As 2024 comes to a close, Arsenal remains in impressive form, positioned just behind Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in the standings. Despite being edged out by Liverpool at the top, the Gunners have proven themselves to be one of the most dangerous teams in the Premier League. Their attacking prowess and ability to win big matches have kept them firmly in the upper echelon of English football.
Arsenal has enjoyed a remarkable year in terms of both performances and records. The club won 34 out of the 50 matches they played in 2024, marking their best performance since 1932. This run has made 2024 the second-best year in the club’s history, as reported by Arsenal Media. Additionally, the Gunners have been remarkably effective in front of goal, averaging 2.28 goals per game. This is their best attacking record since 1963, showcasing the team’s offensive firepower and attacking depth.
The team’s defensive stability has also been notable. Arsenal’s seven defeats in 2024 are the lowest they’ve suffered in a calendar year since 2004, highlighting their resilience and competitive edge. Though they fell short of clinching the Premier League title, the team’s overall performance has been nothing short of exceptional, solidifying their position as one of the top clubs in both England and Europe.
While the Premier League title eluded them this year, Arsenal’s continued success and consistent performances across all competitions have made 2024 an unforgettable year for the club. The Gunners are firmly established as a major force in English football, and the future looks bright as they head into 2025 with renewed ambition and determination.
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Those records were broken because Arteta’s tactics have been working very well in away games and against top teams
If Arteta could make some tactical tweaks to be more attacking when playing against ultra-defensive teams like Everton and Ipswich, his tactics would likely become perfect
Very enjoyable great year for the Arsenal. As always, hoping the new year will be even better. COYG!
Just to clarify my opinion for some of you; of course, winning the PL and/or CL in 2024 would have been the best year. I would expect that we’re all hoping for that (unfortunately perhaps a poor expectation here). Nevertheless 2024 was a great year for the Arsenal.
A great year ?
Surely a great year is winning a Prem or CL?
A smug, self congratulary piece of time filler. It’s the same sort of article we were getting during the summer break and telling us how great things were in Arsenal Land and why we didn’t need two major reinforcements. It’s also the same sort of mentality that drove Konstantin away for suggesting that we shouldn’t be so smug. I’m not expecting Arsenal to win the League this season because we simply don’t have the squad quality to go on a twenty game winning streak. However I would like to see better football than what we saw against Ipswich. On a realistic note I think we have the makings of a strong Cup team. A solid defence, workmanlike midfield and a couple of opportunists in the forwards who might be able to snatch a timely goal. If the stars are aligned we could even win Champion’s League in a one off decider.
If only the season follows the calendar year. We would have been champions.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride!!😄
I would say its been quite forgettable really ,the record books will also show that unfortunately ,unless there is a trophy
Now for averaging 2.38 goals per game .
do you see Man U winning the FA Cup as success and Arsenal as failure?
It is a pretty trophy 🤣
Ofc it’s success they won a trophy,what sort of question is that 😂
What did we win ?
If your talking about where the clubs are at this moment in time obviously Man Utd are lagging behind half the league but they still managed to win 2 trophies in 2 years ,which the record books will show not sure they have one for coming second in the league .
Do you see Man City lifting the title as success and 2nd not quite the same ?
silver to the best team in the world in the toughest league in the world was an excellent performance and a very enjoyable one for Arsenal fans
2024, and 2023 before that, have been the most fun to be an Arsenal fan in a decade
no way do I write-off 2024 and 2023 as meaningless failure because Arsenal narrowly missed out on the PL title – it would a sad life if I did
Didn’t say failure mate
Said it cant be seen as a great season or as you now say an excellent performance
Wonderful! Hopefully the icing on the cake (trophies) gets applied this year and onwards. COYG!!!
“Arsenal seven defeats in 2024 are the lowest they have suffered in a calendar year since 2004′
That’s some Stat, It has effectively turn the gaffer into a winning Monster.
Forget about the five phases, Surely a trophy or two can’t be too far away now
How can he be a winning monster but not win anything ?
How did we end the year 9 points behind Liverpool?
Bad luck Dan, sheer bad luck
While all these records look good on paper, and are good personal records for the team and manager.
At the end of the day, if there’s no trophy’s to show for their efforts, then these records look pretty hollow.
It’s about trophy’s at the end of a season that counts, not win rates or winning a season curtain raiser (Community Shield🙄🤦♂️), and claiming it to be a noteworthy trophy, which we all know is not noteworthy at all.
Come on, its trophy’s we want. Not impressive stats.
Man U won the FA Cup – personally I would not swap an FA Cup for where Arsenal are at as a club
Arsenal1886. You do have an impressive way of making a point.
Yea really impressive arsenal1886 👍
very generous of you DK, perhaps not all hope is lost
Where exactly are we at the moment as I see us 9 pts behind the leaders with no room for any dropped points in the next 10 games. It’s true we could be 3pts behind Liverpool before they play again but we will have to play much better in those games than we did against Ipswich. We absolutely need an number 9 and we have been crying out for someone for ages so we must break the bank if necessary to get the right man in and not wait until the last day of the window to do it. Do I think it will happen? Not a chance as Arteta is to stubborn to change and that’s his choice but I think it will at some stage come back to bite him in his backside. He must win something by the end of the season otherwise he must go or players might leave but only my thoughts
But what does one club not having a successful season have to do with us not having one ?
Your basically saying we had a great season because you found another club who didn’t ?
nah, try again…but this time manipulate to support whatever your preferred narrative is
Personally would like to support a club that won trophies,not talked about winning them .
City is there Buddy……No one is holding you back
Not a narrative dude
You brought up Man United
I simply answered the question
No they didn’t have a great season but that doesn’t mean we did either
Damned right!
The stats are great reading but meaningless if you don’t add silverware with them
The stats tell us at the half way stage last season we were 10 points better off
Pool are 12 points better off this time around which is a 22 points swing
We were better in The 2nd half of last season which is no mean feat considering how good we were in the first half of last season and still came away with no trophy
It will be tough to haul the 9 points back from pool but not impossible and imo man city are a proven better team then pool 2nd half of the season and i can see them drop big points and us catching them
Onwards and upwards
This season, Arsenal plays in the CL while ManU is in… some other competition.
That’s because of the record through part of 2024 that the author describes.
ManU won a domestic cup last season, then this season they played in a lesser Euro competition (which is just designed to keep up revenues for modern business people who are club owners). I know which 2024 I’d rather have.
If they awarded a silver pot for top4/CL qualification, I wonder if people would see it differently.
You make the Europa League sound like it only started in modern times when it has been around since the 70s. Though a lesser European competition than the Champions League, it has always been more prestigious than the Cup Winners’ Cup, which was the last European trophy we won and unfortunately deemed a redundant competition that was abolished decades ago. Our record in Europe just does not reflect well on us
The thing was totally redone in 2009. From 1971 it was the Fairs Cup then the UEFA Cup – a genuine cup competition.
I’d agree that it was before the big money, but it was largely to give lesser clubs less to moan about (they had fairly genuine concerns too, back then, since the big clubs kept getting bigger via the European Cup – also a cup competition then).
You’re right in many ways re the UEFA “League”, though I was thinking more of the latest Conference thing, which is just getting more teams some European money.
WHU seemed to think it was worth an open top parade though, I wonder if Arsenal would see it the same way.
Actually top4, the CWC was the second most prestigious competition, as the winners of that trophy played the winners of the European Cup in the Super Cup.