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How come City lost away to Sunderland and Swansea? It's pretty simple. In one off games the best team doesn't always win. Over the course of a season though we finished above everyone bar the who Manchester sides who can both outspend us and one (arguably both) have better managers.


Agreed. Unfortunately City have both. But they only have a good manager because of their money of course.


I'm not sure finishing in the top 4 every single year is 'poor'. But there are glaring weaknesses which repeat year on year with wearying regularity and some of Wenger's decisions, it has to be said, are baffling. Given that Wenger has kept us up there the lack of trophies is damning. A new manager might do better but I don't think many managers could have lost their two best midfielders and still finished 3rd with more points than last season. And changing the manager won't change the board so I'm not sure how much would change apart from a potentially worse manager.
We've struggled for years against teams that play a certain way. It's not a one off.

Also, if we're saying next year could be Wenger's last, then why are you reluctant to see a change? It's going to happen soon enough and it's best we be prepared rather than getting caught out. It's also worth considering the fact that Wenger may have lost his edge. It can happen.