Quote Originally Posted by WES View Post
So when evaluating Arteta you consider the 5 games we lost but not the wins over Chelsea and Man Utd?

My conclusion from the last two games is that we need better players. No manager is going to turn Tavares and Cedric into decent FBs and no manager is taking a team to the CL with Xhaka and Elneny in midfield.
they only perform when the pressure is off. January was shocking. The 3 games prior to Chelsea were key and we messed those all up. Chelsea was perfect as we'd 'blown' top 4 so no pressure and we won.

Then back in the driving seat we cave in again.
Arteta hasn't improved us one bit apart from a few more points, we've lost as many games as last year and conceeded far more many goals. For a defence he's fixed apparently.

It really is a case of everyone else around us being awful that we are 5th the league position is flattering. It's really worrying we are going backwards.