arsenal has the best squad in the league in your opinion? have you looked at the other teams in the league? LOLI saw Wenger's quote about wanting to keep the team together and add a couple of players, and I don't disagree with him. However, he clearly isn't capable of taking that team to the level it needs to be at.
We finished in 5th this year, and on paper we have the best squad in the league, in my opinion. We're basically missing a WC CF, but we still have Alexis who scores just as many goals as any CF.
If you look at the individual stats of Alexis, Özil, Xhaka, Ox and more it is obvious that they had good seasons, however, collectively the team had a lot of problems, and that goes down to coaching.
The biggest difference between Arséne and the other top coaches can be summarized by how Arséne and Conte responded to adversity.
After we humiliated Chelsea, they completely changed their formation. They had a plan B, which eventually became their new plan A.
Wenger has acknowledged that the loss to Everton in December slowed our momentum and the team had a problem recovering. It is Wenger's job to ensure that the team recovers, and instilling more belief or addressing our mentality is no longer adequate. The coach needs to make tactical changes to freshen things up and instill confidence. Wenger failed to do that until it was too late.
Pochettino at Sp**s had his players regularly switch between 4 and 3 at the back depending on the match. This allowed him to rotate and rest players, while also ensuring that his teams were both unpredictable and prepared for an array of tactics.
Pep did the same.
Wenger never did this until it was too late. It really doesn't matter who we sign or how good our squad is if Wenger can't have some tactical fluidity.