to me there's something very wrong in our perception of the team. Arsenal have never been a great European side. we reached the EC final with AW in 2006 and won 6 league titles over the last 40 years. Three through AW who also presided over the Unbeaten season. To go 6 seasons without winning a major trophy is commonplace for this club.

In his 15 years tenure I never expected AW's Arsenal to win the league, as at least one club, Man Utd, always had a better equipped team than ours. When you talk about Great British teams steeped in the memory of European fans, they talk about Utd and Liverpool as Arsenal have won next to nought abroad.

AW has taken Arsenal to a level where we have never been before, setting standards that are setting up his own downfall.