Can Arsene Wenger survive the most difficult spell in 21 years as Arsenal manager?LINDSEY PARNABY/Getty Images
Arsene Wenger is as divisive a character as there is in the Premier League. He splits opinion as cleanly as Ernest Rutherford did the atom in 1917. Those in a dwindling number who still see him as a deity would balk at the accusation he is delusional, but even the man himself may concede he allows blind optimism to pervade his thinking at times.
Any manager that didn't would likely spend as much time on a psychiatrist's couch as in the dugout.