by GoonerAlexandre » Thu Oct 26, 2017 6:10 pm
Posted the article in another thread but should have another thread here
Ivan Gazidis launched an aggressive defence of Arsenal’s transfer policy at a stormy shareholders’ meeting on Thursday, in which he said the club had consistently over-performed when compared with their rivals over recent seasons.
The chief executive was heckled at times from the floor – as was the chairman, Sir Chips Keswick – and when what passed for an open Q&A session was abruptly halted and the meeting declared over, there were boos and a slow handclap.
Gazidis referenced a £200m spend on transfer fees in the last three years and he said the club ought to be judged by “objective metrics” – primarily, an equation that set Premier League points against expenditure. On that basis, he suggested Arsenal would come out on top of the pile.
So Mr.Gazidis, going by this, it's not Wenger's fault we're not first, it's yours and Kroenke's. How about spending a bit then? If what you're saying is true, Wenger can easily win the league if you lot decide to invest for a change
Only one who stayed behind. But he's enabling this shit too.
“No club has a perfect record every year under this scrutiny but Arsenal has probably been, of the big clubs certainly, the most consistently over-performing team over time. That is despite the criticism we get and the emotion here in the room and despite some very loud subjective narratives and a great deal of inaccurate information. In fact, on an objective basis, we perform very well and have over a long period of time.”
And that is the issue with this guy, he doesn't get it. No one gives a shit about average position, give us one league title and another season finishing seventh, and I'll take it over two fourth placed finishes, even though they both average out the same.
“There are many agendas at play and many stories during a transfer window – only a fraction of which are accurate,” Gazidis said. “In that environment, it becomes very difficult to see clearly through the noise. Fortunately, there is one very accurate and objective way to assess how well and how consistently clubs perform in this area [transfers] over time.
“This method is accurate enough to be the industry standard way to analyse the efficiency of spending of football clubs. It is very simply to compare team performance by a series of objective metrics, usually league position or points against expenditure on transfers.
Once again, this shows us exactly where to put the blame. It's not Wenger's fault then, it's yours and maybe you and Kroenke should get out of our club now......
