Let's just pray that Chelsea don't run into any kind of form so we have a chance of finishing 4th. Then in the summer we need to start afresh by letting Wenger go along with the bunch of mediocre players that he has blindly supported over the past 4 seasons.

We need to invest big in the summer and nothing else will do. In response to what can be done, only staying away from home games because the board already said they won't bow to fan pressure. I still believe in Wenger but he needs to be given the tools to compete and not make a profit every year. The board is busy penny pinching, taking small risks won't bankrupt us.

Get the whole board out, bring back David Dein and Wel see the best of Arsene. Hillwood and the yanks are only interested in making money, get out of our beloved club!.

i agree completely; the malaise has tainted everything related to the club, from top to toe. first there's the board - who were so desperate to move to the mooing cash-cow that is the emirates that they forgot about such trifling matters as football, and who have so little regard for our history that they did away with the crest, to replace it with a cartoony emblem that's easily printed onto pencil cases and playing cards.

then there's wenger, who seems to treat the club as his own and assumes that he and he alone has all the answers.

then there's the sheltered, pampered players, who wouldn't know professionalism even if it was written across the chest of whichever page 3 girl they happen to shαg this month.

Will the lies never stop?

Arsenal run with a CL budget.....the wage bill alone puts them above all but 3 perhaps 4 clubs now City have gone crazy in the last couple of years

Wenger hasn't performed any miracles and has only been treading water and lying to the fans who have been buying the most expensive seats in football to see & hear it!

I love the arrogance of the 'business plan' after all been lucky to be based in prime London real estate is definitely a model most clubs can follow

We've got the 5th highest wage bill in the league. Still we pay some poor players far too much and the sooner we get rid the better. Wenger's not blameless obviously but still wages are a running cost, if you want to improve you need frest investment in the team but instead we're required to make a profit.

The best solution would surely be for Wenger to move into a scouting position at the club, if he's humile enough to accept that. What I fear most about losing Wenger is losing his foresight in spotting an incredibly talented player and bringing him in.

What I'd like in a new manager is the ability to motivate his team, change and stimulate our approach to games, and also to put the foot down with regards to Wenger's rough stones that just cannot be polished into diamonds.

This is surely the best way to resolve our problems?

If there was a change in manager you would get an immediate reaction and a fresh approach... I can understand the calls for that because we see the same mistakes every year. But unless we increase our wage structure and start spending more than £15m to buy top players I don't see who would make us world beaters.

"French side Montpellier have placed a massive £16m price tag on 25-year-old striker Olivier Giroud, who is an Arsenal target."

I know this is only taken from the BBC gossip page, but that's not the point I'm raising.

More how I found their use of the word "massive" in relation to £16m - which is a fairly modest fee for a "top" club to pay for a player - pretty apt, seeing as they're talking about an alleged Arsenal target.

The press don't expect us to pay more than £16-18m on a player, let alone the supporters... which makes Wenger and Gazidis' comments about not being able to pay £50m for a player all the more ridiculous.