Ultimate endgame: Stan sells. But how?

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Great to see Arsenal fans responding so well the letter yesterday.

Could lead to nothing, or it could be the first step on the path to real fan action. You know, like sending a severed horse head to Josh wrapped in an LA Rams shirt.

Too far?

Sad reality for us is that the exec leadership team only answer to one man, and if that man doesn’t want to make greatness happen, we’re fucked.

The only true way of making things hard for Stan K and his trustafarian man baby is to make a statement in the stadium.

Literally, don’t show up.

I think the empty stands worried the club and those sun-bleached red seats on TV never look good. The only way to make things really unappealing for Stan is to starve the club of fans in the ground. You have to hurt a money many where it actually stings… the wallet.

The way to real change is to convince Stan that selling the club is more financially viable than pumping a few million quid in here and there.

Ultimately, I don’t really understand the point of having a foreign club in the portfolio if you’re actively tanking it into the ground. We’re must be annoying, the cost of bringing us back to the top is getting higher and higher as each season passes, and to truly make it happen, there needs to be a concentrated effort.

I’m not sure Stan has the stomach for that.

Even if we move back to the top, does it really impact their LA life? Doubtful. Not sure people in their circles give a rats backside about how his English club is doing.

We know that £2b wasn’t enough for Stan. He’s already rejected a mega bid. But everyone has a price. There’s a threshold for every owner. A cost vs aggravation equation. One that looks to be getting the better of Roman Abramovich of late. The Russian has no love from the people, no love from the government, and things are so crazy, even he’s starting to look like a pauper.

… however, slate Roman all you like, he loved the football. Joy factored in his passion.

It doesn’t factor into Stan’s. Most billionaires would stop doing something when it became arduous or unsatisfying… or, you know, a bit embarrassing. The sticking point is that Arsenal was never a plaything for him, it was just an asset that made good returns (in a property sense). The only difference now is that the top four supremacy we once boasted has disappeared. How much more valuable can the club get without success?

I read an interesting quote about someone in politics.

‘If you have no values, how can you be judged?’

It’s similar in sport.

‘If you don’t care about winning, how can you ever feel the burn of failure?’

Back to the takeover… where does the money come from?

We’re a real jewel, a very attractive sleeping giant, instant credibility if we were purchased. But are the Arab countries getting a bit bored of throwing so much money at a problem that even PSG levels of investment can’t crack the big trophies?

Or does the fame, credibility and power our postcode offers investors still make us a prize worth chasing?

You still have to give reason for someone to sell.

Arsenal fans are a comfortable bunch. We’re mostly well off, we mostly don’t like conflict, and the idea of spending your Sunday protesting something that is ‘supposed’ to give you joy seems a little offensive to most.

You also don’t want to be told what to do by some loudmouth behind a keyboard or camera. You don’t want your fandom to be judged by whether you go or not. I’m not a season ticket holder at the minute, but when I was, I detested armchair folk telling me how to support.

‘Go fuck yourself’ I thought. I put my money down. I stand in the cold watching Theo Walcott fall on his arse all day. I’ll support how I want. It’s very, very hard to take a rationale view to football, especially if you’ve spent money on it.

… but perversely, if you see your season ticket as a long term investment, the way to get the most value from it is to miss 5 games in unison with 30,000 other fans when things inevitably go sour this season.

The property equivalent is a little bit like owning an old property in London they won’t let you build on because it’s listed. Do you sit on it, because there’s sentimentality and rules in place, or do you burn it down totally by accident?

There aren’t many that take the latter option, but those that take the former are richer than you.

Do you want to be football rich? Well, you know the answer (don’t go. Please don’t try and start a fire)

My campaign would be:

#DontSitOnItSellIt

Needs some work for sure.

Let me know what YOU think in the comments.

P.S. I was flying through the preseason game, but excellent to see Martinelli and Saka score! Well played to Olayinka as well. WINNING START. x

 

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Bankz

Bankz is here for the tr4phy again

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Leftsidesanch

top 6?

Leftsidesanch

Our kits look really nice this year, would be grest to see some new additions in them, and some of the useless culprits of our woes not in them.

Freddie Ljungberg

Leeds A wee bit optimistic expecting 25m for Kola, a left back that can’t defend and is on 120k a week. Chika All the reports I’m seeing is reporting 25m rising to 36m with clauses for Everton, which would be a great deal if true. Where are you seeing 70m? we’ve lost over 500k from the wage bill already and hopefully will lose a fair bit more, I can’t understand why we are dependant on selling Ozil to bring Fekir in. Just sell Mikhi, Fekirs reported wage demands are less that he’s on and we might actually get a fee… Read more »

TOLI83

Can I ask (politely) what satisfaction there is behind the 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc when commenting on a blog? Pedro, it depends on how cold Stan is. My concern is he is a very cold deep water shark hence named Silent Stan and will do things for a profit, no matter how big or small. The trouble is the Premier League is where the money is at, e.g Brighton got more TV money than Bayern Munich the other year just because they belong in the prem. He probably sees attraction from a potential European Super league. He’s a cold hearted… Read more »

Freddie Ljungberg

Didn’t watch the game last night but apparently Mustafi was booed when he came on, if it helps making his mind up about leaving and maybe taking a paycut to facilitate that I’m all for it.

Ozil next please.

CG

Not only does our Wonderful PedRo excel in footballing matters- he seems to have a good handle and insight on business matters too. ( bright as a button this one)

A Cracking post. Thanks PedRo.

And I off course will post my views and thoughts later.

Just a quick thought ( don’t worry- I will be back later)

Cant AFC fans liaise with NUFC and Boycott the opening Fixture?

(In joint Protest Action against Ashley and Kroenke!) ( and VAR too)

TheLegendaryDB10

For those few stragglers out there who have yet to sign the petition please do so below:

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/community_petitions/Enos_Stanley_Kroenke_-_Owner_Arsenal_Football_Club_fans_unite_in_warning_to_owner_Stan_Kroenke_WeCareDoYou/

#wecaredoyou

GillespieRoadNoMore

The concerted action amongst fan groups is getting noticed, Le Grove identified as an agenda setting blog by The Times no less. Big question is will Silent Stan take any notice? Boycotting games and club sponsors and avoiding the Adidas merch will need concerted and persistent action to have any effect.

CG

Anyway when VAR comes in full throttle – every Owner in the land will attempt sell up.

Because no Wally will be going to the games anymore.

CG

Gill Rd No More

“””””The concerted action amongst fan groups is getting noticed, Le Grove identified as an agenda setting blog by The Times no less. “”””””

Which off course – it is.

And its All Free!

Goonermay68

Cant we deal with Stan the old American way? I will put a fiver in! And put out a HIT on him🤭🤭🤭😉😎

Chika

Freddie Ljungberg

Yeah 35M was making the rounds for a few days, the new €70M figure started circulating on twitter in the last few hours. The reports also state Arsenal remain confident of wrapping the deal.

David Smith

Stan will go when Stan wants to go which for us, is sadly, most likely to happen
His motives are purely financial, if you read about him, it seems nothing else really enters his radar.
Reaching the top four now demands effort and money, but for him the rewards are not much less in lesser placing. Tenth place, no problem for Stan, 15th, he might get to hear about it, relegation might just interrupt his breakfast, and he MIGHT do something about that.
J

https://mobile.twitter.com/Matt5cott/status/1147053023878926336

David Smith

Above- most likely never to happen

Elmo

“the way to get the most value from it is to miss 5 games in unison with 30,000 other fans when things inevitably go sour this season.” Worth a try, but the threshold to hurting Kroenke is FAR higher. Realistically, he doesn’t care if the stadium is half empty as long as the tickets are sold. If people simply stopped buying tickets so that only half turned up (about £2.5m lost revenue per game), I think you’d need at least 15-20 home games like this every season for 3-4 years for him to conclude that his continued investment was flawed.… Read more »

HighburyLegend

“You know, like sending a severed horse head to Josh wrapped in an LA Rams shirt.
Too far?”

How about sending his father’s head in it ?? Too far ??

Rainman

Le grove has always been an “Out” blog, always trying to get someone out, first Wenger, then Mr “good ebening” and now Stan himself. Was in support of the Wenger out process, not so much in support of getting Emery out, bit premature imo but THIS I am definitely in support of. In fact this is what we should have been doing ages ago. Wenger is like Ronan the accuser, Unai is like Loki, small fry in other words. But Stan is the ultimate foe, He is our Thanos. Nearly impossible to defeat but I believe if we all get… Read more »

Emiratesstroller

Pedro What you suggest is precisely what happened two seasons ago. Many supporters including myself stopped going to every game and became more selective in the games we attended. Last summer Wenger left the club and there was a clean broom both in the appointment of Head Coach and Senior Management. Whilst in previous seasons the club circulated rumours about transfers which then did not materialise once the closing date for season tickets renewals had passed on this occasion our transfer business was early. The feedback I got from club at that time was positive. Now once again this summer… Read more »

Guns of Brixton

Toli maaan

We are men of tradition.

And the Le Grove tradition is to take the top 4 trophies 😂😂

Goobergooner

Un na naaii “Who’s the fool? Bet it’s cost you a fortune aswell. Would you want another 10 years of kroenke milking you like some overbloted cow? With bloody, puss filled udders?Cos that’s what you are right now.” From a couple of posts ago, only just catching up… But un, you are the most hypocritical cunt on this site. Eat a bag of dicks. You are the most full of shit poster here, and literally noone here apart from the other dregs of this site take you seriously. I am literally ashamed to call myself an arsenal fan by your… Read more »

Goobergooner

My apologies for bringing this place down .

#wecaredoyou

Goobergooner

It’s frustrating enough dealing with The Arsenal itself, but when that prick talks shit it’s just too much

Marko

Endgame should be getting him to be more involved financially and giving a shit. I can tell you now we ain’t forcing him to sell that ain’t going to happen.

HighburyLegend

“Eat a bag of dicks. ”
But don’t forget the condoms!!

“You are the most full of shit poster here”
I’m not sure… there’s CG, too.

Goobergooner

Highbury legend. You are one funny kent

Marko

Martinelli looks like he’s got an eye for goal. I’m wondering though how it was seemingly so easy to get him in but we had to loan out of Wellington Silva for 39 years before we sold him.

Emiratesstroller

Pedro

Further points.

The annual ticket revenue at Emirates is now less than a quarter of the income of the club. It has also dropped since we stopped playing in Champions League.

The new Adidas Sponsorship Deal equates to almost one third of revenue generated from ticket sales.

Goobergooner

How has Wellington Silva done since we loaned him out 39 times?

Was that all just jive talk because Wenger thought more of him than he actually produced?

HighburyLegend

Bale could return to tottenshit…
Ze ultimate humiliation.

Micheal

Speaking personally, I hate Kroenke and everything he stands for. But to understand what is happening at Arsenal we need to first understand his motives. Why does he bother with Arsenal – what is the point ? So far, he has spent £1bn + buying 100% control. But that’s it. Most notoriously, his hands-off style of ownership allowed Wenger and Gazdis to dive us to the cliff-edge. However forget football for a moment and study the business case. So far at least, Kroenke has not milked his £1bn + asset. His take-out has been little more than £3m – a… Read more »

Goobergooner

I’m willing to give guen a go as he’s shown he can give it a go for us, and martinelli is the 2nd of the new team to have this potential we all crave. I’m keen to see him in action for sure

Grant Elkin

Only reason SK brought Arsenal was to make his portfolio look good, and as an asset to borrow against for his new stadium. As I commented yesterday, and as Pedro rightly said stop attending matches and lining his pockets. Hit him wear it hurts, rich men don’t like losing money. He in no way shape or form gives a toss about us fans but I bet he will when his revenue starts ro drop. There’s no need for match day protests or banners or fly overs, just stop attending matches and buying merchandise, it’s simple non confrontational and will hit… Read more »

Un na naai

Now we are fucking talking Pedro!!! Great post!!! This is exactly what we need and exactly what we should have been working towards over the last five years
Yes wenger should have gone too but we’ve given a free pass to kroenke and Gazidis for far too long. Only one out the three truly cared for arsenal.

Kroenke OUT

HighburyLegend

“Why does he bother with Arsenal – what is the point ?”

Arsenal is still a “brand” which attract many people from all other the globe.
Fans who are not living in London – in other words : “tourists”.

===>> £££££££££ (or $$$$$$$$$, if you prefer…)

Un na naai

Goober you fanny How about you attempt to counter the point made rather than talk shit about me? Not that I care but you’ve made yourself look toothless by not even attempting to counter the point. Yes I think arsenal fans have been mugged off over the last 10 years. We’ve paid more money than anyone else in the world for a substandard product. I took a stand years ago before Stan ever got inovolved. Before le grove ever existed. There was no way to share my thoughts like you can here today. So go on. How is exactly is… Read more »

Un na naai

And there is more and more clamour for fans to stop attending matches until we see some action.

Ya likkle batty hole

Dissenter

Un na
“And there is more and more clamour for fans to stop attending matches until we see some action’

Easy for you to say, it’s not your money down the drain.

Emiratesstroller

Highbury Legend

Most of the season ticket holders where I sit are “long term supporters” and not tourists as you suggest.

My family starting with my father have been supporting the club since the 1940s and for the record it is my local club i.e. closest to where I live.

HighburyLegend

Sorry if I offended you…

Micheal

“Arsenal is still a “brand” which attract many people from all other the globe.
Fans who are not living in London – in other words : “tourists”.”

HL: No disrepect, but I was talki9ng about the business case for Kroenke owning Arsenal – not football. And I fully agree with ES, I don’t believe the 40,000+ season ticket holders can remotely be described as tourists. ES is also correct in pointing out that ticket revenue is declining as a proportion of total revenue and sponsorship income is now vital.

Un na naai

Dissenter It was my money though until I’d had enough. The club was taking the piss way back in 06. If more arsenal fans had stood up and protested in some way would we now have been in this position? We will never know. I was spending a large chunk of my wage watching arsenal in late teens/ early twenties and I have great memories watching us beat Chelsea and spurs and Newcastle and Leeds and United and Liverpool en route to glory. It hurt to not have to go but I wasn’t getting mugged off. If I had a… Read more »

Cesc Appeal

Dani Ceballos rumours today about being close to a loan move to Arsenal. He only wants a loan apparently because he still thinks he can play well and then make it at Madrid.

Would be a good move for us. Potentially great player there and if he plays well this season we could try to convince him he belongs here.

Dissenter

The Gunners will miss out on Lyon and France playmaker Nabil Fekir, 25, because they cannot offload former Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil, 30. (L’Equipe, via Sun)

Cesc Appeal

Dissenter

That one was circling a while back, I think that is just designed to piss off Arsenal fans because we all knew no one was going to buy a pussy on £350 000 a week so if bringing in someone was dependent on offloading Ozil then it was a nonstarter.

Not many takers for Fekir though and his value is reasonable given the market…something not right there.

Marko

I saw that too CA option to buy too. Could be a great deal if he gets back to how he played at Betis. Where he was truly outstanding. Think Fabian Ruiz and Lo Celso before they were good.

Dissenter

Un na
It was my money though until I’d had enough‘

Exactly… buts it’s not your money right now.
Let those with more skin in the game make up their minds about what to do.
Pedro explained it well; If I were a season ticket holder, I would tell all internet bloviating champions to stick their opinions where the sun don’t shine.

Thomas

Anyone who keeps renewing their season ticket and/or buys the new kit is a complete mug at this point.

Dissenter

Cesc Appeal
I saw snippets of the. Colorado Rapids game where Mustafi was booed coming on but Ozil was cheered when he came on.

It was like…the rarified air of high altitude Denver must be affecting these gooners.

Un na naai

Dissenter

Pedro also said that he’s not a season ticket holder now and that he thinks we should boycott the stadium
You can’t just cherry pick to suit your narrative

And i already out my money where my mouth is.
I stopped going

It’s up to everyone else to do what they think is best. My opinion won’t change on the matter and I’ll continue to share it wether the mugs like it or not

Dissenter

Un na Pedro is also being preposterous too because he knows what’s it like to pay your money and then have folks who talk big on the internet tell you what you should be doing. ‘You stopped going in 2006 right….so I doubt that was for Kroenke because he was just another shareholder back then. The club was in a positive spin at the time; new stadium, persisting lingering glow of the invisible season, professorial manager and champions league final losers. We knew we didn’t have as much money but the future still looked exciting. Why did you stop going… Read more »

Marko

And i already out my money where my mouth is.

In 2006 yeah. A bit early to start the Kroenke out movement wasn’t it. Sounds more like a spoilt child who made a decision after a cup final defeat. 06 maybe you saw the decline start before Stan got involved. Or maybe you’re clairvoyant

Marko

I saw snippets of the. Colorado Rapids game where Mustafi was booed coming on but Ozil was cheered when he came on.

Like I said our fanbase is inherently stupid at the end of the day

Emiratesstroller

Highbury Legend

No offence taken.

However, you should not assume that most supporters [season ticket holders]
attending games are tourists.

What has changed in the twenty years or so is that it costs now a lot of money
to watch football in the flesh.

That applies to a lot of other forms of entertainment. It does not come cheap
to go to the theatre, opera or Glastonbury Festival.

Dissenter

I’ve read fans who are truthful and honest about why they stopped going.
Some people just candidly started that they were priced out of a ticket, which is understandable
Nothing to do with Kroenke for some. A lot of these conservative ways of depending heavily on ticket sales predates Kroenke.

Marc

Nice piece Pedro – it’s good to see you taking a balanced approach to what’s going on. You’ve had a bit of a habit recently of plunging into despair over minor things. I would make the point that so far in his history with Arsenal Kroenke has protected his investment. He loved Wenger because he produced CL football with the odd cup thrown in, as soon as Wenger missed out on top 4 he was given one season to get back in when it became clear he was about to miss out for a 2nd time he was gone. The… Read more »

KAY Boss

Nice kit but gosh, what is yellow number doing on a red shirt.
Everton ain’t going for €70m.. probably €40m. My opinion though.
So we’ll probably have Tierney, Everton, Ceballos, a Cab and maybe a dream signing….. Zaha. 😊😀

Dissenter

The club needs to seek a young hungry playmaker from any youth team possible. It could be a loan deal with an obligation to buy.
We need a player that can bench Ozil when his failings resume. It wont take long before his shenanigans begin agin.

HighburyLegend

“I don’t believe the 40,000+ season ticket holders can remotely be described as tourists. ”

Of course.
I just wanted to say that there is many fans, from another countries, who attends to the games for fun, for visiting the Stadium, and for buying stuff and other souvenirs at the official store, but I turned my phrase bad

HighburyLegend

*badly.

S Asoa

Emirates
“The biggest threat to the economic success of club is not the loyalty of season
ticket holders like myself, but the sponsorship packages of Adidas, Emirates
and Rwanda Tourism. If they are dissatisfied with the product on offer they will not renew.”
This could somewhat easily materialise if there is utter bad vibes and a bad image like during the fag end of the WengerOut campaign.
Of course, nothing will happen if we just sit on our arses doing nothing unpleasant.
You need blooms, got to soil your hands planting

Marko

All well and good getting ahead of ourselves with regards to Everton or Cebellos or Tierney or Saliba but if at least one top quality CB and a RB aren’t brought in in what little time we have left then it’ll all be for nothing

Dissenter

Arsenal relies a lot on season tickets so a lot of the empty seats will be paid for already.
The club will just keep announcing a 62000 attendance and blame bad traffic, tube problems etc.

Maybe the bad publicity may help change Kroenke’s mind but then the billionaire gave his home town the middle finger and ignored all that atrocious negative publicity.

Who knows but it will take a lot more than Hugh Wizzy and Pedro’s petition to move the needle.

Un na naai

That’s right marko
Shall I read your future?

I’m seeing a hole
It’s rectangular

It’s a post box

Marc

Something that people should also be aware of: Yes a season ticket at Arsenal is a lot of money and I consider myself lucky to be able to afford one but there’s a constant myth peddled that Arsenal are more expensive than other clubs. There will always be small clubs that don’t’ charge as much as Arsenal but when you look at the cost of Arsenal against other clubs then the difference ranges between minimal and better value. A lot of this is perpetuated by the media whether through lazy ignorance or a let’s have a pop at Arsenal agenda.… Read more »

Marko

Ah no follow your train of thought. In 2006 you gave up because…it couldn’t have been because of the direction or leadership of the club under Kroenke. Is it possible that you pegged Wenger all those years back and didn’t even know it. More likely is the man child in you came out and you had a strope after the final defeat

S Asoa

And most Importantly
All the super-entitled Arseholes stop 🛑 scoring brownie points against fellow Gooners. It is not getting us anywhere, except showing up YOUR IMMATURITY.

KAY Boss

Sorry, I meant to say a Cb

Marc

Kay

Made a good point – what the fuck is yellow numbers on a red shirt? Look’s terrible.

Marc

Marko

Kroenke bought his first shares in 2007.

Un na naai

Marko

I’m seeing a Jack Russel and an envelope

Or maybe arsenal jacked the prices up and started selling off world class layers. Letting one go after being tapped up by our nearest rivals for £15m when they paid that for Ferreira two years beofe and Cole was twice the player
Easily
They offered me a season ticket at £4000

So no. Nothing to do with kroenke or the champions league final at all
Keep trying though
One day you will get something right Jackeen
One day

Marko

Kroenke bought his first shares in 2007

True. Didn’t have a controlling stake until 2011 when he bought 60%.

Un na naai

I stand by my statement. The fans have been getting mugged off for too long by a club who have no fucks about over charging for a sub standard product.

Only project youth and the quality football it brought quelled dissent for a time but now that’s all gone. Along with the champions league and along with the man who gave it to us

Un na naai

Marko

If you’re going to defend kroenke then just come out of the closet. Don’t beat around the bush
I know you’re coy what with embarrassing yourself over your championing of Raul and emery

Marko

So no. Nothing to do with kroenke or the champions league final at all
Keep trying though

So you’re saying that the club was already selling it’s best assets and spending fuck all and treating the fans like shit prior to Stan getting involved? Well I’m shocked. I thought better of those “Arsenal values”

Emiratesstroller

Dissenter The empty seats at the club has never been a problem for the management, because they promote attendance figures based on seats sold and not who turns up. What did impact on the owner and management at Arsenal were the complaints made to the club in 2017/8 season made by supporters including myself. As I pointed out in my posts on Le Grove I received a 20 minute phonecall from club at time. Whilst some like RT denigrated what had occurred the reason for phonecall to me was that the club were concerned about how longstanding season ticket holders… Read more »

Gentlebris

Ok, DB10, you didn’t have to call me a ‘straggler’, just that I was kind of busy. Bottom line, I have signed!

Anyone here should go sign if yet to too.

Un na naai

Marko

Yes but we had an excuse then. The stadium needed to be paid for. I just wasn’t going to use my money to pay for it while they jacked up prices and sold off our leaders. I’m sure I remember them saying that the ticket increase was temporary until the stadium was paid for.

I’d also just bought my first house at 21 which obviously affected my ability to waste money on a club which was clearly taking a corporate direction

Marc

“They offered me a season ticket at £4000 ”

That would’ve been in club level. I’m not aware of any standard (lower tier / upper tier) tickets that get close to that.

I have friends who were ST’s holders at Highbury and they were invited to the new stadium on an open day to pick their new seats.

Un it really sounds like you’ve got caught telling a fib and can’t let go.

Un na naai

Marc

It was club level

Un na naai

I wasn’t a season ticket holder
I was a member and I’m waiting list but I got offered a £4K ticket

I never once said I was a season ticket holder. I refused a season ticket

Nelson

I know many people here support this s. s. model. I would like some experts in finance to evaluate this model again under the current situation. In the past, Arsenal was the most popular team in London. It had more fans all over the world than any other London based teams. It always played in the Champions League. It offered some beautiful attacking footballs that the fans were proud of. It was very attractive for football fans and sponsors alike. The club was making more money than it could spend. The s.s. model was loved by everyone. Fast forward to… Read more »

Marc

Un

Well that’s a completely different kettle of fish. Club level tickets are bloody expensive and a world away from standard tickets.

I’m trying to remember when I joined the list but there was a separate list for club and ST’s.

Marko

I’m sure I remember them saying that the ticket increase was temporary until the stadium was paid for.

So 2030 or whatever it is. Sounds like their keeping their word.

Un it really sounds like you’ve got caught telling a fib and can’t let go.

Don? I won’t hear it

“I’d also just bought my first house at 21”

And a season ticket holder for years to boot. Wow.

Marko

I never once said I was a season ticket holder. I refused a season ticket

Oh. So what are we talking about? That one time you were offered a season ticket and you refused? Sooooooo

Nelson

Adidas select Nelson and Wright in the away kit promotion video. The club should take notice.

Dissenter

Un na
“I’d also just bought my first house at 21 which obviously affected my ability to waste money on a club which was clearly taking a corporate direction‘

So Arsenal was not operating in a corporate direction when they were in a stadium with 38,419 capacity?

Why don’t you just admit you were priced out as a young man in your twenties.
No shame in that.
… all those stories about a club level season ticket offer?

Marc

Nelson

I’m not sure the Spud’s new stadium is bigger. The number of seats they declare can’t be used for a “football” match it’s for American Football. I’ve tried to get the actual number but can’t find it anywhere.

What I would say is you would expect the Spud’s to have filled it for the handful of matches they have played in it – attendance figures for the 7 matches they’ve played so far as follow.

59215 – Palace
60044 – City
58308 – Huddersfield
56251 – Brighton
60043 – West Ham
60243 – Ajax
60124 – Everton

S Asoa

Looks like the convo is still into nitpicking
like HENS scratching the ground for 🐛 points

Gentlebris

I hate it in my stomach when I see people saying it would be almost impossible to get Kroenke out, if I was about to hire you and you sounded like that about a challenge, you are off immediately. It’s very doable if we unite our anger and give it a common platform. Not even difficult imo. Ok, Stan is a deep water shark who gives no rat ass, we can grab his neck and feed him rat asses all day long on the fucking INTERNET. Then of course if we label it dark betrayal to go to the ground… Read more »

Marc

bris

How?

Marko

Reportedly Barcelona are baulking at Betis and their 27 million pound 30 million euros price for Firpo. A no brainer for me for the sake of an extra 2 million

JDavey

Just sign a player and give the fans something ffs.

Marko

I hate it in my stomach when I see people saying it would be almost impossible to get Kroenke out, if I was about to hire you and you sounded like that about a challenge, you are off immediately. Respectfully this is a load of nonsense. If you were about to hire me and I was downbeat about being able to oust you (let alone a billionaire) you wouldn’t even hire me? Just as well cause I wouldn’t be interested in working for a lunatic. Best case scenario he gets more involved financially and has more of an interest. No… Read more »

Un na naai

Hahahahaha Fuck me you lot are desperately trying to prove something here aren’t you? It’s really simple. I was offered a season ticket when we moved from Highbury. It was extortionate. I then cancelled my membership. I stopped going to games because they jacked up the prices and cut off the touts whom I used to buy from if I couldn’t get a ticket on the hotline. (Working on site I had no access to computers and there were no iPhones back then) The whole Ashley Cole debacle was a disgrace to boot as was the sale of team leaders… Read more »

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Marko

You’re lucky to have had a job at the post office. I wouldn’t have you stacking shelves at Asda

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