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
Love it when a billionaire’s son tries to convince ordinary hard working Gooners that he too understands what it is like to be one of the common people.
Er…. do you think he had trouble getting a flight in and out of Baku in May?
Do you reckon he even wrote one word? How much do you think they paid their PR people to write that for them?
Doesn’t matter who’s been doing the negotiations this summer, they’ve been shit at it this far if we’re being honest
Graham
Careful now, you’d soon get folks asking you what effect the petition garnered or those who keep asking what the “plan” with regards getting the Kroenke’s to be better owners
Cesc AppealJuly 16, 2019 19:00:01
Ornstein has resigned apparently and is joining a website in the US.
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Thank God. That guy is a complete fraud.
Josh is again making these general statements. He is asking the fans to be patient. On July 25, we have to demand target dates and road map to recovery. How much should the club achieve after the first year, second year and so on. Everyone within the club, including the board should be held responsible.
The fans are not satisfied that Stan doesn’t care much about the club. Josh didn’t address that at all. He should at least commit himself to spend time to review how the board is doing. He should provide Q & A meeting with the fans.
Marc
Right. But Sven was sending through to Sanllehi realistic prospects that he knew were available and could be closed quickly (Torreira, Sokratis, Guendouzi, Lichtsteiner).
I never thought Zaha was realistic for us this summer because he was too integral to Palace to sell for anything less than a king’s ransom, and it seems with Celtic likely wanting £35m+ for Tierney (based on Lennon’s comments) that we simply had no clue of what the selling club’s position was.
Arsenal fans put up a very good petition asking for more responsible ownership.
Kroenke’s heir issues a standard PR response that had a hint of frustration.
So what next now?
What’s the plan? 🙂 🙂 🙂
That letter was constructive and very well worded.
Hopefully we engage the apparent heir in a cordial manner.
The Kroenkes ought to done this listening mode a long time ago. They have to see fans as partners not just mere consumers of a commodity.
Just confirms were in limbo until contracts of Ozil, Miki, Mustafi and other dead weight top earners expire or someone does a madness and offers to match the valuation and salary.
The script was written for this when Wenger tried to save himself and tied us to this crap.
Pretty clear Stans not putting any coin in or selling out so we need to put some pressure in these players too, give them a reason to want to leave.
Who is on the Arsenal board?
Face the fire Jr. Meet with the supporters groups right away. Set up public meetings with them. Invite all to attend.
Come clean… no more bullshitting around. Attend more than half the games this season… show that we are more than collateral for debt
….and burn that Rams t shirt in from of the Arsenal supporters groups !!!!!
Guns of SF
As Kroenke owns the club outright the board is not accountable to the supporters. Apart from Kroenke it is an old, English board chaired by a banker Sir Chips Keswick, 84 year old Ken Fruar who has worked for Arsenal all his life and is a very good man, Lord Harris of Peckham , the carpet heir and one of tge Carrs a family tgat have long involvement with the club.
Their oversight of our affairs leaves a huge amount to be desired
Sorry Ken Friar
Guns, not to call you out but what would they achieve?
As far as I can see Stan and co can do three things.
1. Restructure, this is a long term approach and has already started.
2 . Invest or clear debts (not happening)
3. See to another investor (not happening and no guarantee they will clear debts either)
One thing that I wonder, even if say Stan put £100m in for transfers what’s our position on wage increases and ffp?
Seems were stuck until we clear the daft contracts.
/sell not see
Ozil has fucked us in so many ways.
Henry those names sounds so elitist makes me cringe
what do these old timers know about running a modern day club?
With these oldies sitting back, no one will challeenge Kroenke or talk to him.
I hope Jr steps up. Make Arsenal his project… just move to London during the season
Unai
My thoughts are in sync with yours
This situation can only be undone with time. Until we clear out the hideous contracts, there no major progress.
All we can do is keep doing a boxing clinch to stay with the top clubs. It’s going to be slow progress unless we want to throw big money at it.
‘They have to see fans as partners not just mere consumers of a commodity.’
We would be getting the king size bed if we were treated half as good as commodity consumers.
That would have meant Kroenke thinks about what we want, when we want it and how we want it.
Imagine that!
Agreed Dissenter and this situation is compounded by the requirement to sell before we buy, token payments for the likes of Kos and Mustafi still need us to spend £25-30m on each replacement. Say we take £10m for Mustafi and spend £30 on a replacement that’s still £20m from our £45m plus a more expensive contract to contend with. We can still only realistically buy 2 players and these have to replace the guys on the way out (if we hypothetically sell 2) so selling doesn’t really help either. The only thing we can ask of Stan is he puts… Read more »
The Final Piece of the Jigsaw…..?
Raul/Edu/Emery/Vinny
Feeble.
Insipid.
Uninspiring.
Remember The Old CG Adage.
If you pick Loosers- you always Loose.
If you pick Winners- you always Win.
We wont be winning….. for a while with this Lot…..
New Jigsaw piece required November…… T.T.
CG, would you consider Wenger back to be picking a winner?
Ken Friar takes a salary.
The other old boys in the balcony take expenses
that includes the 2 Krankies of about €25k a year.
Chips and Harris are old very rich men And im afraid
The problems that have been building up for years have
passed them by.
Wenger back at The Arsenal or stick with this clown…?
No Brainer….
Once is the Best manager we have ever had
The other is the Worse manager we have ever had..
As the weeks go by- Wenger did a better job than many people have realised.
He was the adhesive.
We are only going one way, from now on…
Josh became the man in charge 18 months ago and he sanctioned Wenger’s departure from all indications. As someone rightly inferred above. I feel we could achieve a lot if we sustain a united fandom. Wenger was a very divisive influence and now there’s no space for individuals like him anymore. Arguments about our structure and copying other clubs are pointless. We can begin to challenge in a few years as long as we strive to improve. The Kroenkes hold and manage the business and and ownership of Arsenal, but the history and mementos will always belong to the fans… Read more »
Thanks CG, interesting take.
I’m doing a study on flat earthers and scientologists, would you be interested in contributing?
I’m not sure Wenger would be able to work with say Edu
or Freddie.
He’s always done it all himself.
If he could play the Dien role and let the above play
The selections.
Off course.
The letter to Stan was discussed on Talk Sport this morning
So at least it’s out in the public domain and Stan might even hear about the unrest with ownership
Nice one CG, I’ll just need to check your identity using your credit card details if you dint mind forwarding them on?
Un
Being the most successful chap on here, fortunately , I have never needed a credit card in my life.
I choose Winners
I avoid Loosers at all costs. ( although I do interact with Walt occasionally)
Loosers cost you money!
As KSE will find out.. …..
Blissfully ignorant.
Steady CG, your showing an intelligence above your persona, people will work you out.
Fair play btw, I genuinely thought you were mentally ill.
Graham62July 16, 2019 18:14:22 EmiratesstrollerJuly 16, 2019 18:53:37 LeedsgunnerJuly 16, 2019 19:52:30 Great posts from all of you. That statement dispairs me as he doesn’t say anything new to us. What’s worst he tries to say that we should trust the new team as they’ll sort it out. Well so far zilch. Can Edu save us??? Well we’ll have to see how much Raul is ready to empower him to do what is necessary. But what really pisses me off is his statement about having a CL wage bill but that we are in the EL. It reeks of ignoring… Read more »
They need to move the needle
Leg Db10
“”””Can Edu save us??”””
No.
No track Record
No European Experience
No pedigree
No Ambition- (be a No.1 not a Teck Deck)
No Chance……
Not Here…..
And Not with Raul on his Shoulder…..
T.H
Guns of SF
They need to move the needle
… of cyanide into their arms. That should help us get rid of them all.
CG
The course of most of our woes back at Arsenal?
Not in a million years.
Sorry CG but you’re the only one who wants that.
The cause
Graham
We have the worst coach in the Prem
(Its nothing to do with Wenger.)
If Wenger was as bad as some folk make out, surely we need the BEST coach we can get to clear it up….. not the worse.
It’s only exacerbating problems.
Hi folks. Quite simple really – dont go to The Emirates, dont buy merchandise especially shirts, dont take Sky Sports. Do you think Addidas would be happy. Hard to do I know but must be done to force the cunt out.
They need to get the special sauce
Right now there is no sauce
NEED SAUCE
NEED TO MOVE THE NEEDLE
Guns of SF
You talk of sauce… But the only sauce they’re happy with is to have us in the top 4/back in the CL. I’ve always been convinced that that is their only remit.
Why do you think AW and Gazidis were kept on as long as they were when they were in the top 4 and only kicked once out of it after 2 years?
That’s why I want Kroenke out. We need some sauce who wants to push us beyond that. And I am not seeing this at the moment.
Neil Lennon on Tierney
“”””is one of these sort of ONGOING conditions that causes discomfort and he was in a lot of discomfort towards the end of last season, to the point where he was STRUGGLING to out of bed.”””
Cost £25, 000 000 million.
Budget £45 000 000 million
Death Wish Club.
And a heads up on the petition:
93,300+ Gooners have now signed it!
Keep it up fellow Gooners!!!
This must be the biggest show of unity we have shown online since, well ever. We really need to have this translated to the Ems somehow. For now this is a really good fire that has been lit up under their arses. They fuck up the TW, this season Can really end up being rough.
Domagoj Bradaric the U21 Croat left back is available for 15 millions. Why not make an offer instead of focusing on a player the club is only willing at an inflated price way above its value for us.
Rereading the letter from Josh Kronke reminded me of Wenger’s excuses… except unlike Wenger, Kronke actually holds the purse strings. Wenger was just an employee the Kronke are owners… not custodians, owners.
If they truly felt they were custodians they wouldn’t have tolerated the utter mess Wenger and Gazidas were concocting with their full confidence and cooperation for soooooo long.
They signed all the cheques. It’s rich in the extreme to blame the salary structure for our lethargy when they approved all the spending in the first place.
If you gave me 2 weeks.
I would find a better, fitter, more robust left back than this Tierney Chap and have change to improve elsewhere.
AFC are totally besotted by him it seems.
(Has to be Clown led.)
Laughably- Emery – according to earlier reports – intends to utilize him in a back 3..
You cant make this stuff up.
Back 3. The lad cant even get out the Bed.
Let the lad get fit and firing.
Enquire back in Jan.
Keep it simple
Watching the pre season friendly against Colorado earlier and the reception our offensive players received from the supporters when they came on late in the game , it made me realise what a miserable bunch of know nothing’s we have on Le Grove. The non stop whinging about our players and the negativity shown towards them makes you wonder why they bother supporting the club. We have real quality offensively in Aubamayang,Lacazette, Ozil and Mhkitaryan and it is with regret that we will never see those 4 excellent players reach their full potential at Arsenal due to having a manager… Read more »
Well said Pierre
The fundamental problem with the Clown is
He believes in Systems and not in Players.
Hence why that clipboard is super glued to his hand. Always devising a system is our Unai,
The players ability is actually secondary.
When he goes
We will look back- shake our head.
And think ‘ how the hell did this man ever manage Arsenal ‘…..
Pierre
Any comments about the petition and Kroenkes Jr reply??
Or do you want to keep on rabbitting on and on about what we already know: that we are defensively very weak?
DB10
“Or do you want to keep on rabbitting on and on about what we already know: that we are defensively very weak?”
Actually my point was more to do with the misuse of our offensive players and the lack of cohesion in our attacking play .
Ceballos will be arriving shortly on loan from Real Madrid…I like his style of play, tidy player who keeps it simple , is he what we need at this present time, probably not but let’s hope he is a success.
Pierre
the petition ?
” It’s no secret that we have a Champions League wage bill on a Europa League budget right now. That’s a fact. And one that we’re figuring out how to face internally at the moment.”
Ozil this is talking about you pal…. the noose around our collective ankles.
Dont blame you for taking the deal but you are not good enough, nor wanted anymore…. wake up and leave!
Leeds
Absolutely with you.
It is just sad that the boss blames his employees for their shoddy work when he checks into the office at 10am and leave work after lunch.
Guns of SF
That wage bill thing is just BS.
Under Wenger, all players had a built in mechanic in their contracts with a CL component.
They only get their full salary if they are in the CL. Which was why 4th place is a trophy.
JK’s full response: JOSH KROENKE OPEN LETTER Dear Arsenal Supporters, Fans, and Gooners worldwide, I’d like to start by clarifying that my family owns Arsenal together, and when it comes to the Club, my father and I are in constant dialogue. So when you hear from him you are hearing from me, and the other way round. So I pen this on behalf of myself, my father, my family and Kroenke Sports & Entertainment. We know we have some of the most passionate fans in any sport, anywhere in the world. It’s part of what makes us such a special… Read more »
There’s nothing that Josh can say that will satisfy people.
Action, as they say speaks louder than words. We want action.
I appreciate his candor about the possibility of trophies.. His family fu*ked up by leaving Wenger in charge for 8 years more than necessary. They deserve all the scorn thats coming their way.
Agreed Diss you summed it up perfectly.
Josh talks a very good game but let’s see him put his money where his mouth is, metaphorically if not literally
That’s a lot of big talk for a club who have basically only managed to sign a technical director so far this summer
Time for progress josh. Get a move on while you’re at it
UnDon
Take your significant other to a “Full Moon” party for your anniversary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fylz8KD2y0g
You should find it hippieish enough.
Fly business with Qatar and ……………..
Just present her with the tickets on Sunday.
“I appreciate his candor about the possibility of trophies.. His family fu*ked up by leaving Wenger in charge for 8 years more than necessary. They deserve all the scorn thats coming their way.”
You want to give the new team a chance or you prefer living in the past?
I think the campaign got a reaction from the Kroenkes. It’s a small win. But, really, what can this new set-up, considering where we are coming from, be doing that they aren’t doing? Let’s give the new people a chance, this is reset level.
Spot on, Dissenter. It was under the the Kroenke’s “custodianship” that we went from being a Champions League team to a Europa Cup team. It was under their ownership that we saddled ourselves with these terrible contracts that now hang over us like the sword of Damocles. Josh is unfortunate in that he is dealing with fans who are eyes wide open, having been fed snake oil for years by Gazidis and promised year after year by Wenger that things would get better. We were also fed the “transfer buzz” pill through carefully placed PR in order to fill the… Read more »
Mystic your point about giving them a chance is valid. The problem is that this isn’t year one under the Kroenkes. They have effectively been in charge for years now and their indulgence of an obviously failing Wenger and Gazidis has brought us to the depressing state we now find ourselves in. For Josh to make out like he’s just taken up the reigns is pretty bold. It would have been nice for him to make some acknowledgement of that but I expect humility is not a quality you learn if you are a billionaire’s Son.
What was missing from that piece was accountability from the kroenkes. He clearly stated that Vinai and Raul are in charge. The bigger question is will they be held accountable? Experience from the last 10 years says no. Infact the only bit of accountability was had when Josh came into the picture 1 year ago and changes galore have happened. Going further he’s the one in charge of Arsenal FC, cos he’s been the one seen often times, so he really has to hold those guys accountable. that’s how progress is made. As for Ceballos, do I need to start… Read more »
Lol Moray I guess I addressed yuur post without even seeing it. Cheers man. This is the JK show now. Let’s see how he does moving forward
Also, how did D£ Light end up with Juventus? The least interesting and most boring project of all
Josh says we will need some creative solutions in the transfer market. Would love to see any solutions frankly because unless creative solutions means martinelli to bang in 20 goals from out wide and who knows what the Tierney outcome will be, I haven’t seen any solutions
Cabellos looks insane in his YouTube reels Everyone and their uncle looks good on YouTube but he looks quite special His ability to accelerate to top speed instantaneously, stop dead, turn and accelerate instantly to top speed in the reverse direction is something I’ve literally never seen before He appears to take loads of tiny steps but somehow is still insanely quick and efficient with them. It also looks like he’s pretty aggressive and a hard worker Him at AM would dramatically improve our setup if his videos are reasonably reflective of his levels. He looks like the kinda player… Read more »
The same reason anyone joins juve, psg or Bayern, for an easy life with guaranteed titles every single season where you only have to truly exert yourself in the knock out rounds of the CL. Plus it’s decent there these days too
By the time De Ligt gets bored and moves on in a few years he will be a young man with several trophies already to his name and probably appearances in CL semis or better
Great minds, Mystic, great minds…
Hard to blame Josh and Stan for all of Wenger and Ivan’s errors, much of the fanbase insisted it was this way until the bitter end, if anything they are as accountable.
I have very little sympathy for those that stuck by Wenger in the last 4-5 years, you were warned about this.
“His ability to accelerate to top speed instantaneously, stop dead, turn and accelerate instantly to top speed in the reverse direction is something I’ve literally never seen before”
You’ve never met my kids then…I just wish they could do it with a ball.
Apparently there is no obligation to buy clause, which doesn’t surprise me – we are not in the driving seat for this transfer. Even so it would be a good bit of business considering the deficiencies in our squad. And good for the lad too as he is guaranteed game time.
I just checked Juve’s transfer business this window and it’s ridiculous…they’ve signed a whole new back four. Or five if you include the resigning of fucking Buffon. That’s on top of Ramsay and Rabiot on frees. Jesus wept.
https://www.transfermarkt.us/juventus-turin/transfers/verein/506
meanwhile Unai offers a different thinking to Kroenke junior: “Unai Emery has urged Arsenal to make “big, expensive” signings and wants to bring in four new faces this summer.” Gunners boss Emery is making big demands as he looks to shake up his squad despite Arsenal director Josh Kroenke warning the club will struggle to bring in top signings. Emery said: “I can say to our supporters we are going to make a very good team with the players there now and three or four players who can help us in a few days. “Our target is to get three… Read more »
Custodianship
Loyalty
Class
The right way
Just four stupid things that should tell you why AFC is gone and never coming back.
Move along. Kroenke and his son have this club forever.
Your heartstrings are being pulled by the owners.
“We are owners, we’re custodians”. No.
Arsenal isn’t an artwork being passed through the generations, we exist here and now and our primary goal is to win. Period.
Arsene used the same trick. He made you think that he loved the club and was acting in its best interest…while he trousered his £12m a season. All for the love and love is expensive!
Seriously, the club is dead.
There’s one very sure way of demonstrating that the Kronkes care about the football club. Give the club enough money for us to compete for the best young talent without us having to scrimp and beg and be the laughingstock of every transfer window.
Otherwise what has Josh really done? Write a letter full of excuses.
Talk is cheap.
Unai Emery on Edu “”””Raul, Vinai and I were trying to find the best person who can help us with experience and also with knowing this club. It’s Edu.”””””” So Emery was involved in recruiting Edu as Teck Deck….. I thought his remit was Head Coach. And Not in the process of selecting Technical support. He cant select a Captain. (Would not let him near any exec descion.) No.6 chosen Yesterday C. Chambers (No.7.No.8. No.9 on there way ) Following on from the Sunday Times and PedRo’s exclusive- you can now see why Dortmund Eye was ousted. Old Pals Act… Read more »
Edu is another salaryman.
The whole system is set up to watch each other’s backs.
Josh isn’t turning on his father.
Edu isn’t turning on his boss whose made him a millionaire again.
Emery is happy to have a job.
Ditto Raul.
Ditto CEO.
Arsenal are doing just fine and on the opening day, 60,000 twats will turn up and clap like little seals, go home and bitch online…repeat in a week.
No one, not a person or sports team should ever hold that kind of unhealthy power over you.
Josh talks about the modern structures that are now in place.
But if Emery is selecting the Teck Deck – its akin to Wenger selecting the Chief Exec.
This ain’t a modern proper structure.
It’s an Old Pals Act and Alliance.
Sign the Petition
Thrice or Twice will Suffice.
Just read my boy Giroud’s take on the Koscielny (or ‘Loto’ as he’s insisted on calling him since they used to come in from the back yard for angel cakes and ginger beer – or bière as Olivier used to say) spat. I had to tell Olivier off for being a bit fucking disrespectful to the Arsenal what with all that ‘I love Chelsea’ shit, but boys will be boys. What the fuck are we going to do, fellas? Where’s the fucking direction? I have, it is true, drunk a Mariana Trench full of vodka and tonic this afternoon/evening, but… Read more »
And why is Vinny involved in selecting the new Teck Deck?
He is a marketing man for goodness sake…
What’s his footballing expertise?
No wonder he would not “change a thing with regards to Emerys appointment “””
He should be trying to sell those 30 plus unsold Corp boxes.
Jobs 4 The Boys!
Joined at the Hip – these 4 Dopes.
“You’ve never met my kids then…I just wish they could do it with a ball.”
Lol
My son-in-law, a Crystal Palace season ticket holder reckons Zaha’s got a CP eagle mosaic on the bottom of his swimming pool. I’m betting it’s going to be easier and cheaper to remodel that into a cockerel than a cannon.
There was a an old shit called Stan Kroenke
Who said of Arse-nal ‘fuck I’ll bonk ‘er’
I’ll tear her piss flaps
And then well perhaps
I’ll rip up her arse as an encore.
Trippier is a weird way for Athleti to spend 21m pounds, he is 28 and was poor last season. Now moving out of England for the first time in his career and concerns over his Spanish, i find the whole thing weird.
Athleti have made a lot of strange decisions this window.
At least they are active though, if Emery is to be believed we will see some incoming over the next few days, outgoings will probably be Elneny, Chambers and co.
Giroud’s lack of self awareness is staggering, who care’s what he thinks about Koscielny ‘s situation at Arsenal!!! He lost all good will with his taunting of Arsenal following Chelsea’s triumph in the EL final.
“With Arsenal it’s more difficult to win the title”
Of course it is, when your first choice striker doesn’t score from January – April 2016 (14 games to be exact). Leicester then went on to win the title that season.
I think he did a reasonable job for the price we paid for him, but he’s gone down in my estimations now.
Anyways, Kroenke JR and Emery have been giving it large in terms of player recruitment, so we shall see what pans out in the coming days/weeks.
The first few matches may be challenging without any new faces in the squad especially defensively. They are the kind of matches that Arsenal are expected to win comfortably. If we don’t the season may become a lot more tricky for Emery. He knows that he will be the one getting the boot if things turn pear shaped. Without new faces ready to play at the start of the season, we may already be too far behind our top 4 rivals by the end of September. His comment about needing 4 bug players has a whiff of truth but also… Read more »
Arsenal are not going to compete financially in transfer market with Man City, Man Utd, Real Madrid, Barcelona, PSG and probably Juventus. However, I would expect them to compete with other major clubs including Liverpool, Chelsea and Spurs. My criticism of the owner, Board and Senior Management at the club is that there is a lack of leadership, proper planning and ruthlessness when they enter the transfer market. This has been the case now for a very long time. Everyone knows that Arsenal’s major weakness in recent years has been our defence and yet the club has shown very little… Read more »
Tony Thanks for posting the entire response from Josh. Certain key points are missing from his open letter to the fans, specifically his acceptance that, as owners, they failed in their duties to oversee and monitor the previous eight years of leadership under Arsene Wenger and Ivan Gazidis. “Because of this we find ourselves in a financial quandary,equating to a lack of a structure and ,significantly, sufficient funds to pursue our goals. Our neglect in this matter has meant that we (as owners) are reviewing our own roles and input into matters and will take it upon ourselves to invest… Read more »
No new post from Pedro, about the ridiculous statement by Kroenke Jr ??
Nice to hear the manager talking about wanting 3 or 4 signings. He was careful to balance it out by saying he had good players and young players, but glad it wasn’t the rubbish we’re use to about supermarkets, super qualideeeee etc. Really would be good to get a great signing over the line this week. It sounds as if the club is talking to a lot of people trying to get things done by the unease comes from the lack of actual signings. It could be 3 or 4 all happen within the space of a week, but supporters… Read more »
Cesc
It also doesn’t help the “new” management team have no PTR to fall back on. As fans we’re so used to piss poor windows it’s very easy to fall into the view that’s what we’ll end up with.
“Unai Emery: Arsenal targeting ‘very big, very expensive’ signings”
Yeah right…
(lolz)
Marc
Yeah exactly.
People are judging this lot by the last regimes standards which is understandable, but we need to see what they do and also recognize the financial circumstances they are in are tough.
If it is 3 or 4 players then I would guess it’s going to be a midfield player (looking like it might be Dani Ceballos), then a LB (looking like Tierney), then a winger (looking like Zaha or Everton Soares) and then the last one I would guess potentially a CB (no idea who) or maybe it will be Dani Alves?
If we signed these mystical 3/4 players…it wouldn’t touch the sides.
We need approximately 28 players, at least a whole board, 60,000+ new fans and probably a new coach driver (why not).
Shitty little club.
“We need approximately 28 players, at least a whole board, 60,000+ new fans and probably a new coach driver (why not).”
What do you think of Ozil’s new hairstyle