2 years ago we bottled it and last year we should consider ourselves unlucky to have not won it.

This year though, we just haven’t been good enough. Something hasn’t felt right all season, we’ve been bumbling along with no real anticipation or sense that something could happen for us. No peaks or troughs, a bit like those years with Wenger where top 4 was probably assured but we weren’t going to do anything else.

Even with a fit attack we were flattering to deceive and failed to chip away at the gap to Liverpool. It is horrible luck that we have an entire front line missing but we’ve needed to strengthen in this area for at least 2 years. Arteta and the club gambled and it’s backfired big time.

Even if we got past PSV we will almost certainly be knocked out by one of the Madrid teams in the quarters so it’s not even like the CL can be considered a possibility. Winning any game right now should be considered an achievement with the current options available to us.

I cannot wait for this season to end because it’s been the least enjoyable since 20/21.

Arteta won’t be sacked for now but I think it’s certain that if the club do not pour all its resources into the attack this summer then he will be a dead man walking.