16 Seasons at the club (15 Full Seasons) 3 Premier League Titles 4 F.A. Cups In 15 Full Seasons... >10 Seasons trophyless > 7 Consecutive Seasons without a trophy >14 Consecutive Seasons Champions League Qualification Respect, admire and be grateful for the years between 1997 - 2005 but you have to detach yourself from the early years and see how we've struggled since then. How many teams has he built in these 7 seasons that have disintegrated and either bottled it or anyone decent has been sold on. Sad but the end is here for Mr. Wenger and time to rebuild with someone new. It might be we have to take one step back but that's better then the painful cycle we've been on all since our last success
I would add 2006 in there, we managed to reach the Champions League final for the first time so that was a good achievement, but it is time for Wenger to go, we need a fresh new start, we are just moving backwards with him, lying 7th in the league at the moment says it all really, shameful.
Just watched 100 goals of Thierry Henry and it reminded me how much of an influence Viera had on a lot of games. In my opinion not replacing him with a like for like 'midfield enforcer' style player is one of Wengers biggest mistakes. Viera leaving was the start of the slippery slope to where we are now.
totally agree and the pundits do too, our soft under belly began as soon as he left. What we need is someone tall, big, strong, someone with bite in the tackle .. Song isn't that player .. not even slightly. Vieira is our single biggest loss
it seem that the team has lost the competition in the midfield in many matches thisseason ! please log in to view this image
My opinion is that we are missing out and out superstar players. Every winning team has 3-5 of them and they usually aren't defenders. I don't think buying them when they are at the top is practical and I think more and more these days they are tougher to find. Veira, Henry, Bergkamp maybe Pires - those were the 3 that took Arsenal in the day from a top 4 team to a trophy winning team. United have done so well because Giggs and Scholls are two and they have carried them for years.
