Quote Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn View Post
Even that's open ended. What do you mean by "challenge"? Within a point, within 3, 6? In with a shout until the final game?

Given the sub-par performance of our opposition, as you like to refer to all the time, why aren't we saying he should go if he doesn't win it? What has he achieved if all he can do is "compete" with mediocrity? Isn't it time we had something better?

For me, even if he wins it he should go. His decision making process is too screwed up to benefit us when there are countless decent managers out there who could make much more rational decisions.
I expect us to go into the City game, our penultimate game, with a shout of still winning the title. I guess that would be classed as challenging. It is a bit subjective but that would be a reasonable guide.

There is no standout team in England. A Barca or a Bayern would walk this league.
Clubs like City, Chelsea, Utd have spent silly money in the transfer market and none of them have pulled away from 'the rest'. If anything, perhaps because of new TV deals, the rest are catching up. And supposed top manager after top manager have been put in charge of some of the top clubs in England, given silly transfer budgets, and none have made them stand out from the rest or into a European power.

So while Wenger is getting on and needs replacing at some point, probably sooner rather than later, I'm not sure who you think would come along and suddenly turn us into a Barca or a Bayern. If City or Chelsea didn't do that with all their money then why would we?