Arsenal boss
Arsene Wenger is unhappy with
the expectations of fans.
"I feel that what is accepted at Arsenal is to win the Champions League and the
(Barclays Premier League) title.
Anything else is looked at like a disaster," said Wenger, who was
at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London on Thursday to help
launch the club's partnership with the famous children's
charity.
"In 2007, we were very close to winning the championship, last
year we were in the semi-finals of the Champions League and it was
looked at like a disaster.
"A fan who had been a supporter of Arsenal for 50 years, he told me last season had
been a disaster. I asked him 'how many times have
Arsenal been to the semi-finals
of the Champions League since you have been watching the
club'?"
Wenger, though, insists there are plenty of reasons to be
positive.
"Overall, our results last year were not as disastrous as people
think, nor in the way we played our football," said the
Arsenal boss.
"We did not win a trophy, and of course that hurts. but the
overall assessment of the season has been highly negative because
we did not win a trophy in the years before.
"We had a bad start, but then had the longest unbeaten run in
the Premier League, were in the
semi-finals of the FA Cup and the Champions League. We did not lose
against bad teams.
"If you look at the average age of the team and our overall
achievement, I think it is quite remarkable."