According to Hector Bellerin, Arsenal is growing in strength and is in an excellent position to win the league this season.
Even if he didn’t have a nice experience at the club after Arteta took over, the former Gunner can’t help but praise Mikel Arteta’s work. He observes that Mikel Arteta is always learning and improving. He also comments that Arsenal players like Bukayo Saka are developing and becoming wiser, which is a recipe for success.
“He’s constantly learning, and that’s what is good about him,” he said of Arteta in an interview with Sky Sports. “He’s able to adapt, learn from his mistakes, and become a new Arteta every season. When he was a player, he was already coaching some of us, and you could see he had great ideas. I remember he would talk to us about how he thinks the game would go and how we should press. It was great, and we all kind of knew he would step up a be a manager.
“For sure. There was some very young players in that team, but now they have a lot of experience like Bukayo [Saka] himself, and I think that’s what they were missing that they now have, and every year it’s just going to be a better one for them, and I think where Arsenal football club deserve to be.”
Arsenal are in a fantastic position to end Manchester City’s Premier League supremacy, with one loss in the opening 12 games and a point behind the league leaders. Last season, the Gunners started well but finished poorly. If they can simply get their act together and build on their current momentum,
That, combined with Arteta acquiring a striker and a midfielder in the winter, will undoubtedly see Arsenal end their league title drought in May 2024.
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Berilin is right, It is evident that Arsenal have made significant improvements under the gaffer.
One area that has shown positive strides is in defense, under Unai Emery, Arsenal were set up in a 4: 2: 3: 1 formation.
With two holding midfielders deployed to shield the defense.
The system failed because teams could move Arsenal players so they were left isolated, which left our defenders in one v one situation more often than not.
But here is where it gets interesting in my opinion, the gaffer stuck with the same formation use by the former Spaniard, but has set up Arsenal in a total different way when it comes to working off the ball, Pep Guardiola playbook style.
The 4 2 3 1 changes immediately to 4 4 2 when the ball is lost.
The gaffer has also implemented a different style of press, which has led to Arsenal winning back the ball more often.
Some questions Mark’s remain around sustainability of these methods but as the gaffer approaches the process of the final phase set out to Arsenal board, yes Arsenal is in a good place under the young gaffer
A decent if somewhat optimistic piece let down dreadfully by that silty OTT last sentence.
IF we do win the title it will not be “undoubted”, even if we sign playere you mention in JAN.
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I think we’re a bit more solid defensively than last season, due in large part to the signing of rice, but we’ve lost a bit in attack, which i think is mostly due to teams knowing what to expect, and Partey’s absence. Could do with freshening things up a bit imo.
Also, I think we’ve been incredibly unlucky with timber’s injury – despite not being an attacking player, I do think he would have made a big difference with his ability to beat players in tight spaces and potentially open the pitch up. Hope he comes back strong when he does come back.
Let’s not forget Arsenal has really spent big. During era of Wenger he just refuses to spend big and always buying unpolished diamonds to convert them.
If MA doesn’t win any trophy despite the high spending then he should move on from hrtr