Fwiw, the reason we embarked on this youth based course was down to the lack of money we knew we'd have whilst paying off the debt, so this entire situation is ultimately down to the spending of those around us and our lack of financial muscle, even if it isn't the only reason.

Way I look at it, either this sustainable way of doing things is possible and it's Wengers inability to coach that's at fault, I'm talking his inability to get the right team mentality in here, not purely on his inability to coach purely defence, which given we went through a period of being rather solid at the back before Szczesny got injured and the usual collapse started is usually overstated, this is where I reckon the fault lays. Or the other option is that this way is simply not possible and we must outlay larger sums and an ever-increasing wage budget on players whilst hoping that we hit more often than flop in order to keep an even financial keel, I really don't buy this as we have the required talent at the club imo, lacking a little experience which is what spending the big cash would get us. It's what the money's spent on rather than how much is spent in the long run.

Also, making statments like 'Wenger said to judge him in May and now he's redefining success' make you look at the very least a little boneheaded given Wenger has said many times that we've failed and that it's entirely his fault, he's taken the judgement on the chin and is trying to rectify things, not the way statements like that make it appear.