Hope to see Maitland-Niles on the board by 2050.Chippendale Lindley Keswick posh ****
Hope to see Maitland-Niles on the board by 2050.Chippendale Lindley Keswick posh ****
Fair play!Been rocking this since about 2012/2013. If the animal killing Yank takes over it'll be the last shirt I ever buy. He wants to make Arsenal a heartless machine, if this happens it'll be like wiping the hard drive of the best computer known to man, kiss our glorious history goodbye and accept we are merely a commodity to be exploited however he see's fit.
I agree! If he wants his blood sports on TV he can keep showing it in his own country. Never liked Silent Stan, and I never will.Been rocking this since about 2012/2013. If the animal killing Yank takes over it'll be the last shirt I ever buy. He wants to make Arsenal a heartless machine, if this happens it'll be like wiping the hard drive of the best computer known to man, kiss our glorious history goodbye and accept we are merely a commodity to be exploited however he see's fit.
ThisThe main point AST are trying to put across is that people wont be held accountable during AGM's and such, but what exactly have the AGM's done over the past 5 years to help us? **** all, they will not listen regardless it is simple as that.
How do you know what he'll do? He can do whatever the hell he pleases now. And it's not a false equivalency. Just because he might not saddle us with his debts like the Glazers did, doesn't mean the ownership pattern isn't similar.
American takeover, chief exec probably leaving along with long-serving manager...we're Man Utd-lite.
Interesting discussion here, ostensibly about Utd but covering the ownership situation at Arsenal and at other top clubs in England.
In trying to determine how much Kroenke will invest once he's sole owner, you have to ask what the incentives would be for him to winning. In order to win, you have to invest a lot of money and it's a big gamble. Are the rewards of winning worth that gamble, or is it safer to invest enough to make top 4 and continue that steady revenue stream?
Everything points to the latter. We are not City or Chelsea where there was an incentive to win at all costs. City and Chelsea's investment was necessary because their owners needed the trophies as PR tools. The Glazers for instance do not need that, and Kroenke does not need that.
Kroenke needs Arsenal as a source of revenue, but that does not require trophies. So at this point it's likely that he'll set the club up to maintain it's revenue, but he won't take the gamble of investing enough to win the big trophies.
Us being taken over by one rich man should not lead any fan to think that we'll do anything to akin to what City or Chelsea have done. We should look towards what the Glazers have done to Utd, because that is the road we are going down. Ask any Utd fan and they'll tell you it's a road they wish they had never been taken down.
I don't agree.
If arsenal becomes relevant again in the premiership and in Europe it values will grow exponentially.
If Man Utd is that powerful today financially speaking and can rival most oil clubs it's because they've been one of the most successful club in England and Europe under Sir Alex .
So yes when you're a big club in a big market, with a huge fanbase winning things is profitable.
C. Ronaldo joined United in 2003, Wayne Rooney in 2004, and Ferdinand in 2002 - the Glazers started their United takeover in 2003 and finally concluded in 2005.
The revisionist history and fake news being bandied about is at embarrassing levels right now.
If he wants his blood sports on TV he can keep showing it in his own country.
Wind back to August 2014....
"Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith, former director of Arsenal Football Club, the first and only female and probably the first person of non-British origin ever to sit on the Arsenal Board, has upped sticks and gone to live in Monaco. Coincidentally this happened just in time for her to avoid paying £34m tax on the £116m she got from Stan Kroenke for her – well, her husband’s really – approximately 16 per cent stake in Arsenal."
https://angryofislington.com/2014/08/28/lady-nina-bracewell-smith-of-monaco/