What worries me is that, to date, over the few seasons, he has had ample time to 'wake up and smell the coffee' as it were. He hasn't. He has continue to rigidly stick to his principles, flying in the face of all the evidence and believe that what he is doing is right.
This suggests to me that even a mid table finish, which is likely now, will not cause him to realise his failings. The Arsenal board only ever praise him and I am suspicious about how much of the clubs's overall policy is actually down to Wenger himself. This leads me to believe that the board will not sack Wenger. Wenger's contract runs until 2014. So feasibly, next season, with whoever's contract is up next threatening to leave and more low-quality signings to replace Sagna and Walcott, lower mid table will be likely.
Given the board don't renew his contract/Wenger leaves then (this may not even happen then. Gazidis and Kroenke don't seem to know anything about football. Earlier this year, Gazidis was pleased about all the players leaving, as it illustrated that they were keeping to their financial principles - this is very worrying), what manager will want to take over a big club that is in decline, that has sold all it's best players and will not spend the money to replace them? It's not just Wenger that needs to go, so does Kroenke and Gazidis. They're turning Arsenal into a joke.
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