Er, you know those 'better players' didn't just fall out of the sky? Wenger assembled one of the best ever PL sides, certainly the best Arsenal side I've ever seen, and got them playing with fantastic style. A lot of the old guard credit his fitness regime with extending their careers. We won a sack of trophies and you're focussing on the fact that the side could have done more? Sheesh.Quote:
He won titles when he had better players than everyone else and still IMO he grossly underperformed with those players who should have won back to back titles, who should have at least reached a CL final and won it. Wenger was the weak link even then and a bertter manager woukld have achieved those landmarks.
And who were those some of those home draws against? Spurs - they're not a great side but they are our local rivals and will most likely finish top 6 this year. Everton - just the other day people were arguing that they're better than us, not that day they weren't and while I think we will finish above them it's going to be tight. Liverpool - champions elect.Quote:
FA cup won on the back of 4 straight home draws.
As poor as we were in the semi-final we were playing the holders who had beaten City in last year's final and again in this season's quarter final. Beat them away too. We've hardly had an easy run, we've earned our place in the final.
You asked what the way forward is, I've said I think we need to start preparing for a post Wenger Arsenal. Whatever you think of him he's getting to the age where we need to think about a time he retires or moves upstairs. But if we win the FA Cup and finish 4th then that will have been a decent season. Not many managers would be getting sacked with that outcome. Utd have shown this year what replacing a top manager with a #decent one can do, we need to plan this carefully. Wenger is clearly still a top manager, yes he has failings but so does every manager.
