KROENKE SUCKS
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Arséne has never been in a position where he has been at a truly top club with all of the resources that implies, so he has actually been overachieving all of his time at Arsenal. Off course your team will have a pattern of falling off if you are consistently overachieving. Back when we were consistently finishing 2nd every year and came within a hairs breath of winning the double 3 years in a row and the CL in 2006 (not to mention going unbeaten a historic and unmatched achievement) there were many teams within our spending power yet we consistently beat them in the league, the FA cup and the CL. Liverpool, Chelsea, Newcastle, Leeds all tried, all spent excessively and all failed. The only team which managed to compete on a similar level to us was one with Far more resources.
Since then we've seen the influx of moneyed clubs and our own club hamstrung by crappy commercial deals from 2002 (most of which was payed upfront and spent upfront on stadium development) and the debt from the stadium. Despite this he has consistently gotten us top 4 in every single season but 1, managed to win 3 FA cups including breaking a few records along the way, and done so by often out competing teams who consistently spend FAR more than us year after year.
The influx of new commercial deals in 2014 saw us try to restructure the squad and saw us come closest to the title on two occasions. Unfortunately our deals were quickly outdated again by 2016 and we were never able to finish the restructuring process. This has left the squad in a state of limbo and without an owner willing to spend his own money in order to make the shortfall we are just going to have to wait until new deals kick in. Fortunately the club haven't been idle and have realised that improvements can be made in other areas, like talent acquisition.
If Wenger ever managed a team with the resources of a Real Madrid or Barcelona he would have 10 UCL trophies, much less a Man City or a PSG.
There I've highlighted the relevant parts for you. Arsène has always been an over-achiever. I expect that trend to continue the more resources he has vis-a-vis the competition.
Even Real and Barca haven't won the league unbeaten. The only other major top division club to do it did so in the current climate where only a handful of clubs are even rich enough to compete and they did it in what is essentially a one club league. Arsène doing what he did with Arsenal is similar to Valencia winning La Liga unbeaten much less Real.
And no this isn't the sole basis of my argument read the rest of the bolded, so don't you dare reduce my argument down to this.
I just wanted to re-emphasise this point. Doing truly historic things is something even the best and greatest managers only tend to do with the biggest and richest clubs. Fungus with yanited. Pep with Barca, etc.
So how great a manager must Arsène Wenger be to have done it with Arsenal. Imo he is atleast a level above the best managers.