Quote Originally Posted by IBK View Post
Aye, and let's not forget that our shareholders sold out to Kroenke did so for personal gain/greed. We can't in good conscience pick and choose what greed we criticise...

We fans are pawns, yes, but we are also part of what generates the greed by chosing to spend our cash supporting the system.
Agreed. When I used to go to games I'd marvel at the queues of people at the Armoury with arm-fulls of Arsenal merch, just lining up to part with their cash.
When I first started going there was a little shop by the Clock End and that was it.

I've been fairly consistent in criticising greed, IMO it really stepped up a gear with Sky and the PL. They promised a "whole new ball game" and boy did they deliver. It's pretty much directly led us to where we are today, via a lot of the steps you identified.

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