Thx for the good work.

Pete

The point is that Cesc is focused on the here and now, and not five years down the track. Here and now, we can do things to improve the squad: improve our application and improve our defence. This has NOTHING to do with finances. But is Arsenal doing anything to improve these two aspects of our squad? No. THAT’S what is pissing off the fans who have taken their blinkers off.

So while it’s all good and well for you guys to talk about 5 years down the track, the rest of us are worrying about why we’re failing in the same areas that we’ve been failing for 5 years, and why there’s been no sign of improvement in the meantime.

Lets hope Cesc is different.

I just would like to complete by saying that in fact Cesc doesn’t have to care about finances. He only has to play and do his best for the team.

Also read the Clichy statement and I really thought it was a kind of statement to the fans to get FULLY behind the team and ALL the players.

Like Clichy said: cheering the players and singing their song is the only way during a game we, the fans, can make the players feel we are behind them even if they make mistakes.

Can someone take a big hammer and hammer it in the heads of those booing type of fans and those fans producing lines on internet sites like “never fit enough to put a shirt on” or other b*llsh*t.

Players that are feeling love of the fans will work harder than players who feel the disgust of some part of the fans.

He doesnt say anything about Cathedrals and stuff because He doesnt want to comment on things regarding the finances. It is not his business to talk about it even he is concerned about it because He knows there are people who are looking after that. Whereas we fans do need to be concerned about this as We dont want ou club to be in financial problems. Ask any Portsmouth or Leeds fans, they will explain this aspect better. We want our club to be at the top and in a good state for a long time. That is why the comparison with Cathedrals and stuff.

If a player having a bad day or is playing when not fully match-fit, accept that but still support and cheer him instead of booing him.. Booing and making comments like ‘not fit to wear the shirt’ not only demoralises the player but the ENTIRE TEAM’s confidence. This squad has belief in every one’s abilities. If not, they wouldnt have been able to play the way they do.. They have lot of mutual understanding and knows other’s strengths and weaknesses. Check the way Song plays when he plays alongside Diaby and Denilson. Or the way AA plays with or without Eduardo or Cesc. or that TV or Gallas bomb forward lot more when Song plays..

Check Henry’s interviews. He never says anything bad about the club or the players. He does gets disappointed when we lose like all of us but NEVER says any bad comments about any of the players..

Or check Clichy’s latest interview on the official site where he says it feels good when FANS sing the players name. Just imagine the opposite where your own fans boo the players. Would that make them happy or worried for their teammate??

“In the past few years, we have been doing very well, but whenever it comes to important moments, maybe we haven’t been up where we need to be. We have always tried to play our football, but the goals we have conceded lately have come from defensive mistakes. We are a team, so we all take responsibility for it together. We can keep playing the same style of football, but it is the mentality that will determine whether you win trophies or not. We need an extra edge in these big games.”

Cesc Fabregas said that. He mentioned nothing about cathedrals to football, Arsenal’s sound finances or Wenger’s great vision. His focus is on winning trophies, our defensive frailties and our mental deficiencies. Does that make Cesc Fabregas a spoilt plastic fan as well?

I’d suggest that a member-owned and run board need not be so autocractic. Take a board with 10 members, on 4 year terms. You could make voting proportional. Candidates could still have group tickets, but votes counted will be for individuals. Thus, if two groups feature strongly in the voting (and win 50% of the vote each), both would get representation on the board. Or you could stagger the elections so that half the board are elected at any one election, thus retaining some sort of continuity.

Plus, the difference between Spanish and English football is that the manager still has full control of transfers in English football. In Spanish football, a political candidate could pledge that he’d sign X, Y and Z. In English football, if the same candidate said that, the manager would tell him to go hang.

Where Abramovich must be annoyed is in the fact that Chelsea are still completely dependent on him, unable to buy players without his cash, and almost completely devoid of youngsters coming through their system.

Roman would see the money already spent as a wise investment. However the thought of further expenditure wouldnt be so welcome.

And this one tries to eaplain why Arsenal chose the ‘Youth Policy’: http://www.7amkickoff.com/2010/thoughts-on-why-arsenal-chose-the-youth-experiment-by-guest-columnist-grimbo/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+7amkickoff+%287amkickoff%29

I strong recommend these 2 articles. You’ll most certainly find them interestingly informative.

There is no such thing as Common Sense. For if sense were common, everyone would have it. That’s why people are pathetically unable to appreciate the quiet strategic revolution that is going on at Arsenal.

I read 2 very great articles today that put out great perspectives on our football development. If Tony would allow me, I will post the links,

The players that have left the last years like Hleb, Flamini, Toure and Adebayor are not players that have been in the youth teams so we didn’t bring them up we bought them at a certain age and then sold them further for much money except Flamini.

So in fact non of our youth project players really have been sold to big European clubs yet. Don’t talk about Cesc as he still is our captain and I have big belief in him and in his love for The Arsenal.

My own personal belief is that

1. The feeder system Wegner set up seven or eight years ago is now bringing up through a number of excellent youngsters, who will make the team in the next couple of years, thus saving us transfer fees.

2. The policy of buying young foreign players from Merida to the two bought last month, will also feed players through to the first team, again saving us money.

3. We can go out and buy if we need to – Arshavin is perhaps an example of this.

4. Since the Ems was built we now make more money per game even after the mortgage payments are made. So financially on a month by month arrangement we are better off – which is why it was built.

5. In three years time Man U and Liverpool will be in such financial trouble they will be in administration or in retreat. One way or another they will become like Leeds. If we tried to follow them, we would do the same.

6. Chelsea and Man C are each dependant on the whim of one man who could at any time up sticks and leave. Besides, Chelsea have repeatedly said that they want to be self-sufficient to meet with the requirements of UEFA but they have utterly failed to do this. As things stand we have seen no strategy from them for making this happen and without it they will be stopped from entry to the Champs League.

You might disagree with some of my thoughts, but even if just half of them are true, we are on the edge of a new golden age.

The fan ownership seems to work much more sensibly in Germany but I think they do have stricter rules. Exception being that outside investors can buy minority shareholdings. Like Audi, who owns a part of Bayern München. I think that Purslow dude in Liverpool is trying to achieve something similar, with very little success. I think also French League has strict financial rules? They are of course in trouble as well, because they have relied also on transfer fees from the big leagues.