I think that Arsenal being in the 2022–23 title race caught all of us by surprise. Last year, at this time, Arteta and his boys were worried they were losing out on finishing in the top 4, which they failed to clinch. Failure to win a spot in the 2022–23 Champions League was disappointing. It left many Gooners hopeless about this season, but little did they know it was the season they had been dreaming about year in and year out since the beautiful days under Arsene Wenger.
After a good summer window and reflecting on what went wrong in the 2021–22 season, Arteta became even hungrier to win this season. For the better part of this season, Arsenal have been the real deal; they have easily won games. The Gunners made us believe they could compete for major honours. At one point, many of us believed they would win the league, but that may not happen as things stand.
Arsenal may end up finishing second, which undoubtedly dissatisfies many Gooners keen on seeing the club end its 20-year title drought. Some have said that Arsenal ought to have lifted the league this season because they may not get so close in the future, but these people are wrong if Mikel Arteta’s words have any truth. The Spaniard believes his side is still not at its peak, and many of his players haven’t reached their potential, hinting that Arsenal could be better than they have been this term.
Arteta told the Guardian: “We are still very, very far,”
“We can be much, much, much better at a lot of things still. Huge margins. We can be much better in our buildup, attacking man-to-man situations, attacking open spaces, defending deep, set pieces. We have huge margins to do in terms of game management, a lot of things we can still do much better.
“It’s a lot of things we have to see for improvement because we don’t have a single player who has reached his peak; not one. And when that happens we as coaches have to understand: what can we do to get them better?”
Whatever happens this season, this was only the start of Arteta’s project. If the Boss is right, we should many more happy, successful seasons to look forward to…
Video – Mikel Arteta pre Arsenal v Brighton and cheering for Everton!
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So happy we have Arteta, had my doubts about him in the beginning but unreservedly trust his process. The All or Nothing documentary nailed it for me, he lives and breathes Arsenal and has rest our club’s values and standards back to the high levels from which we subsided. We’ve got super Mik Arteta, he knows exactly what we need….
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Arsenal need to improve on the following. 1st is their throw ins. They are the worst in the premiership at throwins. 2nd is their corners, both in defending them and taking them, they are rubbish. 3rd defending open play against wingers cutting in from the wings, instead of defending two on one they always defend one on one with the rest of the team just watching and hoping they don’t get pass that one defender. 4th is their lack of defending from the front, unlike what teams do against us, we let their defenders have time on the ball, and if we do any closing down from the front it will be just one attacker against 3 defenders, it’s a joke and just lazyness. 5th and last of all is the disappointed back pass after the opportunity to pass quicker to the attacking goal scorers we always become predictable and either back pass or play the ball between our defenders going from left to right then right to left just to keep the ball and let the opposition close us down for us to make a mistake. Also a front target man would be handy, just to mix it up a little in stead of the predictable playing from the back!
Ever tried timing Ben White to see how many “hours” it takes him to release the ball when throwing in? You could grow a beard while waiting!
” Not a single player who has reached his peak”
Talk about poetic license? Not XHAKA nor JORGINHO!! ?
At least those two have HAD a peak, unlike such as Nelson, Elneny etc!