Wenger Referendum: Yes Or No

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Not got a problem with anything you say apart from "our status as one of the biggest clubs in Europe" - exactly the words used to sell us the Emirates move.
Now you tell me as a football fan & not a share holder - Are we seen as a bigger European club now or 10 years ago. Galatasary get 80,000+ every week, doesn't mean there viewed at a top European team. The top teams are Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, teams we used to compete with in C.L semi's & finals - Yes, when we were seen as one of Europe's biggest clubs.
We need to stop thinking that big stadiums & big sponsorship deals = success. The top teams spend that money on quality to guarantee that success, we have a manager who won't because of his principles.

I'm not disagreeing with much of what you're saying either. I was more specifically replying to both your and PNG's point about sponsorship being the driver of the recent transfer splurge and not the stadium when in fact it was the stadium that allowed the massive sponsorship deals to be gained. They're inextricably linked.

As for your other point, I would say we're probably at a similar level. We weren't exactly pulling many trees up in Europe in the early Wenger years either I remind you. Whilst our reputation has definitely taken a hit due to a lack of recent domestic success, our consistency in Europe as well as the increase in brand reputation predominately driven by the explosion of popularity of the PL around the world has reflected favourably on us. Obviously the latter is no substitute for real trophies, but again it's not either one or the other - increasing our sponsorship and matchday revenue will increase the chance of us winning silverware.

[Özim]

I'm not disagreeing with much of what you're saying either. I was more specifically replying to both your and PNG's point about sponsorship being the driver of the recent transfer splurge and not the stadium when in fact it was the stadium that allowed the massive sponsorship deals to be gained. They're inextricably linked.

I'm not so convinced, success is a bigger driver for sponsorship because companies want their names associated with successful brands that have big fan bases ideally.

Had we stayed at Highbury and maintained our level of success there we'd have been able to get even bigger deals perhaps.