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Ivan Gazidis

DanDare

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Think this is pretty inconsequential to be honest

There are other intelligent talented people to employ
 

scytheavatar

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I think some of the Gazidis criticism is OTT. I think yes he could've done better with commercial and sponsorship deals. Hopefully we catch up a bit with this new adidas deal. But for me he's done a great job at attempting change and ravamping the staff and structure. It may all fail but Raul Sven Unai Burgess , that fella off team Sky etc, is exciting on paper and bold and progressive. He could've easily kept the existing structure and staff and just bought in Rafa or Carlo as manager etc.

Except why didn't he put in the changes earlier? Why didn't he do everything in his power to make sure Wenger wasn't given a contract extension last season?
 

Tir Na Nog

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Except why didn't he put in the changes earlier? Why didn't he do everything in his power to make sure Wenger wasn't given a contract extension last season?

According to the Don in your avi, Wenger was ready to step aside in 2017 but there was no clear plan to replace him so he basically had to sign the deal to avoid a complete of things. :lol:
 

Makingtrax

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According to the Don in your avi, Wenger was ready to step aside in 2017 but there was no clear plan to replace him so he basically had to sign the deal to avoid a complete of things. :lol:
Hope the reason Wenger is quiet is because he’s working on the book to give us the details.

Sadly, I feel he might be too much of a gent to dish the real dirt on why money held us back, when the coffers had more to give.
 

scytheavatar

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According to the Don in your avi, Wenger was ready to step aside in 2017 but there was no clear plan to replace him so he basically had to sign the deal to avoid a complete of things. :lol:

Why wasn't there a clear plan to replace Wenger? Why was Wenger put in the position where he is unaccountable and no one can tell him his time is up, until we have fallen out of top 4?
 

dashsnow17

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It's somewhat hard to assess Gazidis' performance because there are many factors, a lot of which we don't really know about. It's obviously not like assessing a player or a manager. From what I do know, I'd say some good some bad. Although overall you could simply say our performances have declined since he took over, so what has he done? That would be too simplistic probably.

First of all - f*ck you, Ivan. Like, really. I know he's getting a cut of the equity so fair enough, but this really isn't a great time. He's not an easy character to warm to, he's too corporate for that, but I was preparing to warm to him were he to steer this new project through. Impossible to remember him fondly now.

People talking like it'll have no impact are a bit optimistic, of course it'll have an impact. His job isn't some symbolic role that doesn't actually mean anything, he isn't the Queen. His job is, y'know, quite an important one. To suddenly lose that at a critical time is not good, and you can't just find someone new at the drop of a hat.

Either we find someone new and we hope that they're competent and fit into the structure, or Josh Kroenke comes in. Jesus.
 

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Why wasn't there a clear plan to replace Wenger? Why was Wenger put in the position where he is unaccountable and no one can tell him his time is up, until we have fallen out of top 4?

Why?

Because of this loser.

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Batman

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What's a "principal"? Because the guy with the most power has always been Stan Kroenke. Gazidis has influence but he should not be the only board of director member with a say in the club's direction. Could it be that Gazidis isn't happy with the decisions Kroenke has made?
I think it's honestly as simple as Milan and money over London. Gazidis doesn't strike me as the sort who really gives a toss about anything as long as he's getting his money. He's a suit getting more money to work in a more desirable(to some ) location.
 

Mo Britain

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I think it's honestly as simple as Milan and money over London. Gazidis doesn't strike me as the sort who really gives a toss about anything as long as he's getting his money. He's a suit getting more money to work in a more desirable(to some ) location.
Gazidis knows that unless Emery pulls a miracle out of the hat and wins the league in the next two seasons he will be the next one to face the fans' wrath.
 

Batman

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Gazidis knows that unless Emery pulls a miracle out of the hat and wins the league in the next two seasons he will be the next one to face the fans' wrath.
Yeah but he's always been the one to face the fans' wrath. That isn't new. Nobody has gotten yelled at more at the AST than him. With Wenger it was maybe 50/50 at the end there. Everyone has pretty much always blamed and hated Gazidis so I don't see why he'd jump ship now for any reason on other than money and location.
 

Garrincha

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I think it's honestly as simple as Milan and money over London. Gazidis doesn't strike me as the sort who really gives a toss about anything as long as he's getting his money. He's a suit getting more money to work in a more desirable(to some ) location.
I cant remember the guys name or position at Elliott Fund but the BBC ran a story last week that him & Ivan are close. The club will be flipped at somepoint in the short/medium future as they never wanted a football club.
 

Mo Britain

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Yeah but he's always been the one to face the fans' wrath. That isn't new. Nobody has gotten yelled at more at the AST than him. With Wenger it was maybe 50/50 at the end there. Everyone has pretty much always blamed and hated Gazidis so I don't see why he'd jump ship now for any reason on other than money and location.
He was backed by the Kronkes. They will throw him to the wolves if Emery can't deliver. He will be less marketable if he is fired than now when he is known as Ivan Wengerslayer.
 

Mark Tobias

Mr. Agreeable
Hope the reason Wenger is quiet is because he’s working on the book to give us the details.

Sadly, I feel he might be too much of a gent to dish the real dirt on why money held us back, when the coffers had more to give.
Wenger strikes me as the type of person to adhere to the age old saying of "A bad workman blames his tools". I suspect we'll get a book but it won;t be all the juicy info we crave. At least not the real juicy stuff.
 

Lidl_Reed

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Feel for Gazidis. Held back by a chancer who lucked out on the Arsenal post, finally gets to remove him despite the majority of fans still supporting a failing Arsenal and blaming Gazidis despite him investing over 100 million in transfer windows in the last two years.
 

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