Quote Originally Posted by Kano View Post
Hand on heart can you name an owner that gives a shit about football in the top flight in any country? I'm no defender of our owners but I know you are realistic enough to realise that any current or future owner of our club is going to have a crooked vision. Let's look to a future beyond Wenger for a moment, still under the control of our current bent owners. Wouldn't they just look for someone who could deliver something similar? Or, let's envisage that Kroenke and co sell out to someone else. We know that realistically the only other type of owner is going to follow the method set in stone by Chelsea or City. Utopia or the truth exists in the grey areas, in between the lines, a place we rarely get to see revealed because of the imbalance of our nature. Once upon a time we were too small, then we became too big. Wenger or no Kroenke we've long since passed beyond the point of no return. The only thing left to decide is what you want to get back from it.
That's the nature of any business. The owners/producer provides the funds and facilities, the rest is in the managers hands. From football to Hollywood....I don't think we'll get away from the typical commercial model. The drive and motivation to be the best or produce the best should come from the manager. Film industry may not be the best example, but there are plenty of stories where a director has a very small buget but works a minor miracle to get the very best performance from what he has and wins. Or even on the other scale where directors walk off set because the producer wants to compromise the art and vision of the director.

Just thinking of Arsenal's situation, if the Board only care about turning a profit and keeping things ticking, it would be near impossible to find someone like Wenger. No top flight manager would settle or be satisfied with CL spots and the odd domestic trophy. They'd have to shoot lower and give someone young the opportunity or someone totally unqualified like a Moyes. But even in those scenarios, I can't see either type being satisfied with such small gains for long. They's soon have the taste and hunger for success. Most managers do. I just don't know why Wenger hasn't got it or why he has tolerated the lack of success. Well, that's a lie. With the way he justifies his record, I think he's defined his own terms of what success means and is quite decisional. That's the only way I can explain. I just can't see another manager following this pattern regardless of who the Board appoint.