And all of it has happened behind a shield of snowballing revenues and ridiculous levels of TV cash pouring into the game. That's had the effect of allowing the club to spin failure as success and it has also cushioned the blow as we've dropped down the league. It dulled the alarm bells that ought to have been on full blast years ago. The money meant Wenger was actually praised for turning us into a top 4 club rather than focusing on the football and title challenges.

I mean what the hell is a "top 4" club anyway? It can only mean the money. No sport lauds 4th place in sporting terms. What sort of a goal is that? A pure money goal and no secret was made about it. Now we're saying winning the second rate (literally a competition for losers) cup is redemption. Just bullshit. The best it could ever be is a step on the road to redemption - not the finishing line. If it was progression, instead of a sideshow on this slow bleed regression, then great. But nobody believes it for a second. Not any more.

If Wenger was sacked today (and he should be sacked after today btw) and a new guy came in and said let's win the Europa League and then push on, full steam ahead, it would be well worth getting behind that. But let's win the EL so Wenger can keep his job and we can get back on the road to claiming that top 4 spot? Fuck that.

It's why the game and the result and the performance was important today. Not just a thing to be thrown away or dismissed. Clubs with ambition plan for tomorrow. They don't lock themselves into a cycle of failure, which is exactly what we've done.

There's no excuse for Wenger. He has no business being at this club.

There's no possible excuse left for him or his fucked up idea of what represents success. So what if we made money? Everyone made money. The money is pouring out of the Sky. Where's the great achievement in picking it off the ground and stuffing it in your pocket? Top 4, top 4, top 4. Bullshit.