Quote Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn View Post
There are still those who claim Wenger will leave us in a great state. But this is a club in its death throes. Fine, just about enough might be drip, drip, dripped in to keep us high enough in the table and showing up enough in the early stages of the CL so the pretence can be maintained. But in terms of challenging, we are way, way behind where George Graham left us. Wenger has led us into the promised land of non-football elitism, where a very few benefit mightily at the extortionate expense of the many. He's transformed himself from the best thing that has ever happened to the club, to the worst thing that has ever blighted the club. In my book now he goes down as the worst manager we ever had. The guy that took the football out of Arsenal. There could be a saviour out there who can come in and restore the soul of the club. But he'll have his work cut out given his bosses, the leeches Wenger ushered in, have the exact opposite intent.

I imagine my last attachment with football, as I slowly tune out, will be a bitter hatred of a bloke called Arsene Wenger.
If we're being left in good shape, that includes being left with Kroenke. I've seen plenty rage against the owners but also say Wenger leaves us in great shape for the future. How is that possible? Wenger has had so much power and influence, enough to convince the Board to build new training grounds and a stadium, enough to attract Kroenke over, but he hasn't used it to stop the corporate greed. Instead of blocking off the entrance to the vultures and employing former players to guard that side of our club, he's held the fucking door open and passed out the lube. We've been fucked over. My only hope is that once he moves on, the new manager employed has enough power and influence to persuade the owners to stop fucking over the fans, to invest in new staff and a structure that's there to look after the football. That's the only hope left I have.