Arsene Wenger Out? The People Responsible for Arsenal's Failures

Arsene Wenger's managerial acumen and his tactics in the transfer market have come under the scanner after Arsenal's poor run in the Premier League. With Arsenal's form faltering after the draw against Tottenham, many Arsenal "fans" started calling for Wenger's head, with many of them calling him "a liar."

Many "resources" on the internet which provide daily information about the club, along with opinions have also openly come out and criticised the man. While they have every right to do so, they have to look at the bigger picture.

The more I think about it, the more I tend to agree with my fellow Co-Community Leader that Arsenal simply don't have the money to spend in the transfer market.

Back in the summer, Arsene Wenger suffered the bitter disappointment of losing Alexander Hleb and Mathieu Flamini—both of whom he trusted for a considerable amount of time, only to be left stranded after a season which promised a lot. He had to listen to excuses like "London is too noisy," and "I want to play for my dream club," along with many Arsenal fans.

The board constantly said in the summer that there was money available for Wenger to spend. For some reason though, it is very difficult to understand why Wenger wouldn't have used the money to improve his squad.

The reasoning for this is quite simple—the board views Arsenal as a very successful business model. Arsene Wenger finds young stars, makes them play attractive football and always makes the club qualify for the Champions League. The Emirates Stadium, with its improved capacity, has also generated heavy match day revenues—thereby increasing the club's profitability.

What the board has forgotten in this equation is the fans.

They can be forgiven for that as well. Not many fans really questioned Arsene Wenger's previous failures to win silverware, and they always stuck by him. Fans always felt that "Arsene Knows."

However today, they have turned against him.

Arsene Wenger always knew that this season was going to be a crucial one for the club. That is exactly why he wanted to sign the likes of Xabi Alonso and Gokhan Inler to reinforce his midfield. The former was seemingly priced out by Liverpool, while the latter used Arsenal as leverage to get a bumper deal at Udinese.

Things just didn't go right for a man who was always so successful in the transfer market.

The Arsenal board have always surprised many with their decisions, and their surreptitious manner of doing certain things. They sacked the former Managing Director, Keith Edelman quite suddenly—with even Arsene Wenger not knowing the reason for his departure.

When Stan Kroenke, the American sports tycoon obtained a major stake in Arsenal, chairman Peter Hill Wood remarked, "we don't need people of that sort," in a clear rebuke to the American.

Stan Kroenke is now a Non Executive Director on Arsenal's board.

The board have also always made irresponsible statements like, "we have x to spend on players," and "we can spend 30 million pounds to spend on a single player," only to show nothing for it.

They didn't even want to pay a couple of million pounds more for Xabi Alonso—when will they sign a player for 30 million pounds?

With Arsene Wenger's philosophy, the board has hidden behind him and managed to earn a substantial amount of profit. But today when the whole world is questioning Arsene Wenger, nobody seems to be making an emphatic defense of the man.

The transition of Arsenal to the Emirates Stadium has clearly impacted performances on the pitch, even though Arsenal PLC seems to be making huge profits. The club is now the fifth richest in the world in terms of revenue (in February) and things seemed to be going very well for the board.

Until their mediocrity translated on the pitch with the players' performances.

Arsenal's youth and inexperience has been exposed—and all this is down to the "prudence" of the board and the "inability" of the manager. The people who should really be held responsible are the members of the board, along with the players who have clearly failed to repay their manager's faith in them.

Wenger also has to take a portion of the blame without doubt, but to call him a liar for not making one or two signings in the summer is simply atrocious.

Without him, the club will lose half its players—Arsenal will become also-ran, and will certainly be in a rut for a decade considering the emerging competition in the Premier League. 

That could hurt the club permanently.

Fans are there to support the clubs through the thick and thin—not to bask in the glory of victory and question each and every move of an individual when things go wrong.

I just hope that certain sections of Arsenal's fan base show a little bit of maturity and back the team in what is clearly a difficult phase. It pains me to see a man so highly respected in the footballing world to enforce week in, week out that he has faith in the players at his disposal—when it is becoming quite evident that he might well be losing it with every defeat.

We can never underestimate the greats like Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson because they can always bounce back from lean patches.

Many Arsenal fans, along with the press, may well be eating humble pie when they see Arsene Wenger achieve glory yet again for Arsenal.