Quote Originally Posted by Letters View Post
And this is why although I voted yes I'm not convinced that changing Wenger for another manager in and of itself will necessarily make things better. It may actually make things worse. The idea that things couldn't get worse is laughable. We are still 4th (it's a bloody miracle we are, says a lot about Chelsea and Liverpool and we're a RvP injury away from proper mid-table). But we are. There is far more room for further decline and a lot more at the club needs to change than just the manager. The point is now, and this is the reason I voted yes, we have far less to lose, we need to do something. I don't buy into this idea that Wenger is some bumbling idiot and anyone could come in and do better, but I don't think he's able to turn things around and it's worth a try. Whether anyone else can turn things around with the current board in charge is highly debatable.
'Would you prefer to get one shot in the head or five to the chest and bleed to death' - Moneyball.

Under Wenger, we are bleeding to death. We keep going on like this and we will continue to haemorrhage quality players and the condition of the squad will continue to deteriorate. He should have gone ages ago and all those times where we've had these debates, people kept on saying one more season and this is what it has led to. We've lost too much and now down to the bare bones in quality. Two or three years ago, I'd say a new manager would have inherited a good squad, but not now. A change in management could have resulted in a season or two outside of the top four but once the new guy has made the squad his own and brought in a few players, we'd probably be back in the hunt. I can't imagine the Board allowing us to slip down the table if Wenger got the sack. If the top four is their standard then I'd imagine they'd work to maintain that standard. But if we drop out and we continue on like this then we're in trouble.

Our current squad is in serious trouble. We're going to lose a lot of players next season and whoever inherits this team has their work cut out for them. Dropping at of the top four now and losing more key players leaves us in tough position. We'd probably struggle to attract a top manager and top players. The Board should been paying attention. There at fault for not acting earlier and putting Wenger out of his misery. Instead, we're going through a very painful process and it's going to take a lot to recover from this.