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Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:39

I have much respect for Arsene Wenger for his achievements during the 16 years he has been in charge of Arsenal.
However, Wenger has run out of ideas, and this is evident from Arsenal’s seven-season run without a major trophy. Arsenal are now the laughing stock of the English Premier League. They are no longer in the class of the likes of Manchester United and Manchester City.

Arsenal, who won the Premier League title in the 2001/2002 and 2003/2004 seasons, are now just another mediocre side in the top flight to whom winning the championship has become a lofty if not impossible dream.

I don’t understand what the bosses at Arsenal see in Wenger.  I had expected the tall Frenchman to be finally shown the door after Manchester United thumped the Gunners 8-2 last August, but he wasn’t.

The crushing defeat at Old Trafford was the height of humiliation, and it’s highly unlikely that Wenger will go after AC Milan thrashed his clueless side 4-0 in the Uefa Champions League last weekend.

Millions of Arsenal fans in Tanzania and elsewhere look set to ensure yet another trophy-less season.

A.M. Siwa,
Dar es Salaam.


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0 #1 Anders Fikke 2012-02-23 15:46
"Laughing stock" is harsh. No teams have ever won trophies forever. Times change in football but Arsenal has been "up there" for the last seven seasons. If it all came down to winning trophy after trophy I would have given up Arsenal long before Wenger's era. There a many different pleasures in football. Focusing too hard on the trophy-hunt is detrimental, I think.
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