Is Wenger on borrowed time?

No trophy for five years and with it looking unlikely that Manchester United will drop six points between now and the end of the season soon to be six for Wengers men. Now don't get me wrong, I think that he is a fantastic manager who throughout the years has signed some equally fantastic players; Henry, Pires, Fabregas and Van Persie to name but few. However failure to win trophies normally leads to the board of directors/chairman wielding the axe as is rumoured that Ancelotti at Chelsea is on "borrowed time" and will be leaving Stamford Bridge at the end of the season simply because of his failure to bring sucess to Chelsea this season who look on course to be equalling thier worst ever season under the ownership of Abramovich.

I cannot help but feel that if this dry trophyless barren continues, Wenger will eventually be asked to leave. What I feel Arsenal need are a couple of proven quality players that will provide them with that extra competitive edge next season. Rather than invest in youth prospects for the future I feel that Wenger should look to now. As seen time and time again this season, Arsenal have relied to heavily on Fabregas, Nasri and Van Persie (who has scored an astonishing 21 goals in his last 22 starts for Arsenal) and when they have not been present performances have been frustrating to say the least.  One youth player however who has been outstanding this season is Jack Wilshere who more than throughly deserved the PFA Young Player of the Year award which he recieved last night. Another who I look forward to hopefully watching next season is Aaron Ramsey who had a fantastic loan spell at Cardiff and now looks likely to break into the first team next season. Another youth player who I feel should of been given more of a chance this season is Kieran Gibbs. Widely touted as the "new" Ashely Cole on the few appearances i've seen of him this season he has impressed. Gael Clichy on the other hand has had a below par season and could see himself shown the door at the end of it.

Reported in the Sun a few weeks ago, were a list of players who Wenger, himself, had apparently listed a group of players who he felt no longer fitted into his plans. A list of which I agreed with; Bendtner (who has been largely ineffective this season) Arshavin who again has been dissapointing along with Rosicky. Also rumoured to be up for the chop are: Eboue, Denilson, Almunia and Diaby. It would appear that Wenger himself has lost patience with the youth that he invested in and has decided that he should invest in experienced players. However, too little too late for the frenchman?


Dissapointing results at West Brom, Newcastle, Wigan, Sunderland and Blackburn (all games which you would expect Arsenal to win with relative ease) have all resulted in either loss or a dissapointing draw. Wenger himself blaming the result on either poor refereeing or the fact that his players simply didn't turn up. However even Arsenal fans themselves are questioning Wenger as to weather it's poor tactics and lack of motivation rather than "poor" refereeing etc. So another poor season trophy wise for Arsenal even though league performance suggests otherwise. Wenger declared himself happy with this season's league performance and suggested that he'd be happy with finishing second for the next ten years. Not exactly what you want to hear from your manager is it?

I give it another season, if trophyless, Wenger will be looking for a new job. If a trophy is delievered, then I expect him to stay for a little while yet. I mean who knows, he may just deliever the Premier League this season.