We have been saying that for years.
Said it when Ancelotti had us top of the league playing expansive football. Changed to playing negative and tumbled down the league.
We have the players to play attacking football far more than we have the players to play negative football.
Nah.
When we had the likes of Digne, Richarlison, Sigurdsson, Rodriguez... Even Walcott - players who topped our chances created charts, we had players who could play on the front foot.
We are what we are now. 12th is as good as we can expect with this squad - and that's where we are without that deduction.
People saying we should be better than our results this season must have forgot the last 3 years.