Quote Originally Posted by Marc Overmars View Post
Therein lies the problem. He's worked himself into a position where he's been given carte blanche, he can do and say as he pleases because no one is going to hold him to account. Leaving Arsenal means retirement for him, he's not going to manage another club so until he's had enough we're stuck with him until he gets bored. The biggest shame is that he doesn't really appear driven anymore to compete for the top prizes, if he left next year having secured another 3rd or 4th place finish, he will deem it a mark of success because no one else has managed to qualify for the CL for that many consecutive years.
As depressing and predictable as 16/17 season sounds even before the end of this season, if he actually leaves at the end of it after getting us third or fourth.....I think that wouldn't be so terrible would it?....if actually finishing in that position meant something because someone with ambition would make it a platform to build on.
If it makes him easier to go by claiming it as a success, surely not a problem?. We talk about deluded Wenger, but we are only deluding ourselves if we think he's not going to be here next season.