Originally Posted by
Master Splinter
We've probably pubbed more results than Chelsea, so it is quite funny hearing that Arsenal "have played out of their skin" and "Chelsea will get better when Mourinho finds his best team". Or the usual "City/Chelsea/United are in transition". These are three of the most expensive squads ever assembled. Ready-made, super-expensive players who've played for top teams and nations and many who have won domestic and European trophies in recent seasons. They're in transition?!
Arsenal in terms of playing staff and playing style, are probably in transition the most. We've become a more patient, defensive side who often let the opposition have the ball and look to play on the counter when possible. And important players like Mertesacker, Monreal, Arteta, Cazorla, Ozil, Podolski and Giroud haven't been here that long. The fact that the rest of our team is composed of young/previously unheralded players who have been successfully moulded into effective Premier League players tells you who was really in transition. And makes our current standing all the more remarkable in the face of infinite cheat code clubs. It would be a bit of a miracle if we did win the League.