As promised here is the traditional end of season players ratings post, which also gives a rating to the performances of Unai Emery and Mikel Arteta as managers. A couple of things to point out. 1 – I'm using a 1-10 rating system – like in the player ratings on Arseblog News. In this, 6 is considered the baseline/average, the starting point at which performance levels go up or down. 2 – The ratings are individual, based on expectations of them and what they're capable of, rather than comparable with teammates. So don't say ‘How can you give X this when you gave Y that?'. I haven't included Nacho Monreal or Henrikh Mkhitaryan due to their departures, nor Dinos Mavropanos...
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