30 Aug 2021 15:43:23
Greetings and Salutations my fellow Gooners,

Allow me to begin by hoping that all who participate here and your loved one are healthy and doing well.

And Much better than our beloved Arsenal.

A club once marvelled upon, but like the impressiveness of The Titanic we have hit an iceberg, and the ship is going down.

Having recently watched a documentary on the above they noted that a big part of the catastrophe was the arrogance of the captain, the falsities of their rescue plan and the chaos that ensued amongst its passengers.

And I couldn't help but see the similarities with Arsenal.

A spine of the club that includes an arrogant heir to the clubs ownership, an inexperienced management team on and off the pitch, and a captain who wavers in and out of his performance and responsibility to those who whom he leads.

Is it salvageable?

Well I believe 💯 their is some wonderful talent at the club, I believe 💯 than our fanbase is passionate and will help the club through our voices and wallets, whilst encouraging those who give their best to the jersey!

But I believe that we must make changes!

The owners not leaving so that shall remain, complaining about it does no good, and for all our complaining they did invest

a. The most money in Europe

The Captain is not going to change

b. He's 32, on £350k/ week and has shown a spark of performance (against West Brom) and passion (post match City) interview

So where does that leave us?

Well for myself the obvious answer is the holy trilogy of Vinai, Edu and Mikel.

The latter two in particular have made in my estimation some incredulous gafs, for example spending £50M on White when Saliba and Mavrapanos are both young and have done well abroad.

On the books we have a dozen defenders (Tierney, Tavares, Kolisinac, Gabriel, Holding, Mari, Chambers, Bellerin, Cedric, AMN, Saliba and Mavrapanos)

I appreciate the need for depth, but our defenders are redundant and cost ineffective.

Edu and Arteta have both failed in their assessment of talent (Martinez, Willian) , their handling of transfers and contracts (Xhaka, PEA, Ozil, AMN, Saliba, etc) and ultimately the performance on the pitch has suffered from their inability as stated in addition to a lack of tactics and deployment on the pitch.

Finally, our supporters must also put their hands up and be accounted for.

All empires come to an end because of arrogance. From AFTV to Arsene Out there have been many poor examples of our fan base being entitled, while some may claim it's an afforded entitlement with the most expensive tickets in football I disagree.

The efforts to keep a club running positively require all aspects including a fan base and I candidly we are better than the division and frustration that has occurred over the past decade.

Regardless of your opinion and where you stand we are all Arsenal through and through!

On towards Norwich and I pray 3 in the bank, but a goal that begin our season would be nice!

Salutations to all.

In our Supporters We Trust

Arsenal4life

I'm out!

1.) 30 Aug 2021
30 Aug 2021 16:40:22
Love your post CIB :)

2.) 30 Aug 2021
30 Aug 2021 19:56:44
Hey gunner mate.

Top post

How you getting on?

3.) 31 Aug 2021
31 Aug 2021 01:25:20
Thxs Sally for the kind acknowledgement

Malaga doing well my friend, how are things on your end?

Wishing you and everyone all the best!