The question is whether results will decline to match performances or whether performances could rise to match results.
I’d argue that so far, it’s been more of the latter than the former. We’ve benefitted less from the rub of the green in the past three or four games - I think that the balance of fortune favoured Arsenal at the Emirates (to the extent that we were unlucky not to score first half, to lose Onana to injury and to concede in the manner we did did after half time, which changed the game) and although Palace was an even game, our last 10-minute onslaught really should have brought home the points. So the luck is balancing out.
On the other hand, the players are catching fire one after the other as we progress and performances are improving as a result. It started with Cash and Konsa in September, spreading to McGinn, Buendia and Kamara, then Malen, Torres, and Maatsen, then Rogers, Onana, Martinez and Tielemans. Lindelof and Watkins ignited in recent games. Just a couple of pieces of kindling smoulder without flame, in Sancho and Guessand. If they catch light, or we get oven-ready reinforcements this window, we will definitely look like the kind of outfit that can win a trophy.
