"Going backwards" is perhaps a little strong. "Not going forwards" maybe?
After all, I don't imagine we built the Emirates and signed superstars from Real Madrid and Barcelona in order to win a few more FA Cups, did we.
Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course, but even Wenger himself would've been wanting more, I suspect.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."