You’ll have probably seen the letter a group of Arsenal fans has pulled together that’s gone out on the internet.
#Wecaredoyou @arsenal fans unite in warning to owner Stan Kroenke pic.twitter.com/86BC61hyxj
— Darren (@DarrenArsenal1) July 15, 2019
The gist of the document that you should be reading right now is that Arsenal, despite all the trumpet blowing and promises, still appears to be as rudderless as ever.
We’ve been driving into the abyss for years, club leadership has been taking temperature checks using the wrong the metrics, we didn’t invest, we didn’t make big decisions when we needed to, we thought a cash pile was success, now the walls have come crashing down in one massive heap of average.
To make matters worse, Stan took the club private, so our access to exec leadership is even more pointless than it was before.
Football isn’t a business, it’s a community endeavour that grew into something so unlikely, fans let the raiders take grip in the game before we knew what was going on.
Arsenal feels like it’s being run like a super average business at the minute. We’re being outspent by Aston Villa and Leicester. Our strategy is confused. Our hiring policy is errant. The stadium is utterly bereft of excitement. Arsenal is an ordeal, not the joy it should be.
For too long, our fans just grumbled into twitter feeds, digging into opposing trenches to fight it out over details so insignificant, they allowed us to take our eyes off the core issue… leadership doesn’t care, no one is accountable for success.
Nothing quite summed up the ownership issue like Josh K turning up to the LA training session wearing an LA Rams t-shirt. At best, it’s an embarrassing oversight, at worst, it’s a spiteful jab at the fans that confirms our worst fears… we don’t matter.
This letter is the coming together of names that don’t usually mix. This is fans from around the globe making a statement. This isn’t a rabble demanding the Saliba deal goes through, this is a group of people that just want to see a better Arsenal. It’s a simple demand, but a necessary one.
What is the plan?
If we’re being run like a business, why is it such a sloppy one?
Why don’t we have spikey voices on the board that will hold people accountable?
Where is the innovation?
Where are the ideas people?
Why is no one EVER held accountable?
Raul might have that covered. Edu might be the saving grace. This season might be the final episode in a desperately repetitive Netflix series called Operation Transition that seems to have been on repeat for 10 years.
It might not be…
But the fans have spoken, they’ve asked the question, do you care?
I think this is a great first step.
Unite the voices. See what the club response looks like, then regroup, and work out the next steps.
Let us know what you think in the comments. If there’s ever a day the club is reading, it’s likely today.
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No subs I don’t think..
Well to be fair Rapids are playing about 6 youth players as well.. not many starters.. they just played 2 days ago.
SJ earthquakes the local team here is doing well. We went to the game vs Salt Lake and left before the end- Of course in the car driving away we see the game winning goal on the large jumbotron by SJ.
Figures lol
But yeah our youth team could probably win the MLS given a chance Rapids have no stars though… no Zlatan or Vela.
I don’t like the buildup of the attack. Too many back passes and side passes.
Best cross by Jenks so far but still 0 -4 now. hahaha
why does our team look like midgets
sloppy in the final third
Whos number 60? dude likes stepovers way too much..
“thompson” number 60
Well Guns at least our Keeper is a giant.. 😀
Oh ok.. thanks..
why cant we produce an eden hazard type… our team is still crying out for that type of player… we get top 3 for sho
Nice Martinelli… with a goal.. Thompson good cross..
Our new guy scores.
nice chest shot
The midfield defensive duo. Play with. Structure. Almost ends being a 4-2-4.
Burton and the other fella.
Not UE system at all.
I guess I’ll let him do stepovers if he crosses accurately… lol
Everyone wanting to score now.. Rapids look like they have given up a bit…
Kola, Willock and Mustafi in..
Sheesh Kola and Mustafi still can;t defend.. pointing at each other.. Rapids should have scored.
Auba, Ozil and Laca on.
Now come the 3 stars
Kola is absolutely useless defending .. so bad.
Laca wants to shoot the ball out of the stadium
Generous to call that a shot.. 😀 Maybe it was the altitude.
Laca day dreams
No idea what Laca was doing there.. 🙁
Wtf.. Kola with a stupid yellow….. there is no way we can count on him to play RB. too much of a liability.
Kola is acting like Mustafi
Sorry LB.. whatever.. he can’t defend..
how tall is macy
ozil looking like he going to throw up
Kola has some value sell him… we need Tierney tho
And that’s it.. well not sure what I learned. Except what I already know.. I would play Chambers at CB before I would play Mustafi.. and Kola.. can’t play FB… we need Tierney.. or somebody,
Martinelli and Saka looked ok.. Youth midfield played better then when Willock and Ozil came on… but match was already over.
Bayern Munich will be better.. that’s for sure..
I like number 60 with the step overs. He dares to be different from the rest blah
We don’t have an effective system to move the ball forwards. Our defenders and midfielders can’t pass the ball forwards. Too slow and tedious.
Lol Guns… he has some flair.. a bit too much.. maybe.. but he backed it up with that cross.. was on point.
Nelson .. I don’t know about all that… don’t think it was the system, imo. partly these types of games are disjointed and partly they are playing at mile high altitude first game of the season. .so out of shape.. you aren’t going to see end to end action. And partly we don’t have a midfield that is all that creative… or fullbacks.. I mean Jenks was the starter. so our forwards drop deeper to get the ball and run at people instead of through link up play through the midfield. We could use an upgrade in the midfield.. but… Read more »
Don
“Or I used to. I listen to a lot of classical and instrumental now.”
I came across these guys when sorting out some tunes my musician friend gave me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eotOxW5QU8Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPHGBKouv4o
Really into sax from Coltrane to Candy Dulfer and David Sanborne to Grover and many others:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zivfxG4whLk
Some great music to wake up with
Better than the live version is this CD;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alX16dIid9s
Also a big movie fan since the mid 60s.
Really enjoy true inspirational stories of peoples’ struggles in love and how they win though against all the odds:
Door to Door is just one of many great movies. Just got a copy brought over for my son (10) and daughter (21) to watch and they loved it:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274468/
Great motivator for management team building and sales training courses that always invoked good discussions after.
Disagree that there are too few good series around. Plenty to find if you look for them.
That keeper we used against rapids looked massive
Seems like he has a penchant for spilling the ball when he saves shots tho even tho he got away with it every time this match
Looks like saka was good again and the second goal was a banger
Nice chested goal off that blasted cross by martinelli as well
Seems like we were leaking chances like a sieve as usual mind
It is crystal clear that Arsenal do have youngsters who can make the grade in first team over next couple of years and the question for me is why we are still prioritising wingers when there are players like Martinelli, Nelson and Saka coming through system. Okay they may not be the finished article this season, but then frankly unless the club are prepared to spend £70-80 million on a winger in this transfer window on the likes of Pepe or Zaha I don’t understand the point of pursuing such a player. Arsenal are unlikely to qualify for Champions League… Read more »
ES
I hope you are right regarding the transfer budget.
Matt Macey is around 6′ 7″ and is only 24.
Certainly has a presence.
Emery has to bed some of the youngsters this season.
If we are going to spend £80m we could buy a back four if we’re canny and careful. Alves – back up RB (free) Konate – £30m Dunk – £25m Tierney- £25m This would be better for the team than a star winger. If a proven winger is a must we need to sell our deadwood pronto to raise as much money as we can. Jenkinson- £5m Kos – £5m Kolasinac – £25m Mustafi – £15m Elneny – £10m Asano – £2m I’ve left out Özil because I don’t think he can be sold due to his wages. Bielik, I… Read more »
I get it when fans feel we should provide a defender this summer. Build up is way too slow. But with quality wingers, opposing teams barely attack knowing the dangers when they’re caught off guard.
Honestly don’t know of a seasoned defender that can help us except Koulibaly. He’s way out of our range.
Dunk? But he’s been priced at £45m.
Anyone with a shout of a decent/good cb on affordable price?
Nuhu Adams of Hoffeinheim is my choice.
The petition has now reached 79,000+ signatures and the threshold raised to a 100,000!
Come on you Gooners from all over the world, please sign this petition!
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/community_petitions/Enos_Stanley_Kroenke_-_Owner_Arsenal_Football_Club_fans_unite_in_warning_to_owner_Stan_Kroenke_WeCareDoYou/
Can addidas change the colour of the numbers on the shirts. Looks very awkward.
#WeCareDoYou
Proud to have signed the petition. DB10, thanks for posting the link here.
Any development on Tierney, Saliba or Everyone Stares?
Sorry, Everton Soares
“Can addidas change the colour of the numbers on the shirts. Looks very awkward.”
Didn’t like that at all, looked like a knockoff with those number colors
Graham “Emery has to bed some of the youngsters this season.” I presume you mean give them some game time .. Would love to see Saka and Nelson given a run of games but it is looking more likely that Emery is not prepared to take the risk as he is looking to sign wide player who I presume would be starters , Saka and Nelson will not get a look in if we do make the expected signings. I would say that probably the only young player who will get a chance is Willock , who will basically replace… Read more »
KAY Boss
You’re welcome! Every signature helps (to let the fucker know that we all hate him)!
Shit or get off the pot Stan you slippery cvnt
Kay Boss, according to recent reports the fee for Everton Soares might be up to €70M as he’s jointly owned. Apparently, his club Gremio would be getting about 50% of the fee.
“I presume you mean give them some game time ..”
I hope so too
If he literally beds them he is going to jail
i do like the look of martinelli and Saka, that is the future of our inside forwards
do we take the risk and blood reiss nelson, saka and martinelli as our wide players this season
i think we should
we can then buy a quality box to box midfielder and defensive players
We know chelsea are going through a different structure now focusing on there youth and i think we should too
man u also looking at young players with speed
we really need speed on our counter attack and these youngsters are quick enough
new post
Pierre Football in EPL and Europe is a “squad” game and there should be opportunities for youngsters to establish themselves as indeed is the case in Bundesliga and French Ligue. Arsenal have a number of talented youngsters who have not been afforded much opportunity to prove themselves at the club. Willock may well be the first youngster to establish himself in the team, but there are plenty of others who could well be offered a similar opportunity. Two seasons ago I was advised that Smith-Rowe was the “stand-out” player in Academy. Last season he looked promising when I watched him… Read more »
Captain granit. He’s a hero.