Cheasty
February 18, 2026, 10:24pm
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Called Arsenal’s collapse.
Even with those dropped points at the Anne Boleyn Ground Manchester United are now within an effective 10 points of the lead and that could be down to four after Tottenham and Chelsea are finished with Arsenal.
I have this nagging feeling that Mikel Arteta will ultimately be exposed as a spoofer who is a slave to a rigid pastiche ideology he has cobbled together, as somebody who believed his own bullshit too much. And that Guardiola, long pigeon holed as the arch ideologue, will prove triumphant over him through being pragmatic and adaptable. Arteta right now strikes me as a less charismatic, more ideological Kevin Keegan exactly 30 years ago.
Cheasty:
Arsenal travel to Brentford, Wolves and Tottenham in their next three games.
United could easily be within six points of Arsenal come 6:30pm on the 22nd of this month.
Cheasty:
I can see them dropping points at Wolves next Wednesday. Wolves will obviously go down but have been showing signs of having some pride recently.
Then they Spurs and Chelsea coming up and that could properly buckle them.
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