StLGooner wrote:jayramfootball wrote:StLGooner wrote:jayramfootball wrote:StLGooner wrote:jayramfootball wrote:StLGooner wrote:jayramfootball wrote:StLGooner wrote:jayramfootball wrote:UFGN wrote:Jayram its funny you say you're not defending Kroenke and then you go and do just that
I guess if speaking the truth means defending an individual then so be it, but not the intent.
It's not really that difficult to grasp.
You don't know the truth though, nor does anyone on this forum.
Yeah, I do. It's all in the accounts. Kroenke has spent hundreds of millions on players.
We bought players like Xhaka for £40m, when for £10m less than that Spurs picked up Sissoko. That's not Kroenke's fault. That is piss poor management by the people, led by Wenger at the time, choosing players.
We are 3rd in the PL on net spend on players over the last 5 years and our wage bill is massive.
It's not reasonable to blame Kroenke for not providing the cash - he has.
Who's in charge of management? Do they just make their own rules and do as they please? Even a boss has a boss. There also have been times when we didn't have the money to get the right player, or a better player. So we were told, but again none of us know.
Again, to blame just one thing or one person is wrong. It's a collective failure.
Wait, are you saying it's Kroenke agreed to the funds Wenger was after to sign Xhaka?
I'd be more concerned if Kroenke was picking players. That was Wenger's job to lead on when he was at the club, unless you are suggesting otherwise?
Bottom line is that the money has been available and been spent, we just spent on too many shite players.
We're in a mess because of one man - Arsene Wenger.
No, how would i know what goes on behind the scenes? Nor do you. Kroenke is the owner, he's in charge of everything, even if he puts other people in charge of certain things, and they don't perform, then its his fault for putting them in charge. If he would pay more attention to this club instead of all his other shit, then he could have seen these so called people failing like you say. You're sitting here telling me that you're so smart enough to see that Wenger was to blame for EVERYTHING, but yet our own owner couldn't? Doesn't say too much about our owner does it? You're concentrating on the money issue too much and thinking that is the end all and be all of our problems, or arguing that it wasn't, when in fact it can and probably is a little bit of everything. Quit being so narrow minded, blaming just one person or issue is what a child does.
No, I am concentrating on a combination of the money - of which a lot has been spent - and the shite players we got for that money.
Our owner has invested heavily.
Wenger decided on the players he wanted - which is one of the reasons he was proven to be a shite manager.
So just going to ignore all them other points. Got it!
At the end of the day, we also have a shit owner. Not hard to see.
We have an owner who spends an enormous amount of money on players. What else do you want him to do?
I guess it's shit that he doesn't seem to be around much, but that really doesn't affect us.
The only other reason I disliked him for a while is because he didn't sack L'Idiot - but he rectified that.
If he continues to provide the funds, whilst not bankrupting us, he's doing his job.
Is that a serious question? what do I want him to do? Do you think this club is being run right? I want him to put people in charge that can win us trophies. Is that asking too much? Since you know , he spends all this money, wouldn't you think he'd want some return on that investment? No, huh, he just throws out cash doesn't care what it gets spent on huh? Jesus f***ing Christ. Do what a owner is supposed to do, CARE!!
The club off the pitch is in a very healthy position and on the football side we've been spending money - a lot of it - on players.
How is an owner going to do more to "win trophies"? How is "caring" going to win us some trophies???
He's got rid of Wenger - a great decision - and he appointed a new manager who has won trophies. We need to give that new manager a little more time. I am sure if he fails, Kroenke will do his job and sack him.
You are not really making any sense.
Kroenke spends the money. Got rid of a bad manager and appointed a new one who's had 1 season.
...and of course he wants a ROI. Are you suggesting an owner is shit if he doesn't make a the club a not for profit enterprise?
So far, you've made no real argument to support a claim that he is a "shit" owner.
Who's the best owner then? One that isn't "shit"....