What's happening at Arsenal (and of which Fulham - Arsenal 2-1 is only the latest episode) clearly indicates that it's not the players who are under-performing at the club, of late, but the coach.
They have been getting more new players at Arsenal, since 2004, than Ferguson has ever brought at Manchester United since he took over, in the mid-eighties.
And what has smooth-talking Arsene Wenger done with them?
That's a rhetorical question, of course.
I'm surprised at how much patience the owners of the club have with this unambitious, incompetent football manager.
Wenger is good with making a young player into a relatively good, matured one. That's clear to everyone. But, unless the club has no close rival in the league, Wenger is not apt, in the least, to manage their way to a title.
Nobody seems to want to say that about the elegant-looking Frenchman, but it's been the case time and time again, since that notorious unbeaten season (when Arsenal had no close rival, yes).
But, with more and more clubs emitting interest in the highest spots in the Premiership standings, there's no way for Arsenal to go but down.
Even Tottenham seems more likely to end up in the top two, from now on, than Arsenal.
And, ha ha ha, there have been talks of Henry coming back to the Gunners!... Do they really think old-man Henry can bring back the club to the 2003-2004 apogee? Even Wenger cannot be that naive, despite the way he talks whenever he's interviewed.
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