Qwiss But it's not just about being back in the Champions League, is it? If we'd limped in there with 72 points or whatever, we'd all be a bit "Hmmmm" about it. But we didn't do that, instead we looked for half the season like the best team in the country - I wrote an article for Daily Cannon saying that CL football was done and dusted in November (which is insane, really) and I was right. We were so far ahead of everyone else that we've been crap for six weeks and are still clear in second.
That's the sort of growth I'm looking at, and how it can be sustained. It might be difficult to remember now, but that half a season was so exciting, i've seen so many comments on here about it being an outlier. The challenge is to ensure that it becomes the norm.
Maybe it's my fault for not quoting Sicario exactly, but I was specifically responding to his fear that Arteta has hit his ceiling. I just don't understand how you can look at a 40 year manager in his first professional job and not allow for the fact that he will learn and he will grow and, more than likely, improve. As will this team.
