Quote Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie View Post
I think Arseblog takes the same view that I do, that Wenger is merely an employee at the end of the day. Whatever we say about the omnipresent overlord Stan Kroenke.....there can be no doubt that Wenger doesn't own the club therefore whatever he does, however he behaves.....someone is responsible for him being allowed to get away with it.

It's not unreasonable to ask what kind of Chief Executive has no control over their employee, which leaves us with two possible answers 1) He has been content to take a back seats to proceedings - yes he brought in Shad Forsythe and Wim Jonker but they've been largely unused to the point where Jonker has joined Wolfsburg. It could be that he deems fit only to step in when he thinks the shit is hitting the fan to the point where he has to be seen to act (as i remember Jonker was brought in before Wenger signed his contract extension)

2) He is essentially powerless because Wenger routinely bypasses him and goes direct to Kroenke, well i don't know about you but if i was chomping at the bit to do my job to the fullest but routinely had my hands tied, i don't care how good the money is if I thought I was good enough i would move on. Frankly i tend to feel as much as Kroenke does not want to get rid of Wenger, he takes a very laisse faire approach to any sporting decisions because he is essentially a property magnate and is only concerned with which affects the value of his assets.

Don't get me wrong, if Gazidis is as good as his word and he pushes through the changes we want to see than that's unequivocally good. But the best thing you can say about him still is that he's reactive rather than proactive
You guys aren’t paying attention if that’s your assessment. No need to even mention Stan. We already know his position and how much he admires Wenger. The focus is on Ivan and let’s also remember that Wenger hired his own boss.

If Ivan were happily taking a back seat, we wouldn’t be amongst the richest clubs in the world. That’s not the sort of plan you can ramble up overnight as some sort of PR cover story. When taking this job, knowing our situation with the new stadium, the plan was to build a self-sustaining club that can compete with our rivals. I’d say we’ve stepped up notch in terms of finances and brand but it’s a different story on the pitch. As a CEO, Ivan should be asking Wenger what he needs from the club to win the league. Wenger has often said that lack of resources and injuries have stopped us winning the league. He can’t use the money excuse anymore and we’ve invested in our medical staff and equipment to help with the injuries. There aren’t many excuses left or directions to point now.

Last season we should have won the league. Wenger, with all his usual arrogance, decided to only sign one outfield player in the summer and it backfired in spectacular fashion. Keep in mind his usual bluster about ‘buying not being the only answer’. That’s the message he was putting out. Fast forward, he’s now the squad needs strengthening and that comes off the back of us blowing money on Xhaka, Mustafi and Perez. He’s now saying we need to improve our scouting network and could have signed Griezemann, Kante and Mbappe earlier if we acted quicker. Are you buying any of that? He’ll continue this song and dance forever and from the sounds of it, Ivan’s not buying the bullshit but doesn’t have the power or backing to fire him.