Wenger And The Ides Of March

Wonder why so many of us have little faith in Arsene Wenger to win the league again? Look how many times we have croaked at the business end of the season. We were led to believe the tackle on Eduardo away to Birmingham in 2008 had a real impact on the team and the players, which overlooks our triumph in Milan, but that was just the club offering a lame excuse. Wenger has become better at rewriting history rather than making history. 

Time and time again we have fallen short and nothing Wenger says or does suggests he has the fibre to turn our team of snowflakes in to battle hardened warriors. Too often a big loss is followed by a silent dressing room, no doubt where Wenger lights incense candles and leads the team in a solemn rendition of Kumbaya rather than tearing new arseholes in over paid, over hyped, over groomed players who feel nothing for our club beyond collecting their pay every week. To happen once in understandable, six times in such a short period time suggests a club in denial.

2006/2007

17/02/07 - Blackburn (FA Cup) 0-0
20/02/07 - PSV (Champions League) 0-1
25/02/07 - Chelsea (League Cup Final) 1-2
28/02/07 - Blackburn (FA Cup) 0-1
03/03/07 - Reading (PL) 2-1
07/03/07 - PSV (Champions League) 1-1

2007/2008

16/02/08 - Manchester United (FAC) 0-4
20/02/08 - AC Milan (Champions League) 0-0
23/02/08 - Birmingham City (PL) 2-2
01/03/08 - Aston Villa (PL) 1-1
04/03/08 - AC Milan (Champions League) 2-0
09/03/08 - Wigan Athletic (PL) 0-0
15/03/08 - Middlesbrough (PL) 1-1
23/02/08 - Chelsea (PL) 1-2
29/03/08 - Bolton (PL) 3-2
02/04/08 - Liverpool (Champions League) 1-1
05/04/08 - Liverpool (PL) 1-1
08/04/08 - Liverpool (Champions League) 2-4
13/04/08 - Manchester United (PL) 1-2

Finished 3rd, four points behind champions

2009/2010

27/03/10 - Birmingham City (PL) 1-1
31/03/10 - Barcelona (Champions League) 2-2
03/04/10 - Wolves (PL) 1-0
06/04/10 - Barcelona (Champions League) 1-4\
14/04/10 - Spurs (PL) 1-2
18/04/10 - Wigan (PL) 2-3
24/04/10 - Manchester City (PL) 0-0
03/05/10 - Blackburn (PL) 1-2

Finished 3rd, 11 points behind champions

2010/2011

27/02/11 - Birmingham City (League Cup Final) 1-2
02/03/11 - Orient (FAC) 5-0
05/03/11 - Sunderland (PL) 0-0
08/03/11 - Barcelona (Champions League) 1-3
12/03/11 - Manchester United (FAC) 0-2
19/03/11 - West Brom (PL) 2-2
02/04/11 - Blackburn (PL) 0-0
10/04/11 - Blackpool (PL) 3-1
17/04/11 - Liverpool (PL) 1-1
20/04/11 - Spurs (PL) 3-3
24/04/11 - Bolton (PL) 1-2
01/05/11 - Manchester United (PL) 1-0
08/05/11 - Stoke City (PL) 1-3
15/05/11 - Aston Villa (PL) 1-2
22/05/11 - Fulham (PL) 2-2

Finished 4th, 12 points behind champions.

2013/2014

08/02/14 - Liverpool (PL) 1-5
12/02/14 - Manchester United (PL) 0-0
16/02/14 - Liverpool (FAC) 2-1
19/02/14 - Bayern Munich (Champions League) 0-2
22/02/14 - Sunderland (PL) 4-1
01/03/14 - Stoke City (PL) 0-1
08/03/14 - Everton (FAC) 4-1
11/03/14 - Bayern Munich (Champions League) 1-1
16/03/14 - Spurs (PL) 1-0
22/03/14 - Chelsea (PL) 0-6
25/03/14 - Swansea City (PL) 2-2
29/03/14 - Manchester City (PL) 1-1
06/04/14 - Everton (PL) 0-3

Finished 4th, seven points behind champions

2015/2016

23/02/16 - Barcelona (Champions League) 0-2
28/02/16 - Manchester United (PL) 2-3
02/03/16 - Swansea City (PL) 1-2 
05/03/16 - Spurs (PL) 2-2
13/03/16 - Watford (FAC) 1-2
16/03/16 - Barcelona (Champions League) 1-3

Finished 2nd, 10 points behind champions