Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger insists he's delighted with the progress his young team has made this season.
Wenger believes Arsenal have made progress this season after reaching the Champions League quarter-finals and producing a Premier League title challenge that has only faltered after defeats to Tottenham and Wigan.
He told his club's official magazine: "I feel we have made huge steps forward this year compared to last year and the year before that.
"We are not far away. We were fighting for the championship and missed the key moments against Barcelona to knock them out of the Champions League quarter-final.
"I know we have to answer the demands of the people. But this year I feel we have appeased our fans a lot. We have always shown a great attitude, a great response when needed.
"We have convinced people that we are making progress and improvement. When you listened to people at the start of the season they were writing us completely out of the race, so we have improved a lot."