To learn more about Arsenal ahead of Sunday's game against the Gunners, we spoke to James McNicholas, who covers the club for The Athletic.
canaries.co.uk: Arsenal are in a good run of form at the moment. How do you think things are going?
JM: It's just been Mikel Arteta's anniversary of two years in the job, but I think his time as Arsenal manager can be split into multiple sections.
When he first came in, the team were really struggling and he managed to steady the ship and win the FA Cup.
Last season was really about turnover and huge changes in personnel. Lots of people left the club, particularly in January, when they cleared out the wage bill, so it was a real transition year.
This season, it has felt like a bit of a reboot. They changed the strategy in the transfer market, switching to bringing in young players - six signings under 23 and unusually all of them have made quite a substantial impact already in the first-team squad. It's rare that you see that happen.
They've got the youngest team in the league on average and it engenders a sense of positive, a feeling that although there will inevitably be setbacks, at least with a group this talented and young, it should grow and get better over not just this season but seasons to come.
It's the first time in a while that Arsenal fans have been able to really cling to that sort of idea that tomorrow is going to be better than today. At the moment, they're riding the crest of that wave.
It's only a couple of weeks ago that they lost to Manchester United and Everton in quick succession and there was real frustration about that because it was an opportunity to stake a claim for the top four places, but they've recovered very well since then.
It's four consecutive wins in all competitions since that Everton game, and that's what they need to do this season.
There are going to be times where they're inexperience does show or they do suffer setbacks, but it's about how they bounce back from those moments and so far, so good.
canaries.co.uk: The FA Cup is very important to Arsenal and now that they're into the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup, they'll be taking that seriously as well. Is there any concern that that could hinder Premier League progress, even though Arsenal fans want to beat Liverpool and try to win that trophy?
JM: Arsenal are benefitting to some extent from not being in Europe this year. A club of Arsenal's stature always wants to be in Europe and there's a big financial benefit to that, but if there was ever a time to not be dealing with the added fixture congestion, travel implications and Covid protocols, it's surely this season.
They can't really complain when it comes to the fixture list in that respect. A two-legged semi-final is a bit of a burden in the festive period with everything else on top of it regarding Covid, but I think Arteta will be really driven and determined to try to win that trophy.
The FA Cup gave him great credibility and a position of strength very early in his Arsenal reign and another trophy now at this point would really solidify his position.
In recent years, it's felt like Manchester City have had a stranglehold on that competition, so as soon as they went out everyone elses eyes lit up as they saw a potential opportunity.
canaries.co.uk: What's your view on the situation with the forwards? We don't know when Aubameyang might return but Martinelli has been doing really well in his absence.
JM: Arsenal tend to play with three players behind their centre-forward and they've got real strength, depth and quality in those positions behind the striker. Martinelli on the left, Saka on the right, Martin Odegaard is really finding his feet.
Emile Smith-Rowe has been arguably Arsenal's outstanding player this season but hasn't been seen in the last couple of games because he's not been able to get in ahead of those three.
Pepe scored in the League Cup the other day, so he's another option. At centre-forward, there's a bit more uncertainty.
Aubameyang is not expected to be involved, or Arteta wouldn't clarify if he would be on Boxing Day. He hasn't been since the disciplinary incident. It doesn't feel like his return is imminent.
Lacazette has been playing very well but his contract expires at the end of the season, Nketiah's also does. It's the worst kept secret in football that Arsenal are going to need a new centre-forward sooner or later, even if everything is resolved with Aubameyang.
He's 32 and his contract expires at the end of next year, so sooner or later they need a new striker and that does feel like the next phase of this project.
They've done a lot of work on the squad, particularly in the defensive part of the pitch, adding players and building a style. It feels like the striker is in some ways the final missing piece of the jigsaw.
It will be really interesting to see if they wait it out until the summer, stick with Lacazette, keep hold of Nketiah or move forward the business they were considering for the summer to the January transfer window.
If they sense the opportunity is there, that might be the smart move, to gamble and push on to see if they can claim a top four place while it's up for grabs. It's a difficult market but I think they'll be on the hunt for opportunities if they can find them.
canaries.co.uk: One position they won't need to sign in is goalkeeper. No-one expected Aaron Ramsdale to be doing this well at Arsenal, but it must be nice to see, especially given Emi Martinez's success at Aston Villa.
JM: Definitely. A lot of eyebrows were raised when Arsenal signed him from Sheffield United, especially the fee that was paid for him, which made him more expensive than Martinez.
When Arsenal took that decision, they knew they were going to get criticism for it, but in fairness to them they had really done their due diligence on Ramsdale. Arteta even talked about watching videos of how he reacted when he made mistakes or conceded goals. He went to that degree of detail to understand his psychology.
When he signed for the club, a lot of people looked at his record and saw that he was relegated three times, was on loan at Chesterfield and Wimbledon, and maybe they were a bit disparaging about that, but now that he's playing well, you can make the case that they were important parts of his development.
He's played at all levels of the football pyramid and knows what it's like to play in front of a few hundred fans where you can hear every single thing they're saying to you. That's been quite important in forging his character.
He's shown tremendous strength of character to prove his critics wrong and right now is doing extremely well. Bernd Leno is a very capable goalkeeper in his own right, but at the moment he's confined to those League Cup appearances, so that's an area where Arsenal do have a great deal of depth.
canaries.co.uk: Looking ahead to Sunday, what are your expectations for the game at Carrow Road?
JM: Arteta was very complimentary about Norwich in his pre-match press conference. He spoke about them as a team who deserved more points than they've got with the performances they put in.
It will be interesting for Dean Smith. I was at Arsenal v Aston Villa earlier in the season and it was a really disappointing night for Villa. Arsenal played the best they'd played all season in terms of the intensity and attacking threat and Villa really struggled that night.
I'm sure he'll have taken away some conclusions from that and be looking to apply those at the weekend.
If Norwich are looking for some hope here, it's in Arsenal's away form, which hasn't been great. Their home form is outstanding, second only to Manchester City in the Premier League.
Away from home, they're much more of a mid-table outfit and unpredictable. A lot of that is down to inexperience and youth, sometimes losing their composure.
We spoke about Ramsdale playing well but the truth is he's made a lot more saves than you'd want your goalkeeper to make if you're solid and secure.
They went to a very depleted Leeds side and comprehensively out played them, but that team were really on the brink and it's sort of no surprise that they've not been able to cobble togehter enough players to play on Boxing Day.
It's a test for Arsenal to try to find some consistency away from home. They'll also be thinking about the fact that they have the shortest turnaround in fixtures from 3pm on the 26th to 12.30pm on the 28th.
Arteta may have to think about how he manages those two games in three days. Will he rotate or stick with what he's got? He played the same team in the league for four consecutive games. Can he afford to do that again, or does he have to bring in squad players to make sure he's got freshness?
These are the equations he'll have to weigh up. I think Norwich can take some heart from that.