutely perfect to break the high press being used to stifle us. Literally ALL his big important moments for us come from his runs through the middle and it's been that way since he was 17. That he has not been given a run through the middle is a disgraceful piece of management.
Finally, I am concerned with our training. We're seeing gimmicks, yet when it comes to basics.. like shooting and striking the ball cleanly, our players are appalling. Scuffed and skied shots galore - are we even focusing on it????
It's the same with other basics. I wonder how many fans have actually noticed how bad we are in duels and winning second balls? We can't hold the ball under pressure and we can't win it. When the ball broke free on Saturday . I swear Bournemouth won 100% of every loose ball! It was infuriating.
These are all basics - shooting, shielding, duels. In all those areas, the way we are executing and competing right now is the worst I have ever seen at Arsenal.
We're still in a position where even if/when City beat us and then beat Burnley on the 22nd, we're on the same points and both teams have 5 games to go. BUT, I doubt there is a single fan who truly believes that over those 5 games we're coming out on top given the lack of the basics in our play.
In terms of Arteta overall - if Zubimendi starts on Wednesday or Havertz starts in midfield I will be officially Arteta Out as of the moment the team sheet is announced. Not at the end of the season for him to be gone, but right away.
