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Gaah! He makes my head spin, he really does.

We've had a £9m net spend on transfers over the last 10 years, built a new stadium and paid off a lot of the debt, continually asset stripped and prioritised profit over ambition, bought a load of mediocre players and paid them far too much and yet...he's done it again. Top 4 trophy every single year. This year it really looked like it was game over but a brilliant run over the last couple of months and he's done it again. Top 4 secured. More points than last year, far fewer goals conceded and only 2 fewer league goals scored than last year despite selling the PL's best striker.

No trophies again of course and 8 trophyless years for a club of our stature isn't good enough. But to finish top 4 every year despite some of the money other clubs are throwing around to try and achieve it, it's pretty impressive.

Will we push on now some of the financial restraints have apparently been eased? Do we trust Wenger to make the right signings any more? Would someone else do better? Plenty of other managers would do worse.

I am not sure there are many other managers that could have achieved the level of consitency and have delivered what he has to the club as a whole. He has changed the face of AFC in terms of ground, training, brand. Having said that he needs to change and adapt.

I think that next season will be absolutely key. He needs to stay true to his word and use the end of the season as a springboard, change his philosophy, sign some real quality and really mount a challenge. If he makes the right additions next year really could be the best chance we have of getting back to the top - Rafa, Mancini and Fergie all gone..............no better opportunity than that