Self-profit or Sugar Daddy?

[Widsy]

At the start of a shambolic summer, once again the heart of our team has been ripped out is and due to be sold on for
+£20 Million securing the board a nice tidy profit to take to the bank. As fans we happily part with our cash year in, year out on Season tickets, memberships, travel, accommodation & merchandise through our un-conditional love for the club. How are we Re-paid? By getting the *word censored* ripped out of us.

Having read Usmanov's letter, which i assume most of you have already browsed, it bares the question, where would you like to see the club move forward?

1) Continue this "self-financing/profit" model and fit the bill and achieve mediocrity every season where our best players leave at the end of every season for a profit to line the american fat cat's pockets?

Or

2) Demand/Force a radical shake-up which would allow Mr Usmanov to take control or at least get on the board?

After hearing Robin Van Persie's statement and reading Mr Usmanov's letter it is clear that both are linked in a way that suggests that the current board do not share the same vision as the players or more importantly, the fans. Mr stan kroenke and Co are only interested in making money out of the club before finally selling it off for a tidy profit, whilst contributing zero to on the playing side by way of investment to sustain a challenge for the Premier league & the Champions league. Upon a second reading of this letter and with a clearer and more calm mind, it is hard to pick a single point where you couldn't accept it as being the truth:

1) Trying to gain popularity by declaring the opposition as being "de-stabilizing" to gain control and confidence of the fans.

2) The self- sustaining model allowing the owners to use the club as a cash cow to fleece the hard-working and loyal supporters who's love is un-conditional. This has lead us to despair and despite naive assurances that we can compete with the other top clubs in the league and in europe and how our model is working for us is clearly just a smoke-screen to gain your hard-earned money and loyalty. How many time have you continuously given the board the benefit of the doubt only to see inadequate re-investment in the squad when it is needed at the start of each season or in the January transfer window? My answer to that is too many times and it begs the question:

How much more are you willing to take?

It has became apparent that where investment has been granted, it has came to little, too late to make an impact on our season and has seen our beloved club's name being dragged through the gutter leaving it being labelled as a joke by outsiders, penny-pinching and more importantly losing it's status as one of the elite clubs that it once was in it's glory day with the invincibles.

After all this negativity, what star player in their right mind would want to join us now knowing how the club is being run which will never compete for anything other than 4th spot and continuously look to sell off it's best players season upon season to line the pockets of an american who won't put a single penny of his own money into the club?

My guess is hardly any and this is why a dramatic change is needed from top to bottom because right now we are a laughing stock and it's not funny!

As Arsenal fans of course your love for the club will never die, your passion & support will remain un-deniable even through the tough times, but even the most die-hard of Arsenal fans must be having serious doubts about the way our beloved club is being run when it is right in-front of your eyes.

Although I am glad that one positive thing has came out of this whole episode and that is where both Robin Van Persie (club captain) & Mr Usmanov (willing investor) have called out Stan kroenke and the board members for exactly what they are... CON-MEN!!!!!!!!

Kroenke - OUT!!!!
Gazidis - OUT!!!
Wenger - OUT!!!

[QuartzGooner]

WELCOME WIDSY!

Please continue this discussion on either the RVP thread

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=34900&start=840

or the Usmanov letter thread

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=34911&start=75

or the Board thread thanks.

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=34544&start=300

Just trying to keep The Forum from an avalanche of threads with similar themes.