This season was a frustrating season for the Gunners and Gooners alike.At the start of this year, Arsenal were on the brink of getting a quadruple for this season, thus ending the team's 5 year trophy drought. And they were in form, in spite of Robin van Persie's absence due to injury, beating archnemesis Chelsea and Barcelona in an emphatic fashion.
Arsene Wenger holding our last trophy, the FA Cup in 2005.
But the dream of doing a quad came to a halt after the Gunners were defeated by now relegated Birmingham City in the Carling "Mickey Mouse" Cup. The 2-1 defeat was due to the miscommunication between defender Laurent Koscielny and goal keeper Wojciech Szczesny (Boy, I have a lot of trouble for the spelling!). From then and there, as they say comes the domino effect. They got knocked out by Barcelona in the Champions League, then were eliminated by another rival, Manchester United in the FA Cup, drew at Newcastle, at Tottenham, Liverpool and Blackburn, well in fact they were leading or have a man advantage. And last but never the least, lost at Stokes and Aston Villa. They were still title contenders at the start of April, but at the end of the season, they slipped to fourth, and will fight off other clubs in Europe for a spot in the Champions League group stages next season.
There were factions among the worldwide Gunners fans who were calling for Arsene Wenger to be sacked or resign as Arsenal manager.Instead of pulling an "In Arsene We Trust" slogan, it became "In Arsene We Rust". The Arsenal manager is known to be the most shrewd among managers when it comes to signing players. He is more into signing players with potential, rather than those established ones with a hefty price tags.He also let players over 30 years of age to sign only one-year contracts.His managerial skills can be very good for a club with a huge debt (because of the construction of the Grove), but if you want to win trophies, it's about time for Arsene not to be prudent. The exodus of the Invincible batch took it's toll, with Clichy, the remaining Invincible is set to move to either Anfield or Munich in the summer.
I see potential in the current team, but these are children. With a 45 million pound summer transfer budget, it's about time for Arsene to re-revolutionized this well-loved club as he did 15 years ago. Arsene Wenger inherited a "Boring, Boring Arsenal" club, and transformed a team that plays the sexiest kind of football the world has ever seen.
If you ask me at which faction I belong, well, all I can say, "In Arsene I Trust".
But the dream of doing a quad came to a halt after the Gunners were defeated by now relegated Birmingham City in the Carling "Mickey Mouse" Cup. The 2-1 defeat was due to the miscommunication between defender Laurent Koscielny and goal keeper Wojciech Szczesny (Boy, I have a lot of trouble for the spelling!). From then and there, as they say comes the domino effect. They got knocked out by Barcelona in the Champions League, then were eliminated by another rival, Manchester United in the FA Cup, drew at Newcastle, at Tottenham, Liverpool and Blackburn, well in fact they were leading or have a man advantage. And last but never the least, lost at Stokes and Aston Villa. They were still title contenders at the start of April, but at the end of the season, they slipped to fourth, and will fight off other clubs in Europe for a spot in the Champions League group stages next season.
There were factions among the worldwide Gunners fans who were calling for Arsene Wenger to be sacked or resign as Arsenal manager.Instead of pulling an "In Arsene We Trust" slogan, it became "In Arsene We Rust". The Arsenal manager is known to be the most shrewd among managers when it comes to signing players. He is more into signing players with potential, rather than those established ones with a hefty price tags.He also let players over 30 years of age to sign only one-year contracts.His managerial skills can be very good for a club with a huge debt (because of the construction of the Grove), but if you want to win trophies, it's about time for Arsene not to be prudent. The exodus of the Invincible batch took it's toll, with Clichy, the remaining Invincible is set to move to either Anfield or Munich in the summer.
I see potential in the current team, but these are children. With a 45 million pound summer transfer budget, it's about time for Arsene to re-revolutionized this well-loved club as he did 15 years ago. Arsene Wenger inherited a "Boring, Boring Arsenal" club, and transformed a team that plays the sexiest kind of football the world has ever seen.
If you ask me at which faction I belong, well, all I can say, "In Arsene I Trust".
