Mikel Arteta may be edging closer to another season without securing a Premier League title, as Arsenal failed to close the gap on Liverpool following their draw against Brighton.
Liverpool currently sit five points ahead of the Gunners and have played two games fewer, leaving Arsenal with an increasingly uphill battle. While Arsenal remain in contention for silverware in other competitions, including the League Cup, FA Cup, and Champions League, the chances of lifting the Premier League trophy now appear slim.
Arsenal will soon contest their Carabao Cup semi-final to fight for a place in the final, and they are still alive in the Champions League and FA Cup. However, their Premier League hopes now largely depend on Liverpool faltering. If Liverpool beat Manchester United today and win their games in hand, the title race could effectively be over for Arsenal.
Should Liverpool secure the title, it would mark an impressive achievement for manager Arne Slot in his first season in charge. In contrast, Arteta, now in his fifth year as Arsenal manager, would once again fall short of delivering the Premier League crown to the Emirates.
The frustrations among some Arsenal supporters have already begun to surface. According to Football Insider, a section of fans voiced their discontent after the Brighton result, with some even calling for Arteta’s departure. They are seeking a manager who can deliver trophies more consistently and immediately.
While Arsenal have shown improvement under Arteta, questions remain about his ability to convert progress into tangible success. In football, managers are ultimately judged by the trophies they win, and fans are becoming restless after several near misses.
Arteta’s future could hinge on Arsenal’s performance in other competitions this season. Success in the League Cup, FA Cup, or Champions League may be enough to appease the doubters, but failing to add more silverware to the cabinet could lead to increased calls for change. For now, the Spaniard must rally his team and focus on making the most of the opportunities that remain.
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No big trophy and he should do the right thing and walk if he loves the club as much as he makes out ,no way the club will sack him after given him a brand new massive pay rise (idiotic)and the nonsensical spiel the club spun the fans with that process talk.
It will be 5 and half years at seasons end with one trophy won with the players he gave away ,I’ve personally not seen anything special from him and he’s certainly no magician,all I’ve seen is him copy peps way of playing and spent an absolute fortune along the way and made the squad defensively heavy which as now come back to haunt us .
I’ll take that all back if he claws Liverpool back or we win the CL but …….
Yes, that’s what cowards do…..
Trophyless might justify a sacking, but I doubt that winning any of the other three would not save his job. Even winning the much-derided League Cup would be OK with the Kroenkes so long as we qualify for another season’s Champions League.
Jax,
I think only Saka and Martinelli were around when the FACup was won in 2020 with the rest not having experienced a trophy win as a group. Now that the team has become more competitive again there has been – understandably – an expectation that Arteta should attach more importance to winning a trophy, not just the league trophy which he has concentrated on.
SueP,
You can add Tierney to the list I believe.😉👍
Of course, he came under Emery
Yes, and if that replacement doesn’t win anything as well should we also consider sacking them also? The fact is that the Kroenkes wouldn’t consider sacking him even if we go trophy less this season, a few eyebrows raised but nothing else
Sue,
TBH I couldn’t say what the priorities are, but Arteta must have something verbally or otherwise letting him know of the Kroenkes expectations and of failure of such. I’d say the minimum requirement was CL qualification each season.
For myself, I’d be a bit embarrassed for him if we just won the League Cup.
The league cup is much maligned. Id be happy to win it even though it’s on the lowest rung of the ladder. I don’t think we can afford to be too choosy at this juncture; it may kick start the season
Agree about the CL – anything less and there would be calls for his removal. Klopp- with a better record – returned quickly to top 3 and was able to stave off any doubts. I’m not sure MA would get the chance
Who knew slot was out there ?MA is no GOD
Oh, if Arsenal go trophyless this year or season, Arteta’s head must roll.
If we sack arteta who do we then hire in his place… lol fans are silly sometimes.
Plenty of managers that could do a job ,just as to be a good fit ,it’s not rocket science,and if doesn’t work you move on again .
You really think there are no better managers out there and Arteta is the only one .
Lol fans are silly sometimes.
Dan Kit,
Well put.
Name few, please
Steve Bruce
Gareth Southgate
mate, I dont know if you for real or just being sarcastic : D
Gareth won fock all (England team was pathetic under him)
And Steve got promoted 3 times from championship, thats about it.
Anyway, no need to fight
We’re all entitled to our opinions
I believe we should have someone responsible for transfers as Mikel is too stubborn to buy striker.
We play nice football under him, you can’t deny it( just annoyed at that fu**ing time wasting.
Glad you asked to only name a few . . .
Ask for more and names like
Gary Neville
Tom Cleverley
Jack Grealish
. . . . .
and cartoon characters could appear.
Bruce or Southgate 😂
As you say, some fans are silly.
Beyond silly.
This is treachery.
I think he asked a silly question and Dan gave him a silly answer. This question had been asked several times in the past and over the time several good coaches had been employed by epl coaches who have done well on shoe string budgets compared to our coach.
Just look at Liverpool, Chelsea,Bournemouth, Nottingham and ManU coaches and tell if we have to employ new coaches we won’t have a good among these coaches before they were employed. There are several good coaches who won’t think twice before leaving there current clubs if we show interest in them. So we should dead talk of not finding anyone better than Arteta.
It wasn’t a silly question because it’s important to have the right person in place. If the common consensus at the end of the season is that Arteta is not going to improve on a CL spot and needs to go, then the Board will have to have another look at finding a replacement who can be that person.
Sue, was Arteta right when he worked in. The fact is other club would have sacked him in his first 3 seasons.
It’s a silly question because no one needs to point out a the next Slot, AW or Ferguson before thinking MA should go if he can’t take us further.
That ok you say MA should go then name a better manager BS is just something Arteta apologists use to shut his critics up
Very silly
Bruce and Southgate.
Another hype man spotted.
How about Rooney and his dog.
Some people pose as fans but I do think they are paid to cause trouble at Arsenal.
This must be one of those who claim Tierney is the best player in the world.
Damn!
It’s a lottery unless a proven winner is appointed and even then, it’s not a guarantee. Slot seems to have the right personality for Liverpool and credit must go to the hierarchy for his appointment. The Bournemouth manager is doing well with limited resources.
I think you asked a silly question and Dan gave you a silly answer. This question had been asked several times in the past and over the time several good coaches had been employed by epl coaches who have done well on shoe string budgets compared to our coach.
Just look at Liverpool, Chelsea,Bournemouth, Nottingham and ManU coaches and tell if we have to employ new coaches we won’t have a good among these coaches before they were employed. There are several good coaches who won’t think twice before leaving there current clubs if we show interest in them. So we should dead talk of not finding anyone better than Arteta.
Artetas game plan is good but does not know what his team lacks and needs help on that otherwise he would have bought a striker long ago
It looks as though Potter’s off the cards now, with a very likelihood of him going to West Ham
There are many good managers out there who can win us big trophies. How did Liverpool get slot. Until we stop thinking that managers are well replaceable, we can’t win anything. Arteta can never win us premier league cup not champions league either. Stop thinking of who can we hire if Arteta is sacks.
Yes I think arsenal need a change in management because they have not won any trophies for a long time .they need a very experienced manager who knows the game inside and out and knows what players he wants
Of course we need to sack everyone involved, but should start with all the muppets in our fanbase. Mediocre fans deserves a mediocre club. COYG 🔴⚪️
Muppets !😂
Yes, I think he’s done a very good job overall, brought some respect back to the club, but he’s had enough time now and it’s looking less and less likely he’ll bring a title. Imo we should be looking at potential replacements now, and expect to make a change in the summer.
I think arteta has helped to create excellent foundations to build from, and deserves enormous credit for that, but we need something different to make the most of it.
So how do you define “enough time”? And how do you determine the next person to bring in?
To say it’s looking less and less likely at this point is a dishonest assessment as we are halfway through the season and we have challenged well for the last two seasons.
I can’t define enough time, but why do I need to? It just gets to a point where it doesn’t look like he’s going to get there without some sort of miracle. And I’m no expert in recruitment but you’d hope the club has some expertise in that area.
Dishonest? Look in the mirror.
Well said Davi 👏👍
I honestly find you come up with the most dishonest comments on this site.
If there’s still a thumb down button like the good old times, I’m pretty sure your comments won’t be displayed. Better still if there’s a block option, I won’t ever have to read the nonsense you post
Can you give examples as I disagree with your assessments of my comments?
It would interesting to understand what you consider to be nonsense.
Life’s too short to be wasting time on pointing out the nonsense you say to bend anything in MA’s favour. It’s so obvious that many here have pointed it out again and again
Now as you know I’m one of Arteta’s biggest detractors on this forum.
If we don’t win a trophy this season, then at the very least Arteta has some big questions to answer and decisions to make.
And if he doe’s neither, then if the club’s owners have a back bone, (which I very much doubt they do), they need to make the decision for him.
What a humdinger the Liverpool v Utd game was
United should have won Sue
I did see enough in that Liverpool performance that gives me a bit of hope ?
Fingers and toes crossed Dan
I felt at the Emirates we came so close to winning. Gabriel going off injured was the last thing we wanted along with the other absentees
Utd showed considerable resolve
Dan – This is not the Liverpool from few years ago that won the league. They are not strong and can be beat and will definitely drop more points. However, the problem is that Arsenal will also continue dropping more points whenever they is a chance to close the gap. I have less confidence in this team than that of last year and the year before.
That’s my concern
Because we dont create allot it means an off day is always possible
Oh man, Arteta apologists here say that Pool are a great team. How dare you say they are not strong?
Please agree that it’s totally understandable that MA can’t get us to close the gap on a great team. It’s only fair that he should be given more time and money and more phases so that he can have an injury free team to outdo great teams
What a ridiculous statement
Are they great compared to other Liverpool teams? What they are is currently top of the league and so far that is all
What’s your problem? Ibrahim said Pool is not strong. I warned him that his view won’t sit well with Arteta apologists and here you are.
Ok I’m too tired to disagree with you. Pool is great so they absolutely deserve to be top of the league. I said it. There you have it. Bugger off and go push your Arteta apologist rhetoric together with that David for all I care
Lol
👏😂
Think sacking him a bit deep
Done a good job just not the great job some make out
Surely he’s going to spend another 100mill+ this summer. That takes him to around 900mill in spending and only an FA Cup to show for it. Who keeps their job with those results I have to ask? I think Arsenal operates under the philosophy of “it could be worse”, instead of “why aren’t you winning”. So I dont think anything will happen even if Arteta fails yet again. Because this season is done and realistically only the League Cup seems likely.
He shouldn’t sign anyone then….
He should sign someone who will pay to play for the club.
🤭
Are you telling us it wasn’t needed, or that we have spent on a different level than other top clubs in the league last six years? You could start with Chelsea and ManUnited, spent a lot, replaced managers and been extremely successful. Especially from my perspective. Did we look like a top team when Arteta arrived? Perhaps a top team that was 30 points behind Man.City and Liverpool. We are lacking silverware but we are going to get it. 🔴⚪️
Mourinho said in 2007: They have great boys. I wouldn’t be sad if a club gives me three, four, five years and tells me you don’t need to win you can lose Premiership after Premiership, and you have three, four, five seasons to build. I wouldn’t be sad.
Does that answer your question about Who keeps their job with those results? It’s part of our tradition
No, the problem is not Arteta. The problem is the Kronkoes who buy half-baked players.
They are trying to buy Igo Jesus. that’s just an average striker. They are trying to buy Gimenez. That’s an average striker. We have Duran, Gyokeres, Marmouch, Retegui: They aren’t talking about them. Let them get Kolo Muani on loan and then buy a real striker in the summer.
Those they are trying to buy now are in no way better than Mika Biereth they gave for free to Austria!!!
On the contrary:
I think Arteta should dump Arsenal.
It’s tough,
You have to think our squad is still small compared compared to our top 4 rivals. A lot of our team are nowhere near the experience level of the top players at other clubs. Like The players at Man City and players like Trent, Robinson, Mac Allister, Diaz, Jota, Gakpo Salah, Konate, VVD @ LFC all these players are 26 or north of it, that helps in title races.
Then there are the injuries and the bookings, sending offs and pens that only Arsenal seem to get given against them.
We’re still short of a top striker, I’m in complete agreement that we shouldn’t sign players for the sake of it. We could sign Isak??? But he is injury prone, he plays for top four rival so we’re probably looking at 120m ish if he wants to come and if they want to sell. Then who else is ready and available out there to slot right in.
On the injuries, so far we have lost Raya, Timber, Calafiore, Gabriel, White, Lewis-Skelly, Zinchenko, Partey, Merino, Rice, Odegaard (Over 3 months), Jesus, Martinelli, Havertz, Sterling, Saka (could be over 3 months) and now Nwaneri for an unknown number of games. That’s is all but 2 of our main 1st team players for more than 3 games at least this season. It’s the sign that as I mentioned above our squad is not as deep as it should be with quality we need.
Unfortunately with the age of the players we signed to keep the cost down, I think we need to still be patient until the end of next season then we’ll see where we are then.
Thrill,
I don’t care who dumps who, as long as Arteta is out of the door come May, if we’ve not got any kind of silverware to show for all these phases we’re being dragged through.
I think this should be his last year for a free pass and excuses.
Next season he should have expectations and objectives to achieve, much the same as Wenger and Emery did.
Top 4 minimum and possibly more considering spending is approaching 1 billion on the project.
As for those opposed to change, remember this
Emery took us further than Wenger did his final year, and Arteta has taken us further than Emery.
Why can’t another manager take us further than Arteta?
As for the “who,” I’m not paid to research or interview managers by the club.
But I’m sure there are other managers capable of spending 750 million on a hand picked squad and not winning trophies.
Arteta has done wonders building a squad and silencing critics. However he has yet to prove he can win anything of significance with them, if we are being honest.
What makes Arteta as irreplaceable as some would suggest?
He isn’t irreplaceable
The difficulty lies with whether or not the replacement keeps up the good work and elevates the team still further. Not an easy decision as just a top4 place isn’t automatically a reason to sack the manager.
Spot on, Sue. How many times have we been title contenders between 2006 and 2019? If it’s easy we should have been there regularly….
Hi Didrik
When I think of the early Wenger years and the sheer joy, I feel wistful.
Only 5 clubs have won the EPL since our last win:- Chelsea, ManU, ManC, Leicester & Liverpool, with the last 2 only winning once each. It shows the total dominance of vastly wealthy owners at the right time regarding FFP etc and the genius of Fergie nearly 20 years ago.
You’re right, it isn’t easy. JA contributors suggested all sorts. Ten Hag – sacked, Conte, Ancelotti who rushed back to RM etc etc. At the other end of the scale it was Potter, Rodgers or any other short term success at a rival club.
Thanks Sue, it started in 89 and Wenger did a tremendous Arsenal job from the beginning with his first league in 98 🙂 It’s easy to demand a lot but as you described it’s definitely not easy. We should stay behind our team and manager show our support and recruit the missing keys. 🙂
Ok there’s no manager out there who can elevate the team further. Wait no more, give MA a 20 year contract.
Did I say that? And why be so sarcastic?
I agree with you. It’s not easy and JA contributors suggests all sorts beneath MA, so why not give the man a job for life?
And his son should be officially named the crown prince 🤣
The problem we have in arsenal is not the rich owners of other clubs like city Liverpool Chelsea but it the ambition of our managers at arsenal. For example wenger was at first ambitious and won not until wenger resorted to doing business we all know that. Unai came with ambition led us to Europe top flight which we became unlucky and led us to almost FA cup glory which arsenal came and capitalised in the only manager I believe was ambitious but never given moneys arsenal has privileges to plan on today
. For arsenal, he is totally without ambition. You may ask your self what does he want to be remembered for? Cause he can’t build another Emirates like wenger contributed to and if trophies the only legacy he has to leave in arsenal, I still insist he should have bought a serious striker two seasons back and create a name otherwise his luck of ambition has led to our added grief. I still believe unai is better than arsenal he was just not given time and resources by now we would have had a EPL trophy.
TO EVEN SAY WE SHOULD CONSIDER SACKING IS AN INSULT TO TRUE COURAGEOUS AND RIGHT THINKING ARSENAL FAN.. ARTETA SHOULD HAVE BEEN SACKED 2YRS AGO FOR BEEN SERIAL FAILURE..WHY
1)Lost a league opportunity twice and now Liverpool with a new manager is cruising to the title..To those clueless Arteta in fans..What PHASE IS LIVERPOOL IN?..Delusional lots.
2)Won a major trophy with the team of our previous manager who has also won a European trophy with a weaker team and knocking the same useless Arteta out to win it and then came to the EPL and took a lesser team to the same Europe, which we pride this clueless average manager over..
3)10 transfers windows and spent over 600M And still no quality backups for Saka, martenelli, aubamyang, odegards, saiiba, Gabriel…Look at the bench..WEAKER THAN ANY SQUAD IN ARSENAL HISTORY…Yet some gullible fans will still be patronizing an open failure of a MANAGER that the blind can even sense his a failure.
4)Player management is ZERO..plays our best players with injuries and over uses them in games till they get injured permanently..No room for academy plays who are hungry to impress but goes an sign players like sterling , William, VIERi,lokonga, kiwor, maquihous..a tragedy honestly…He does not even know how to motivate a team to play with flair and have the mindset to win…but fans come here to complain about bad refreeing decisions while our best players are declining and can’t even score…Look at our team for the past few years….We have lost the identity of playing one of the best football and scoring for fun.
THE OBVIOUS FACTS ARE STILL MANY AND WE HAVE SEEN THESE FACTS OVER AND OVER AGAIN….IF WE DONT WIN THE EPL, FACUP AND NOT CARABAO CUP OR THE UCL, EVEN IF WE MAKE TOP 4..SACK THIS BANG AVERAGE MANAGER AND GET US ACTUAL MANAGERS LIKE ZIDANE, NZAGI, SIMEONE, ALLEGRI etc..TO BE TRULY HONEST, WE HAVE CREDIBLE MANAGERS THAT CAN REPLACE THIS AVERAGE CLUELESS MANGER BUT SOME ARSENAL FANS JUST LOVE MEDIOCRITY AND A GOOD LOOKING MANAGER OVER THE CLUB COX THEY ARE SCARED BABIES WHO CANT LET GO TO AN OLD WORTHLESS SHINY YOU THAT HAS NO FUTURE VALUE AND THESE FANS KNOW ARTETA IS NO GOOD BUT STILL DECIEVE THEMSELVES INTO THINKING HE WILL COME OUT GOOD…WAKEUP…ITS TIME TO CUT OUR LOSSES AND GET THIS MANAGER OUT THE DOOR AND NOT WAITING FOR HIM TO LEAVE HONOURABLY COX GUESS WHAT?…HIS EARNING A FAT SALARY FOR WINNING NOTHING AND RUNNING OUR CLUBS FURURE DOWN THE DRIAN..WHO STANDS TO LOSE?….THINK FOR ONCE OK.
Spoken like a true supporter.
Oh they know for certain that he is good but not capable of reaching the finish line. Why do you think they are pushing the “trophies do not matter” narration nowadays?
Arteta has no ambitions if he had he would have bought a striker 2. Seasons ago and make a name for himself but he Arteta does not know what he wants and is draggingus the funsalongsidehisluxk of ambition and failures.unai was better cause showed ambitions he made us reach Europa heights only that luck fell off our way and was on verge of FA cup glory
that arteta came and capitalised on.i strongly believe. unai was not given time and resources that Arteta has today. If unai was still there by now we could have EPL trophy
I have loved how you observe things… Edu and Arteta are a disgrace as far as buying players are concerned
Chris, I’m with you and HH.
While I agree with most of your piece, I’ll refrain from giving opinion on potential replacements.
I’ll leave that to the club, and hope that they finally appoint a manager who can get us over that elusive winning line.
I think that the current manager has taken us as far as he can.
That along with the pragmatic football this season, and time wasting antics at all dead ball situations is embarrassing if I’m honest.
A manger who’s tactics are a;;owing that to happen, needs to go in my opinion.
Arteta should be accountable for the time he has been here and the money spent. He has been given unprecedented amounts of finance and has managed to win nothing. Now the FA cup and Carribou cup are trophies but they are not a judgement for how good your team is. You can actually get to a final and play nobody. The real test of how good you are are the two main ones. 5 years is plenty long enough and if we don’t win one this season, then what can be said is, we won’t next because that would be 3 years without improvement. There has to be accountability for the amount of expenditure. The way we play is not conducive to winning a trophy. It is too “safe” and lacks the dynamism to win something. Artetas proved so far, he isn’t up to it. He hasn’t proved he can. If he stays on, it will be another year at least where we are trophy less. 5 and a half years is long enough to see.
Reggie,
Are you not enjoying these phases that the club are going through.
There’s been so many now, I’ve lost what phase we are now in.
I’m sure there’s an Arteta fan out there, who will enlighten me in due course.🙄🤦♂️
Derek, I have never agreed with this phase sh!+ its al BS. You build a team and win. Or lose. Originally it was 4 phases. Now 5, tgen 6. Its all excuses, I don’t buy. Just win the league if you are good enough. If not ship out.
Reggie,
You won’t get any arguments from me there.👍
Arteta has no ambitions if he had he would have bought a striker 2. Seasons ago and make a name for himself but he Arteta does not know what he wants and is draggingus the funsalongsidehisluxk of ambition and failures.unai was better cause showed ambitions he made us reach Europa heights only that luck fell off our way and was on verge of FA cup glory
that arteta came and capitalised on.i strongly believe. unai was not given time and resources that Arteta has today. If unai was still there by now we could have EPL trophy
That would be ridiculous to sack him. It all depends on where he finishes this season, has to finish in the Top 2 and who is available that has proven to be better in the last 3 seasons.
Can’t sack him and being in managers that Arteta has done better than for the last 3 seasons..
We credit Arteta for the great improvement in the Arsenal team but short of hoisting trophies for the club is a nightmare that can’t be tolerated.
Arteta has married a defensive philosophy of play with less aggressive attacks and to me Arsenal without Saka is a dead Arsenal. Such can’t secure trophies for fans to smile.
Of recent, clubs like Everton, Aston Villa, New castle and Tottenham have become giants that Arsenal panick to play with.
Arsenal should get a manager who should empower players to know that in the field everyone is a goal scorer but not rely solely on key individuals. Arsenal can perform very well in three consecutive matches and lose in the same way.
I request Arteta should just go and try another environment and moreso he buys mediocre players.
Blessings