Quote Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie View Post
The only argument id make is that whether he is a genuine catalyst for change now or not, he has spent a hell of a long time asleep at the wheel.

And you could equally argue that would a CEO worth his salt allow himself to be interviewed by someone when you would be becoming their boss.

I'm playing devils advocate, I'm not a big fan of Gazidis but I believe that unfortunately he is the only one who offers a way out of this mess.
Most fans have been asleep at the wheel. The whole ‘financial doping’ argument is what most people fed into and it started the whole anti Ivan+Kroenke thing. For a long time, the perception was that we didn’t have money to spend and the Board were taking the flack for that. When the manager has complete control of the technical side and claims he’s being held back by our finances, it creates the perception that the Board are useless with the fans and kept the managers shortcomings out of the conversation. People would have gone nuts at the Board if he were sacked earlier.

Also, they’re not going to do that whilst trying to negotiate new sponsorship deals and after just moving to a new stadium. They had total faith in Wenger, like most fans, and probably convinced that he needed more money to spend. Hence, the mission to boost our revenue. That day has arrived and he’s fallen flat even with more money to spend. I suspect Ivan knew Wenger was full of shit ages when he said the fans determine Wenger’s job. I doubt short term success (trophies) is on the Board’s mind. If we’re happy with 4th every year, why change it?