Emery In? Emery Out?

So where do we stand?

After the stability of the same manager/coach for 22 years it was a shock to the system at Arsenal when Arsene Wenger finally hung up his zipped jacket and left for a spot of retirement.

When Unai Emery was named as coach there was pretty much incredulity among fans. Here was a guy that was successful at Seville in Spain, but in  France he actually hadn't set the world afire at Paris St Germain - even though they are in effect the only thoroughbred horse in a field of donkeys..

And where he is now it seems he has no real idea what his best starting eleven is.  He seems to play players out of position.  

The board and he didn't strengthen the defence over the summer. The signing of David Luiz was a slight positive and on his day he is still a decent player, but like the rest of them, prone to that killer mistake.

After the weekend's set of games we are 8th in the Premier League after another home drawn game against opposition in Southampton that have struggled all season and were 19th out of 20.  Whilst 8th doesn't sound too bad, The reality is that we are already 8 points (and GD) off 4th place and the "trophy" of a Champions League place, and a massive 19 points behind leaders Liverpool.

We are involved in the bunfight for the Europa League places again. We are a point off 5th so that might actually mean the board will stick with Emery a little longer.

This week we entertain Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League and on Sunday we go to Norwich in the league.

Once upon a time, a visit to Norwich might have been seen as a formality.  Not now. They were bottom until the weekend and a win leaped them to 18 out of 20. So what are the odds that we have drawn 2-2 with the bottom two, Watford and Southampton, that we can repeat the misery?

Time will tell.

If we fail to win both these games, the clamour for "Emery OUT" will increase.