AST Meeting With Ivan Gazidis – By JG Oh joy, the Arsenal Supporters Trust will be having their annual Q&A with Ivan Gazidis and the board this coming Wednesday at the Emirates at 7:00pm. Last years meeting turned up to be a load of nonsense, the questions Gazidis was asked were for the most part [.

ARSENAL shareholder Alisher Usmanov has splashed some of his considerable cash on a new luxury yacht...no doubt tempting Gooners to dream about the money he could fork out on players.

Usmanov has, it is being reported, handed over some £65million on the craft, which includes a swimming pool, a helicopter pad, a gym, a luxury dining room and cabins for 20 guests.

Following the Misery in Milan and the Shocker in Sunderland there have been calls either for the managers head, the boards collective head or for the team to be ruthlessly pruned and expensively strengthened. It has to be said that these last two events are perhaps only the latest in a succession of poor results that have seen the club knocked out of the Carling Cup, the FA Cup and almost certainly the Champions League, although we have got into fourth position in the Premiership, a position we hold over Chelsea who are on the same number of games, points and goal difference.

Following the Misery in Milan and the Shocker in Sunderland there have been calls either for the managers head, the boards collective head or for the team to be ruthlessly pruned and expensively strengthened. It has to be said that these last two events are perhaps only the latest in a succession of poor results that have seen the club knocked out of the Carling Cup, the FA Cup and almost certainly the Champions League, although we have got into fourth position in the Premiership, a position we hold over Chelsea who are on the same number of games, points and goal difference.

The numbers simply don't lie: Seven years without a trophy. The worst Arsenal team in ten years. Arsenal appears to be in a state of crisis, but there are yet more questions than answers concerning any resolution. Arsenal fans are demanding to know whether Arsene had access to the fat reserve account, whether he should be the target of blame and villified or else forgiven.

The numbers simply don't lie: Seven long years without a trophy. Comments regarding the team's demise have been loaded with vitriol: "The worst Arsenal team in ten years," for instance. Arsenal as a team appears to be in a state of crisis, but there are yet more questions than answers concerning any resolution.

Apologies for being two days behind a story once again but having given a great deal of time during the season, I am trying to balance it during the summer. And while I do let a lot of rumours and events go by without comment, this PR stunt from Alisher Usmanov is hard to ignore.

I don't want to repeat the comments as they've been all over the internet.

Morning all,

much of what's about this morning stems from Ivan Gazidis and his meeting with some of the AST membership last night. He came along, answered the questions, said all the right things and none of it was in any way earth-shattering or unexpected.

He said that the manager had the 100% support of the board, which I think we already knew.

The inevitable is finally happening – a billionaire is buying Arsenal. Will it make Arsenal a rich man's play thing? Will there be money available to the manager? Will Wenger have a sword hanging over his head? Will the Gunners be laden with the burden of debt? Will Usmanov sell his stake? What about the AST, Fanshare, and other minority shareholders?

The Stan Kroenke 'takeover' news is obviously a massively important issue for Arsenal Football Club, but also for the fans.

I spoke to Tim Payton from the Arsenal Supporter's Trust about these developments, what they might mean for the club in the here and now and the future, and what might happen to the other shareholders including Red and White Holdings as well as those who hold a much smaller stake in the club.