You guys have really forgot the Arsenal boom busy cycle? Arsenal are always going to win the league this year as their fan base and the media would have you believe when they are top of the league in the early months of the season. Cometh January and the fixtures pile up, in the cold wet miserable weather, and by the End of February, flaky Arsenal are out of contention for every honour except scrapping for top 4.
I am still scarred by our collapse for top 4 last season and definitely understand people's distrust in us. I am not fully trusting of this (young) team myself, but even if we can't sustain it this season I am quite confident we are now as close as we've been in a very long time to mounting some sort of title challenge. I don't think this is a false dawn and I think we can now see why the board trusts Arteta.
People will talk about our lack of depth and I don't disagree, but we have had that depth tested already (we've had injuries to Partey, Zinchenko, Saka, Odegaard, Elneny, Tomiyasu) and in all comps have only lost twice (United and PSV) and drawn once (Soton). Arteta has done brilliantly to manage this squad so far, which on paper, looks quite thin. He's definitely exceeded my expectations there.
Worst case scenario ATM is we go into the WC 1 point behind City (if we lose against Wolves and City win their game) and we only have 2-3 players going to the WC (Partey, Saka and Saliba, maybe Jesus). So perhaps the WC won't disrupt us as much as other squads, but who knows. Still, if we can bring in one midfielder and one CF or winger in Jan, I will really start to get excited. Either way, am definitely just enjoying it right now.