Never one to miss an opportunity to get her name in print, Lady Bracewell-Smith has slammed Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke for his lack of interaction with Arsenal fans and supporters groups.
The former Arsenal director, Lady Bracewell-Smith, who sold her shares to Kroenke, understands the fans’ growing frustration with the club and the board.
Kroenke made one of his rare visits to the Emirates Stadium for the Champions League match against Bayern Munich, and his lack of visibility, especially when the other significant shareholder, Alisher Usmanov, goes to far more games but is denied a place on the board, is a cause of frustration with Arsenal fans.
‘The fans aren’t the only ones who would like the chance to converse with Stan Kroenke. So would I.
‘He’s got what he wants, he doesn’t have to listen, but he doesn’t seem to understand the fans are the heart and soul of a club. We used to be a family club, but that doesn’t seem to be the case any more.’
There is certainly a lack of leadership at the top at Arsenal. Silent Stan never talks and is never here. Gazidis seems more concerned with building his reputation than the club, and under his stewardship, the club has fallen behind its Premier League rivals in growing the commercial side of the club.
And that is the problem I fear with the knee-jerk reaction to changing managers at the end of the season. Replacing Arsene Wenger will not make a lot of difference if the board and Gazidis stay the same
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I remember Arsenal being the same before Kroenke took the helm. Funny enough, Bracewell-Smith was on the board then and did little to stop it.
Bracewell-Smith sold her shares she is now calling the devil. What does that make her?
spot on mate.
You sold your shares to him didnt you?
I wish she would shut up.. if she hadn’t sold her share to him in the first place we wouldn’t have to deal with this crap in the first place.. silent sam.. bleeding us try… damn yankie c***sucker… but Lady Bracewell has no right to talk.. it is her doing in the first place..
Bring in red and white before we become obsolete….
Suppose Stan had something to say to the management, do you reckon he would say it on the pages of the Guardian??
Also what exactly would he be saying to the fans that would make them happy at a time like this? — Dont worry folks by next season am getting in Vilanova??
Stan didn’t buy Squid, Droujou,Santos,Denilson,Park,Bendtner,Gervinho,The Spanish waiter etc. That was Wenger. How about Andre? Not a horrible player but why buy him if you don’t want to play him in his position. No offense to Theo but he basically chose Walcott and passed on Bale. Typical. Oh yeah how about Merts over Cahill. I would not blame this on Stan. She sold her shares to him and now is bitch’n. Whatever.
The fat potato head Usmanov is suddenly looking pretty good now isn’t he Nina? How can the board, presumably somewhat educated, look at Stan’s mediocre American teams and how he runs them and thought that selling Arsenal to him was going to be a jolly good time?