When have Sp**s ever won trophies. They never even made the CL regularly. They used to be sort of a whipping stick for the bigger PL clubs, but now they're regularly getting results against everyone in PL and CL. You cant see progress because it reflects negatively on Wenger.
Sure they've progressed and are better than they've been in a very long time. The problem comes when people try to use Sp**s as something we should be envious of, acting like they are where we want to be. The truth is if we had performed similarly to Sp**s the last 5 years no one would be happy and rightly so.
Also let's not forget the media/pundits/fans claimed Sp**s were the best team in the league from 15-17, not winning the league or even anything during that period while supposedly being the best team in the league surely counts as underachieving.
Wenger from 06-11 >>> What Poch is currently doing with Sp**s. Better Pl campaign, better Cl campaign, , harder working conditions. Yet all people cared about was the lack of trophies, but with Poch that suddenly doesn't matter.
We've underachieved massively the last 5 years, don't need to compare us to Sp**s to realise that, as they have only been 'great' compared to what they used to be.