Quote Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn View Post
I think a lot of financial shenanigans have already gone on. Our transfer pot is never used, we make profits year on year and yet the pot is always the same - that fucking £30mill that never materialises. They also fudge the wage figures don't they, like including the fucking Christmas party clown and the milkman's bonus in the figures to make it look like we spend with the best. We never get a straight answer from these guys so we could only guess. I bet their fucking bonuses are tied to the performance on the balance sheet rather than wins on the pitch though. Some might say that's right because that's their job. But that's where the whole problem lies as far as I'm concerned. They have no incentive to do what's best for the club in entirety, including the football and the fans on which everything is based long term. They have their money now and all the rest is gravy. So flogging RvP and diverting cash to prop up the the books doesn't cost them a damn as they don't have to be here in 2 or 5 or 10 years. That's why they can say success on the pitch would be "nice" but isn't strictly necessary. The guy actually said that. Then Gazidis talks about City being jealous. Jealous of what? Not success on the pitch, that's for sure. He had to be talking about balance sheets again. Profit versus loss. Is Kroenke going along with this or is he just letting them slide out the door before he rolls his sleeves up? I don't know, they don't tell us shit.
I'm not sure, we've had numerous £10 million or thereabouts signings. On the main point though, I don't think I see this divide between Wenger and the board that others do. What you say about success on the pitch would be nice but not necessary can be reflected in Wenger saying winning the Carling Cup can't really be considered a trophy yet the top four, effectively is though. Both are effectively saying achieving a target isn't that important, it's just the 'competitions' that differ. Having said that though, I doubt Wenger would believe finishing in the top four is compulsory, if it hadn't been express to him, that was the case.

Wenger has maintained the self-sustaining rhetoric just in the same way as Gazidis has bundled his lines. Like you say Kroenke talks about Wenger in glowing terms but from what we know about Wenger and his stance on owners (of the Citeh and Chelsea kind), I'd hazard a guess that it's reciprocal.