Well….well…..who you going to get to replace Wenger?Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Harsh but true. Was reminded when on a podcast that Gazidis said it’s the fans that will decide Wenger’s future. Spineless abdication from the Board but he’s not wrong. From the fans to the Board, the inactivity and silence sums up the club. We’re not all going to agree on the method of protest but along as something is done is what counts.
Agree on the method of protest? Wenger's mob only agree that if any protest occurs they will shut it down, using abuse and violence if necessary.
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Was checking to see if anyone caught fighting gets banned. Idea being that if you don't like the chants against the club, stay at home.
But came across this.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/...-fans-who-fai/
Arsenal urged to consider banning season tickets of fans who fail to show up
I think Gazidis really regrets making that statement which was clearly hyperbole on his partWell….well…..who you going to get to replace Wenger?
Although Boyd Hilton gets very shrill he made the point on footballistically arsenal....the people who are pro wenger what do they get out of this, where is the excitement for them in being fans?.
For me they seem split into three groups
1) Those who believe Wenger can still get us to where we need to be
2) Those who believe the fans should be grateful for what we have, and we are where we should be
3) People who are unsatisfied but seem to think Wenger is owed eternal gratitude and should be able to set his own departure and should not be forced out
They are all in my opinion wrong, but i am a bit more sympathetic with the third group of people
I'll be honest, i have said that i get fed up with people who turn up late and leave early.....but ultimately like people who choose not to turn up full stop, they have paid in full.
This is a club that would not deserve a fan base if it considered this, it's like EE cutting me off because i pay for a certain amount of data per month and only use a certain percentage of it....totally absurd.
Just read it. Very good article, it's very accurate IMO...not a dramatic piece or over the top, just pointing out all the main issues.
Got to agree with what he says, year after year it's the same and yet protests are muted, those that do are crucified for it, I don't think you'd find another set of fans who would put up with this, how many times has Wenger had little digs at the fans as well?
I don't really understand this support, surely they must be able to see nothing will be different until something changes, who can honeslty be satisfied with seeing us fail every season but consider it a success because we qualified for the CL a competition where we get knocked out at the same stage year on year.
In reality there's no incentive to change things for the board, money is still rolling in, the fans are pretty subdued and happy to go along with anything they or the manager says or does.
I remember when Wenger said "this club had not so many CL league games before I came and have so many after me"
If the fans were so shy and retiring would the board really need to recruit John Cross to do the kind of hatchet jobs he did in the Mirror
Whether more should be vociferous is really up to them, I think there is a sizeable minority who go to the Emirates prepared to shout them down either way and sometimes they might be inclined to think...is it worth the hassle.
I don't think anyone considers that we are succeeding even the most hardened Wenger supporters, they are either convinced he can turn it around or are fatalistic about the impact of the big money clubs (and yes they are clearly wrong...but they are entitled to that view).
But you consider yourself a supporter of Arsenal, what exactly have you done to bring about the end of Wenger's tenure?....apart from whinging on here.
I generally also think if the worst happens and he does sign an extension the attendance will go down, and i think there's only so much you can supplement that with tourists.
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