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Arsenal did not improve from last season, the stats clearly show that, Arsenal did not win a trophy (this post is written with a 6 point gap between us and Chelsea*)as Wenger said at the AGM last year therefore this season was not a good one. Many others will break down, analyse, scrutinize, pontificate,debate, cogitate and generally unravel the season. I will keep my summary concise.

WHERE IT WENT WRONG 2009/10
Failure to buy a top goalkeeper (ie;Given, Friedel, Sorenson + another ten or so)
Failure to buy a couple of proven ready made players (AW: 'Buying Alonso is killing Diaby & Denilson)
Failure of a number of players that Wenger 'believes in' not performing(but given substantial contracts)
Injuries(yes it's true we have been incredibly unlucky)
Balance of squad (letting players go and not replacing with equal quality)

Wenger stubbornly persisting with flawed policies

WHERE IT CAN GO RIGHT 2010/11
Buy a top goalkeeper
Buy a couple of proven ready made players
Buy a top goalkeeper
Off load players that are not going to improve and have had their chance
Buy a top goalkeeper
Stay relatively injury free
Buy a top goalkeeper
Compete for ALL trophies
Buy a top goalkeeper
Wenger can hold up his hands and say he needs to rethink and do the obvious things that he needs to do to restore The Arsenal OR leave
oh, and buy a top goalkeeper

after all it's not Rocket science!
(*Should we have overturned the 6 points and gone on to win the league come May 9th, My summary still holds)
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