I specifically mentioned his last 2 seasons in a post above.We had about the 5th most expensive team and we finished 5th and 6th + an FA Cup. Not great definitely but not awful. What have his successors done since considering the large amounts we have spent in the last 4 seasons?
What is there to spin about Spurs?Poch was doing a fantastic job for them better than Wenger at the time.
But again, Wenger far outspent Pochettino and had a much higher wage budget. Yet Pochettino still finished ahead of him and put Spurs into the top 4.
Why do you keep repeating the lie that Wenger didn't have the resources to finish top 4, when he clearly did? Arteta btw won the FA Cup too & Emery got us to the Europa League final, something Wenger incidentally failed to do in his final season.
Wenger was fired precisely because he was unable to get into the top 4, and unable to win the Europa League to get us through to the Champions League via that route and was only capable of getting FA cups.
That's why he was fired.
Now, every time you criticize other managers for failing to get us a Champions League place, you're simply reinforcing why it was the correct decision to get rid of Wenger in the first place & it's stunning how you don't even realize that honestly.
I completely and totally agree with you that we spent eye-watering sums of money recently with absolutely nothing to show for it basically. But that's a separate discussion to Wenger, that's my point.
Just because it was the correct decision to get rid of Wenger, doesn't mean it was the correct decision to hire Arteta, or let Edu take charge of transfer decisions etc.
I still believe Arteta was completely the wrong choice and his lack of management ability in the big games is sad to see. However, Emery is the complete opposite. There was absolutely no chance we would have been eliminated in the Semi Final of the Europa League last year if Emery was in charge. It's so poetic that he eliminated Arteta & our club and went on to win that trophy. I'm very happy for him.
Emery didn't fail Arsenal, Arsenal failed Emery. He did very well with the resources he had, and it's frankly embarrassing for the board to get rid of him and hire Arteta. Also very insulting. A complete rookie!
It was a risky move and it didn't pay off. If he fails to finish top 4 this season as well, then it has been a spectacular failure with vast sums of cash down the drain.
/Rant