Tottenham supporters want Arsene Wenger to sign lifelong contract extension
By Gary Pearson
Most Spurs supporters will agree on their desire for Arsene Wenger to sign a lifelong contract extension, so we can sit back and watch the Gunners spiral helplessly into oblivion.
It might be wishful thinking, but watching their feeble effort against Crystal Palace on Monday reinforces Tottenham supporters’ dream of having Wenger put pen to paper on a new Gunners deal.
Proving what little respect they have for their boss, the Arsenal first team completely capitulated, showing a laughable lack of commitment and effort against a fired up Palace side.
Lollygagging and ambling around the park like morbidly obese players do during Sunday League matches, Arsenal were humiliated and embarrassed in the team’s worst performance in memory.
They didn’t deserve to be on the same pitch as Palace, who were lively and spirited from the off. And I’m not talking about a bunch of world beaters. I’m talking about a Palace team who was, before trouncing Arsenal, perilously close to the relegation zone.
It’s the first time Palace have beaten Arsenal in the league at Selhurst Park since 1979. All of this is superb news for Spurs and their supporters.
There’s no doubt in my mind that Wenger’s players have completely given up on their manager. They’ve thrown in the proverbial white towel. I don’t think there’s anything more disgraceful and abhorrent in sports.
Like Leicester with Claudio Ranieri before him, Arsenal’s players are by all intents and purposes boycotting their manager, refusing to idly sit by and permit a contract extension.
Here’s a conspiracy theory worth contemplating: Maybe, to stick it to Arsenal after their supporters completely abandoned him, Wenger covertly signed a deal with Spurs to sabotage – and completely destroy – the Gunners from the inside.
I can’t come up with any logical or viable alternative. A forlorn and disconsolate figure, Wenger after the mauling inexplicably said his players created chances and won a lot of second balls.
He’s either delusional or in denial and I’m not sure which is worse.
Bereft of ideas, Wenger built his team on a bunch of heartless players who are devoid of the attributes required to survive in a long, gruelling Premier League season.
His recent teams often lack guile, character, and physical strength. They’re without a clear direction and have no bonafide leader.
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Spurs fans, suffice to say, are lining up to support Wenger in his plight to stay on as Arsenal’s manager. For as long as he’s in charge, Tottenham have absolutely nothing to fear from their anemic, disheartened, dejected and downcast north London rivals.
It’s not too farfetched to think that Spurs supporters might soon grab a “Wenger Stay” banner in support of the outcast manager
I wouldn’t rule anything out at this point.