Arsenal’s Transfer Conundrum – The Deadwood need to be sold first….

Ken As we are now at least actually debating once more directly and I at least still have a great deal of respect- as I HAVE ALWAYS DONE- for your honesty as you see it AND for you dedication and knowledge of our club and its history, much through personal experience, my long time attitude towards that has and will always remain unchanged, in your favour.
That being said, my ongong beef with your interpretation of my posts is that I SAY YOU DO NOT represent what I say in full context and that you cherry pick quotes of mine without giving the full quote and true meaning. I find this puzzling coming from such a man as you and tbh, disturbing to some extent too. This is what TV/ Radio Journos and interviewers routinely do with major politicians when interviewing and is WHY those same politicians often appear evasive and cautious, when interviewed.

But those same journos have an agenda of their own for trying to entrap politicians. NOT that I am trying to stand up for politicians en masse but I HAVE SOME sympathy with their plight and esp for those in high office and high shadow office too.
It is cause and effect that promotes misunderstnding and suspicion- sometimes when there is no reason for suspicion- but it is still there. I think this an important point and see many parallels in our cut and thrust online relationship, which has had, across the years, many highs and lows.
I would also add that I find very few, if any at all, other Gooners to whom I could ever write in this way, without being told I am boring them and to basically, shut the ****up”! I miss that feeling TBH,KEN!

So the actual main beef is our different interpretation of certain words and phrases; what does and does not constitute actual abuse and where the line is drawn between fair comment and criticism , COMPARED WITH non legit comments and actual abuse. To write , as a very few have disgracefully done, that ” they hope Xhaka gets cancer or that they hope his wife dies” and that sort of garbage is OBVIOUSLY ABUSE. NO DISAGREEMENTS THERE.
But to call someones playingability- not their morals but their playing ability “dross or deadwood” is not abuse but an opinion, admittedly a forceful one But NOT abuse!

I find this modern woke movement where group think is expected and demanded, to be anti liberal and tyrannical and I STAND FIRMLY AGAINST IT Ken.
Just this last weekend, I emailled Ad Pat to say the same thing to him when he once again censored my remarks. I am and have been for some time. as you once were too, I recall, close to leaving JA for keeps and unless I CAN SPEAK MY TRUTH FREELY, see no point in remaining.

When a man even older than I, meaning you Ken, seems to be turning “woke”, then I TRULY despair of ever finding a common meeting point, though I still hope we can but much doubt it !

I see no meeeting of minds likely on this Ken, as we come from different perspectives and each will steadfastly maintain he is right and the other is wrong.

I am trying, as ever, to be as honest as possible with my views. If you knew me personally and had known me as such for many decades as my Sue has and other close family members and friends do, you would know how IMPORTANT speaking/ writing the TRUTH as I see it , is to me.

You are surely, by now , as aware as I am myself that mere peer popularity is , by comparison to personal honesty, not of overmuch importance to me.
One of the reasons I so admire MA is that I see his ruthless, perhaps even stubborn streak, when sticking to firm principles and I much relate to that quality. He COULD, but chose not to, have let Guendouzi get away with his brattish behaviour. He COULD, but chose not to, have let Auba get away with constant lateness and lax discipline.
Indeed , on Auba for a while, he DID turn a blind eye but learned a lesson to his cost, that you cannot long term allow such behaviour. MANY DISAGREE BUT THAT REMAINS MY VIEW AND ALWAYS HAS AND WILL.

If you have any comments or solutions, I AM KEEN TO READ THEM.