Niall, EVERY boards priority is to maximise shareholder wealth. Football is no exception. Its Wengers responsibilty to make sure they invest in the squads interests. If they havent been doing so, he should have put up a fight, unless he agrees with them ...Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
The one thing that is weird about Wenger's supposed "Business Operation" outlook, is that in any business, you invest.
We do all the nice things, like avoiding a loss....but we never speculate to become more profitable. We seem to try and generate income by selling shirts....but popularity would surely increase in our stock, if we fucking went and won something.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
I totally disagree with that and it's at the centre of my loathing for the scum that have polluted the game. Football is most definitely an exception, at least it used to be. If the game is now simply a vehicle for rich tossers to get richer then I still don't agree with that, even if it's "the real world". Besides, the goons who looted the club were the shareholders too, apart from a few around the fringes who have no say anyway or the incoming con artists and crooks who are lining up for double bubble. These bastards know they have a captive audience generated from a heritage that locks their customers into a one sided contract. This also allows them to ride out the rough and tumble of the "real world" when other types of businesses that genuinely have to compete might go to the wall. Saw an piece on the news last night, the criminals at FIFA have stuck two fingers up at Brazil, a country that has laws against alcohol being consumed at sports events. FIFA says no way, we're having our beer, it's non-negotiable. Fuck the law, Budweiser takes precedence as a major sponsor. And they'll get their way. So if they can fuck over an entire nation to get what they want, how hard can it be to fuck over one club and a collection of supporters that are hopelessly locked to that club and have been all or most of their lives. There's a name for these types - vampires. Fuck them. I see them.
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Vinger is going to "assess" the situation at LB after Sunday.
Nothing to report at the moment.
We're gonna buy that Southampton lad aren't we.....
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
We should get Neil Taylor.
But why would he leave Swansealona for a pub team?
This is exactly what I dont get! . . . .surely it makes more sense financially and would do more for our popularity to go out and win something. . .especially now that it is obvious that project yoith has run aground.
here in Japan football mags dont have Arsenal on their front pages assigned for the PL, Spuds are ahead of us. . . .there was even a week when we didnt have an Arsenal game!
Really. That's quite interesting.
I wonder what our other GW's in foreign climes have to say on our popularity.
TEG?? What's it like down-river?
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
If you rob a bank you don't care what effect it's going to have on the bank.
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The good thing about the three Asian places I tend to stay most (Dubai, Hong Kong, India) is that most Premiership games are on TV, especially that of the old top four (Chelsea, ManU, Liverpool, Arsenal) and now Man City and Spurs. Despite our pathetic showing in terms of trophies over the last x years we're still reasonably well supported.
That said Asians as a whole tend to gravitate towards more 'successful' clubs (ie glory hunters) - there was a huge influx of Chelsea fans after they won the league and I'm sure Citeh will see the same after this year. Although Citeh gets a reasonable amount of support here (Dubai) as it's Arab owned you'll still find more fans of the old top four, although I suspect that will change after they win the league.
Despite the relative popularity I'd imagine we're making very little money in comparison to Chelsea / Man U in Asia. Most of our money will come from TV revenue, which afaik the league shares and Arsenal TV isn't as popular compared to MUTV, CFCTV and LFCTV. People here don't tend to spend much on official merchandise unless their team is successful and/or has big name players and even then it's unlikely as you get top quality fake footy kits here for around $50 hkd (2-3 pounds). Reckon we could hugely boost revenue if we started buying some marketable players (people jizz heavily here about C.Ronaldo, Rooney, Van Persie, Fabregas etc) and if we started doing a few more of these tours outside England.
To end on a positive note, I'm surprised how little support Tottenham gets in the three places I tend to visit... in the 20 odd years I've been around I've met less than five Spurs fans compared to 100+ for Chelsea, Liverpool, Man U, Arsenal and other top European clubs. Guess they're just not that attractive on a global level...
The King Is Back.
The good thing about the three Asian places I tend to stay most (Dubai, Hong Kong, India) is that most Premiership games are on TV, especially that of the old top four (Chelsea, ManU, Liverpool, Arsenal) and now Man City and Spurs. Despite our pathetic showing in terms of trophies over the last x years we're still reasonably well supported.
That said Asians as a whole tend to gravitate towards more 'successful' clubs (ie glory hunters) - there was a huge influx of Chelsea fans after they won the league and I'm sure Citeh will see the same after this year. Although Citeh gets a reasonable amount of support here (Dubai) as it's Arab owned you'll still find more fans of the old top four, although I suspect that will change after they win the league.
Despite the relative popularity I'd imagine we're making very little money in comparison to Chelsea / Man U in Asia. Most of our money will come from TV revenue, which afaik the league shares and Arsenal TV isn't as popular compared to MUTV, CFCTV and LFCTV. People here don't tend to spend much on official merchandise unless their team is successful and/or has big name players and even then it's unlikely as you get top quality fake footy kits here for around $50 hkd (2-3 pounds). Reckon we could hugely boost revenue if we started buying some marketable players (people jizz heavily here about C.Ronaldo, Rooney, Van Persie, Fabregas etc) and if we started doing a few more of these tours outside England.
To end on a positive note, I'm surprised how little support Tottenham gets in the three places I tend to visit... in the 20 odd years I've been around I've met less than five Spurs fans compared to 100+ for Chelsea, Liverpool, Man U, Arsenal and other top European clubs. Guess they're just not that attractive on a global level...
And spuds
Always in our shadow.
I'm guessing that Stan will be looking at this quite closely once he comes in properly.
Be fucking awesome if he stepped in and started kicking the ass out of this tired old board we have.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
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