Inside Arsenal’s 8,000-day EPL title wait and their motto: ‘Remember who you are, what you are and who you represent’
It is a lot to carry on your shoulders. The old motto “Remember who you are, what you are, and who you represent” resonates. It ripples. They represent themselves, their team-mates, their families, their club and all these people all over the planet who care about Arsenal. For the length of a brutal, 10-month season, with the spectre of all the attempts behind this one, that carries significant weight.
Mirror images or complementarity? Fans wonder if Man City and Arsenal managers are football’s Siamese twins
Last season, Arteta was promoting the idea of two squads to cope with the packed calendar, while Guardiola was an outlier, complaining about having a bloated squad. Arsenal have improved their depth drastically to reach a head count of 25, but it is Guardiola who has moved position by starting the season carrying 26 senior players for the first time.
