As we've seen, spending the fackin money is no guarantee of anything. Our spending is the highest it has ever been, and we're on our worst run of form for 20 years. A two hundred million pound striker wouldn't get any service from this lot.
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100% agree on the above but at this part of the conundrum I would point the finger at the board who have offered him the new deal.
I think we would both agree that Wenger probably believes he can turn this around so will sign, but that option perhaps should not even be available to him, the board having weighed up past years, past failures and decided that all in he has done a great job in the far past but is not the man for the future.
The whole scenario is at risk of descending into farce from boardroom level through management to playing staff. None of these three seperate parties are coming out of this with one ounce of credit.
The mistake everyobe is making is thinking in terms of Wenger's 'failure'.
His employment status rests with 'the board', who are clearly beholden to the majority shareholder, who has a track record of buying sports clubs and running them as purely commercial entities without consideration of on the field success in terms of trophies.
As far as Kroenke is concerned, Arsene has done a wonderful job. I believe his shares are currently worth around 30% more than he paid for them and the club is cash rich. If I were Kroenke, I would pay Wenger whatever he wanted to stay for as long as he wanted. :shrug:
Well personally I don’t think the whole banners during matches and flying of planes with messages attached is of any help other than focusing the media on the circus.
Before and after games is fair enough.
I would suggest we are actually a laughing stock at the moment. Just imagine the mileage we would be getting from these events in N17.
Of course if the Wenger Out enthusiasts were a large majority, and if they really believed that they were acting in the club's best interests in having the manager removed, we would fail to sell half our season tickets this spring and then you'd see a reaction from the owner.
Of course these people will continue to pay as if they have no agency in the matter, and then moan about what they receive for their money :shrug: