Not to mention all the odd goals were scored in the last 10 mins....villa, after the 90th minute, utd after the 80th, Liverpool after the 80th minutes.
Arsenal started this season on Sunday August 17th 2025, that’s 197 days ago. Yesterday was our 53rd competitive game of the season in all competitions.
We’ve lost 3 games in that period all by the odd goal.
I think we’re doing pretty well, ignore all the outside noise!
I know an “Arsenal fan” who’s just waiting to say “I told you so” this season. He’s lost faith in Arteta, he truly believes in his heart that Arteta can’t take us where we need to go.
Despite everything we’ve achieved this season, he hasn’t celebrated a single bit. Not because his heart isn’t full of joy, but because he’d rather tell us “delusional fans” that he was right all along about what may happen.
So far this season, Arsenal have played 43 matches across all competitions (33 wins, 7 draws, 3 losses; 104 goals scored, 36 conceded). As of today, March 1, 2026, no team in world football has clearly better overall stats than us. Arsenal are performing exceptionally strongly and rank among the very top teams globally right now.
But all of this means nothing to him, he’d rather be right than happy. I get it when rival fans troll, that’s their job and their joy. But when one of our own does it? We’ve only lost 3 games in 43 matches total. It’s been seven months since the season started, and the joy has been handed to you on a plate, but you’ve refused to take it.
Do we forget how easy it was to play against us before Arteta? Back then, we’d go all guns blazing in attack, full of hope and chaos, only for teams to blast straight through us on the counter, like we were wide open, begging to be punished. Hearts would sink every time we lost the ball, you’d watch in slow motion as opponents raced past our disorganized lines, scoring almost at will.
That leaky, naive defense? It hurt. It really hurt. We’d concede soft goals week after week, finish mid-table, and wonder if we’d ever feel unbreakable again. Hell, that is exactly where we were, if you’ve forgotten, I haven’t. I remember the pain, the frustration, the nights questioning if we’d ever climb out of that hole.
Those are the old days, brother. The dark days. And look at us now, rock solid, transition proof, turning counters into nothing. Arteta didn’t just fix it; he rebuilt us into something elite, something that terrifies opponents. How can you not feel that fire in your chest? How can you sit there unmoved when we’ve gone from being everyone’s easy prey to the team nobody wants to face?
Look at the last two games, those were supposed to be season defining clashes against our London rivals. We smashed Tottenham 4-1 away, then beat Chelsea 2-1 at home (goals from Saliba and Timber, both from corners, while they went down to 10 men). That’s 6 goals scored and just 2 conceded across those derbies. If that’s not cause for joy, I don’t know what is.
I remember the days when Mourinho used to beat Wenger black and blue in these fixtures.
My point is, a season is a very long grind, especially when you’re competing in all four competitions. You can talk about the mentality of the boys all you want, but they’re where they are because they want it, not because you the fans wanted it more. We can help get them there by believing in them right up to the end.
Come on, you Gunners!
~Sgt show
@Afcpmg Those calling for Arteta's sack may have forgotten where we were as a team, squad and as a club. Also, its his first job and he will make mistakes. We are now in conversations on the title for the past 3 seasons. Transfers don't depend on him alone. Its important to get that.