Arsenal really is a mindf*ck

At the moment, fans are terribly confused, miserable, doubting. They've waited four years for Wenger's master plan to evolve, and yet Arsenal is at a new low under the Frenchman - further away from achieving success than four years ago and nowhere near title challengers.

Supporters have so many questions, but so few answers are forthcoming.

Some of the questions read like this:

Are Arsenal really unable to spend big or does Wenger merely choose not to?

Are the board only interested in the financial fruits of Champions League qualification until the Highbury redevelopment is complete?

If it's all about money, why was Adebayor not sold?

Why is Arsenal's wage bill so massive, 18-24 year-olds being rewarded for failure?

Why is Arsenal's youth team so strong, at the expense of the first team?

Why are there no leaders on the pitch?

Mikael Silvestre - what was all that about?

Why the stockpiling of all this youth, so many players (un)able to play in the same two positions? Wilshere, Bischoff, Fabregas, Denilson, Song, Diaby, Ramsey - 7 central midfielders, only one of which is good enough to cement a first team place.

Why did Wenger spend £18m on Ramsey and Nasri in the summer? Were they really a necessity? Surely the team is weaker in other positions?

The stadium, the finances, Wenger's weird buys and nonsensical post-match comments, record ticket prices, divided supporter opinion. A lot of turmoil.

The great Arsenal mystery - it would make a great play, a great movie, you could invent so much crap about what's going on behind the scenes. The madness of Arsene Wenger, a football manager given unrivalled control, unrivalled power - so much so that he's turned into a spendthrift egomaniac.

Surfing the various blogs etc. supporters are completely at a loss to understand what direction the club is going in, what Arsene Wenger is doing, or thinks he is doing, who he should play and where they should play. All we can do is take it match by match, result by result. Good results no longer lead to optimism, they just throw us into more confusion. Perversely, bad results seems to make things a little bit clearer.

Hand on heart, have you ever wanted Arsenal to lose?

I bet a few fans want Arsenal to lose to Man City and Chelsea, just to force Wenger's hand - to clear the air. What could Wenger realistically say after losing to Man City and Chelsea? The team was tired? The linesman did it? A pigeon flew across Bendtner's horizon as he was about to shoot?

Every time Arsenal win, Wenger avoids having to admit the team's fundamental weaknesses.

Would defeat not force Wenger into saying something meaningful, to admit to something, lead to clarity? Continued defeat usually leads to change - don't we need change? Change of philosophy, direction - what will be the catalyst for that?

Have I ever want to Arsenal to lose? No, but at the moment I'll concede there's an upside to losing - and I know that some fans want Arsenal to lose, because they've told me. They're that frustrated with Wenger's policy - they've lost confidence in it and want a new policy.

Writing a blog and trying to make sense of it all has never been harder either.