Manchester City trounce Arsenal 3-0 in the League Cup Final : 5 Talking Points

#1 What is next in the love affair between Arsenal Football Club and Arsene Wenger?

The Arsenal manager faced yet another set-back as relations with the fans continue to worsen.

Arsene Wenger and Arsenal F.C. are two entities that have been associated with each other longer than many Arsenal first team members have been alive. They seem inseparable and yet so disjointed at the moment, it is a pity.

Arsenal fans have been divided on the issue for years now, but it seems that slowly consensus is building regarding the manager's performance as the head of the club. And it isn't going the way the frenchman would've hoped for.

Even the most ardent of Arsene Wenger supporters will have to introspect, like they have been forced to by similarly shocking displays in the recent past. Arsenal Football Club seems to be a rudderless ship, with gaping holes in it's core, on the brink of capsizing. And how much longer does it make sense to try to rescue the ship with nothing but a tea-cup, is something the board of the club has to deliberate on very seriously over the next couple of months.

Another contract extension seems completely out of the question at the moment, but we've all been saying and thinking that for a while now yet the manager continues to find a way to avoid getting the sack.

Arsene Wenger has been a revelation in English football; this goes without saying. He has greatly affected the way football is played in England. His focus on getting the players diets in order and get them to stay on top of their games has been whole-heartedly accepted by all of the footballing world. Yet, he seems so terribly out of touch with modern footballing standards on days like this, it is shocking.

What will the next season hold for the veteran of football management is as unclear as his team's thought process is, but I think it's safe to say that it wouldn't shock us if the former Monaco manager gets another crack at trying to stabilise the club which seems to inevitably be in transition.