Arsenal 3 - Chelsea 1
Brighton 0 - Arsenal 1
West Brom 0 - Arsenal 4
Arsenal 2 - Newcastle 0 (aet)
Arsenal 0 - Palace 0
Arsenal 3 - Newcastle 0
5 wins and a draw before the Southampton game
Arteta probably made a mistake at the weekend, we don't have the depth to make that many changes and get a result. If it doesn't pay off with a result tomorrow then it will definitely have been a mistake.
Our league position is because of our miserable pre-Christmas form which was indefensible and arguably Arteta should have been sacked for.
But things have been better since so I say give him till the end of the season. We don't have much to lose. We're clearly not going to go down, it's tight enough to suggest a European place isn't out of the question.
I'm not entirely convinced by Arteta but there have been a few promising signs of late so right now I don't see what harm it does to let this season play out.
even though i know exactly how Chelsea works regarding its managers, i'm still surprised - given Lampard's status with the club, plus being essentially a rookie manager i genuinely thought they'd give him longer
i guess failing to get a tune out of the new players, particularly Werner, must be the key to it but still they shouldn't have been surprised
18 month contract for Tuchel.
Will he make it?