Going through a bit of a tough time at the moment, last night, I was caught dream cheating by my girlfriend. She’s mad. I told her it didn’t mean anything, but she’s not having it. If anyone has been through this, please let me know how you battle out of the hole and win back trust.
You know who I don’t trust?
Ivan Gazidis.
Really looks like he’s off. The man is a C-suite masochist. He’s The Yellow Bastard in Sin City, he can only survive if he’s in corporate hell, rebranding being skint, selling dreams off FFP compliance, fixing a shit tip of a club.
What a bizarre decision.
I mean, I get it, Milan is a fucking cool city and the club is one of the true greats… but seriously, what an odd move. Hire in a bunch of new people, then bin them off as soon as something fancy comes your way. Weak.
Onto the Chelsea game. I only caught sporadic parts of the match and both teams had interesting players. Chelsea’s Hudson-Odoi had the best of Hector most of the night, his turn of pace reminded me of early days Anelka and his trickery was something special. Arsenal’s young superstar Guendouzi continued to impress at the base of midfield. He patrols the back 4 with great discipline, he breaks up play, he distributes quickly, he can take the ball around people, he really does look the real deal and it’s a struggle to see how he doesn’t start our first game of the season.
I can’t remember a player we were this excited about since Cesc broke onto the scene. He looks a class act, a player for the now, a player who is going to push Torreira really hard.
It’s tough to read too much into the game, we’re in preseason. Our defence still looks troubling. Petr Cech making some solid interventions yesterday kept the game respectable. Sokratis looks quite a bit off the pace as does Mustafi and Bellerin. Still, they’re tired, they’re absorbing a lot of new ideas and you can’t get too worried until we start playing.
The most important thing is it looks like the team are progressing.
Right, see you in the comments.
Besiktas have reportedly pulled out of a deal to sign David Ospina, who has become surplus to requirements following Bernd Leno’s arrival in north London.
The club’s manager, Senol Gunes, told Fotomac he has no intention of paying the Colombian’s €5m price tag, or wage demands reportedly totalling around €53k a week.
Red will be one happy man.
If Gazidis goes, my money’s on Josh for the CEO position.
Chuba Akpom off.
Alex .
?
Why would he want that role, he virtually owns the club.
Tits
Last of the big three A s to go
Aneke
Afobe
Akpom
Re,ember a few years ago they were gonna be the future ,
The possible departure of Gazidis may not be particularly convenient in the short term with all the other changes taking place at the club. However, Gazidis has been at the club now almost 10 years and sometimes a change is best for all parties. Gazidis is not required really in dealing with football matters, because we have now a lawyer handling contracts and Sanhelli, Mislintat, Burgess and Emery dealing with football matters. So replacing Gazidis with a new CEO will allow us to recruit someone with fresh eyes to handle Sponsorship and Commercial deals. That may not be so disastrous… Read more »
What…
WHAT
WHATTT
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6021355/Ousmane-Dembele-fuels-Arsenal-speculation-enjoys-dinner-Gunners-stars-London.html
Foe real
RSPC
Josh not Stan. He already runs the denver nuggets. The arsenal job is a bigger proposition – higher profile etc.
Why wouldn’t he want to run arsenal?
Looking at our current squad it is clear to me that Arsenal’s real weaknesses continues to be defence. Many of our problems are “ingrained” through poor practice adopted by Wenger and his coaching staff. Turning around a ship particularly when many of the players have been at club a long time will not be easy. My personal view is that Emery should be given a year to try and resolve problem within the current squad, but if that proves unsuccessful the club may well need to cull a large percentage of players. Messrs Cech, Koscielny and Monreal are in final… Read more »
SladeAugust 3, 2018 00:00:25 Salparadise…nyc…whatever, Stay in your little Disney world nyc ….all the energy of a past it shitty martini. You wouldn’t last 10 minutes in LA…. You too cosmo for the plebs, right? For the record Slade, I lived in LA for nearly a decade off and on. Taking on aspiring everyone’s two at a time. When I was bored with the West I headed east of Sunset Junction before it was filled with hipsters and still quite mi vida loca. Eventually I realized I needed to be within a quick night flight of my Arsenal and a… Read more »
I mean talking directly to the son of a multi billionaire might give us some extra dosh, when signing new deals with sponsors. Who knows…
ES
Regarding commercial deals, they reflect success on the pitch. Therefore I don’t blame Gazidis for arsenal getting less sponsorship money then other more success clubs.
What I dislike about Gazidis is the way he mislead arsenal fans during austerity and his belief in ffp. Remember the Bayern Munich prediction?
Would Rambo really want to go to Spain ?
He has a young family…
I’m not sure 5his swap deal is a runner.
I think he’s running down the clock.
Alexander Henry I disagree Arsenal were not particularly unsuccessful on the pitch until the last 2 seasons. From a Commercial Sponsorship perspective qualifying for Champions League was more important than winning trophies. However, if you see a club building a mega bank balance which incidentally since 2016 was a diminishing asset you need to ask the question why throw money at club which is not investing in team and shows so little ambition. Reducing the bank balance is for me critical and if Dembele were to become available I would use half of it to buy him. Take a look… Read more »
Alexander Henry
Kroenke may not be interested in football, but he is sure interested in making
money and Gazidis and not Wenger should have therefore been the influential
person at club long before Wenger’s departure.
Would Rambo really want to go to Spain ?
Why not ? Bale went
If Gazidis goes, my money’s on Josh for the CEO position.
This could be a good thing. It’d mean a Kroenke being more hands on possibly caring more and asking his dad to do the same thing
Josh Kroenke as CEO? I thought the same but does he have any serious experience?
“Arsenal will sell Shkodran Mustafi this summer if a team pays £22.3m for the Germany defender”
Do we must lower the price ??
“Josh Kroenke as CEO? I thought the same but does he have any serious experience”
He has more experience in sports management than Gazidis had when he came to Arsenal. His brief as deputy MLS commissioner wasn’t that stellar.
With Josh Kroenke, you get direct access to the majority share holder. The club ‘s history sells itself and the technocrats stay the same.
ES ‘I disagree Arsenal were not particularly unsuccessful on the pitch until the last 2 seasons. From a Commercial Sponsorship perspective qualifying for Champions League was more important than winning trophies.’ My point is that Gazidis was criticised for securing commercial deals that lagged behind clubs that were more successful. That seems unfair. I agree with you that the club should show more ambition and spend more in relation to what it can spend- like Liverpool. ‘Kroenke should have insisted that the club showed more ambition in its transfer business and not allowed Wenger to ride rough shod over the… Read more »
Marko and dissenter
Sorry, but I think having Josh in charge would be very bad. Add to that the prospect of Usmanov selling up and arsenal will belong to the kroenkes lock, stock and barrell. Arsenal have always had shared ownership and it’s worked pretty well for the past 130 years.
I’m no fan of nepotism and Josh is very much a chip off the old block. He’s been running a very mediocre denver nuggets for years and like his father appears content to muddle along as long as whichever club’s running makes a profit.
Whatever happens with the CEO it needs to be done quickly because we have to negotiate a new kit deal this season and we will want to bring in as much money from Nike or Adidas as possible. Looking around at our rivals we should be looking for £60-70 Million a year which would be a rise form our current £30 Million a year. Rumours of a £40 Million deal with Adidas just is not good enough when Chelsea are already on £60 Million a year, I get we’ve been ruined as a club but our fan base is still… Read more »
Alexander Henry Gazidis was almost 10 years at club. He must have known the problem long before he finally acted. If you are CEO in any company your are the Executive Titular Head of the business. If you are in that position and are being paid a mega salary far in excess of what most businesses of that size are paying then you are expected to be professional in the job. Gazidis failed to do his job until last 12 months. That was the long term problem at Arsenal. There was Board and Senior Management inaction. Kroenke is of course… Read more »
Sorry, but I think having Josh in charge would be very bad
I mean no one knows if it would be and again I’ve said before you can’t really judge them off their franchises in America. Besides and this is very important they’re not going anywhere anytime soon so best come to terms with that
Marko
I know. We’re stuck with them.
The one thing that acts as check is Usmanov’s share. I hope he doesn’t sell up.
Arse&Nose
“Serious experience”
Let’s have a think about that one for a few seconds.
As long as he has the equivalent of a high school diploma in maths and economics, is capable of showing some balls when needed and is able to liaise with our manager and supporters in a proactive manner, I reckon that’s all the experience he needs.
Do we actually have any Ivan sympathisers on here?
ES
I assume by ‘the problem ‘ you mean wenger.
The fact that Stan flew in personally and awarded wenger a new contract without any consultation with the board, indicates that sacking wenger was never something that Gazidis could have done himself.
It was always in the end, down to Stan.
Usmanov doesn’t keep anything in check. He does and has done nothing. Thing is as far back as I can remember I’ve always thought that ownership of the club has seen little difference from what I can tell. From when George Graham was manager to Rioch to Wenger to the stadium move to the stagnation we’ve always seemed to be a step back from really good commercial deals always seem like we could and should be doing more. Have always seemed to be willing to sell a star player and not necessarily sign up a star player always again behind… Read more »
Commercial deals were hindered because of Arsene Wenger.
Would you be prepared to invest millions into a club that had such a negative reputation.
A new manager and a progressive image and the dosh will soon be rolling in.
And given all that shite I just said the best possible scenario going forward might be if Josh comes in and gets more hands on more invested in the club as a CEO
Michael
No. If we get back into the CL and start winning things, our commercial deals and revenue will improve. It doesn’t matter who’s in charge.
Yes, our clubs image and reputation nosedived over the past decade.
Those of you who don’t agree are, imo, in denial.
Commercial deals were absolutely hampered by Wenger. The club showed zero ambition for years under under him and being successful on the pitch usually means successful commercial deals
Obviously we stand to make more money when we get back into the champions league but we stand to make even more when we actually win one or contend for the league title on a consistent basis.
Marko Usmanov’s share does act as a check. Here’s a list of what kroenke will be able to do if he aquires it: (taken from the blog, Angry of Islington) total control – he can force the remaining small shareholders to sell to him and de-list the shares the ability to take as many fees or dividends as he fancies with no one able to raise any legal objection the ability to easily leverage Arsenal’s value to assist in making other business deals no need for an annual public meeting where the plebs can question his activities full benefit (rather… Read more »
Honestly Josh as CEO won’t be bad at all. If club keeps disappointing, there won’t be anyone that Kroenke’s can hide behind anymore. We saw that Arsenal fans are patient but did make protests, best of which was not showing up for games. If Josh is our CEO even more of the blame will be on them, so fans will one day overthrown them. If we keep disappointing that is.
alexanderhenry
That goes without saying.
The thing is, if Wenger was still in charge, sponsors would still have serious doubts as they know we wouldn’t be winning, or competing for, the serious stuff.
Whatever way you look at things, Wenger, over the past decade, helped to create a dysfunctional product
Michael
You seem to be suggesting that just having a new manager will lead directly to an increase in commercial and sponsorship revenue.
I disagree. Only an improvement on the pitch will do this.
Raptora
Agreed on no hiding place for kroenke and Co.
Top sponsors want their products to be associated with a winning mentality.
I’m sure the CEO’s of all the major sporting manufacturers wouldn’t invest in something that was geared to just making do and balancing the books.
Michael
‘I’m sure the CEO’s of all the major sporting manufacturers wouldn’t invest in something that was geared to just making do and balancing the books.’
That’s pretty much what arsenal are I’m afraid.
There is still a chance we could do something though, but it’s going to be very difficult.
Despite that I have a feeling that Emery is very good coach so fingers crossed.
total control – he can force the remaining small shareholders to sell to him and de-list the shares Can he though… the ability to take as many fees or dividends as he fancies with no one able to raise any legal objection He is a billionaire who since his ownership has apparently taken out something like 6 million in whatever consultation fees are. the ability to easily leverage Arsenal’s value to assist in making other business deals I mean he can do that with his other franchises just as easily. Why would he need to leverage anyway is he going… Read more »
alexanderhenry
What I am highlighting is that because of Wenger and his methods, Arsenal’s ability to attract major commercial deals was adversely affected.
Sponsors are not stupid, they see and feel for a product, just as we do. That’s their job afterall.
Walking down the highstreet wearing an Arsenal shirt meant more in 2006 than it did prior to Wenger’s departure.
Basic common sense.
Had similar conversation several months back with CC.
Commercial image became tarnished because of the way things were run.
Nice conversation though.
Half expecting Pitbull, better known as U P YOURS, to jump from his car tyre on this.
Cheers.
I haven’t looked forward so much to the start of new season for years.
Infact, since the 2007-08 season.
Marko
Regarding the other shareholders, he can i’m afraid.
He did take £6 million out before in two separate payments but stopped due to complaints from other shareholders and resulting bad PR. With no other shareholders around I don’t even think he hasto declare it.
On leveraging, he’s recently committed to building a $1 billion stadium for the rams and arsenal is worth more than his other teams.
I disagree on the agms. I think they’re actually important.
It’s all about transparency, which is especially important when you have an owner who is absent and notoriously silent.
Chaps
I feel like the party pooper on here.
I am in fact very much looking forward to this season.
New manager, new players, new tactics.
Let’s see what they can do
On leveraging, he’s recently committed to building a $1 billion stadium for the rams and arsenal is worth more than his other teams
This all I can say is can you please do research on things like this because some idiot might take you on your word and granted you can come across as knowledgeable but on this you know nothing. In America when you see stadiums like that being built it’s usually at a cost to the taxpayers. Add to that the naming rights of the stadium and you’ll find the actual owners put fuck all into it.
https://youtu.be/xcwJt4bcnXs
He did take £6 million out before in two separate payments but stopped due to complaints Also I’m pretty sure it was 3 million twice. Not 6 million twice. And technically speaking it’s his company he can do that and that hasn’t really affected the investment in the team. We’ve actually spent alot the last 5 years just poorly under Wenger. It’s a worrying narrative that exists with you Alexander and all I’m basically saying is I hope it doesn’t keep you up at night worrying about the things rich capitalist billionaire white men do with the things they own.… Read more »
alexanderhenry August 3, 2018 10:05:08 If Gazidis goes, my money’s on Josh for the CEO position. ————————————————————————– I reckon so too. I also think it would probably be a good thing. Ivan didn’t manage to get rid of Wenger years ago and it’s only recently we’ve brought in decent backroom guys to stop Wenger being a total king. Our commercial revenues aren’t wonderful either. I understand that they are tied somewhat to success, but I think we’ve probably undersold ourselves as well. I’m not sure that performance of American sports teams is particularly indicative of ability to be CEO of… Read more »
Marko
‘Also I’m pretty sure it was 3 million twice. Not 6 million twice’.
That’s what I meant.
Regarding kroenke, your opinion is fair enough but you and others on here know that mine differs.
Anyway, roll on next season.
AFC Website: Iwobi signs long term contract extension
Regarding kroenke, your opinion is fair enough but you and others on here know that mine differs.
I share some of your criticism just not the impending doom stuff
I dontbknow why the club are letti g the Ramsey situation prolong like this, Ramsey ain’t that good and never fucking was. Now if this was Canti Carzola at a few years younger without the injuries, well that’s no brainer , he is worth 250k but Ramsey please he can jog on
Like if he bought all the shares I think we’d still see 70/90 million pound summers not 40 million pound summers. We’d still see vetted questions at AGM’S not no AGM’S. And he’d still take a couple million here and there out as opposed to 10’s of millions
Leon agreed. We should’ve set the deadline for a solid week ago. He’s not special. We don’t need to drag this out into some dramatic saga. If someone will offer 30-35m right now I’d bite their hand off. We shouldn’t be entertaining this notion that he’s some indispensable player. If he was elite a host of huge teams would be lining up to pick him off. The reality is that he’s not had much interest by all accounts which is hardly surprising. 30m is better than nothing though and he shouldn’t be integral to our plans. He shouldn’t even be… Read more »
I mean I didn’t hear anything from anyone just there
Overall, shared ownership of arsenal is a model that is preferable to me.
It limits the powers of a majority shareholder and It necessitates at least some transparency. This insures that a reckless or negligent majority shareholder can’t reck the club.
Re Gazidis, he’s done well over the last 12 months but he’s been here for a decade. I’m excited by his current project and performance but I don’t forgive him for his decade of absolutely wank performance. I don’t care if his hands were tied with wenger, he sat there and took a 3+m salary out of the club and did absolutely NOTHING for us over the last decade until 6-12 months ago. If he goes it’s a bit of a spammer in the works but good riddance to that snake oil salesman. Never trust a man who will take… Read more »
Overall, shared ownership of arsenal is a model that is preferable to me
Me too. I don’t think those minority share holders that exist would be forced to sell if he bought Usmanov’s shares is what I’m getting at. I don’t think that’s a thing anymore but I may be wrong. I know there used to be a rule if you bought up 30% of shares that you could make an offer for everything but they did away with that rule
Marko
Cool,
Enough already on this.
Where do you stand on ramsay?
Keep or get rid
Get rid Alex. Not worth all this drama and we can easily replace. Don’t need him anyway
I could swear I keep hearing something
Marko
Under company law once a share holder acquires 90% of a share holding he’s obligated to buy all of the remaining shares – the smaller shareholders also have to sell.
Can’t get 60-70 million a year for the kit deal when we’ve been irrelevant for a decade and a half.
That’s what got lost on all the promoters of Wenger and his “go express yourself “ method to running a sporting entity.
Winning makes you attractive to sponsors.
Marko
“I could swear I keep hearing something”
It’s the soft mouth of a chihuahua nipping at your heels.
Ignore him. That’s how you deal with the moron.
The point made by me earlier was that if Gazidis leaves, he may well have been pushed by Stan to make way for his son. We shall see. There appears to be a basic misunderstanding by many on here of how Stan operates. Let’s make one thing clear from the start: if Stan owns more than 90% of the Arsenal shares, he can do anything he wants with the Club – and I mean ANYTHING. For a start he can force the remaining shareholders to sell their shares to him It’s the law of the land. Stan owns 66% of… Read more »
Under company law once a share holder acquires 90% of a share holding he’s obligated to buy all of the remaining shares – the smaller shareholders also have to sell.
Well now I know
Still can’t hear nothing
I don’t think Stan can run Arsenal the way he runs his US franchises. For starters, if your club is not exciting, you do not get shown on TV and that means you money from TV revenues 2) Price payouts and European price money are all up for grabs, you cannot “tank” in European sports. Once you fall down here, its hard to get back up especially if you are adverse to spending money. 3) While its possible to relocate a team in Europe, the financial cost would be prohibitive for a club like Arsenal. No city would build a… Read more »
The deafening quietude of silence is the most powerful scream to silence the mangy chihuahua.
Just made that up and having lots of fun.
azed
Relocate a team? Really? Arsenal are based in London not only one of the most populous but also one of the wealthiest cities in Europe . They have a huge local fan base who pay a large some of money for ST’s. Just look at the difference between a ST for any PL club and Bayern Munich. To relocate they would have to attract 60,000 plus fans from scratch.
There are a million arguments about Kroenke owning Arsenal but to bring up relocation is such an irrelevance it’s a joke.
Marc
Kronke just relocated the rams and US franchise owners use relocation as a bargaining cheap to get concessions from cities. I brought that up because it won’t work for Kronke and he won’t be able to run Arsenal like he runs he’s US based franchises because they are totally different.
Pedro Pedro Pedro!
What’s the point of having a complete and utter tosser like Pitbull coming on here spouting his vile and abusive hatred towards others?
Just remove this moron as he serves no purpose whatsoever.
No backstabbing here U P YOURS.
Either show respect or fudging piss off!
Yeah, this Pitbull character is a c*nt of the highest order.
Friday Mood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NNYI8VbFyY
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Michael 24
Tut Tut graham… Defending scum like marko and gambon… Don’t let them fool you.. I had you down as a man who could see straight through them but you have let yourself down.
Uruguayan Pitbull may come across as aggressive but you should be intelligent and wise enough to read between the lines and understand that he is a man of integrity compared to the scum you are defending.
Pierre
What a surprise!
Of course you would defend such a person.
Cowering in the corner showing your PC principles.
Trying to blame others.
“It was them Miss…..It was them!”
How embarrassing.
iwobi just got a new contract. I blame it on the people who loved that ugly Nigerian jersey.. 🙂
Pierre
You have just lost all credibility on here.
I’m sure most of the other posters would agree.
Elneny, Xhaka, Chambers and now Iwobi with new deals. What a joke.
Steven
Where did you get that intel?
If those dog shitters have a contract, period…Emery is a bigger piece of arse than I originally thought.
Possible set up this year if we go by Emery’s PSG team:
—————————– Čech/Leno —————————
Bellerín ———— Sokratis —- Mustafi ————— Kolašinac
—————————— Torreira ———————————
——– Guendouzi/Ramsey ——- Xhaka ———————–
Mkhitaryan/Özil ——– Lacazette ——————– Aubameyang
Wow. I just read it. Iwobi. The mouth breathing cunt gets a new deal. Wow. Wow. Wow. This piece of shit is…shit. Garbage.
Fucking hell. I was all about Arteta and now I know for a fact that Emery is a bastard. Arsenal are still arsenal. And that ain’t good.
Seems like Emery is keeping everyone – at least those who we thought would not get renewed or sold
ElNeny
Wellbeck
Iwobi
Mustafi
Etc
Will we have a fire sale in January? Who knows…. Not looking good so far
Still need a speedy winger and Nzonzi would add experience and size that we lack.
Anyone that thinks Iwobi is worth a new deal is a cunt. Fact.
Emery is a Spanish Wenger. This is why I detest arsenal.
watch us cower and keep Ramsey and a ridiculous wage.
If this is the trend, Rambo stays unless he sees the writing on the wall, and leaves of his own volition.
Our team is too large…. need to sell some of this shit
Roma are really intent on getting a winger. Still being linked with Bailey and now Neres. I know a certain club that really needs a winger hmm.
Emery is Stuart Houston.
Defending scum like marko and gambon
I’ve never said anything to you little P that warrants being called scum. Also you defending pitbull who’s been banned for saying some vile speaks volumes of you.
Prick
What credibility ?
Marko
Relax. Who was defending Gambo and the other deuce? Who cares?
Relax
And
Enjoy your
Friday.
Well as far I am concerned Ramsey can jog on, If that Santi Casorla it’s a different story, he was class we really missed him it’s a shame he had a such a horrific injury record. We need to sell Ramsey asap. And put Mustafi and Wellbeck or Lucas Purrs. But it depends if they are looking to buy a big name.
Time is ticking…. need to sell to get $ to buy one or two more including the the goal scoring winger.
Mikki as much as I like him is not going to cut it. Back up to Ozil
If Matteo keeps at this pace…. he goes into the 11. Drop xhaka
He is a big kid too… maybe around 6’2
Anyhow, a speedy winger is what we need. We need more pace. Auba cannot do it alone
I know we dont pay the full sum up front for transfers….
Dembele- 100M?
4 years at 25M- we can do that!
We have done enough business with Barca- no need to feel that they would not agree to that.
i doubt inflation would really add too much to the installments
Pitbull says:
Fuck off you cuck. Got anything obvious you’d like to share with us? Waters wet maybe? Twat.
Pierre says:
Uruguayan Pitbull may come across as aggressive but you should be intelligent and wise enough to read between the lines and understand that he is a man of integrity.
I mean, you can’t even make this stuff up it’s so easy.
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again… If Ramsey is playing games then he needs to Fuck Off and do one!! Emery needs to lay it on the line….. Sign a sensible deal or be sold. Personally, I’d put the young Guendouzi in his place and build the team around him. He’s young, talented and good enough to be the future of the club alongside Torerria and our other young lads. If we could only manage a swap deal for N’zonzi then I’d go for that, anything to get rid of him to stop him being a negative… Read more »