Wenger Referendum IV

[selassie]

Was speaking to my brother last night and he remains convinced he will go, saying if the players aren't playing for you and the fans have turned on you your position is untenable.

I said to him you are looking at it as though Arsenal is a normal football club that looks at things that way, he's saying that even if Wenger doesn't go that Kroenke will push him because the depression in share values from missing out on champions league football and the likelihood that he won't be able to take us back into it.

It's possible although unlikely, he's never seemed like he's been interested in stemming the mediocrity in any of his other sports franchises.

I agree it's unlikely. As long as Stan's investment is doing well Wenger will carry on as is, Stan is too far removed from the club to care what the fans think.

The new TV deal money has gone a long way to resolving any issue we may have with missing out on CL...a couple of seasons out of CL will not harm Stan's investment.

If Wenger signs on we're screwed as a football team, I honestly hand on heart think we'll be finishing 6th and 7th for the next few seasons, he's finished and a level below the managers of the other Top 5 or whatever you want to call them.

[GP]

It feels like the only way he's leaving if if he wants to leave.

At the moment, it looks like he wants to stay.

[Letters]

It feels like the only way he's leaving if if he wants to leave.

At the moment, it looks like he wants to stay.

It is bizarre. People have repeatedly say that he's not under pressure and I've always responded that of course he's under pressure but only to deliver what the board expect - CL football and the money that brings, and he always has. I've always thought that had we slipped seriously down the table he'd have been long gone, but here we are with very little chance of finishing top 4 and Wenger apparently being handed a new contract on a plate. Bizarre.
Maybe the board see it as a one off and would only sack him if it was a more sustained period outside the CL places. They must care how we do to some extent even if it's only in relation to the money that brings in.

[GP]

It is bizarre. People have repeatedly say that he's not under pressure and I've always responded that of course he's under pressure but only to deliver what the board expect - CL football and the money that brings, and he always has. I've always thought that had we slipped seriously down the table he'd have been long gone, but here we are with very little chance of finishing top 4 and Wenger apparently being handed a new contract on a plate. Bizarre.
Maybe the board see it as a one off and would only sack him if it was a more sustained period outside the CL places. They must care how we do to some extent even if it's only in relation to the money that brings in.

We had quotes from Gazidis years ago syaing that not being in the Champions League would be ok.

The real issue is if they sack Wenger then they might actually have to do some work.

[Niall_Quinn]

£200m to spend.

For the love of god don't give him another penny.

We could get 6 or 7 more Mustafis for that. Happy days!

War chests

[Niall_Quinn]

Arsenal’s £1billion valuation following a record-breaking share deal explains absentee owner Stan Kroenke’s reluctance to ditch besieged manager Arsene Wenger.

The last Arsenal transaction on the NEX Exchange on March 27 saw a single share in the club trade for an unprecedented £17,750 — putting the club’s market capitalisation at £1.073bn.

That means Kroenke is sitting on a paper fortune of £700million from his 67 per cent stake on the back of Wenger’s consistent management, which fans are clamouring to end.

Wenger’s achievement in keeping Arsenal in the Champions League every season has seen the share price rise from £8,000, at which Kroenke bought David Dein’s holding, past £11,500 — Kroenke’s offer to shareholders following his takeover — to the current sky-high number.

If Kroenke sold at this record price, he would make a £300m profit. No wonder he is in no rush to disrupt Wenger’s regime, even after the 3-0 horror show at Crystal Palace.

Silent Stan can also put his Arsenal shareholding up as a guarantee if he leverages money for the new stadium being built in Los Angeles for his relocated American football franchise LA Rams.

This is why we love the game

[Özim]

£200m to spend.

For the love of god don't give him another penny.

War chest, the only thing this club and would do in a war is run away.

[Letters]

War chest, the only thing this club and would do in a war is run away.

Like the French?

[Letters]

This is why we love the game

We. Are. Top of the [financial] League, I said We Are Top of the [financial] League!


Well, top 4, definitely.

[Özim]

Like the French?

Wenger is French after all.