To say the atmosphere around Arsenal is palpable would be kind to say the least. The last 18 months have been frustrating not only in terms of the agonisingly repetitive November slump, round of 16 exit from the Champion’s League or predictable title challenge haunting before march, also the consistent positives we’ve enjoyed have been fleeting at best.
Every year the board and Wenger say we’re going to try to win the Premier League and Champion’s League but when we fall at the same hurdles season after season is there really enough being done to achieve this? We’ve kept the team together and spent £90 million in the summer just to look like we’ve regressed.
The fantastic Arsenal brand of football, rightly dubbed ‘Wengerball’ that we’ve enjoyed for the last 10 years has done a Houdini. To add insult to injury I don’t think it would be unfair to suggest that over the majority of the last 18 months we’ve looked clueless in how to build attacks in general, let alone play consistent, aesthetically brilliant football like we’ve become accustomed to throughout the Wenger tenure.
