From James LeBlanc : spending
Further to the comment …….”The risk and the implications of spending yet failing are disastrous. I think this is why Wenger has been so reluctant to sign big players.”
There is no risk to Wenger here having failed to win a trophy for so long via his ‘creche culture’ & him about to agree what must be his final Arsenal contract which gives him greater security than somebody so wealthy could ever need.
You would think he would want to have a big push to bow out of Arsenal on a high with a winning legacy, rather than a tarnished self-serving stubborn legacy resulting in angry, bitter & antagonised ‘cash cow’ fans being relieved to see the back of him.
Since the move to the Emirates, Wenger & the club hierarchy are guilty of suffocating the enjoyment of supporting our great club with the lies, contradictory behaviour, selling of our best players & no marquee signings whilst cutting off avenues of complaint with for example the axing of Arsenal TV channel (Setanta going bust is sham excuse because we were in same position as Liverpool TV channel which continues to this day) & the Stalinist running of AGMs & Fans Forums.
From Federico : goonergerry
I find it more than a bit odd that goonergerry is going on about how Arsenal’s Board isn’t immoral.
I allege that they are and I use this as evidence in favor of them being as such:
Between the Board and Wenger, there was blatant dishonesty in regards to the amount of money that was available to be spent on transfers/wages between the initial years of moving to the Emirates until this year. In fact, it is debatable whether or not it is still going on.
In order to make their stadium payments, it was essential to have a full house for every match.
If that didn’t happen, the playing side would have suffered even more with sales and we probably would have dropped out of the Champions League which could have led to a further decent.
So, I believe, that it was essential to have misinformation fed to the fans in order for them to renew their season tickets along with the corporate boxes.
The newspapers and various football websites need hits to generate income (through adverts), so some misinformation is done from them with no charge, but public statements from the various members of the Board and Wenger himself also fed the fuel to hopeful fans to renew their tickets.
Thus the cycle keeps repeating itself.
If that isn’t a form of immorality, then I don’t know what is.
From John Hannam : morality
Is it not immoral for Arsenal to fleece their fans at every opportunity, to charge the highest prices in the world for everything from a ticket to a burger, and yet have no intention whatsoever of actually spending any of that money on the team, or even seriously trying to win anything?