Wenger Out?

[Marc Overmars]

I don't remember a huge clamouring for his sacking at the turn of the year when our win vs QPR put us 4th. A few games then seemed to be enough to sour a lot of people's moods. This season has been a roller-coaster during which my mood about the team and manager have been all over the shop.

The clamour might not have been there but personally I've felt we've needed a change all season, that's always been an underlying feeling. Wenger made a terrible mistake in not anticipating the departures of Nasri and Fabregas and we suffered for it, that's when I really felt it's probably time for him to go. The form of the team has had no bearing because I believe strongly enough now that Wenger's time is up. Only a drastic improvment was going to change that, by that I mean a title challenge and a cup run, neither of which have happened.

I'll be the first to hold my hands up if we're here this time next year competing for honours, I'd love for Wenger to succeed again with us but I don't see it happening for him now. The last few weeks have been awesome but it's also left me confused and wondering why we aren't competitive enough when it matters. Ok you can argue that 4th place matters and we've done well to haul ourselves into contention for that but is that really the height of what we can hope to achieve now?