@Darrenarsenal1 MUFC to sign £400m 10 Year Kit Deal with Nike. The same Nike who pay #arsenal £8m a season. And yet its not the #arsenal way to renegotiate
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@Darrenarsenal1 MUFC to sign £400m 10 Year Kit Deal with Nike. The same Nike who pay #arsenal £8m a season. And yet its not the #arsenal way to renegotiate
Our commercial deals really aren't that bad are they? :(
How much money would Arsenal have to pay to end the contracts early? Personally, I believe that if you sign a contract, you should honour that contract.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
This is what I wrote at the end of last season:
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Worried about the future
With Citeh affirming their intentions with the FA cup and 3rd place this season they will undoubtedly spend shed loads. Chelsea have Abramovich, Man utd are as strong as ever and Fergie beong given free reign to spend according to the Guardian. Liverpool will also be strengthening as will the Totts.
Us on the other hand have had our worst season under Wenger, have half our squad wanting out and yet the manager is as unwilling as ever to spend given his recent comments. This all with the backdrop of fan club disconnect and disillusionment being as high as ever as well as Kroenke/Usmanov struggle.
I'm worried about the future of the club and as pessimistic as I've ever been. This summer is absolutley crucial and Wenger has to get things right but I really have doubts as to his ability to rectify the persistent problems in the team. Is there anything to get positive about??
The situation at the club is very, very worrying imo. Not only are the pre-season fears being realized, i.e. that we have a squad clearly lacking in quality, but that we have innumerable amounts of off field issues:
The owners - How can Kroenke still have not clarified his intentions and ambitions for the club? What else but a quick buck is he looking for then? What happens with Usmanov?...will the club be in a stasis between these two, with no clear owner and no definitive direction eminating from the top?
The finances - pitiful financial deals...currently dwarfed by the likes of Tottenham, poor secondary commercial deals. A situation that looks to be unchanging for another 2 years...sure not long left but with the likes of Man u showing exponential growth year in year out we face a stark situation of being left well behind...
Commercial team/Gazidis - what exactly have this lot done? Is Gazidis anything other than a damp squib? What has Tom Fox and the others (who earn millions a year) really bought to the club other than raising ticket prices to compensate for their inability to find commercial partners. Besides, their treatment of the fans as nothing more than a cash cow.
The Board - an indecisive, reactionairy group of old timers that are dragging the club down. What sway do they have over Kroenke? How can they be repolaced? Should they be targeted??
Loads of issues surrounding the club, the biggest being no sense of direction or purpose, and I really fear for the immediate future of the Arsenal. :cry:
Forget about all the outside influences for a moment, because today had nothing to do with the board and their role. Today just highlighted how Wenger cannot manage his team anymore to the required standard. There was no reason, absolutley none at all as to why we contrived to throw that game away.
The biggest worry at the club is the manager who appears to have no control over his players.
But the manager is invariably influenced by the goings on off the field. At the very least he needs some direction and guidance from someone higher placed than him at the club...can you honestly say anyone is above him at the club? No. This isn't about this one game...its about the bigger picture: the role of the board, the owner/s, the staff etc etc
I really worry about this lot.
I bought into the whole "turned the corner" thing, maybe not completely but I was more confident we would find some form of consistency.
We seem to be in a vicious circle now where the players have no confidence in themselves or each other. Without stringing some results together they aren't going to have that confidence but without that they're not going to get those results and on it goes.
Add to that Wenger's general lack of ability to motivate and tactical knowledge we could be (are) in serious trouble because those are the two things we need most to get out of this slump.
Nothing is going right for us at the moment in terms of decisions, injuries etc. I can't see this season getting any better right now but at the same time I won't let myself believe this will carry on. I just can't accept that.:pray:
I don't even know how we're going to turn this around. I do hope that Wenger gets Keown back in to coach the defence. Sorting the defence out has to be our starting point. Not holding my breath for that though.
As the song says things can only get better, but when is the question. AFC could never be a top force forever. Maybe this is a lesson for the club and fans alike to be more humble and accept we don't have a right to win leagues finish 4th.Quote:
Originally Posted by bignev
Nope, that's not the lesson. The lesson is avoid giving power to greedy swine or arrogant fools.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie the Gooner
I reckon I'm about as worried about the future of the club as the players are.
In short: :yawn: ; waiting for us to go through the motions of a terrible season and mass protests to get changes high up.
I guess if you're a player Arsenal is about the best place to be in a crisis. No chance of the wages not being paid and every chance of a quick escape route regardless of contractual obligations provided the right offer comes on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Syn
well if you put it that way sounds good lol. I still think its a lesson for the board whether they care is a diffrent matter entirelyQuote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
anyone here fearing a relegation battle as I am?
I don't know. We are crap, but we are still a scalp, teams will look to build their morale with a victory against us, so I expect whoever we are playing to really go for it. Right now, we just don't have the character or morale to deal with this.
People are rightly scared of the prospect of us getting mauled by Chelsea and Spurs. But both games provide an ideal opportunity for us to boost the morale and confidence of our team. We need a result against one or both, otherwise this could be a season that even the perennial pessimists here never saw coming.
No, we still have enough to avoid relegation for maybe a couple more seasons. I think we'll finish in the bottom 10 but comfortably ahead of the bottom 3. Next season will be the real struggle when RvP is sold and Wilshere goes off the boil in preparation for his move to Utd the year after.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniele
quality-wise we're not that bad I know but it's not quality that worries me. last week I saw Swansea dominate the entire second half at the Emirates. The this week we concede 4 to lowly Blackburn. To me, those are the two worst teams in the league. Who's worse than us atm?Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Quality is more than being great at keepie-uppy. It's a package, the technical skill, the mental durability, the attitude, the physical toughness and endurance, the sort of players we used to have but don't have any more. When teams like Swansea can spot our weaknesses and exploit them we know we are short on quality, in terms of trying to compete at this level.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniele
I don't think we'll get embroiled in a relegation battle but I do think we're going to lose a helluva lot of games this season. I think we'll comfortably lose 10 if not more if things don't drastically change.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniele
This team is Europa League at best, forget about CL, we have so much work to do that this season is effectively a write-off.
Nah, think the relegation battle talk is far too premature, I can't even keep a straight face whenever the topic comes up. If we're still in this position at Christmas then yes it's time to really hit the panic buttons. I believe we will patch enough of this shit up to climb the table, but obviously not anywhere near the top 4 and probably not the Europa League either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniele
It cannot be denied though that our form over the past 20 games or so resembles that of a side who will struggle to avoid relegation. It's very concerning.
how can you say we'll lose just 10 if we have already lost 3 out of 5? are you serious?Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie
It's a mistake to ignore the worst case scenario. How many times have we said, "Surely not?", and the team then goes on to achieve the unthinkable? If last year demonstrated anything it's that we are capable of pushing new boundaries in terms of abject failure. So many were saying third was unthinkable. I assumed 4th, but only because I knew the games would run out and it would be mathematically impossible for us to achieve 5th.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
I agree. Look at the way we are, we can't defend we show no commitment we conceded 4 to Rovers FFS! Swansea dominated at the Emirates for large chunks of the match...Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
the dark part of my mind actually wants us to be relegated, just for the fun of it
The dark part of somebody else's mind might want us relegated just for the investment opportunity. Two billionaires attached to the club and we're wondering if we can stay up. LOL.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flavs
Championship's a better league anyway. :good:Quote:
Originally Posted by Flavs
the place to be, defo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Syn
Would be funny tbh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flavs
Away trips to Barnsley :bow:
If this ever happened we'd soon find ourselves in division 2, one thing you need in the championship is battling qualities.....we have plenty of bottlers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
headlines: Barnsley held by ArsenalQuote:
Originally Posted by Flavs
I think 10 minimum, will probably be more. I think we're really going to struggle on the road this season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniele
I would :lol: my ass off to the new signings who came to play CL footy!Quote:
Originally Posted by Flavs
And I would cry myself to death as well..
I would quite fancy a season in the championship too, tickets cheaper so I could go more. Cash back.Quote:
Originally Posted by FakeYank
I wonder if prices would still fall. Those deluded pricks in the boardroom will probably still think that we need to charge the highest prices in Europe for Championship material football! We are already witnessing it in the PL so I dont see it changing. I wonder if AW will still be in charge if we get relegated..Quote:
Originally Posted by alexander
We will lose over 100 games this season, without doubt.Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie
Not worried at all.
Not anymore.
Im at the stage of "who gives a shit"
Thanks Wenger
Cunt
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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
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Originally Posted by Ach
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Originally Posted by FakeYank