Joe Fitzpatrick 
Arsenal are at their lowest point in 16 years. For the first time in what seems like forever, it really looks like the infamous top-four "trophy" is finally going to escape from our collective Gooner grasp. Chelsea, Liverpool and Newcastle look like tough competition for that fourth place that we used to take for granted, and AKBs and AMGs all agree that we are now going backwards as a football team and appear to be lacking real ambition as a football club.
Everything around the club feels so stale and flat at the moment. There were no blockbuster signings to galvanise the struggling squad or to lift the fans’ fading morale, and there wasn't to be any good news regarding the eagerly-awaited return of the talented Jack Wilshere either. The vast majority of Gooners are absolutely deflated, dejected and disappointed with the way things are going at the moment and it is very disappointing that a club of Arsenal's size are relying on the return of 20- year-old Jack Wilshere to save our season from disaster. Equally disappointing is the fact that our brightest attacking option at the moment, besides the phenomenal Robin van Persie, is a kid who was playing for Southampton last season.
It seems that Arsène, Stan, Ivan and Peter do not care that we are only a few more injuries away from a 7th, 8th or 9th-placed finish because of our over-reliance on certain players in our squad and the lack of competition for places. The lack of quality in the squad means that long-term injuries to any combination of van Persie, Sczcesny, Arteta, Song, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Vermaelen, Ramsey and Koscielny will leave us well and truly up s**t creek without a paddle. The really frustrating thing is that so many amateur people (not including me, the former AKB) could see this all coming and predicted this kind of scenario years ago, while the so-called professionals at our club have been oblivious to the sound and reasonable calls to freshen things up at Arsenal stadium, Ashburton Grove.
It is the Manager, Board and major shareholders who are to blame for what has happened to our club, and if any of them truly cared about the future of this football club then they would have surely broken ranks (to hell with the consequences, they're all millionaires anyway!) and said or done something to stop the slow but steady decline in standards at Arsenal Football Club. None of them had the b***s to say or do anything and therefore, in my opinion, they are all in it together to make a profit from us gullible fans.
What we can't let them do is continue to divide us against each other because it weakens our collective bargaining position and diverts attention from their incompetence, arrogance and greed.
It is very easy to moan, whine and whinge about everything that is wrong with the Arsenal at the moment, but where are the ideas on what to do now?
What I am proposing is that all of you who hold a season ticket at Arsenal, or are on a waiting list for one, send a letter to the club outlining your dissatisfaction and disappointment with the way the club is being run.
Here is an outline of my letter to Stan Kroenke and Ivan Gazidis, but you can obviously add or remove points to match your own opinions.
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"Dear Sirs,
My name is Joe Fitzpatrick and I have been a season-ticket holder at Arsenal for over ten years. I am writing to inform you of my decision to refuse to renew my season-ticket or attend any matches next season unless there is a significant investment made by the club in improving the quality of the playing squad, and at least some changes to a coaching team that has been unsuccessful in securing a trophy since 2005.
After all the emotional and financial investment that I have made to Arsenal F.C. over the years, I am both saddened and hurt by the lack of investment of my financial contributions back into the playing squad while, for some unknown reason, I am being asked to pay more for my seat than fans of more successful clubs.
I have stood by the grand plan of the Emirates Stadium move until now because I am a faithful and fanatical supporter, but just when it seems that Arsenal are in a strong position to exploit the financial difficulties of teams less fiscally-responsible and commercially-marketable than ourselves, you, as so called "custodians of the club", choose to divert the focus of the financial debate towards the ridiculous and frivolous spending at clubs such as Manchester City and Chelsea rather than to how we can spend the resources that we do generate more efficiently and ambitiously.
The proposed investment into the playing squad does, of course, mean your taking on a certain amount of financial risk, but the potential increase in sponsorship revenue from running a successful football team, as opposed to an average one, means that it is not a risk without its rewards.
Tottenham are currently on course to finish above Arsenal, and they do not generate anywhere near the level of income that Arsenal do. Therefore, the excuse of only finishing behind teams because they outspend us will soon be proven to be a fallacy created by yourselves to convince the fans that the club is moving forward to a bright new future while, in reality, it is going backwards under your control. A lot of other fans feel the same way that I do, and they too will not be renewing their overpriced season-tickets or attending any matches until you either invest in the playing squad or sell your shares to someone who will."
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Now that I've made this difficult decision, fellow Gooners, and I am certain that I am not going to change my opinion, I feel strangely liberated and willing to focus on supporting the team and trying to lift the players that we have at the club.
I don't think that I will enjoy my time at the Grove if I am constantly moaning and booing the players that I don't like, so I am instead going to support the players that I do like by singing and chanting my heart out until the end of the season. I suggest that, for your own sanity, you should consider taking my lead.
Where are the all the songs for van Persie, Arteta, Song, Wilshere, Koscielny, Vermaelen, Sczcesny, Sagna, Gervinho, Walcott, Ramsey and Oxlade-Chamberlain? "Come on!" as crazy, drunk Delia would say, "let's be having ya!"
Why can't some of you get over your too-cool-for-school attitude and properly get behind the players and see if we can't lift them into a top-four finish or an F.A. Cup final? It will make the rest of the season so much more bearable if we can get a bit of a positive atmosphere and camaraderie going in the stadium on cold dark nights, rather than sulking and booing the poor results or performances by certain individuals. You can make your feelings known to the Board with a strongly-worded letter and threaten to withdraw your financial support of the current transfer policy, so there really is no need to boo inside the stadium just yet or to get into fist fights with fellow Gooners.
