Quote Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn View Post
I know as much about managing a football club as you do. Nothing at all. But now we're just getting silly because it seems like you are saying Saka and Martinelli should be running the place and Arteta should be out for holding them back? Well, there's nowhere to go when trying to dispute something so far off the rails. Okay, Arteta out and the first hint at a title challenge in decades is a clear indicator of decline. You made your point and I accept it and am moving on.

No I’m saying the factors that are responsible for us mounting a title challenge are not those which have been brought about by Arteta. Am I meant to give him credit for actually playing Saka and Martinelli, I suppose maybe I should because the guy is such a complete maniac it’s not something I would put past him to drop them both, like with playing Zinchenko when Tierney is clearly our best full back.

We finished 2nd despite Arteta, and it’s possible that we might have won if not for him. This team is not going to finish 2nd and I doubt will finish top 4. The only crumb of comfort I can take from that is Arteta will be gone. If somehow the most unlikeliest thing occurs and we finish as champions, I will recant what I’ve said maybe I’ll become a believer because believing in miracles is essentially making the absurdly impossible possible.