Terrace Talk - Arsenal: Le Gaffer likely the last of his kind as Gunners say goodbye to Wengerball

Sunday afternoon started with the travelling Burnley fans teasing us “you’re only here for the t-shirts”.

Although a rare full house and abnormally long queues for the souvenir programme all felt somewhat false, from the perspective of the past few seasons of a growing “time for a change” clamour, ultimately the curtain fell on Arsene Wenger’s 22-year long tenure on home turf amid the perfect setting, with the blazing sunshine the ideal backdrop to one of the most fluid and entertaining examples of Wengerball that we’ve seen at our place for many a moon.

I’m unsure whether it was an off-the-boil Burnley display that contributed to a flattering 5-0 goalfest (in contrast to the sort of stalwart performances seen from Sean Dyche’s side in previous encounters), or whether the Gunners were that bit more motivated by the mortifying fear of finishing below the Clarets, forcing them off the beach and back on the pitch for a Europa League qualifier as soon as July 26.