Arsenal are now top of the League, but can we win it?
Mikel Arteta and his Arsenal squad have finally done what we’ve been hoping to do all season and we are finally top of the league once again. Last season we went most of the season sitting at the top, so I won’t get too excited, but it is a massive achievement for our Gunners and Arteta as we look to win the Premier League title this season.
Arsenal started off the season in incredible form and following on with last season’s dominance, having gone unbeaten in the League until earlier this month when we lost our game with Newcastle. Arsenal looks to be one of the teams to beat again this season, and as we look on to the last month of the year, Arteta and his squad will be hoping to stay in good form and can’t afford to drop any points.
Manchester City have been dominating the Premier League for years now, have won 4 out of the last 5 years and last season walked away treble winners and completing the infamous hat-trick on Premier League titles, making them again the team to beat, and the team we will most likely be competing with for silverware this season. Liverpool is also up there, along with the Spuds and Aston Villa, but when the season starts to come to a close, I think that it will again come down to us and City to win it.
Areta has brought in some great players this summer and have built a solid squad that he can trust. We have a lot more depth this season and hopefully we can keep players fit and healthy to compete for the rest of the season. The injury concerns are a major red flag for me and although most of the League seem to be going through the same thing, we look like we could be one or two injuries away from disaster again. If we want to win the league this year, I think keeping our players fit and rotated will be a huge priority.
City may have been dominant over the last 5 years but no team has ever won the treble and then gone on to win the league the next season, same goes for the 3 titles in a row, and that gives me a lot of hope going forward. City are a great team and they’re managed well, but it must take a lot out of a team to win all three titles and if there was any year that they might start to dip in form, this might be it.
Arsenal has the squad and the talent to go all the way, but Arteta must manage everything perfectly, rotate well and try keep everyone fit and healthy. We are definitely in with a chance this year and I personally think it’s our year to do it, Arteta and his squad deserve some silverware and Arsenal fans will be backing them all the way.
What’s your thoughts Gooners? Can Arsenal win the League this season?
Daisy Mae
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Playing the way we have been playing since end of last season is not feeling me with much confidence. This season we are playing so disjointed. Not convincing and it is a struggle to watch.
I feel like these kinds of uninspiring displays never last, you always get found out in the end. Will wait and see.
@Malaika
RealTalk 👍🏾
Last season, we surprised a lot of teams with our enterprising tactics. EPL teams are no fools. Just because the fans think so, opponents not gonna lay down for us anymore. This season, opponents had sat down and created low blocks. They double team out mercurial wingers and pack the midfield. They put 11 men behind the ball and counter attack whenever possible. Like an Arsenal antidote. Teams did this in the last 8 games last season and were fairly successful. This season, Arteta predicted this and changed his tactics. We even controlled Newcastle United at St James Park despite that controversial goal.
a very sensible and insightful comment, rare on this site
Saka and Martinelli have been less effective this season due to double teaming, 11 behind the ball and ‘kicking’, especially Saka
and opposition close down any space to operate in, Odegaard output drastically reduced too
also for the past few seasons teams had worked out by having a go at Arsenal you could get success, our weak underbelly
you are right, teams have worked us out, they are doing exactly what I would do against us, and, no coincidence, as we do against Man C
Arteta has fixed our weak underbelly too, so teams get no joy from having a go, in fact they expose themselves more risk
and I also agree Arteta saw this coming, while half our fan base can’t even see it now
Arteta knew all teams (except Man C) would play against us like this, happy to cede possession and close everything down, hoping to nick a goal on the break
Arteta response includes closing off the ‘nick a goal’ risk and ‘complete control’ for 90 minutes, this more cautious approach (which I agree with) can have knock on impacts on our offensive output too, e.g. I think we are slower in transition this season
what fans need to wake up to is that teams are going to continue playing this way for the foreseeable, until they work out that ‘1 – nil’ to the Arsenal is only result and so they may as well have a go again
who knows, nothing is forever, and while this season is less exciting to watch it more effective for what we face, and everyone should remember Man C spanked us 3 times last year in last years tactics, this years tactics has resulted in a win and draw in two – that my friend is a massive turnaround key to turning around the ultimate outcome in May
It’s absolutely possible, but there’s a long way to go. Looks like it will be an exciting ride!
It will come down to which club manages the work load (thereby minimizing injuries) and how each club best reacts in the best way(s) to the ones which inevitably still occur.
The biggest questions are: 1) When will Kevin De Bruyne be fit again? 2) How many points will City drop between now and then? 3) Will he regain his form sufficiently to once again drive City to the title?
The Arsenal players and coaches need to stay focused on the next game and play like each is for the title.
COYG!
‘infamous hat-trick on Premier League titles”
Probably more truth than you intended Daisy.
To answer the headline question, of course we “can”, in the same way as Liverpool “can”, but only if we “can” avoid fatigue, injuries and VAR muppets conspiring against us.
My considered prediction is most likely we will finish third, but just possibly second and a remote chance only of the title.
We are not looking likely to ever score many goals, save only the bottom teams at Emirates. But its a struggle to score away at all.
REALISTICALLY, we have a top level defence, WHILE ALL OUR KEY DEFENDERS PLUS RICE STAY FIT. But one long term injury to SALIBA GABRIEL and esp RICE would scupper any chance at all.
Realists among us will KNOW that is true. We lack in central midfield, in back up for SAKA and MARTINELLI and in not being able to properly relpace the unreliable Partey.
Plus, with only Jesus and Nketiah as strikers we are WAY BELOW our rivals in striking power. Sad but realistic.
I TRY NEVER TO FOOL MYSELF WITH FALSE REASONING AND UNREALISTIC HOPES.
I agree except:
1. I think in trossard we do have a quality backup for martinelli, and probably Saka as well, except he rarely plays on the right.
2. We do have solid backups for saliba and Gabriel, particularly the latter, as I think kiwior and Tomiyasu are top level, or close to top level, CB options.
I don’t think we’ll win the title unless we make a couple of incredibly shrewd signings in January – that would mean a centre forward and a centre midfielder of real quality, within budget whatever that if. We’d likely have to take risks and go for “unproven” players.
We will win the PL tittle this season.
BUT YOU GIVE NO EVIDENCE WHY, DO YOU?
MERE BLIND HOPE WINS NO TITLES!!
No doubt about that.💪💪💪
Yes we can if you ask me, legend has it winning ugly is one sure sign.
No team can be at their very best at all time, so over the course of a grueling campaign, there will be occasions when a team that is going to win the league got to slug it out, keep going with their plans, keep believing, whether than mean withstanding pressure or a late header from the big German.
Possible but unlikely. I fear we lack the strength in depth that Man City possess, particularly in forward positions. By saying it’s between us and City aren’t you forgetting something? Liverpool? They are now close to their best and imo are contenders for the title.
I would feel more confident with a midfield of Rice, Partey, and Odegaard, but we have not seen much of that; Partey is injury prone, and Arteta had other tactical ideas.
Also Odegaard disappears too often in big games, and neith Havertz, Jorghino, Elneny, or Vieira fill me with any confidence as partners for Declan Rice.
We are challengers again, but I think we will fall short again. Add a threatening striker and another midfielder and we will be the complete team we have waited for.
Not on the basis of what I’ve seen so far. Sure, we are top and have statistically the best defence but stats will only tell you so much. Our attacking play has been slow and laborious and whilst we haven’t conceded many goals, some of our defending has been laughable and predictably shaky. It’s mainly the insistence of passing it around at the back that gets us in trouble. We have good defenders but they ain’t all ballers. Saliba is the only one I really trust in possession. Even Ben White gets caught occasionally, although I consider him to be an excellent player and currently superior to both Keiran Trippier and Reece James. Gareth, are you watching?