Summer Transfer Misery 2017/18

[Niall_Quinn]

Let's face it, we are well and truly fucked.

Look, it is ideal as well you know.

[Marc Overmars]

The spirit in the dressing room must be absolutely rotten.

Wenger's philosophy is dead, players just don't buy into it anymore.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Read up on what attracted Kroenke to Arsenal. Wenger didn't cultivate a relationship with Stan. Stan was in love with Wenger from the very start and held him in high esteem before taking over.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...-he-wants.html

You say the Chairman position is ornamental but have a hard time grasping that it's also the same case with the Chief Executive position.

How comes Ivan can't influence Stan? God knows. You might as well ask why Sir Chips has no influence. If rumours are true of Josh Kroenke wanting Henry involved with the club, you then must question how comes his own son has no influence.

Extend that question further down the pecking order and you can ask why Steve Bould has no influence over the players or manager.

That article seems to suggest very much that Wenger established a personal relationship with Kroenke. I'm sure Kroenke very much admired his achievements prior to becoming majority share holder but it also helps when your de facto boss is about as proactive as a monitor lizard.

And even if you're right about the chief executive being an ornamental position, that rather makes it even more plain that Gazidis should not be part of the post Wenger restructuring. If he's taken the job knowing that he will be chief executive in name only and more than happy to be in a job eight years without wielding any influence, what on earth makes you think he's suddenly going to be any good for us when Wenger goes.

If he knew he was ornamental and had no power it kind of makes him doubly stupid for coming out the way he did about the catalyst for change. That either he was spinning or was too stupid to see that Wenger would go above his head no matter what he tried to do.

No matter how you try and frame the Kroenke-Wenger dynamic, I can't see how Gazidis comes out of this looking like anything but a clown.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Don't see what Alexis would have to gain from handing in an official transfer request at this point. It's been clear for ages to everyone that he wants to leave so it's not going to change squat. It'd be far more effective to his cause by putting in performances like he did yesterday instead.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

The spirit in the dressing room must be absolutely rotten.

Wenger's philosophy is dead, players just don't buy into it anymore.

Don't worry, the official Arsenal Youtube channel will put out a video of Theo & Iwobi doing some funny match commentary to suggest that everything is all right.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Twitter/journos/whatever now saying Monaco won't sell afterall, we haven't even put in a bid for Lemar yet anyway, we want either him or Oxlade, and Oxlade wants a move to us not Chelsea.

[Master Splinter]

Don't worry, the official Arsenal Youtube channel will put out a video of Theo & Iwobi doing some funny match commentary to suggest that everything is all right.

[Niall_Quinn]

Twitter/journos/whatever now saying Monaco won't sell afterall, we haven't even put in a bid for Lemar yet anyway, we want either him or Oxlade, and Oxlade wants a move to us not Chelsea.

Pretty slick. He'll be the only Arsenal player that can say "we" played well on Sunday. I thought the deal with the chavs was agreed and he was having his medical tomorrow. He'd even done the secret chav fan bit in the papers. Not sure they could get a majority of scousers to buy into the Liverpool kit as a child routine if he swaps at this late stage.

[Master Splinter]

Twitter/journos/whatever now saying Monaco won't sell afterall, we haven't even put in a bid for Lemar yet anyway, we want either him or Oxlade, and Oxlade wants a move to us not Chelsea.

You're inferring that the world of football journalism and it's even more sinister bastard child offspring of online, bite-sized social media hot-takes lacks any integrity and even less dignity?

[Niall_Quinn]

Twitter/journos/whatever now saying Monaco won't sell afterall, we haven't even put in a bid for Lemar yet anyway, we want either him or Oxlade, and Oxlade wants a move to us not Chelsea.

As well, welcome to the Monaco negotiating table. They said they wanted 80 mill and you'd have to give them a big round of applause if they manage to get it.