Arsene Wenger has lost the plot.

Last season, we won the FA Cup – but only after trailing 2-0 to a Hull City team which, let’s be honest, are a mediocre side. We got there in the end but only after Aaron Ramsey nicked a goal in extra time.

What would have happened if it went to penalties?

Who knows!

And this season hasn’t been much better in terms of performances and results.

In too many games this season we’ve been lethargic and devoid of any spirit. We’re coasting through games, defending poorly and bar Sanchez, are showing no fight.

And that is down to one man:

Arsene Wenger.

The players have clearly had enough. They’re not playing for him anymore. The team is playing badly and we’re not winning games against the poorer teams in the Premier League.

And tonight, we threw away a 3-0 against a side which only has 2 points to their name in the Champions League this season.

Sky Sports mentioned it tonight – in the previous 101 games that English sides have lead 3-0 in the Champions League/European Cup, in all 101 games the English teams have gone on to win the match. Arsenal’s 3-0 was the 102nd time an English team had lead 3-0 but they are the first to lose the lead and not win the match.

Arsene Wenger is a man who has lost the plot.

In the post-match interview he was clearly angry, and blamed the awful defending from the first minute to the last. That may be the case, but Arsene you are the manager! At 3-0 against a very average side, it’s your job to make sure the team holds on for the win. If you knew we were defending poorly, then why not put on another defensive midfielder? Why not play deeper instead of flying forward and trying to score another goal?

There are literally a million things that Arsene Wenger could have done from the bench to see out the game and he did none of them.

He could have brought on Theo Walcott to stop the Belgian champions coming forward time and time again. He could have brought on midfielders for attackers to keep possession and kill the game.

How a supposedly top manager can’t see out a 3-0 lead is beyond me.

Arsene Wenger has been a great manager for Arsenal, phenomenal in fact, but his methods are dated and he hasn’t caught up to the modern game.

With Arsene Wenger as Arsenal manager, we simply can’t progress to the next level.

The former Sheffield United striker Ched Evans was sentenced to 5 years in prison in April 2012 and has just been released after serving half of his sentence for rape.

Reportedly almost 150,000 people have signed an online petition urging Sheffield United not to re-sign him, but Blades boss Nigel Clough revealed that he had already held talks with club officials over the possible return for Evans (via BBC).

He has always maintained his innocence, and public figures have come out saying he should not get a second chance in football, and are generally outraged.

The terms “role model” have been banded around, as well as “sending the wrong message”. The problem is, people seem to forget that football is on a completely different planet when it comes to decency and morals.

Ched Evans, providing he can prove his fitness, will be playing football again, and there’s nothing you can do about it.

I don’t profess to be any kind of law expert and have no idea whether he was guilty of those charges or whether in his words, it was a “complete miscarriage of justice”. But he’ll be back playing again before you know it.

Football is a sport that does what it wants. If Sheffield United don’t sign him, another club will. Look at players like Joey Barton for instance. If he wasn’t a professional footballer then he’d be in jail for a long time for the things he’s done.

And it’s not just violent attacks. Look at John Terry’s antics, and how about Wayne Rooney. Role models? You have to be joking. They are players who could literally do anything and they would still have thousands of fans supporting them and screaming their names on a Saturday afternoon.

Football is an extremely fickle game with absolutely no morals. The only thing that matters in football is money. And if Ched Evans can help a team win games and help them earn more money then he’ll end up with a club.

Look at Joey Barton, Lee Bowyer, Jonathan Woodgate, Eric Cantona, Tony Adams, George Best, Lee Hughes, Marlon King, Jan Molby and Jermaine Pennant. All of those have been in prison for various offences but I bet you couldn’t even name what half of them did to deserve a prison sentence. That’s because in football, we easily forgive.

There are a few “reports” out there (mainly from the Daily Mail) that Mesut Özil is unhappy at being played out of position and is looking to move away from Arsenal – with Bayern Munich the preferred destination, and they are apparently willing to put in a bid for £30 million to “bring him home” in the January transfer window.

Obviously, this is usually a case of a newspaper putting two and two together and getting five, but it isn’t a difficult story to create.

Mesut Özil has blatantly under-performed for Arsenal this season, that is a fact which is undeniable. He is our record signing at £42.3 million and only has one goal and one assist to his name, both of which were at Villa Park. Aside from that, he has been poor.

Some people say that it is unfair to put pressure on Özil but for that kind of money, he really should be grabbing games by the scruff of the neck and making the difference. We’ve drawn too many games this season and he should be the man who helps us turn those draws into wins.

Against Chelsea he was anonymous, and it’s got to the stage where Arsenal fans are fighting over his performances. Some say he was a monumental waste of money, and a player that isn’t suited to the Premier League. Others argue that he needs time, and that he’s being played out of position. It really does get to a dire situation when Arsenal fans are seeing a serious injury as a blessing in disguise, and others pity him. Mesut Özil is like a cute puppy dog that we all want to do well but we’re afraid of telling him off because he’s so precious and can’t take criticism.

Whether he’s out of form, not suited to the Premier League or needs more time – the fact is Özil just isn’t doing it at Arsenal. He’s a luxury player who doesn’t deliver. His inclusion in the team means that it’s almost like playing with 10 men. Our game is based on pace, tempo and quick movement but he doesn’t track back, isn’t on the same wavelength when it comes to playing those killer through balls and you could almost say it’s affecting the dressing room.

How many times has Santi come off in the second half of a match when it should have been Özil? Against Chelsea, Santi, like the rest of us, were in utter disbelief when he was hauled off instead of Özil. Arsene clearly feels he is obligated to play his record signing and is afraid of dropping him, but it’s at the expensive of players like Santi Cazorla and Tomas Rosicky – players who have consistently performed well for Arsenal. You can tell Santi in particular isn’t happy at Arsenal at the moment.

So the question is, would you cut your loses, take £30 million and send Özil packing back to Germany?

I know what my choice would be.

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Well we’ve heard that Mesut Özil is now out until after Christmas after having an MRI scan with the National team.

There’s no doubt that Özil is a world class player but this season he has been poor. Mainly because Arsene Wenger is adamant about playing him in the wrong position. He’s one of the best Number 10’s in world football yet has been stuck out on the wing.

So is this a blessing in disguise?

Arsene clearly doesn’t know how to use him and it’s affecting Arsenal’s performances and results.

We’ve been misusing Santi Cazorla, one of our best players, and players like Oxlade-Chamberlain and Rosicky haven’t been involved as much as they should have. Having Özil in the side is causing Arsene a problem he clearly can’t solve, so maybe being without Özil will help improve our performances, which have been poor to average this season.

In fact, our best performance this season was in the Charity Shield, when we swept aside Manchester City 3-0. And that day, Özil wasn’t available.