Clrnc That's conveniently ignoring the fact that it's the likes of the Fulham loss that was the problem last year.
City proved you can drop points against your title rivals and have it be meaningless if you're ruthless elsewhere. Our issue is not necessarily in being able to beat top 4/6 home or away, it's in steamrolling over the rest of the league like City do. And that doesn't come down to our ceiling or peak performance level, it comes down to Arteta's squad building, rotation, and team management in being able to put out a fit and strong enough team every week that can win.
The last half season worth of form bodes well, but we've yet to see if he's learned lessons from tinkering around and trying to integrate his new toys.
