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What are the chances that Arteta will win a trophy this season?

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Mikel Arteta is known for his calm and composed demeanour in press conferences, often giving the impression that the pressure of managing Arsenal does not weigh heavily on his shoulders. But should that really be the case?

This season marks Arteta’s sixth year as Arsenal manager, and during that time, he has won just the FA Cup and two Community Shield titles. While these honours are commendable, they fall short of the expectations placed on a club of Arsenal’s stature. For a team that has long been considered one of the top sides in English football, such a limited return raises questions about whether Arteta has done enough to justify his tenure.

In the earlier years of his management, Arteta often spoke about “trusting the process,” suggesting that Arsenal were building towards a brighter future. However, every process needs to reach an end-stage, and for Arsenal, that end-stage should be consistently winning trophies. Despite signs of progress under Arteta, it is difficult to argue that the team is close to reaching that level.

Each season, Arsenal pour their efforts into challenging for the Premier League title, yet they also fall short in other competitions along the way. This year is no different. While they remain in contention in the Premier League, their other chances of silverware are quickly slipping away. Arsenal is in the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup but face an uphill battle after losing the first leg at home to Newcastle. Reaching the final, let alone winning the trophy, now seems unlikely. Meanwhile, Manchester United have already eliminated them from the FA Cup, leaving the Premier League and Champions League as their only realistic routes to a trophy this season.

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The odds of Arsenal ending their campaign with silverware have dwindled significantly, and the pressure on Arteta to deliver is mounting. While he has enjoyed the unwavering support of the Arsenal board since taking the managerial role, a sixth trophyless season could test their patience. A failure to win anything this term might leave the club with no choice but to make a change at the top.

Arteta’s calmness in public may not reveal his inner feelings, but he surely knows that time is running out. Arsenal fans and the board have been patient, but patience in football has its limits. For a club of Arsenal’s size, anything short of consistent success will inevitably lead to questions about whether the manager is the right person to take the team forward.


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  1. That tends to happen when goals and expectations are not clearly stated.

    For example, with Wenger and Emery top 4 was a goal/expectation; they were warned in essence, and then they were replaced.

    With Arteta it has been “the project,” or “the process,” which is ambiguous at best, and avoided any clearly state goals. It could have been “3 years to get back into top 4,” or a semi final of FA Cup, but “the process” is ethereal and open to different interpretation.

    In his 6th year is “the process” complete?
    Or 3/4 completed only need a striker?
    Or 1/2 complete, need more depth?

    Without clarity success and failure are up to interpretation. Some sy he’s successful, finished 2nd twice. Some said not because we lost top spot 2 years in a row at the end of the season.

    Even this season; say we finish 2nd again and no trophies again.

    Is it a success? Based on what?
    A failure? Based on what?
    Stagnation? Based on what?

    Only saying people comment on success/failure based on their individual interpretation, not anything clearly defined by the club or Arteta.

  2. Without commenting on all aspects of your post, Durand, the one point I would take issue with you on, is that the club did not sack Emery for finishing 5th.

    1. True SueP,
      Emery was warned like Wenger, and in December we were in 8th or 9th place and rumors were Emery had “lost the team” and the club replaced him.

      Since then not a single goal has been stated, or anything to clearly define success or accomplishment.

      People’s comments on success and failure are based purely on their individual perceptions, not based on anything stated by the club.

      1. Durand,

        Now I don’t know what the clubs demands are on Arteta. But if the club don’t have any aspirations regarding trophy’s, then the only conclusion I can come to is they only care about the money that’s brought in via top four finishes.

        Which begs the question, that maybe that’s the only demand they’ve put on Arteta, to make sure we finish in the top four.

        If that’s the case, and I certainly hope it’s not. What doe’s that say about our once great and ambitious club. 🤦‍♂️

        1. imo, all of their decisions (including making the investment itself) are based on the financial results similar to their decisions in the case of other investments they have in sports entities. Whatever trophies, finishes, or whatever maximizes their net financial return during the time frame which they plan to hold the investment determines the goal. That’s not to say that nothing else is welcomed by them personally but financial value is the only real driving force in their actions.

  3. Sadly I just cannot see us winning a trophy this season as our performances have not been convincing as far as I am concerned.Injuries have undoubtedly had an impact which has highlighted the lack of balance in our squad and hopefully our Management will take steps to rectify matters in readiness for next season.Unlike us, Liverpool have managed to escape injuries to their key players and from what I have seen of them I cannot see them dropping too many points.

  4. Difficult to see Arsenal winning a trophy this season tbh. We can only hope for, not expect, one.
    Out of the FA Cup, virtually out of the Carabao, potentially 9 points behind a rampaging Liverpool, the domestic trophies are all but gone.
    Not sure we have what it takes to win the Champions league.
    But, like they say, in Football anything can happen. If the club went and bought a striker for instance, and Saka came back from injury stronger, and there are no further serious injuries, who knows!

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