A lot of that was down to financial restrictions

Which affected Arsenal until around 2014. The stadium debt had affected their spending power to the point that they couldn't compete with the other big clubs.

Since then, Wenger has been left behind tactically by a host of elite managers that have been in charge of other too prem teams. He had an edge in the 90's and early to mid 2000's with his fitness/nutrition knowledge and shrewdness for a hidden gem in the transfer market, but the rest of the football world has caught up with him on those fronts now and he now looks a very ordinary, tactically limited, uninspiring man manager, who can't fix the issues because of the more level playing field. All of the factors have combined to cripple Arsenal's potential, although I agree that Highbury was a more ideal ground to play football at for a home side.

Posted By: Common Sense Police, Mar 11, 13:49:54