We're calendar year champions so far and while that's as worthwhile as the top 4 trophy it shows a long, consistent run of form good enough to challenge.
In fact it doesn't show that at all. What it really shows is that when it really matters we don't drive it home. And it wasn't a good performance against Swansea, it was half a half decent performance with a couple of cameos from players we finally spent money on. Against a slightly better team we would have lost that game. That's what you get with Wenger's teams, the balance is just about tipped in favour of a win but when we lose it's straight over a cliff. Add in whatever fucked up training and fitness methods we are inflicting on the players and it's all way too hair trigger to build the sort of authority we'll need to win a title, let alone retain it. If some fans are ignoring these very poor cup performances which have come about as a result of spectacularly poor management then I hope at least people inside the club are paying more attention. What am I saying? Those bastards are falling over themselves to offer him a new contract based on what? Nothing.