Mark Ogden

And I think a lot of it's down to Arteta in the sense that he never really goes for broke.

He's more cautious than the managers that usually win titles.

And I think...

They will win the league, but this is probably going to upset a lot of Arsenal fans.

But if they win the league this year, I think they'll be the weakest champions for a long time because they've got the weakest teams chasing them.

The teams that are in second and third aren't the classic challengers.

This Arsenal side are nowhere near the Liverpool sides that have won it.

The City side...

I mean, even the Leicester side that won it in 2016, I think they'd give this Arsenal side a run for the money.

But they're going to win it, so the Arsenal fans won't care, will they?

They won't care if they're not champagne football like the Invincibles.

If they win the title, it doesn't matter.

But they're winning it because they're so far cleared because of the failings of others rather than because of their excellent play or performances themselves.

Yeah, I've got to be honest, the backing for slot amongst the fans, it's beginning to wear a bit thin, to be honest.

I think, you know, having been at games and spoken to some Liverpool fans that I know, they are losing patience with slot and it's almost like they don't want to, but they are doing because they accept that, you know, he won the league last season and he...

he had a you know a great year first year after Klopp but I think they accept now that it's not looking great and you're right Xabi Alonso's available and Xabi Alonso is kind of the darling of the Liverpool fans he was their first choice to replace Jurgen Klopp and none of them had actually heard of Arne Slott to be honest when he got the job but they all wanted Alonso but he ruled himself out pretty quickly so the fact that he's there obviously he'll want a break and he'll want to kind of freshen up but when the summer comes I'd imagine he'll be available so

that doesn't work well for our only slot.

So he has to get something out of this season.

He has to start finding a way to deal with those issues that Craig addressed.

And I think the big one, the Mo Salah thing won't be an issue next season.