Kroenke has been here for a year as owner.. AW has been here for 15 years... sorry, let me correct myself.. AW has been at the club for 10 years and has been missing for the last 5!Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie the Gooner
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Kroenke has been here for a year as owner.. AW has been here for 15 years... sorry, let me correct myself.. AW has been at the club for 10 years and has been missing for the last 5!Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie the Gooner
So he did say if there is good value, he'd spend... nothing in it about not spending. I dont think any person would want to just throw the cash. Dont see how it can be deemed as anything wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ach
He says theres a risk. Yes there is but then theres also the chance it can go right.Quote:
Originally Posted by FakeYank
Hes not willing to take that risk and thats not a good thing
The board have there part to play and if they sit and watch as we drop down the table, then yes they should get it on the neck.
But people have always been quick to blame the board because they've never wanted to admit or see Arsene's flaws. It's been going on the years and before pointing to Arsene, I know a few people that would rather scapegoat the board.
I think it's more that he's not the full owner. Until that is resolved, there's not going to be any 'outside' investment. None of this really makes much of a difference from what occurs from the 45th minute onwards though.
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Originally Posted by FakeYank
Are you new here evryone wants us to throw the cash or splash the cash wengers biggest flaw i belive. so its ok for the owner to say it but not for the manager strange.
Tbh I'm still prepared to give Kroenke the benefit of the doubt - not least because I think he's better than the alternative.Quote:
Originally Posted by FakeYank
What I'd argue is that he does now need to demonstrate he cares about Arsenal as a football club not a cash cow. The situation we're in (and arguably the situation we found ourselves in during the summer) calls for the board to step in and take decisive action to sort the club out.
If they don't then the only conclusion you can draw is that they're happy for Arsenal to continue sinking down the league, just as long as the cash tills keep ringing. And that quite rightly pisses people off.
Exactly. We're getting ahead of ourselves with this ownership talk.Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
it was a good game and probably our best performance of the season so far. IMO the difference between the two sides was the defending, especially the CBs- but the whole world except AW knows that. So basically their should have been a protest, but it was definitely done by the wrong set of fans..Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/...clubs-majorityQuote:
Arsenal fans are planning to write to majority shareholder Stan Kroenke next week and arrange a meeting with the American businessman who is yet to approach the fans about the future of the club.
The Arsenal Supporters’ Trust (AST) are looking for Kroenke to outline his vision for the club after he declared he would talk to the fans, as well as consider the future of the club’s Fanshare system following the continuous stalemate between the American and fellow shareholder Alisher Usmanov.
Kroenke holds 66.6 per cent of the shares at Arsenal and attempted to make a full takeover of the north London outfit in April, but Usmanov has retained his 30 per cent despite not being on the board this season.
Billionaire Kroenke sent out a document to every Arsenal shareholder when he attempted to fully buy the club and in it, promised to talk to fans as soon as he could, but so far has been absent in his interaction with the supporters, living up to his nickname of 'Silent Stan'.
An AST spokesman was quoted as saying by talkSPORT “During the takeover of Arsenal Stan Kroenke committed to engaging with supporters.
“At an AST meeting on Monday night our members decided to write to Stan asking him to fulfil this commitment as soon as possible.
“Earlier this summer, 96 per cent of AST members said they wanted Kroenke to improve his communications with supporters including setting out his ambitions for the club and explaining the strategy he has to achieve them.”
Arsenal’s Fanshare scheme spans 1900 members who own around 70 shares that total just under £800,000, but with neither Kroenke or Usmanov budging on the other shares in the club, fans are feeling uneasy about the situation.
The scheme has been running for over a century and AST are concerned that the bond between fans and the board may be coming to an end.
Lets hope this happens soon and take it from there