Ten more years! Ten more years!

That's what every right-thinking Gooner is asking for. It is ten years to the day that Arsene Wenger became Arsenal manager, and the world of Arsenal Football Club changed forever.

You could point towards the trophies we've won, or the records we've set, but the overarching change made by Arsene was the way we play. We were transformed from a dull, negative team into possibly the best exponent of fluid, attacking and attractive football in the modern era (Barcelona might have something to say about that, but they can go whistle).

And of course it wasn't just Arsenal he changed, but English football as a whole. He brought in nutritionists, banned players from the club bar, emphasised different training techniques and basically made everyone take training and preparation seriously, and of course opened the doors for a flood of foreign coaches to join the Premiership.

Last season, during the Thierry Henry "will he, won't he" contract saga, I asked fellow Gooners whether they would rather lose TH14 or le Prof, and the answer was unanimous. Arsene Wenger is Arsenal Football Club. He was a driving force behind the plans to move to the new stadium, a project which began only a year or two into his tenure at the club.

He revamped our training facilities at London Colney and created a coaching set up that has attracted the best young players from around the world. Think back over the young players Wenger has brought in for barely anything at all; the likes of Anelka, Vieira, Fabregas, van Persie, Eboue, King Kolo, Bendtner, Lupoli, Merida, Vela, players that have gone on to establish themselves at the top level and players with bags of potential just waiting to get their chance, but all top talents.

Whenever I have to think about life after Arsene, when he finally concedes to his wife's wishes to give up the game and calls time on his Arsenal career, I break out in a cold sweat and start rocking slowly back and forth, not unlike, I imagine, a junky going cold turkey after ten years of sweet heroin addiction. Who on earth can replace this man, and who would want to be the man tasked with that? How could you possibly succeed following all that your predecessor has accomplished. In short, it worries me.

It's somewhat comforting to know that Double D, the man responsible for bringing Arsene in when I'd say 99% of Arsenal fans had no idea who he was, is still dodging and diving in his dealings for the club, and I'm sure will probably already have spoken to Arsene about his ideas for his long time successor. I know Wenger has a very good relationship with Paul le Guen, the former Lyon boss who's now falling flat on his face at Rangers, but beyond that, I've no idea. Hopefully we won't have to face up to that reality any time soon.

So I stand here and ask for ten more years, Arsene. Ten more years!