WENGER IS LEAVING!!!

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Yes.

But it's the empty seats, general apathy as well as possibly two seasons out of CL football rather than a few loudmouth morons on AFTV or twitter.

That's the nuanced difference I was hinting. Had the stadium of been full he might not have even cottoned on there was an apathy from his ranch over the pond there.

[Globalgunner]

Why, Where has he gone?

He withdrew from the board a while back.

Im guessing Big Uncle has told him to stop fraternizing with us degenerates and anti establishment reprobates.

Just a guess. Him being a Copper and all that.

[Globalgunner]

That's the nuanced difference I was hinting. Had the stadium of been full he might not have even cottoned on there was an apathy from his ranch over the pond there.

TBF to Silent Stan. He did send his son Josh to see what the truth of the matter was and what was ailing the natives. The empty seats defo had an impact. Word got back to him. Even billionaires hate seeing money walk out the door.

[selassie]

My sympathy for Wenger is wearing pretty thin now. Yeah, I accept he personally feels bad at how he is being forced out. However this happens every day to people who repeatedly fail to achieve their objectives.

Unlike others, Wenger has to deal with this whilst in the public eye. That can’t be good.

However most other people haven’t pocketed tens of millions whilst consistently serving up a deteriorating product.

If I lost my job, and I expect the same is for many others, I wouldn’t expect to draw another years salary and it sure as fuck wouldn’t be £10m either.

I don’t begrudge him his opinion of us and our impact upon him losing his job. Because by staying away we forced the Board to act and gave them the power to do it. But he needs to evaluate better and more objectively what it was that caused us as fans to do this in the first place.

Aye, I agree with this.

I think it's quite telling that Wenger felt the need to poke a thinly veiled dig at the fan base, it just goes to show he absolutely refuses and has refused to take responsibility for the performance of the team.

I actually think he got it good off our fan base considering...if he was at any other big club in England or abroad he would have been hounded out seasons ago!!!

[Cripps]

Why, Where has he gone?

They found his stash of DVDs.

[Cripps]

TBF to Silent Stan. He did send his son Josh to see what the truth of the matter was and what was ailing the natives. The empty seats defo had an impact. Word got back to him. Even billionaires hate seeing money walk out the door.

At least we have a strategy that we know works now if they start taking the piss in the future. Just don't turn up

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

I think he just can't get over the fact the fans of the club he has grown to love have lost faith in him. Rightfully or wrongfully he is just hurt. Arsenal should pay for the best therapist in the land as a gesture of goodwill.

[Marc Overmars]

I actually think he got it good off our fan base considering...if he was at any other big club in England or abroad he would have been hounded out seasons ago!!!

I agree, he did have it very good. It's only the last few seasons where patience finally ran out for everyone, I'd say after 15/16 it got personal and it was never the same again. That bogus 2nd place finish being thought of as something more was nonsense.

Prior to that he had enough good will and most people were still sentimental enough to persevere with him simply because we didn't know any different. This despite repeated mistakes, embarrassing defeats and pretty much zero in the way of progress. He had more opportunities to get it right than any manager could possibly dream of getting these days.

[Niall_Quinn]

I think he just can't get over the fact the fans of the club he has grown to love have lost faith in him. Rightfully or wrongfully he is just hurt. Arsenal should pay for the best therapist in the land as a gesture of goodwill.

I don't think it's that at all. I believe he's always looked on the fans as a necessary evil at best. He's never shown much respect. Never given any credence to the idea fans might have a different opinion because he considers himself a master of the game and those looking on as too incompetent and unaware to have a valid opinion. He's the one who made all the substitutions, he's the one that has signed hundreds of players, we've done none of that so the possibility of us having a view on what has been going wrong can be (and has been) ignored. Our job is to pay, turn up and be "loyal" so (as he says himself) the image of Arsenal Football Club can be presented in the right light. His image, he means, of course. Dissenters are bad for the club. And whether he was bothered by the empty seats or just too arrogant to care, he still felt the need to downplay it all, explain it away, remind everyone that revenues were steady. Yes, we have their money so we couldn't give a shit if they turn up or not. That was the impression at least.

He never wanted to be loved - just obeyed. He never wanted fans to have faith in him, he wanted their unconditional loyalty. A throwback to old style tribalism before the money and the mercenaries arrived. But if you want a 60K stadium half filled with day-trippers and invisible corporateers then don't be surprised if the tribal loyalty is diluted.

[Flavs]

My sympathy for Wenger is wearing pretty thin now.

REVELATION!