The thing is, Wenger is already going on 5 years without a trophy now. That is an incredible showing of patience from the board in this day and age, based on the bank credit Wenger built up prior to that. Can you imagine if Man United went 5 years without a single trophy? I remember when they were knocked out of the Champions League at the group stage & every single paper was about ‘the empire crumbling’ etc etc ad infinitum.

Historically Wenger has done well but there are glaring gaps in his squad that highlight real examples of poor management in my opinion – goalkeeper being one, previously midfield was a real issue and without Van Persie strikers are also a problem.