QuartzGooner wrote:There was no one time to break the American market.
The above 100% proof that Quartz simply cannot objectively judge the Board on any issue and cannot honestly discuss them at any point when the facts will not support his argument.
Only a complete idiot could come to that conclusion honestly. Someone incapable of understanding the basics of marketing and public relations and their role in building a business and or brand. And Quartz is neither an idiot nor is he incapable of understanding these basic concepts. His problem has never been lack of intelligance. Lack of objectivity and at times honesty has been and is.
The simple truth is that at no other time was Arsenal as marketablle in the U.S. as it was at the end of the 2004 season. There is no debate here. Ask anyone in the business of marketing.
- had a a team who just completed a season of historical and record-breaking successand had been very successful for several years
-had at eam that played far and away the most exciting
and successful style of football on the planet among top-level clubs
-had several of the best and most skilled and entertaining footballers on earth in several positions
-had several players who had achieved at least some celebrity status off-the-pitch in America and and had some marketing value here alreadty as well
- had several other market-friendly players faces and personalities in the side after them
-had an absolutely market-friendly manager who at that time was universally judged to be one the great managers in club football and great coaches in all sport and a uniquely interesting character as well.
-had several TV markets to exploit, both network and cable, both entertainment and sports-oriented and both Fox Soccer Channel and Gol TV were established soccer-specific networks to utilize with growing viewer bases
-had a terrific growing and loyal US supporter base to build upon
The simple truth is you cannot judge the Board or its actions honestly and objectively. You are a knee-jerk defender of any and all decisons it takes and the philosophy behingd them.
You may protest otherwise but I cannot find one example of you saying the the Board is or was wrong
on any matter as yet to any other forum member let alone myself, and if you have the percentage of times would have to be
below one percent of the times you passed and judgment upon them or their policies which strikes me as hardly consistent with reality.
And this instictive loyalty to them and defence of their actions with no real regard to the facts in each instance simply makes it impossible to view you as objective or credible at this point on these matters so there is no need for us to debate all this any further which I am sure please many many people here.
I am genuinely sorry if you take offence, but I think it is similarly offensive to pass off your obvious lack of objectivity as anything but what it is, which is a shame as you obviously
do love Arsenal, and you obviously are
quite intelligent period and even on these matters. But you let your emotions cloud your judgment too often and too easily and it only contributes to the problem rather than any solution.
And shouldn't we be doing all we can to make sure we win one of those four trophies?
You have even said it yourself that we're probably just a defensive coach, a good keeper, another Centre Back and DM away from competing properly and considerably improving our chances of winning trophies. And we're not talking £30 and £40million pound players at that. 
