Wenger built an entire team for less than what Ferguson spent on one player. He has built a squad capable of winning the league by forming a group of young and talented players for a very small amount of money. Name me a manager who could have done that?

Did you even read my question? Ferguson has spent a crazy amount of money to improve his squad.

This is how I see it. it is truly impossible to really argue rationally about this as the two most important questions would always go unanswered, could Ferguson have achieved the success Wenger has and elevated Arsenal football club into a situation where they sell out 60,000 every home game on a tiny transfer budget .Whereas Rio cost more than our whole team at £28 million. The second question is could Arsene have had what was required mentally to drive a massive club that had been underachieving to such glories as winning the treble? My thoughts are that neither could have achieved the same success if the roles were reversed but if one looks at how hard it was to achieve that success I believe Arsene job is harder as if the best player comes on the market he doesn't have the funds to buy him ie Wayne Rooney at £28 million. So he has to continue pulling rabbits out of the hat like Fabregas for £500k, Toure for £125k, Adebayor for £3 million, van Persie for £2.75 million etc.

What Ferguson did is great and all but do it in modern football is very different. Fans have this idea that Ferguson had no money to spend when he first took over, only god knows where this myth originated from. He had a big budget when he took over which enabled him to sign McClair, Ince, Pallister etc. Without money that would not have been possible, when Wenger took over he signed Anelka for £500k and sold him for £23 million which funded his transfers so the next three seasons. There is a big difference between what Fergie had to do at the start of his reign at United and what Wenger had to do at the start of his at Arsenal.

I think if you are a supporter of a small team, a manager like Wenger would be a dream manager as he will make a small team to become a great team. With the money coming into the game, If ferguson was to manage a team like Derby with a limited budget, he would have been a nobody. With Arsene Wenger, if he was to be a coach for a small team, the small team will become a great team with his ability to turned gemstone into diamonds.Any manager can be successful with money, Chelsea have proven that and also Blackburn years ago.

Wenger took a team struggling normally finishing around 6th and made them into one of, if not the best team in England, he won the double in his first full season, he won the league undefeated, his transfers are amazing, its Wenger all the way!

I remember the Graham years when discipline & a defensive style won us games. It surely didn't win us fans and it was torture watching them but they won.

Did i get lasting pleasure from it? To be honest after two three - months , and having to go back to watching the same dull football afterwards, no it didn't. Yes I was still a fan, yes I still shouted screamed and swore watching the games, living every kick , playing every pass but it was not fufilling

Now compare this style against how we have played in the past three unsuccessful years. We played some unbelievable football with the likes of Henry, Rosicky, Clichy, Hleb, & Fabregas that has been a delight to watch. Some of the CC performances with Traore, Walcott, Nick etc have also been of the highest quality. Yes we have been unsuccessful, but we have been brought in the main, pleasure from the style and panache with which the club has played.

When our youth beat Everton & Balckburns full strength side in the Carling Cup we boasted to our Man United and LIverpool supporting mates that they couldnt do same. Take last season when we beat Liverpool twice with the Reserves - who didnt feel a surge of pride? Didnt the win feel all the sweeter? Or take the Carling Cup Final against Chelsea - watching our young players play Chelsea off the park for 60 minutes, with some breathtaking football. Yeah we lost but for me seeing the style and future of the club playing so exquisitely it felt almost like a win.

Why do we watch football? Because it brings us pleasure. Simple so far but bear with me.

What is wrong with supporting a team not because they are successful, not because our fathers brothers mothers or mates support them - but because they bring us genuine pleasure watching them. I think genuine Chelsea fans will admit - as two have to me - that in a way winning the League twice under Moaninho didn't feel as good as they expected. Left them ecstatic for a while but they kinda felt slightly empty at times. They had to listen to taunts of buying the League. Theyve had to ensure bandwagonjumpers & fair weather fans. And all the while playing football that was oh so effective but oh so ugly.

I guess that changed my outlook. Yeah I still want success. Yeah I hurt inside when we fall at final hurdle as we did this year. After Pool game in CL I was physically sick for weeks after. But I'm still proud of the way we play. Of how neutrals envy us. Of how we gain fans not because we're successful but because we play the beautiful game, the way football should be played. Of how when I sit down to watch the Gunners I know i'm gonna be entertained.

Would I sacrifice all that pleasure just to see us win Cups and Leagues while playing like United or Chelsea? No my friends - because then I'd be no better than the bandwagon jumpers I despise.

So here's to style, quality and sexy football in 08/09 - AND success

Say what you like about our lack of success, most Arsenal fans don't give a rats ass! We play the Wenger way and we are satisfied!

Many people will say that he is not the best manager in the Premier League, that Sir Alex Ferguson is better. However, I am forced to disagree. I know that Sir Alex has won the Treble and Wenger has only achieved the Double, and that Arsene has not yet won the Champions League. But if he does eventually win the European crown, which he has a good chance of with this very young squad that will only get better, I believe he should be remembered as the greatest manager of this generation.

Wenger should be remembered not only for his trophies - and I think that he will win many more of these due to the talent and cohesion of his team right now. The fact is he has done so many other things for Arsenal and the Premier League.

While in charge of the Gunners, he has seen a new stadium built, recorded record profits, gone through a season undefeated, and introduced a beautiful playing style that is fun to watch. As for the Premier League, he has demonstrated to the other teams in the competition that you don’t have to play ugly football in order to win.

I am not saying that you have to agree with me but don't insult his achievements.