Wenger Out?

[Letters]

Do you still want Wenger out? We were pretty much all on the same page about this in the summer but I honestly don't know any more.

Özil was a great signing and maybe shows a corner turned in terms of our transfer policy and after the first day it's been a fantastic start to the season. Concerns remain about our squad depth though and over a long hard season I think it will be found wanting unless we make some signings in January.

He's clearly not the idiot some have made him out to be but he has been (until the Özil signing) hopelessly out of touch with the modern game and transfer market. We've lost the edge we had when he first came and his knowledge of the European game and training methods was unsurpassed.

This long without a trophy isn't good enough for a club of our stature but we do seem to be moving in the right direction now and changing manager would probably see us lose momentum.

In brief...Wenger in?

[The Ogg Monster]

Anyone who wanted Wenger out are fucking morons, I certainly didnt. Wenger out, who in? It would be Arsenal F.C suicide to sack Wenger. So shortsighted. He will leave when he wants and this season is very promising so no-one should want him out
now.

[LDG]

He shouldn't be given a contract until the end of the season.

The signs are positive, but lets wait until we have a bad patch and see how he, and the team react.

Injuries are pretty bad at the moment, but we have been especially unlucky this early in the campaign.

That said, we should have signed a striker, and if he doesn't buy in that position in January, I think questions will again have to be asked.

[Marc Overmars]

Well signing Özil and recovering so well from the Villa game doesn't rewrite history, but I think I'm feeling more hopeful now than at any point in recent memory. Happy to see how things pan out but still wary about what lies ahead because we've had enough false dawns to last a lifetime.

Wenger in...for now.

[LDG]

I should add, that I am not suprised we're playing well, and getting results.

He's a very good manager. The question has always been, has he outstayed his welcome and gone stale.

Infuriating as he can be, I still love him to bits, and would love to see him guide us to some silverware again.

[Ollie the Optimist]

no hes the best manager ever


but seriously. he gets this season, confidence is high etc so no point sacking him or announcing he is leaving until the very end. dont want that hanging over us. but he doenst deserve a new contract as yet. compared to after teh villa game, he is a lot closer to a new contract but still not quite ready for it. if by march/april we are seriously challenging, maybe even won the carling cup, then yes give him a new 2/3 year deal.

in terms of the team. last seaon there was a noticed new ruthlessness about wenger. just look at vermaelen. no sympathy, he wasnt playing well so he just dropped him. this season too, hes been quite ruthless. changing the team when needed. in 2013, we have taken more points then anyone else, ten away wins in a row. 6 clean sheets, 4 goals conceded in that run. he is clearly doing somehting right and this team right now just seems to refuse to lose.
against spurs, it wasnt hanging on praying for the whistle to go, it was a standing there saying to spurs, we can do this all day, you wont score. we are going to beat to you.

does wenger deserve to go now? no. does he deserve a new contract? not yet. but if we are seriously challenging and have won a cup, by march/april then sign him up. in fact any trophy this season gets him a new contract, id probaly say if we make a final he gets it oo

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

A good start to a season changes very little at the moment. We've had positive spells before only to be completely let down. I still don't want him to sign a new contract, too much has happened to simply overlook. Let's get to march/april and see where we are.

However, if we come out the january window having addressed our issues with a top class striker, I will probably be back in the 'support wenger' camp. All we ever wanted was to address our issues and make an effort to compete, over the past few years we haven't. If they do that, I can't really complain.

[Marc Overmars]

Anyone who wanted Wenger out are fucking morons

[LDG]

However, if we come out the january window having addressed our issues with a top class striker, I will probably be back in the 'support wenger' camp. All we ever wanted was to address our issues and make an effort to compete, over the past few years we haven't. If they do that, I can't really complain.

Yep.

[Ollie the Optimist]

i think most fans, even those who do think wengers time is up, would love to see him and him alone, standing there with our next trophy above his head.