Quote Originally Posted by Delusions of Grandeur View Post
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?
The fans aren't responsible for the running of the club, they can only go with what they are told by the club

Which was to promise Gold and deliver Tin

Being asleep at the wheel i would say is a failure to pre-empt this kind of season coming, it's been content to kick the issue into the long grass

The issue is not as Binary as whether Wenger should have been sacked earlier or not, but it's a bit like Brown talking about the end of boom and bust and standing back from an unregulated, irresponsible market place that was doomed to crash as a result of it's hubris.