Glenn – Arsenal are only aiming for fourth place again
The meaning of success has been lost in translation. by Glenn
In recent weeks I have been advised to go and support another team. I was told that I did not know about the club pre Wenger despite following the club for 40 years.
I have even been told that I had no clue about the world of business and that the current selling policy of the club was the only way to avoid certain financial melt down.
I have never claimed that success was easy to achieve or that it was a certainty if you throw money at it.
The problem I have had for the past 7 years without a trophy is the refusal to do the obvious in order to stay in the race.
We may all disagree with the particular players to come in and do a job but what is not in doubt is the fact that gaps that need filling never are.
When Jens Lehman left, the whole world could see we needed another goalkeeper of top quality. Instead we had years of mistakes and uncertainty from Almunia, Fabianski, and Mannone, the jury is still out on the current Number 1.
We then had a similar farce with the centre back position after Sol Campbell left. Wenger continued to say we had plenty of cover which included Silvestre, and the very same Alex Song we just sold.
The idea that 4th place is a success must have started in the board room and swept through the club like wild fire. As a club we should be embarrassed for accepting it. There can never be a substitute for success. Winning is winning.
If we want an annual award for best run club then fine but please don’t tell me to be grateful for what we have at the moment. I doubt if any fans would accept 4th place as winning in any other area of their lives. Why should football be any different?
When striving for success, mistakes will be made. But is that a reason to stop trying? What message are we giving to future players and managers of this great club? Get 4th place and you can have a statue next to Wenger and Herbert Chapman?
Football managers should live with a pressure to succeed. Barcelona’s most successful manager in recent years resigned because of the demands of winning and the demands he put on himself. The next man is in no doubt as to what is required. Hunger has nothing to do with money.
We all have the club’s best interest at heart so i will stay away from insults.
Cheers
I dont undestand why wenger everytimes say we should be proud of our financial ability.
HE IS NOT APPOINTED AS FINANCIAL MANAGER.
he should look for which player is best nd buy him. he should not even ask d board for sanction.
look d way SAF nd mancini blames d board for not spending.
we say we did a good business by selling rvp bt were manu mad, dey bought a quality player.
wenger should tell board dat i want dis player, now it is your job to get it.
Kronke out.
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You are right, years of failing to do what’s necessary and obvious to most of us, to improve the team lead you to conclude that the main priority is to make money and not create a winning team. They hide behind the new stadium as a reason for not spending but the figures don’t add up because the increased revenue more than covers the repayment costs. We should have more money to spend than at Highbury yet we spend even less now than when George Graham was in charge because in reality we actually make a profit on transfers every season which means there is no transfer kitty at all. Conclusion: Arsenal is no longer a football club it is a business with the sole purpose of making Stan Kronke money, winning anything isn’t important to the people running the club. That’s why we keep selling our best players, that’s why we don’t invest in the team and that’s why all our best players ultimately want to leave.
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kronke is a proffessional sport investor so he definitely knows what is he doing. There are 2 models of doing business in football (or…sorry mr kronke – soccer). Most spread is to invest money in quality, wins and by that – loyalty of customers/fans… The second – is to exploit a brand which is actually an existing loyalty of fans (former investments, victories). Guess mr kronke has proper sport marketologists. He knows that customers indignation is not stronger than affection to the club (last 7 years are a good indicator). SO the way in which afc (not AFC any more) is running at a moment is the most effective.
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Love this piece of article. Says almost all I’ve had burning in me. Boycotting matches might be a little harsh but I won’t blame anyone that decides to take that path. I believe if they continue to run d club the like this, its just a matter of time before we drop from the top four. No one remains in the same position forever. You either drop or rise. We all know waht needs to be done. No one is saying spend a 100m, just get what u need to succeed
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Go on—burn your bras– you are all nutters!
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Brilliant article
Could’nt put it any better…
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