I’m a newer fan who only started watching the club over the past 2 seasons. I’ve been trying to learn the history of the club, and I’m confused why there was hate for Wenger at the end of his career. I learned that he lead the invincible’s, and that amazing squad from the early 2000s, he gave us the only champions league final appearance in club history, and even after that he seem to do an amazing job. Heck he even got a new Stadium that is really nice. He seemed to be loved. By all accounts he should be a Saint to the gooners but then I look forward a few years, and they were all these Wenger out protests. What led to such a fall from grace.
We went from a perennial title contender to being a clear step below the rest of the big five. All of those clubs routinely hammered us toward the end of his reign. His ideas got a bit stale and he refused to transition to a more modern club model with more oversight/checks and balances. Still, he did not deserve the over the top displays of criticism and ridicule that were coming in. The flyover banners e.g. were embarrassing. He should have stepped down after one of the FA Cup wins but he was too proud.