Wishful thinking. I have no doubt that 'loyal' players believe. I have little doubt that the manager believes. The question is - where is the evidence? We all know that this team is capable of playing well on occasion. We all know that our players have the talent to play well. But for me it is equally apparent that this, like all of Wenger's teams (even as the article write points out - the Invincibles) is a mentally fragile team ill-suited to playing the brand of technical, confidence football that the manager is obsessed with.

I suspect that we look outstanding on the training pitch - after all the squad will play against itself - players playing the same type of tippy tap football. But we have had example after example of our team failing to bring training ground form into real matches. There is absolutely nothing to suggest that this team won't flatter to deceive at best - like so many others before it.