Who will gun Wenger out of the gunners?

One day, a Ugandan woman who was cleaning her house poured hot water on a family of bed-bugs. While the baby bugs writhed in pain, the mother bug assured them not to worry because “whatever is hot gets cold in the end.” Indeed it did get cold but by that time, the entire family of bed-bugs had perished.

For three years, Arsenal has been under fire, conceding silly goals and finding difficulty to score. It has lost its place in the “big four” and continues its melodramatic slide from grace with its last league game win as far away as January 17. And where as it still remains undefeated in its last 15 games in all competitions, nine of those have been draws! Arsenal’s attack which used to disorganise defences with hurricane force has been rendered harmless by a confidence crisis which rather than ease out, seems to be deepening week in, week out. To delight of MAN-U’s noisy, spiteful fans, and indeed those of Liverpool and Chelsea, the Emirates guns have been silent for far too long; the gunners have been mercilessly out-gunned for far too much!!!

Arsene Wenger’s assurance of an eventual return to form will be synonymous with those of the mother bed-bug which gave false hopes to the baby bugs. It would do the fans and the club good if Wenger divorced the club right away on his own accord. That would be a more honourable exit befitting his contribution to the club. While no arsenal fan will dispute the fact that his contribution to the club has been immense, we don’t have to wait for what is hot to get cold because by that time, Arsenal will be in the Championship outfit.

At the moment, Wenger is untouchable, having won the unshakable trust of the Arsenal Board over the last decade or so. The fans can only heckle and boo him. As for the players, well – except if they would do it the Togo way: recall that Togolese players went on strike during their last international competition by hanging their boots unless their demands (allowances) were met. Perhaps Adebayor could help lead such a strike given his Togolese experience?

People will argue that Arsenal woes emanate from the ever growing injury list – which in truth is a key factor, but who in hell stopped Wenger from deepening his squad, to provide the necessary depth with experienced players that would cushion against injuries? If there is no other reason for Wenger to go, this certainly would be sufficient! As the Ugandan saying goes, ohingire ahorobi nawe nahinguuka (even the one digging on a soft ground rests!)

I have been, and I will remain a staunch, eternal arsenal fan but quite frankly, I need to be a happier fan than I have been over the last three years or so. Arsene Wenger’s youth policy – which he is keen to die defending, has painfully made Arsenal an ordinary club. At the moment, Arsene Wenger’s departure from the emirates stadium is the only option to turn-over a new chapter, and perhaps re-load those silent guns with lethal ammunition capable of terrorising league defences once again. The question is: who will gun Arsene Wenger out of the gunners?