Arsenal were on fire in the first half. This is the first time they’ve been genuinely fun to watch in a long while. Tzolis is already looking like an absolute beast in this squad at LW, their weakest position last year. While it is newly-promoted Coventry, based on this game it also appears that Arteta is keen on attacking with more fervor and flow, which is part of why the game was fun to watch. This could be due to decreased pressure after having finally won after coming in second so many times. Though, if this keeps up and they walk the league with this style, it stands to reason that they may have had a better chance to win more PL titles in the past with an attacking style like we saw today. However, that can’t be measured as causal because unlike in the past, I’m ready to admit that Arsenal have the best squad in the league this season, and by quite a margin. Signing Konsa as CB DEPTH tells you a lot about their quality. Coventry, for their part, did seem to have a plan of attack, it just wasn’t coming off well. I’d hazard a guess that this was due to not having their preferred striker to use as a hold up player. The GK long balls to a hold up 9 have shown to be effective for previous newly-promoted teams (thinking of Forest a few years back, or even Sunderland to an extent last year).