Zazu
Active Member
IMO we should have won two more PL titles and at least a CL during that golden era from 2000-04. This isn't a knock on Wenger, just a reflection of how outrageously good our team was at the time.
First season I obsessively started watching Arsenal was 05/06, and only watched the odd game in 04/05 so I missed the invincibles era team at their peak.
I remember looking at the champions league results from 02/03 and 01/02 a while ago and thinking they looked pretty disappointing for how good we were at the time - dropping points to teams like Roma, deportivo, ajax in the 2nd group stage to not even reach the knock out rounds.
I know these teams were comparatively stronger back then, but I'd still consider them a tier below that Arsenal side, who should have been able to go toe to toe with the great AC Milan and Real Madrid sides of the time.
So what happened? was it dodgy reffing decisions - or European refs not liking the physicality of that team? just some off nights due to fatigue?