Quote Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie View Post
That's your opinion, Uniteds team of 1997-1998 I think player for player was better than ours....they only needed to add Jaap Stam and Dwight Yorke to it, to win them the treble the next season.

Wenger brought the best out of a collection of young stars, using the same back four that had finished mid table at times under George Graham.

And if we were the best side in the period of 2000-2004 who was it that developed those players (many weren't established stars but were unknown or had failed to make it abroad).

I can appreciate your disdain of Wengers last ten years it is a catalogue of missed opportunity despite the financial restraints, but i think people who try to re draw the past to fit their narrative have to accept the accusation of zealotry.
Of course it's my opinion, what else could it be. I would not however trade the team of 2000-2004 for any of Uniteds during the same period. I would also venture that exchanging squads with Fergie during that period, Wenger would have won less and Fergie more. To further buttress my argument. That was our best squad in recent history and we've won no big trophies since, except the Letters cup 3 times.

Wenger hit the mother lode with that era of players, it will take a similar squad to replicate that. In fairness, this squad is not far off. It needs only a lethal striker and a midfield general now.