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Arsène Wenger's utopianism will get him nowhere if tomorrow never comes

Source: The Guardian

Nov 08, 2009

Summary

Arsenal force us to question if the pursuit of creativity is enough without actually winning trophies

On the trophy-memorialising boards that run round Arsenal's stadium, history stops in 2005, the last time the Gunners won a pot. To notice that, you would need to look up from the sometimes sublime football being played by a side otherwise known as Jam Tomorrow FC.

Suppose a divine ruler told you to pick a club to follow while warning you that there would be a celestial ban in place on whichever team you selected winning a Premier League title, Champions League crown or FA Cup (Arsenal's last success, four years ago). All bar Tottenham fans would set their internal satnav to the Emirates, the ground where idealism never dies.

In English society there aren't many refuges left for utopianism. To create beauty on the sporting field and then see where it takes you is out of synch with our times, where the big ending-up points are MPs' expenses and Afghanistan. This is why we all lurch between extremes on Arsène Wenger's great Arsenal experiment. Even the regulars ar

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