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That's all pretty reasonable, but the people who hated Wenger and wouldn’t hear a good word said for him were a loud and irritating presence particularly on line over the last couple of seasons. Any attempt I made to say that maybe things were a bit less black and white than that were met with howls of derision.
That said, Wenger definitely had become "a problem". I'm starting to feel a bit disappointed in Emery though. I wasn't expecting miracles but while we are better off points wise than at this stage last year it's not by that much. Two of Wenger's big flaws were a lack of tactical nous and a lack of ability to motivate the team. Emery seems better in those departments but the results so far haven't been that markedly different.
As we are the 5th/6th best team, I’m not sure what else there is to expect. The expectations after only 6 months on a new manager are ridiculous.

But in reality, the frustrations of the past few years are still being felt and now placed onto the new managers back. Hardly anyone is willing to give him a ‘free pass’. Even if we do get into the CL via Europa or 4th, he still won’t be given enough credit for it, even though most fans thought we’d miss out at the start of the season. But again, how online fans react to those in the stadium are two different worlds in the most part.