Özim wrote:I 100% disagree, for me he’s one of the worst owners, no ambition, no interest, no incentive to push the club forward or make them success, as we saw for years under Wenger happy to settle for the losers 4th place position year after year after year.
So he invests some money the club makes, a club he’s made a tonne of money from already big deal, what I want is an owner who is passionate about the sport and the club, someone who wants to see the club successful on the pitch and someone who strives for success by getting the right people in and making the necessary changes promptly if it turns out they’re not, not some guy who sits there takes no interest, clearly doesn’t care about what happens on the pitch and doesn’t even bother showing up even for finals.
I just can’t get my head around how anyone could possibly be happy with this guy seeing as he’s overseen 15 years of almost no success and countless thrashings.
That's your view - to me that's a bit like blaming Dave Calhoun if your flight gets delayed, or Ben van Beurden if your car runs out of petrol ... sure they are the ultimate bosses and have ultimate responsibility but that doesn't make everything their fault.
You want a 'fan' to own the business, ultimately that's not a very good idea the EPL has a long list of hands on 'fan' owners who've made a horrible mess of their clubs ... just look at some of the once big clubs now languishing in the lower leagues due to 'fan' owners. Heart over Head in business is normally a huge disaster.
Kroenke's job is to employ the management and give them the tools to do the job - Arsenal have spent 300m on new players, spent more on wages than 90% of EPL clubs, have first class training facilities, have a first class ground ... Kroenke has provided his bit, and yes sure he could put in another 100m or two, but looking at how his money has been wasted over the last decade frankly why should he?
If the current board and the current manager perform, and their are signs that Arteta is doing just that, then Kroenke needs to back them - he backed Wenger, he backed Emery, pretty sure he will back Arteta as well ....