You sense that Ivan Gazidis is about to leave Arsenal because the PR is kicking in, and ESPN are writing stories that the reason for his move isn’t cash (bitch please).
Fuck off, Ivan.
You’re leaving because you’re landing an equity incentive to turn Milan around.
Congrats.
I’m sure it’s a lot of money, but don’t try and turn the situation around. You set the vision and tone for Arsenal after being a yes man to Stan and Wenger for ten years. Then someone offered you a shit tonne of dollar to abandon a significant project that you believed in, and you took it straight away.
That’s poor leadership.
It’s weakness of the highest order.
Is it a good thing for Arsenal? No way. It’s a terrible thing. The guy who set a savagely unambitious 5-year plan in motion for the club doesn’t have the balls to see it through. He hired a safe manager, all his pals, spent all the clubs money and then bolted at the first flash of green.
I can’t stress how weak that move is.
But look, this is a someone who doesn’t give a fuck about Arsenal.
This is someone who spent 10 years unable to convince Stan K that Arsene Wenger was bombing the club he purchased. Performances slumped, commercials never rose above average, players begged to leave, no one wanted to join, the press complained, the fans booed, ex-players protested… but our CEO couldn’t convince the owner things were going down the shitter.
This is the man who stood tall in 2017 and stated he’d searched high and wide and Arsene was the best manager he could find. He’s weak, he’s submissive and I’ve no doubt he’ll be a bland hire for Milan.
Fuck Ivan.
Let’s move on and hope Stan signs someone with a bit of vision.
History judges the winners, and in sports management, that’s the trophies. Ivan will retire with a lot of money, but he’ll never be a legend of sport. No one will write about his vision. No one will write about his trophies. No one will care.
When you’re rich, the history is what’s important.
That’s his loss… and no matter what he tells himself, the money will never make up for the fact he failed at Arsenal.
Right, that’s me over and out.
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Spot on pedro
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Grooveydaddy – lol. You guys can fight it out between you tomorrow, it’s Yom Kippur so I wont be around. And then plenty of days upcoming that I wont be, so lots of tr4phy opportunities for you all 😉
It’s more of an even contest when you’re not around…
“Ivan’s record stained with weakness.”
And a bit of cowardness.
Wait for it ….can’t be long now until Joe is on here spouting his usual anti wenger rhetoric whilst engaging in an Emery lovefest even though the same mistakes are being made.(that’s me criticising wenger),the results are basically the same and the football is not quite so good.
I dread to think what Joe will be like wise if do actually show some improvement on the field.
Pedro
You talk of Ivan as though we care.
I had the privilege of meeting the guy in 2010.
Doesn’t take a genius to work out his motives in life.
An absolute tosser of the highest order.
No wonder Wenger was able to walk all over him.
If Ivan leaves for a better-paid job, well, that’s human nature. Most people behave in that way, unless there’s a big downside. And not being loved by Arsenal fans once you’ve left. ain’t a big issue.
To be honest I’ve never loved the guy. A smooth-talker, nothing more. A kow-tower, a yes-man, a gutless wonder – if he goes, good riddance, I say.
Haha! After all the Gazidis loving going on for years the romance is dead!
If he does leave it just proves a point that he doesn’t have any balls.
Ivan can bugger off, not like he got us fantastic sponsorship deals, he took years to finally move Wenger on, and he won’t be a great loss.
@Michael24, Wenger was the one who hired Ivan which is the strangest thing I’ve ever heard a company doing. The manager hiring the CEO….joke!!
@Pedders. I thought you were pro-Ivan for some reason. I must have misunderstood previous posts because this one seems that you found him to be a gutless baldheaded snake.
“The results are basically the same and the football is not quite so good.” Pierre, really after five games! The results are better in that we beat Newcastle away and lost there last season, we’ve won two away games when we only won one between January and May. Yes the football isn’t great but no worse than some of the crap we’ve witness the last 5-6 years. And right now we need results not pretty football. Will take skanky wins all season rather than pretty draws and losses. It’s all about getting back into the champions league, how we do… Read more »
Pedro
ivans hiring of a safe pair of hands was best thing he’s done. We were going to become a mid table team. We didn’t need a manager with no exp, quite the opposite, we needed a manager who was going to take us back to CL football. either through the standings or through the EL (some thing emery has won a lot of )
DM
you are Jewish ? So I guess you will be fasting the next couple of days…
Morning N5,
Yeah what other job in the world does a staff member hire his boss.
Stan should have realised then wengers power had gone to far.
Morning Grabs. Yeah, I would have realised quite quickly if my staff hired me that maybe I didn’t have the real power I thought I might have.
Can you imagine Ivan saying to Wenger that he might recommend him moving on because Wenger would have just said, right I’m telling Stan and you’re out of here!!
At least it’s not just Leno,
When you think how Fred and fabinho was hailed as the piece of the puzzle to secure the league by some of the press.
https://www.football365.com/news/top-ten-summer-signings-that-look-a-bit-pointless-fred-fabinho
Pedro More or less what I wrote on last thread. Gazidis is not indispensable and not someone who made a material difference to the club in first eight years of his employment. He was more or less a yes man and an underachiever. The next CEO needs to focus on building the brand and our commercial sponsorship. That requires ambition on the football pitch. Gazidis departure will complete the process of a clean slate in the club’s management structure. Whether that is enough remains to be seen. Kroenke family need to show some real ambition now that they are in… Read more »
Ivan had very little credibility as soon as he was hired.
I was never quite sure why Pedro was so keen on him, but judging by today’s post it does have that spurned lover feel to it.(sorry Pedro)
Hold the phone a moment. Ivan is a snake, we pretty much always knew this, but to castigate him taking more money is a bit silly. We all do it. I’m sure that the job Peter got in NYC was better paid or had some more privileges than here in London. Players do it all the time. Why not a ceo? Arsenal aren’t a draw anymore. Not for the very best players, not the best managers and now it appears not even a low rent CEO. Arsenal are just not relevant anymore. We have no brand, no direction, a shit… Read more »
gonsterous
Yes indeed. Not exactly the next couple of days, but from sundown tonight until sundown tomorrow (approx). In reality the fast starts at 6.54pm tonight and finishes at 7.53pm tomorrow (in London).
Morning guns, did you get out the wrong side of the bed again mate.
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You must be kidding. I slept well. Jet washed our interior courtyard and I’m about to do the same to our front steps. I bollocked a roofer for not turning up and I had a nice coffee.
I think what I said in my original post stands.
…and I didn’t mention he who must not be named, once.
Unfortunately, I dont think Stan, in his own world, had any reason to believe things were going down the pan until Wenger stopped qualifying for the Champions league. Seems more and more suggesting JK will be the man, with Raul and perhaps other hires around him. Still have doubts Josh can take on the role as CEO, but he will clearly have substantially more influence. At least Josh he will have a vested interest in Arsenal succeeding, its his inheritance, and hopefully he is sufficiently young, energetic, able to listen, and ambitious to see the mistakes his father made in… Read more »
Ivan interviewing Mikel Arteta to take over at Arsenal from a manager who was at the club for 22 yrs show that Gazidis was nothing special. lol
Nice one guns, although I’m a tea man myself at least until 12 when a beer is allowed.
You can’t fault Ivan for leaving after ten years, it’s not like he joined six months ago, and for the financial package allegedly being offered.
I would say the timing is a bit off just when you just bring in a new manager, but as I say he will be easily replaced.
I giveth not a shitteth if Ivan leaves. This was the idiot who almost had a complete novice from being in our dugout this season, he should be out for that reason alone.
‘results are basically the same and the football is not quite so good‘
When was the last time we consistently played good football under Wenger? Your trolling is weak, you subservient twat.
Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis has agreed to leave the Premier League club and join Serie A side AC Milan.
Raul Sanllehi and Vinai Venkatesham will lead the Gunners following Gazidis’ departure.
Just come on sky sports news.
Always got a slippery vibe off of Ivan.
Surprised that Pedro was so easily seduced.
Yep, its official now – not that much cared.
Milan has done us a favour….. over ro you Raul…lets at least hope for a bit more honesty in the future.
The new structure is now in place. Lets also hope the AKB on here give them a bit more than 5 games to prove themselves.
We are a better team under Emery….that is already obvious from our away matches this season.
“The results are basically the same and the football is not quite so good.”
lol Pierre want his master to be back.
Leftsidesanch Whether the football was good, bad or average in the last few years ,the fact is our football is not even reaching that standard this season. And yes,I know it’s early days but it’s concerning that besides not addressing our defensive and midfield issues on the pitch ,our creative players are struggling. Aubamayang,Mhkitaryan,ozil and Ramsey are obviously struggling to find their best form. It’s not working with Ramsey as the CAM and as soon as he realises that the better. One of my concerns is that the manager is so obsessed with work that we lose our creativity. Could… Read more »
Hilarious that Pedro’s final send off to Ivan is full of anger and spite. I’m howling with laughter to be honest.
You’ve been crowing about him as an excellent CEO for years.
Anyway, he was a smooth talking oil salesman who was meek in the face of Wenger’s abhorrent decline and did a pathetic job at bringing in the real dough into Arsenal.
Good fuckin riddance!
Sorry, Pedro,but you’re speaking like a spurned lover. Gazidis did many good things while at Arsenal, including give us a modern management structure — DoF, new head scout — and undermine Wenger with public remarks that questioned his approach. As for the hiring of Emery, Gazidis was only one of two or three men who took this decision, and while Emery is not “wowing” anyone yet, hiring him was a sensible decision. The Guardian’s piece on Gazidis’s departure is far more balanced— “Arsenal have announced that Raul Sanllehi and Vinai Venkatesham will lead the club following a decision by chief… Read more »
Leg End
What is your game on the quality of our football and do you think the manager has addressed our defensive issues ….do you think our attacking players are firing this season .
Do you think playing from the back with. Cech in goal is working .
Will be interesting to hear your thoughts .
*opinion(game)
How could we miss Ivan when he’s done absolutely fuck all since he joined us
You can write his first 8 years’ achievements on a fucking postage stamp
I never know why you always bought in to him Pedro. He literally was shite.
Good riddance.
More interference, this time it’s Ivan getting his brown walnut licked clean
Makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside to know this cunt is out
Literally Kroenke is the only remaining super cunt left. From 3 to 1 in 5 or so months is FANTASTIC
Pedro you sound like the bitter ex.
Pedro, We have been telling you Gazidis was a weak as fuck yes man, his ‘vision’ was non-existent, the commercials tanked under him, etc. That he was just a suit from the States with no clue in Europe, A suit, a figurehead, a slick tongued snake oil salesman. Each and every presumption he made as the CEO has proven to be incorrect. How on earth has he even got a better gig is beyond me. Yet you insisted how much of a ‘qualideee’ CEO he was. Never was. Never will be. As for the men with money caring about honours… Read more »
Pierre “Arsenal have been winning trophies in recent years, not the major trophies but trophies nonetheless. In fact, the three trophies in four years was not bettered by any other club in the country at the time. The behaviour of the obsessives has been an embarrassment to the club and has left a bad stain that will take a while to eradicate.” The above makes it clear that Pierre is simply a troll here. He tries at times to suggest that he is simply a reasonable poster with a different POV — “hey, look, I too can criticize Wenger” —… Read more »
Ivan’s most memorable moment was his comments that we could buy Wayne Rooney players.
We all know how that went. Good riddance to him.
Pedro You know I have a lot of respect for you and the work you’ve put in creating this community of Arsenal fans. The work you and your dad put in writing about Arsenal day in and day out is to be applauded. However your rage against Gazidas seems a little hollow this morning considering you were swallowing hook line and sinker Gazidas’ tidbits without question when it came to Arteta… and how he was the candidate for Arsenal. Why was Gazidas’ judgement fantastic in May but suspect just a mere 4 months later? Do you get my point? Do… Read more »
Pierre, Emery needs more time I agree some decisions are weird but we’re winning away games so don’t ignore the signs of improvement because your still in Wenger mentality.
Personally, and I am not a fan…but Gazidis departure says more about Arsenal, than him.
I think Arsenal are an utter train wreck so why shouldn’t a player or CEO want something better?
Unless the Kronke’s pull an absolute rabbit out of the hat, Arsenal are heading out of the premier league.
Carts
Except that we spent £42m on Mesut Ozil in the summer of 2013 and finished the fiscal year with £170m in cash on hand.
So we actually could have signed a “Wayne Rooney,” e.g., a Luis Suarez, for £50 – 70m.
The only reason we didn’t was Arsene Wenger. Gazidis was telling the truth.
“The only reason we didn’t was Arsene Wenger. Gazidis was telling the truth.”
We are now waiting for Pierre’s comment lol
Pls who’s Ivan again?
Oh, yea…..I remember.
But then what do I care.
Let’s talk about how to get Auba to play effectively pls.
And if it will not be taken out of direction by AKB hunters, let’s prevail on Emery to play Leno if he wants to play out from the back.
If you really love this team, that comedy Cech does every week would hurt your gut like malaria!
VicVic
That’s simple: play him through the center.
Pedro what is that futile bitching about? First you drum for years that change every now and then is a good thing (which is true) and now you are suddenly flipping over a guy going that is quite replaceable.. how about some valium and deep breaths every now and then?? 😀
Who cares about Gazidis??
N5
Good to see you back.
All that’s left for a complete reunion is Midwest and Kwik.
Bamford
Yes, that’s true. I should’ve articulated my point a bit better in saying that we should’ve had a “Rooney” as a GK, defender, MF and CF.
Think we can all agree that Ozil has underwhelmed massively. Nothing Rooney-esque about him.
I do agree that Wenger usurped Gazidis, massively.
Pedro
You’re reacting like a jilted lover.
It was obvious that Gazidis was a snake oil salesman for the get-go but you proceeded to relentlessly big him up.
I’ve always told you that your love of Gazidis was unbecoming but here we are.
In fairness to Gazidis, it would have been worse if he had foisted a rookie manager (Arteta) on the club and then bailed to Milan.
He left an experienced manager, director of football and very good scout. His commercial manager was promoted to manage the club so we will be okay.
Good bye Gazidis.
Besides his job is done. Why would he stay on? He guided arsenal through the tough years with some good damage control and enabled the club to keep functioning and improving after the leadership changes.
He has accomplished all his goals reasonably well and now it is time to move on which is absolutely the right call.
You dont leave the ship when it is heading into shallow waters. You leave it once you have done your job and he has.
Dissenter
Cool your jets.
“A very good scout”.
The same guy that dumped us with PEA, fatso mikki, Sokratis, Mavropanos, lichtensteiner and Leno?
Gued and Torriera are his hits.
Mislintat is pulling in a big fat 2-6 deficit for me on the recruitment side of things.
@GOH, heading out of the PL. Ha that made me laugh. Really the nonsense you post. I can understand how irrelevant Arsenal appear to be considering that certain teams like Liverpool and Spurs have finally got their act together but it wasn’t so long ago that certain hysterical fans of those clubs predicted similar collapses. But they improved, so will we. Maybe not for another five years but whatever happens we ain’t getting relegated.
Get Monchi in!
I never liked Gazidis, so good riddance.
Gazidis played the role of Wenger’s bitch for way too long to earn my respect, tbh.
Does Gazidis speak Italian?
Una I wonder how many times someone has said of their club that they “could never be relegated”. Look at our club for a minute. We have a chairman who couldn’t give a shit and appears reluctant to spend. No structure in the club hierarchy. A very poor squad of very overpaid players. Mentally weak players. A dissolutioned fanbase. A bang average manager who isn’t being helped by the lack of spend and poor players he inherited. Rivals who are striding away from us by the day. It would take a perfect storm but arsenal are already slipping from the… Read more »
Good post Pedro. Ivan is no loss. He presided over the decline of Arsenal as major football club by refusing to take action over Wenger’s long and tortuous reign whch was blindingly obvious to the watchig world. A real CEO would have acted far sooner and imposed himself on the club. Ivan looked the other way when it came to a fight with Sleazy Stan over Wenger and simply took his £2.6m a year while the club slithered further into the swamp. We all know what Ivan is – we are just haggling over the price. Now that Wenger and… Read more »
Bamford 10,
Even playing through the centre, Auba has been less than Auba this season. Don’t just get why.
Service from the middle is the problem, I think
People are not feeding him that much.
Flanks have been fair(especially when Iwobi plays)but the middle….well, I don’t know.
And I think those sitters Auba missed against Chelsea is still hanging a bit around him.
It’s official:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/football/45558978
Not exactly sure what the structure will be. To quote from the report:
‘Raul Sanllehi, who was head of football relations at Arsenal has been appointed head of football, and Vinai Venkatesham moves from chief commercial officer to managing director’.
Ozil for CEO. We need a lion in charge.
Just a suggestion, people.
If Emery doesn’t get three trophies in four years…..then what?
Oh, my bad. I shouldn’t have suggested that.
Vic
Will the emirates cup count? Coz we own that motherfucker!!!
GOH,
Nay, competitive trophy, while even treating top four as a trophy.
Vic Vic
You can’t help yourself can you.
You seem incapable of putting together five sentences without defending Wenger.
Wenger went through a trophy drought from 2005 to 2013, care to tell us about that?
Damn, that was harsh Pedro. It was also totally on point. Ivan always felt like a weasel and his self-serving resignation letter is just more of the same. Where in the letter is the acknowledgement of his failure to compete with the top clubs as he promised? Where is his acceptance that his FFP strategy was flawed from the outset? Why did he leave Arsene to hang out to dry when he should have had the balls to be more decisive much, much earlier. I have no faith the Kroenke team will produce a more capable leader than Gazidis though.… Read more »
“Ozil for CEO. We need a lion in charge.”
Ozil is just a lion in cage.
Dissenter.
Hey….mate.
I can’t see Wenger in my last comments, do you?
I was just trying to compare likely possibilities to determine what we should expect as Emery’s success and lack of it.
Predicatably quiet after your ‘anti-american’ jibe, you come across as yet another slimy fat white guy dishing out the internet titles.
No wonder you’re in full defence of Ivan, a CEO who worked for 6 months out of a decade long term in a privileged position – cut from the same cloth.
@GOH I’m not impressed with the manager or the team particularly. To me it’s obvious we needed to address defensive issues and we seem to have ignored that. But there’s enough talent in the side to ensure 7th place minimum. I’m hoping that come the winter window there’ll be some attention shown to the defence. If not then perhaps Emery is as dumb as Wenger. Arsenal have always been constricted by fear of ambition. It’s a common theme since I started supporting back in 1971. Wenger’s tenure is a good example. An ambitious club would have jettisoned him ten years… Read more »
Bacaryisgod
I’m inclined to agree.
Arsenal’s ‘values’
Wait til ffp
Self sustainability
We ‘can’t compete’ with other big clubs in transfers.
In two years arsenal will be up there with Bayern
.. Some of Ivan’s greatest hits
AC Milan have to build a stadium of their own to stand any chance if catching up with Juventus.
Gazidis is fleeing because he can’t hide behind Wenger’s skirts anymore.
Alex
Ivans tenure mirrors Stans, absolute apathy and only turning up when the situation is untenable. Both are fucking horrendous characters to have at Arsenal, so with one leaving that’s only a positive.
Though it remains to be seen how a reshuffle will work given the guy still orchestrating it all and green lighting affairs is the biggest prick of all.
‘Ozil for CEO. We need a lion in charge.’
Do you have an agenda against the lions?
Even at that, that’s still unfair.
CC
Agreed.
The problems at Arsenal go far beyond the manager. They always have.
Still, maybe Emery can get the team to punch above its current weight.
We’ll see
Pedro,
Quite a change of direction regarding Gazidis. You’ve been doing rounds defending him and now it’s “Fuck Ivan” lol.
Who do we support if we don’t support Emery? No one, I guess.
Pedro is acting like a woman scorned.
The bromance is over, move on Pedro.
Emery couldn’t punch his way out of a wet paper bag.
This is what it must be like supporting Middlesbrough or Derby county.
Banta F.C.
Damn it feels fucking great to say Ivan’s gone
THE CUNT IS OUT!!!!
the next guy can’t be worse. I hope to never hear another catalyst for change comment ever again. RIP Golem and KJW. Your uselessness will not be missed
Onwards and upwards arsenal. Let’s fucking go
GOH whatever you may think of emery’s performance thus far, at least credit him for his funny facial expressions and hand motions on the touch line
Win lose or draw, he makes me laugh every time he tries to convey instructions
One time vs Newcastle he spent about 5 seconds doing a mid air wanky jerk motion whilst shouting at someone. Then slowed down and nodded at the guy knowingly. Got a belly laugh out of me
I guess he was telling Bellerin not to be such a wanker but I can’t tell for sure
One has to admire Ivan. F**king useless at his job but still manages to bulls**t his way to a bigger payday. Kinda reminds me of a prick we got rid off not too long ago…..
Can you seriously imagine being paid 3m a year for about 8 years to do literally zero work. Then you turn up for about a year and get a promotion to Milan LOL
The arsenal gravy train is derailing. Wenger out. Golem out. The ozil mistake will surely not be repeated again.
The days of throwing unlimited money at people for simply showing their faces are gone surely. If arsenal end up bending over for Ramsey after all this I’ll eat my own face in anger. And that’s a promise
The fact that the role of CEO has been split and two current members of staff
are filling the role that Gazidis is leaving suggests that his departure is no
major loss.
The new MD is responsible for Commercial matters i.e. presumably finalising
our sponsorship deals and running our non football activities.
Sanhelli is now presumably the official Football Director a role which he did at
Barcelona.
Gazidis leaves at end of October so presumably he is not spending time on gardening leave at our expense.
China I think I know the wanky hand motion you’re referring to. I guess it’s to make him look busy. Believe it or not, I don’t have an agenda against Wengemery per se, I just feel Arsenal missed out on someone better or more daring. The fact that the poor sod has had to come here and spend pocket change in order to sort the dreck out, isn’t his fault. Although he doesn’t help himself either. I find Arsenal very annoying. It’s Banta F.C. I guarantee that Ramsay will be the first player to say “we’re all united and behind… Read more »