Non home grown

[selassie]

There's a difference though. If the pay cut was so some bankster could get his monthly pound of flesh, or the share price could be propped up for the loyal shareholders, that's a bit different than using the cash to essentially keep the club intact, including the support staff who aren't on the big cash. Indeed, even gathering up all the cash from these overpaid hoofers, it's a piss in a bucket in terms of doing much outside the confines of the club. The only place it could be really effective is to ensure lower paid staff didn't lose their jobs. I'm with Ozil on this. Make sure the money will be used properly.

That's as far as my support for Ozil goes though. He should be on the pitch, adding the creativity we so desperately need. And whether it's mostly his fault, or the club's fault this isn't happening, it's outrageous nonetheless. Heads need to be knocked together and people need to be reminded it's about sport and excellence and competition. Unless it's not.

NQ, read through my posts...try and understand the points I am making on redundancies, cost cutting, severance packages. Redundancies through COVID 19 are not as simplistic as you are making it out to be. What you and Zim are saying on face value makes sense, but without having access to both financial and personal information regarding the redundancies / cost cutting your points are largely neither here nor there.

[Niall_Quinn]

NQ, read through my posts...try and understand the points I am making on redundancies, cost cutting, severance packages. Redundancies through COVID 19 are not as simplistic as you are making it out to be. What you and Zim are saying on face value makes sense, but without having access to both financial and personal information regarding the redundancies / cost cutting your points are largely neither here nor there.

You're arguing it from a practical angle, which I understand. I'm arguing it from a public relations, cultural angle. And, for me, the club doesn't come out of this well in those terms. It comes out looking like what it is, detached from the bigger issues and entirely self absorbed. Tone deaf. Not that I'm saying I expected it to be different. I know why they are doing what they are doing. They don't make a secret of it. Everything has been sacrificed for sustainability. The relationship with the fans, the culture, the results, the quality on the pitch, the competitiveness, everything. It's what we've all been complaining about for years. And for me, this is just an expected continuation of it.

I actually don't care that much about it. Probably arguing for argument's sake. I don't expect anything respectable from Arsenal these days and I'm never disappointed.