First of all, sack Wenger and hire Frank Rijkaard? You having a laugh mate?
Arsenal's underlying problems are mainly down to poor defending and organisation at the back. And we know this has been going on for more than 4 seasons now. And yes, this has to be put in Wenger's tally IMO.
Even when Arshavin did produce the goods up front, our defence had always let us down. Just take a look at a youtube clip from that 4-4 against Liverpool.
Back then it was so easy to support Arshavin, wasn't it?
Why wasn't Vermaelen double-teaming on Valencia and covering for Arshavin? Why did 6 or 7 players watch passes being exchanged inside the box and Wellbeck have a free shot?
Why the fans/press are blaming one player for not doing his secondary job properly and letting others who passed by 90 minutes unnoticed get away with it? Why hasn't Walcott beat one single defender during the whole 90 minutes?
Valencia showed what true wingers trickery is all about, and he beat not only Arshavin, but he also beat Vermaelen a couple of times.
Sack Wenger and ship Arshavin back to Russia and you see you're not even close to solving this club's problems. There's a lot of dead weight there. The club is full of passengers: Theo Walcott, Diaby, Rosicky, Ramsey...
People seem to need a scapegoat now and it looks like it's Arshavin now. I feel for him too. It's not easy to get on the pitch with 60,000 people booing, even if it's not at you.
I think he is clearly demotivated, Arshavin. He took a pay cut to come to Arsenal, he's been played out of position since day 1, and he's on the receiving end of a wave of criticism that is out of proportion IMO. When he was in form, he was one of the guys carrying a team full of chumps on his back. And now this is how "fans" repay him. Now that he's in a really bad phase, he's seen as the source of all evil at he club.
Yeah, I kinda sympathise with him and I wouldn't renew my contract with this club if I were him.