I think arteta is like Poch myself
He isn't mate. He's an upper mid-table manager who got time and, crucially, backing.
His owner shipped out every one of the players he didn't want, and brought in players he did want - spending 120m *net* in the process, most of it owner funding.
In the post-season analyses, it's likely to he forgotten about, but if they finish 4th, it will be because Kroenke backed them to do so last summer.
Speculate to accumulate. Kroenke did it. Simple as.
Meanwhile, we have the Joe & Dan tax to pay forevermore. We have to keep hoping for miracles, punching above our weight, hoping world-class managers like Conte stay content to keep sewing silk purses from the pigs' ears that a lot of our current squad are, from Dier to Sanchez to Emerson and Winks.
Something has to change at the very top, at the mentality of the club to change. A determination to win, not just make up the numbers, not just to be happy we won Groundsman of the Year (tm) or Best Balance Sheet 2022. And that costs money.
. It is out of our hands, but you look at the goal difference and the way both teams have played and we are deserving of 4th on merit. Which gives me hope. If they come up against a determined Saudi Sportswashing Machine and we perform, then we should do it. There is just some luck and rub of the green involved. Arse could very easily turn newcash over. Or get a lucky goal etc. Such is the joy of football - anything is possible.
