It's hard to keep faith in a man that's lost his way
I know it’s all you read about on this site at the moment, but Arsene Wenger’s future continues to dominate the headlines around the club - even more so than that of Alexis Sanchez’s and Mesut Ozil’s.
Wenger’s press conference these days are amusing to listen too, but also quite tiring and baffling as well. Following the humiliating exit in the Champions League to Bayen Munich a fortnight ago, losing 10-2 on aggregate over 180 minutes of football, Wenger mystified the majority of the Arsenal faithful by saying the club is in ‘good shape’. Financially yes, but seeing our side go out to Bayern by such a margin isn’t convincing at all in footballing terms, add to this our dire Premier League challenge this season, it’s strange yet highly embarrassing for the manager to come out and say this.
We eased past non-league minnows Lincoln City last Saturday at the Emirates to book our place in the FA Cup semi-final round, but fans are still not happy with the manager, and rightly so.
Wenger continues to be asked about his future but keeps quiet on the matter. He was asked about the protests that have been going on, he refuses to talk about it anymore - this in his pre-match conference ahead of Arsenal’s trip to West Brom this Saturday. He then makes another comment that will once again bamboozle and anger a few Arsenal fans. Wenger has said today that he no longer knows what is deemed as success and ‘nothing is good enough anymore’. Really? Well I can answer this one for you Mr. Wenger, winning silverware and competing with the big boys of Europe in the Champions League is what classifies as success. Simple as that. Wenger went on to say that he wants Arsenal to play in the Champions League next season - clearly this is for financial gain rather than football purposes.
It may seem that I don’t like the guy, but I do respect Wenger for what he has done for the club in the past. However, comments like these and results that we have seen in the past few weeks, months, years even, makes it hard to keep faith in a man that has lost his way.
For me, regardless of what Arsenal achieve this season, I believe it’s time Wenger’s story came to an end this summer.