Yesterday I posted an online poll asking a simple question – do you want Arsene Wenger to leave Arsenal? The response, in the wake of the shambolic display against Manchester United, was unsurprising.

87% of Arsenal fans wanted him to leave the club. The comments section wasn’t much better, with the vast majority of Arsenal supporters leaving a scathing review of his time at the club over the last 6 or 7 seasons – many citing the fact that he’s too stubborn, gotten stale and makes the same old mistakes, time and time again.

I love Arsene Wenger, but it’s ridiculous to think anyone can manage forever. There is a culture within the club that believes that without Arsene Wenger, we are nothing. But surely the opposite is true? We are Arsenal Football Club, not Arsene FC.

He has his own ideologies and methods, and that’s fine. But to think that Arsene Wenger is all high and mighty and never makes mistakes would be naive. He is human and even the greatest managers end up failing eventually. Look at Brian Clough for example when he was at Nottingham Forest.

We’ve had 9 years since the FA Cup win in 2005 and since then won one trophy. That is not good enough for a team like Arsenal and the most frustrating thing is he makes the same old mistakes, season after season. It is a vicious circle and we’re forever condemned to be in a world where we finish 4th.

But is 4th place everything?

We’ve had almost a decade of mediocrity and for some fans that’s not enough. For others it’s just getting boring and tedious and for me anyway, it’s just pointless. If you gave me the option to have 4th place for the next 10 seasons, or have an up or down 10 years like Liverpool had in the 2000’s (where they struggled to get into the Top 4 consistently, but won things like the FA Cup and Champions League) I think I would take the topsy-turvy 10 years. At least there’s some variety in the there, some excitement.

4th place every year is dull, boring and a waste of money quite frankly. Yes, we don’t know what the future would hold without Arsene Wenger but isn’t that life? Times change and you cannot keep saying that without Arsene Wenger we would be in big trouble – that is a very narrow-minded view. Life is about risks and at the moment, we’ve settled.

It’s almost like being married to someone who is boring and doesn’t excite you. It’s the same old rigmarole every single day. But with Arsene Wenger, things are actually on a downward spiral.

And I just can’t take anymore.

Well what a shambles yesterday was.

Manchester United have travelled to Sunderland, West Brom, Leicester City, Burnley and MK Dons this season and failed to win in any of those away games.

However, they went to The Emirates last night and what happened?

Arsenal happened.

In a game where we dominated possession, Manchester United had a clear game plan and executed it perfectly. A combination of defensive discipline and good fortune saw Manchester United 2-0 up after 85 minutes and if it wasn’t for an awful Angel Di Maria effort they could have won 3-0.

Imagine that? Losing 3-0 to a Manchester United team who were sitting in 7th position in the Premier League. That would have been an all new low.

As it happened, Olivier Giroud lashed in a great effort to bring some respectability to the scoreline, but it couldn’t hide now inept Arsenal were.

We didn’t take our chances and while you could argue you were unlucky, the same old things happen time and time again. Defensively we are a shambles and the two goals we conceded were naive in the extreme. We have a manager who continues to refuse to teach defensive elements of the game which in the modern game is completely unforgivable and extremely narrow-minded.

It’s fine when you inherit a back four consisting of defensive scholars such as Tony Adams, Steve Bould, Martin Keown, Nigel Winterburn and Lee Dixon, and it’s even okay when those players are still around to mould people like Lauren, Sol Campbell, Kolo Toure and Ashley Cole – but after that it’s been a complete joke.

Apart from the Mertesacker/Koscielny axis which seems to work, before that we’ve been ridiculously poor defensively. Players like Gael Clichy and Thomas Vermaelen were prone to defensive lapses and it was clearly because they weren’t being taught how to defend.

And despite it being glaringly obvious that we were short at the back we refused to bring in any defensive cover. Now we have Nacho Monreal in central defence, which is akin to having Patrice Evra or Roberto Carlos in that position – no matter how you dress it up, there’s no way in hell he’s a central defender.

Calum Chambers should be in there and Hector Bellerin should be played at right back.

The whole situation is a shambles and according to the statistics, this is our worst start to the season since the 1982/1983 season. We were also the first English side (in 101 games) to lose a 3-0 lead in the European Cup/Champions League when we capitulated against Anderlecht.

This season is becoming a joke and we’re breaking all the wrong records.

Is it finally time to call an end to Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal career? Should he leave Arsenal?

Leave your vote below and don’t forget to leave your thoughts in the comments section below:

It’s obvious that Arsenal can’t defend this season, but the big question is, can we still keep defending Arsene Wenger?

Last season, we got embarrassed against the big teams when we played away but today, we’ve reached a new low.

Despite playing badly away from home against the Top 6, at least we managed to do okay at home. But now, we’ve lost at home against a Manchester United side ravaged by injuries, and a Manchester United side that haven’t won away from home this season.

To put that into perspective, Manchester United have visited and failed to win at West Brom, Leicester, Burnley, MK Dons and Sunderland.

Yet they come to The Emirates and comfortably win (Giroud only scored a late consolation in the 90th minute).

Surely things have gone too far now?

Arsene Wenger is a great man who has done great things, but he is becoming stubborn, isolated and someone who is losing the plot.

Do the players believe in him anymore? He fails to see where the team need strengthening and now we’re suffering more than ever.

After a devastating defeat we’re a massive 15 points behind leaders Chelsea.

And it’s only November.

Usually our season is over in February, so things have reached rock bottom.

Tomorrow sees two former heavyweights of the Premier League square up in a match which could decide the games most important trophy – 4th place.

While the previous paragraph was meant in jest, sadly it is probably quite close to the truth. The bottom line is we are sitting in 6th and 7th respectively in the Premier League table, and both teams have been performing well below par this season.

So how will this clash go?

If it was at Old Trafford then I would say we were nailed on to lose. That’s how confident I am with Arsenal, and in particular their defence (or lack thereof). We have been a shambles this season, only with Danny Welbeck and Alexis Sanchez as the bright sparks of this season.

At The Emirates however, we have bit more hope. We lead Manchester City 2-1 until they scored a late equaliser, and the performance that day was pretty good. But we no longer have Mathieu Debuchy or Laurent Koscienly in our back line and Arsene is trying his best to f*ck that up as much as possible. Calum Chambers must surely play in the middle with Per Mertesacker, and Hector Bellerin should slot in on the right.

Welbeck and Sanchez will cause United problems with their own make-shift defence but only if they get the required service. That means we need to also sort out our midfield which has been pretty poor this season. Not including Tomas Rosicky at all is mind-baffling and Santi Cazorla has clearly been over-played and needs a rest. If I could choose the midfield, I’d go with The Ox on the left, Jack and Rambo in the middle and then give Theo his first start on the right. He’s chomping at the bit to start a game this season and he is player who can excite the crowd and get people on their feet. The boost he could give the team and the fans could be the different on the day.

With both teams having shaky defences, I can either see it being a goal fest or a dull game where both teams focus too much on defending.

Both teams have a lot of attacking talent on show however so even though both teams will look to sure up the defence I can still see a goal or two being scored.

My final prediction?

I’m going for a 1-1 draw.

Once one team score they will sit deep and try and defend the slender lead, but eventually the other team will get through and then both sides will settle for a moral-boosting draw.

Neither team will want to lose, and a 1-1 draw is a good compromise.

If you’ve missed it, we teamed up with YeeHD to make a video on FIFA 15 between Arsenal versus Manchester United, in a fun “prediction” game to see who would win. If you want to see what happened, you can watch below:

Over the last few weeks Arsenal have been a complete shambles defensively. Against Anderlecht, we unbelievably threw away a 3-0 lead (something no English team has done in 101 games where a team has been 3-0 up) and then against Swansea, we let a 1 goal lead slip away and managed to lose the game 2-1.

In terms of defending, our team is all over the place.

Nacho Monreal just isn’t cutting it in the middle. It’s sad really because the bottom line is he is not a central defender and it’s completely unfair for Arsene Wenger to ask him to play there – and the ridiculous thing is that Arsene already has a player who likes playing in that position – Calum Chambers. But Arsene is adamant on playing the young Englishman on the right, which also comes with its own problems. The end result is a massively disjointed back four which is leaking goals at an alarming rate.

So that’s why Calum Chambers should partner Per Mertesacker in the middle and Hector Bellerin should play on the right.

In midfield, we have another strange scenario. While it seems we have an embarrassment of riches, we can’t put out a midfield that competes any more.

When fully fit, we have the choice from the following; Flamini, Arteta, Wilshere, Ramsey, Cazorla, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Rosicky, Podolski, Walcott, Gnabry and Diaby. Even with 3 or 4 injured, we should be able to field a competent midfield.

Tomas Rosicky cannot get a look in, despite being one of our best performers which is completely baffling to me. Lukas Podolski is another player that has been frozen out which again is crazy because he’s a player who can do a job for us – which he showed in his brief cameo against Anderlecht where he scored the vital winner.

What we have is a situation where we over play certain players (Cazorla, Ramsey and Wilshere in particular) and end up having a disjointed midfield who don’t play as a team and can’t collectively defend.

The only bright sparks of our season are the two new boys, Danny Welbeck and Alexis Sanchez. Welbeck is a player who never gives up and is improving all the time, and a player who can score goals for us. Alexis Sanchez is a revelation and one of the best signings we’ve made in a long, long time. His passion and desire are phenomenal, as are his work-rate and ability to make things happen – a rest of the team could learn from his influence.

And the sad thing is, we should be lauding Sanchez as the player who is taking us to the next level – but the sad fact is we’re sitting 6th in the Premier League table. Without Alexis Sanchez in the team, I have no idea where we would be right now.

We certainly wouldn’t be higher than 6th in the table and we would probably be struggling to progress from our Champions League group.

So after taking everything into account, this is the line-up Arsene Wenger must use against Manchester United (unless he wants another embarrassing display):

Also, if you haven’t already seen it, check out the video below. Alongside YouTube channel YeeHD, we created a “preview” video of what would happen at the weekend with our suggested line-ups.

What happens in the game may or may not be a surprise!