Why Arsene Wenger needs to earn his next contract

I have never seen such a negative atmosphere at Arsenal. This small video is an example of that [profanity alert]. This guy was one of the founders of Arsenal’s action group (Terry Neil days) and has been watching Arsenal all over the world for more than forty years.

It is evident that a time has come in the club where the board needs to buy a player and tell Arsene: “here is someone you need”. The club needs to be run like a proper football club and not as a profit-based organization. The Black Scarf Movement has issued a letter to the board seeking a response.

Make no mistake, if there is not significant improvement in our playing squad over the next couple of weeks, the rapidly growing anger in the stands will become difficult to overturn. There hasn’t been a poisonous atmosphere like this at Arsenal for over 30 years, and the Board has simply stood by, while things have gone from bad to worse. I am sure you appreciate, this can no longer happen.

All of this is especially disheartening for an Arsenal fan since this summer was supposed to be different. As it turns out, we have shot ourselves right in the foot once again. We are skating on thin ice, balancing a tripod on our head.

The gambles made by the manager and the inconsistent strategies formulated by the board haven’t worked out at all. Running the Arsenal football club is a job with its own set of responsibilities, and it must be done the proper way.

Yesterday’s result showed the whole world what we already knew – our squad needs to be strengthened. But now negotiations will be harder, and options have already diminished. It’s hard to think how a Higuain or a Gustavo or even a Ginter could not have improved this squad.

I love Arsene Wenger, I really do. He has been the best man to guide us through the dark tunnel of the financial crisis. But is he the right man to spend? I am not so sure.

He has engineered the move to a wonderful new stadium without spending any money, but the high is slowly dipping. The blame game and the “lack of options” excuse need to stop.

He needs better players to replace the average ones and get his “mojo” back in the transfer window. With only 15 days left, the job looks quite daunting indeed.