all true, though I do think there was something about how we got battered in the second half at Anfield, after doing so well in the first, that left scars

I cracked open a bottle of beer when i got home last night (after going to the pub first ofc...) and sat quietly thinking about it all - I did feel a sadness for the players - we can have a go at them for some of these performances but it's just been a tough lesson in, as Letters says, what you need to do at this level to contend with a team like Citeh

My views on Arteta are very mixed but I do respect most of the players and they will be hurting right now - yes, yes, I know people will say that they can sob into their big piles of cash etc so who cares, but still it's all relative - I don't think they 'bottled' this season but they did freeze at times, there's a difference

I'd like to feel more optimistic about next season, but with Arteta in charge my jury will be out until he proves that, instead of heaping all the blame onto the players as he appears to have done yet again yesterday, he's prepared to take a long hard look at himself also, as I believe our falling short has at least as much to do with him than any player