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Well, you can't quantify disappointment but I go back to Dein's interview where he described Wenger's mood after defeats. It clearly hurts him. Why he doesn't do more to change it...
Is it stubborn belief that the players are good enough? (Unlikely given that he keeps bidding for strikers)
Is it stubborn belief that prices are crazy and he doesn't want to get involved? (More likely but he did buy Ozil and Sanchez who weren't cheap, why not push the boat out for a top striker?)
Is it that he's looking longer term and doesn't want to put us in financial problems? (There has been some of that during the stadium move, again Dein's interview backs that up but that doesn't wash any more, we clearly have the money to spend big without putting ourselves in financial difficulty).

Who knows. We seem inept in the transfer market and Wenger clearly needs 'a Dein' to help with that side of things. But I don't buy it's that he's so content with top 4 that he doesn't care about doing better.
At the same time, Dein hasn't been with the club since 2007 and i don't think Wenger has the same drive and hatred of losing that he did. He has taken on far more responsibility since Dein left, and it's just possible that because he sees himself responsible for the day to day running of the club that he isn't so singled mindedly obsessed with winning any more.
It's there in the body language, the worst one was the Southampton game....he should have been livid with the players....as i honestly think that was the worst performance i've seen with him as manager, there have been bigger more humiliating defeats.....but this took the biscuit because the players simply just weren't trying at all....they didn't seem to care and if the players don't seem to care, who is encouraging them to care?