However, there remains a feeling of underachievement within the Arsenal camp, having ended another season without silverware.

Although reaching the Carling Cup final with a youthful squad may well bode well for the future, Wenger knows his first-team players must become more consistent to close the gap on the likes of Manchester United and Chelsea, as well as pressing for honours in the Champions League.

Part of the problem this season, in the Premiership at least, has been dropping too many points at their new Emirates Stadium home.

Converting those six draws into victories would have lifted the Gunners into contention for second place, albeit still lagging behind United because of seven costly away defeats.

Wenger believes things will be different next season, his men now familiar with the impressive surroundings of the 60,000-seater venue.

“Now we feel we are nearly there, not completely, but we feel much more at home now,” said the Arsenal boss, whose men drew 1-1 with Chelsea on Sunday to end the visitors’ own title hopes.

“At the start of the season we allowed too much space to our opponents, and we do not do that as much anymore.

“It is true that we have scored a lot of different types of goals here to the ones we scored at Highbury.

“We scored a lot more counter-attacking, direct goals there, because at Emirates teams have more time to regroup behind the ball. Also they tend to play 4-5-1 more here because they do not want to leave as much space for us to exploit.

Wenger added: “The size of the pitch has affected the way Arsenal have played this season too.

“The distances are bigger, so you need a bit more patience because we were used to getting from one end of the pitch to the other very quickly at Highbury.

“I also feel that we need to learn to use the width of the Emirates pitch better and get more crosses in. Slowly we are getting there – we are more dangerous with our crosses and we are more patient in our build up.”

With many of the memorabilia now transferred from Highbury – including the famous clock – Wenger believes there is a growing sense of history in the making at Emirates.

He said: “We have got the stadium the way we want it now, and the pictures in the players’ areas also play a part in that.

“The history is all around us now it is up to us to make it on the pitch.

“We live with the legends of the club, which makes us feel at home.”

Captain Thierry Henry, currently sidelined through injury, admits things could have been better on the field as the Gunners entered a new era.

“We are all as frustrated as the fans are with the way the season has gone. We lost too many points at home, and a lot of things happen when you move to a new ground,” said the Frenchman.

“Hopefully we have learned for that, and we can capitalise on it next season. We have drawn too many games here, and with three points for a win you have to win your home games.

“We had one or two fantastic nights here this season, like against Manchester United and also Spurs in the Carling Cup – let’s hope we can have plenty more of those occasions next season.”

Henry, 29, has only shown glimpses of his brilliance this season, hampered by a run of niggling injuries following his return to action after the World Cup final.

However, the Gunners skipper intends to be fighting fit for the time the new campaign kicks off in August.

“People might say I have been relaxing for the past couple of months, but to be honest it has not been relaxing,” he declared.

“All I have in my mind right now is to make sure I do not have any little injuries hanging over by the time next season starts, and there is the Emirates Cup to aim for at the end of July.”