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FUCKKKK!!!

FUCKING HELL!!!!!!!!!

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PUT HIM DOWN!

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[Niall_Quinn]

Yep, sounds like a 1 year contract sold as a handover while they find a replacement. Most of the journos sound like they are willing to sell that. Suppose the idea is to calm the fans down, get the Wenger Out lot thinking one more year and then change, give the Wenger In lot some ammo to demand a "smooth handover" period for "the good of the club". It's a smart delaying tactic. Also gives the appearance of the board being in charge. Mostly bullshit of course. What this really does is forgive Wenger if he doesn't hit a single target this year, which is looking increasingly likely. It'll mean we'll lose Ozil and Alexis and probably Bellerin (although the way he's been playing maybe that's not much of a loss). Suspect Ox and Perez will go too. And it covers up for the fact this board has no post-Wenger plan. Shameful and shocking on their part btw. What is it these guys actually do?

There was one journo on Sunday Supplement who saw through this. Can't remember his name, but if you catch the show it's obvious. One more year for Wenger to try to turn it around (which he is incapable of doing), it does look like we won't get what we want this year but probably will next. A lot of damage will have been done by then of course. But this will be sold as Wenger's farewell season so fans will have to think carefully if they want to deny him that. Me personally, I find the whole think to be a huge steaming turd, a small group of old greedy men putting themselves ahead of the club and its fans, but what's new about that? If the request is to give Wenger one more year (provided it really is just one more year) and allow him to bow out gracefully rather than be hounded out then I can just about stomach it and play along. I don't think even this lot could get away with selling the farewell tour directly followed by the reunion tour. All hell would break loose.

So looks like Wenger out - but not quite just yet. One more year of pain. Another years sliding down the pecking order. Possibly some serious long term damage inflictedin the process. But change in 2018.

[Munchies]

Yep, sounds like a 1 year contract sold as a handover while they find a replacement. Most of the journos sound like they are willing to sell that. Suppose the idea is to calm the fans down, get the Wenger Out lot thinking one more year and then change, give the Wenger In lot some ammo to demand a "smooth handover" period for "the good of the club". It's a smart delaying tactic. Also gives the appearance of the board being in charge. Mostly bullshit of course. What this really does is forgive Wenger if he doesn't hit a single target this year, which is looking increasingly likely. It'll mean we'll lose Ozil and Alexis and probably Bellerin (although the way he's been playing maybe that's not much of a loss). Suspect Ox and Perez will go too. And it covers up for the fact this board has no post-Wenger plan. Shameful and shocking on their part btw. What is it these guys actually do?

There was one journo on Sunday Supplement who saw through this. Can't remember his name, but if you catch the show it's obvious. One more year for Wenger to try to turn it around (which he is incapable of doing), it does look like we won't get what we want this year but probably will next. A lot of damage will have been done by then of course. But this will be sold as Wenger's farewell season so fans will have to think carefully if they want to deny him that. Me personally, I find the whole think to be a huge steaming turd, a small group of old greedy men putting themselves ahead of the club and its fans, but what's new about that? If the request is to give Wenger one more year (provided it really is just one more year) and allow him to bow out gracefully rather than be hounded out then I can just about stomach it and play along. I don't think even this lot could get away with selling the farewell tour directly followed by the reunion tour. All hell would break loose.

So looks like Wenger out - but not quite just yet. One more year of pain. Another years sliding down the pecking order. Possibly some serious long term damage inflictedin the process. But change in 2018.

And then 2018 he decides to say...

[Niall_Quinn]

No way. You can't do goodbye and then hello unless you have won a title or a CL. And if that happens then the guy will have done a complete 180 which is what everyone wanted him to do anyway. Nobody wanted him out, they wanted him to stop being such a stubborn old git and up his game. But that won't happen so we won't be winning titles and he'll be gone, with a bit of dignity (provided we don't get relegated) in 2018. On balance I think it's for the best. I hate the fact he'll get paid a fortune for achieving another fuck all season and we'll be held back for another year, but in the end he is our greatest ever manager and I don't begrudge him a final bow.

I hate to say it, fucking hate to say it And I know I'm being manipulated and I know this board is one big bag of shit and they haven't made this decision based on planning but rather in being caught with their pants down - but this decision is just about right. A compromise that works.

Won't stop me screaming in frustration all through next season though.

Anyway, now that's done and dusted...

KROENKE OUT! No thanks whatsoever for the memories - GET THE FUCK OUT!

[21_GOONER_SALUTE]

So if he becomes an owner, would you stop supporting the club? He's already part of the setup as a shareholder and you still support, so what difference will it make to you? What are you doing with the information besides sharing it with other posters that are maybe unaware or simply don't care?

If it's that offensive to your core, where does it stop? Our stadium is called the Emirates for goodness sakes. We could already be accepting dodgy money in some sort of form since it's supposed to be a state owned airline. Would have to do some deeper research. But where does it stop? Why just Arsenal? What about clubs with dodgy owners like City and Chelsea? Do we switch off? No we don't. Will you? I doubt it. We're all complicit and keep the bullshit spinning.

Seems I missed the party..... Oh well.

HCZ, just like you, and probably 99.9℅ of "honest" hard-working Arsenal folk, I wouldn't want a billionaire owner talkless of Usmanov in a perfect world. However the latter has never existed.

Now you must accept that the reason we gooners turn up our nose on money is our history- a history filled with custodians who have been powerful people of privilege and wealth , who highjacked a club formed by munition workers and turned it into the successful and now self sustaining global Brand we are (or were).

Ask any historian why Real Madrid is Real Madrid and they will mention a certain General Franco- you could play this name game for most of European footballing elite and you would be horrified by some of the names that come out the hat.

The point is football has always had its distasteful powerful characters , or should I say Usmanovs; and some seem to love the game just as much as me and you. Why do I say that? How does a typical fan react when he watches his team doing badly? I believe the natural instinct is to want to influence things. Me and you would shout "come on Arsenal" or scream obscenities at the ref and opposing players. On instinct, irrational. Now what does an Abramovich do, he decides he needs to spend 100s of more millions of his own personal fortune and probably sacks the most successful manager he has ever had who just won the league. On instinct, irrational.

Now ask yourself this question, if you had a couple of billions and owned the club, wouldn't you have relieved AW after the Bayern game and splurged your children's inheritance on your dear Arsenal?

The point is being a fan and strict morality are 2 things that don't go hand in hand seeing as a fan will always want to influence things for his club's betterment.

That's why I know Kronke is the worst thing to happen to this club; he's not even aware the roof is on fire, he's still twiddling his thumbs trying to make the best conservative business decision to protect his investment.

Unfortunately just like I've wanted another manager for like a decade now, it's clear I need to ask Santa for a new owner too.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Wenger needs to put us unwashed serfs out of our misery by issuing his almighty decree on his plans for our club's future.

[Niall_Quinn]

Wenger needs to put us unwashed serfs out of our misery by issuing his almighty decree on his plans for our club's future.

Are you sure we're worthy? Certain?

[Gooner23]

Why would they need another year to plan a succession. They've had 3 years to do that. What a load of toss.