It’s not even just as Arsenal thing to me. It’s a football thing. 8 straight wins isn’t a regular occurance for most teams, let alone in a tough league. Palace and Leicester aren’t mugs, they’re not the equivalent of Harlow Town! History/maths etc would suggest that we won’t be winning 8 games in a row. There is nothing wrong with thinking that, it’s not pessimism, it’s just the likely outcome.
And yeah, our defence… I reckon even Benteke will finally remember what scoring goals feels like.
If we get 18 points out of the the next 8 matches I’ll be extremely pleased. If we get 24 out of the the next 8 matches then we would be in for the title. I don’t think we are at that stage atm and I don’t think people realize how tough the PL has gotten.
Tbf, I don’t know if you can be any worse defensively, at least as a supposedly top side.
Emery ain’t a defensive coach but he has to figure something out. Bring in a defensive trainer of some sort. Something. This will get uglier against better sides(like what happened with West Ham, City and Chelsea).
For starters though, start a fucking DM like Torreira.
I dont think our back four has stood up to anyone. Thats my biggest worry. The midfield has to be restructured with Lucas or theres going to be a few very bad results at some stage.