So I see people are going down the route of blaming the fans. Maybe lets work out how we got to where we got to ...
We moved to a new stadium. Most were eager, lets not be a revisionist, a new world, a world where Ken Friar got up and basically lied and said ''The move will have no effect on the club buying players'' So we all go and apply for our ST move to be told we can move seats...
...Friends couldn't sit with friends, everyone had to stay the same, in the same price boundaries, unless of course you wanted to go up levels and pay more money, fan friendly!
We move, at which point we get price increase so eye watering that we become the most expensive club in world football. All while the shareholders and majority owner never invests a penny, just us who get creamed. and why ....
...because and i quote from an ESPN interview with one of our team in charge ''we would be leaving money on the table if we didn't maximise what we could get'' So the fans got clobbered, not just for 1 season, for many where they kept putting the prices up...
... so then we move on, the club despite all this price gouging has no money, we are constantly told otherwise, and in fact if you look at the accounts is patently not true, but continual lies always become truth. But accounts don't luie
So the no money, and complete lack of investment, means we had to sell world class players and end up with absolute dross, and yes ill call out the Silvestres of the world. to be fair to Arsene, if you paid me all that money I would just go with the flow as well!...
The fans again pay the price, nearly 10yrs of mediocrity dressed up as nearly men. And all the while the share price soars because the financials have soared, largely on the back of said fans and selling players to reduce down debts.
Our club is largely now owned by man Stan Kroenke who has invested zero into the club but all the while has seen his value of shares go up 100s of Millions. Custodians selling out to him as they went along, Custodians of their own pocket.
Custodians who refuse to share a report into value of club with other shareholders and recommend everyone else sells. As many know 300 of so fans refuse to sell, until early last year, forced to. So fan friendly that Stan refuses said fans even the courtesy of keeping share certs
..and so we go on, we win Fa Cups despite not because of our glorious owner, and being met ah we told you so, we told you we would compete. So in 2019 having been told all these riches the club have at hand we will be competing with Bayern, we are a shambles.
And when no less, we get to a European final, a club whose sponsored by an Airline, and a Travel company just shrugs its shoulders of the 3000 or so who get to Baku under their own VERY EXPENSIVE steam. To be met with silence by the club in trying to help anyone get there ...
....no railing against UEFA, no help, no care. Nothing to see here.
And yes I know ive missed loads out, and its more complex, but next time you wonder why loads of very long term fans don't really care about turning up to see this crap ... Ozil, Xhaka, Luiz, et al. And people who pay some of the highest prices just cant be bothered anymore...
The club have shown time & again they don't really care about the fans, the fans be dammed, they have brought the situation to what people now see with their own eyes. Fans deserting in droves, and many wont be back.
So blame the fans all you want, but in the land of the blind..
So blame the fans all you want, but in the land of the blind..
