Arsenal may be top of the Premier League and Champions League Group
H but their manager feels they are nowhere yet.
On the eve of their trip to Steaua Bucharest, Arsène Wenger warned
his side that, despite their accomplishments and the praise their
style is receiving, everything is superficial at the moment. The
tangible stuff, like the silverware, must be earned over the course
of the season.
We have played a few games and done well, he said. But we
havent achieved anything. Any team in the League can do that. I
think we have to be bigger than that. At the moment it is
superficial.
We are in a position of fighting with Man United and Man City, so
at the moment we are nowhere. Real maturity is when what we have
done is forgotten and exists only because of what we do at the
moment.
And at the moment it is all good. We all prefer to have well
done said to us, but that is not enough. A real team achieves
something together. We are a team who are miles away from having
done that.
But I do think we have matured a little bit and play a bit more
efficient now. That is the life of a team - they start all
enthusiastic and play, after they go to a level where there is a
good balance between being efficient but still playing, and then
they get to a level where they are only efficient.