Quote Originally Posted by Arsenal Alcoholic Review View Post
The team Wenger inherited squad wise was massively underrated. The spine was rammed with elite level players. Seaman in goal with a back 4 from Winterburn, Bould, Adams, Keown and Dixon. Bergkamp and Wright up front.

Fringe players from that squad like John Hartson would walk into the starting line up of the current team.
As loathe as I am to agree with you, AAR, that back five, Razor, Wrighty and one Dennis Bergkamp sounds like an awfully good starting point to me as well

Not to denigrate Wenger's exceptional performance in the subsequent years, of course, but he started from a far better place than Arteta.