Mind blown
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Oh well, here is to another 2 years of excuses and always being one or 2 players short!
Clueless fucking club!
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The worst part is that Ornstein says an extension in 2019 will depend on what happens in the next two years, but it didn’t really depend on what happened in the past few years when he signed this contract, did it? I have no faith that he will be held accountable if in the next two seasons we similarly start well but fail to sustain a challenge for the title, and maybe pick up a cup? What if we don’t even get back into the CL?
It feels like theres really nothing which can take this job away from him until the day he dies…
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On transfers:
“We tried”
“He didn’t meet with our valuation”
“There is no value in the market”
“We are not afraid to spend”
“I know the areas that are weak and I will strengthen”
Match interviews:
“We showed quality”
“We showed unity”
“I felt we showed great passion and desire”
“We have to remain focused”
On players:
“His injury is not serious, he will only be out for a few games”
“He shows great character”
“He shows a great level of commitment”
“I feel this group of players can do anything”
“He has a positive attitude”
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I think it did. 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 2 FA cups. Got out of the CL group 3 times. Hardly a bad job in most circumstances.
He needs to have a Mourinho style fail and finish bottom 10 which is impossible because these are his players. Nobody is ever going to revolt against him or “stop playing for him” to the required degree so he’ll always get 60+ pts
He’s here forever basically.
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No point in getting salty about it. The decision has been made, time to give him a fresh opportunity to do what we need.
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I stopped reading after line 2:
Announcing the news, our majority owner Stan Kroenke said: “Our ambition is to win the Premier League and other major trophies in Europe" 
He charged 3mil for that bit of wisdom.
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No Saxo in the boardroom mate it seems.
I want detail on these “areas of improvement”.
Make public and transparent some of the findings, im talking the AGM rather than a series of tweets 
But OF COURSE this won’t ever happen (at least not to a satisfactory degree) and we’ll be left wondering just what is going on in the background and what’s changed at this most secretive of clubs.
Round and round we go. So frustrating. One positive tho, I thought I’d stopped caring about Arsenal more than this and evidently I haven’t after all 
I have a feeling he may not make it till the end of his new contract. If we dont sign any top talents and get off to a poor start next season, shit is seriously going to hit the fan.
The words Kroenke and ambition should never be seen in the same sentence, when talking about Arsenal.
Kroenke epitomises everything wrong with our club.
Mediocrity and profit are what he stands for.
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Shit won’t ever hit the fan at Arsenal MM. Arsenal is too big a club to be dictated to by its own supporters. Arsenal supporters are in effect meaningless, an amorphous blob of nothing.
The fans hold every power. Whether they choose to act on it is a different story alltogether (really cba getting into this lol) 
Mourinho, Guardiola, Klopp, Pochettino and Conte hearing the news of #Wenger2019 pic.twitter.com/SrFxKQsqNa
— 📝 (@MrScripto) 31 mei 2017
Here is a transcript of his exclusive interview with Arsenal Player:
Club and Wenger agree contract extension
Arsène,
you and the club have signed a new two-year contract. It’s a big moment, how are you feeling about it?
I’m happy and excited. Happy because I can work where I love to be. As well because this club cherishes the values I love. I’m excited because I believe that our end of season is a big springboard to go for more. We have created a dynamic that is very positive and we want to build on that and transfer that positive end of season [form] to the new season.
In the end, was it an easy decision or a difficult decision?
For me it’s always easy on a loving affair because I identify myself so much with the club. When you can be where you love to be, that’s easy. It’s difficult because you want to respond to the demands of all the people who love this club. This is of course a job that demands 100 per cent commitment and you want to be at that level to make sure you can make everyone happy.
What’s your message to the fans after signing up for two more years?
The message to the fans is in aid of the club. Let’s be together to support our players, to support the club and all give our absolute best to be at the level that we want to be. We can move up to the next level, I’m convinced of that, by having faith in the way we want to play football and by supporting the players we have already. Of course we’ll try to strengthen our squad to be stronger next season, but we want to be faithful to the way we want to play the game. We want to support this way [of playing] all together.
What’s the owner said to you about our ambitions?
They are of course unlimited, our ambitions. We live in a very competitive world where you need the support of the owner as well. He’s highly ambitious and supportive as well so, on that front, we are all united with exactly the same targets.
When you look back at the 2016/17 season, how do you view it as a whole?
As a whole, I think the first part of the season was very positive. We went 20 games unbeaten, including the Champions League, and we finished top of the group in the Champions League. After that, the turning point was maybe the Everton and Manchester City games where we dropped our level away from home a little bit. We were unbeaten away from home for a long, long time. The negative side and other turning points were certainly the Bayern Munich games where we had very positive results at half-time but at the end of the game we were very frustrated. [It was] under very special circumstances but it deeply affected the confidence of the team. I believe the outside uncertainty over my situation had an impact on the team as well, and after that I think we regrouped. We could have been divided but we have shown great resilience and were united to bounce back very strongly. We finished the season in a very convincing way. We won 10 of our last 11 games and that is absolutely difficult. We played against all the difficult opponents, so we finished the season in a very strong way with a very strong dynamic. That’s why I told you that we want to transfer that into the new season.
In terms of the playing squad, what changes do you expect this summer?
First of all, we have a very heavy squad at the moment so maybe we might lose some players. We want to keep the strength we have and build on that. We will work very hard to find the additions of top, top quality. I believe that our squad is very strong and we will only look for top-class people who can strengthen our team now. The basis is there so we need the additions who will make a real difference.
Are you looking at any particular areas of the team?
First of all, we look at the top, top quality available. We have seen in the recent games against Manchester City, Chelsea and Manchester United that we are a very strong team. For us it’s very important that we only consider the players who can really make a difference, no matter where it is.
What other changes do you expect? Maybe on the non-playing side for example…
On that front, we always want to be better. We live in a very competitive world where everybody tries to get better. We look to be stronger everywhere. We want to perform better in every department, so of course we want to have the best team around the team. We look at everything. We forget that we have top-quality people already and, if you look closely at the players who left us, every player who came here became a better player. You cannot say about every player who left us [think he means other clubs]. We have a very good record with the team and the improvement of the players here. We have to continue that but we are also looking everywhere to become even better.
Read more at http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20170531/-this-club-cherishes-the-values-i-love-#IYtSTybbg8wIh5RW.99
Livestream by BBC on Facebook now. Robbie is up lol
WE GOT HIMMMMMMM.
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