There are numerous accusations directed at Wenger in this forum and others. Some are entirely justifiable, intelligent and I would endorse. A lot however are baseless and consist of little more than puerile, hyperbole directed at Wenger, seen as the epitome of what Arsenal has become, borne out of understandable frustration at the situation the club finds itself on and off the pitch.

Hopefully this thread will be some sort of balance - I'll post on factors and influences that contrary to popular belief Wenger is indeed at the mercy of..be they financial or otherwise.

Just to kick off:

this is from a guy who has a lot of inside info at the club..it is from twitter but he is reliable and known by many of the hacks.

@DarrenArsenal1
ONLY WAY out of financial trough of next 2 yrs is for Billionaires to stand guarantor of debt, that we have £100m of cash ...in bank used as covenants. This cash could be used. Means them not putting money in but using their assets to stand behind....behind debt. Otherwise its sell to buy. Reality is dawning that club is playing for 4th for next two years, a possible cub and....stay in contention, as they can't afford to compete on current model..people don't like it, but its true. Given that we've had 3+ years of this the manager deserves a knighthood for keeping us competing. People don't want to talk finances but football, but fact is Arsenal in a complete mess off the field and its like ostriches. With many who don't believe it has effected what we have now become....which of course it has.