Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
I dont know what changed.
He inherited the best defence in the country. Then he managed to rebuild it, Campbell, Toure, Cole, Lehman - was an excellent back line for a while.
He had Vieira as a beast in midfield, when he went Gilberto did a very good, and understated job.
Clearly it wasnt the case that he inherited a spine and could never replicate it, because once he actually did.
Same as he lost Anelka, and got Henry.
These days? There really is no spine. They dont have a top quality centre forward, there is no beast in midfield, and the back line is weak.
And its been that way for years, with Wenger ignoring the most obvious deficiencies window after window...
Ive a few Gooner mates, all of them love Wenger for what he achieved with them in the glory days but are deeply, deeply frustrated with him for exactly this reason. They all know what they need, and that he refuses to address it baffles them.
They never won the league without at least one of the old guard playing (keown was the last one)