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You carry on kidding yourselves that you haven't just lost another major player from an already weak squad. I'm sure Cesc is looking forward to the new season to see what spotty kid Wenger the winger will buy next.
Whilst the club are luaghing whilst charging you boys the most expensive seats in the EPL and buying the cheapest nobodies they can find, you boys can carry on kidding yourselves. There there there......
You carry on kidding yourselfs about that forth spot. I'm sure Darren Bent is the striker you need to get there. We'll wait and see who your next overpriced signing is, while your club spirals into debt and your crappy stadium detiriates into further decay. There there...
The blog was pretty impartial, but I'm afraid your petty sneering just shows how ignorant you are.
Harry, are you excited about Nasri the way you were excited a few months ago about having your own Gatusso? Oh sorry, he left too!
The point is (quote) you are a selling club, so as soon as Nasri becomes half decent he will be sold or want to move to a bigger club who wants to win things not just stash money.
(notice the failure to mention a name. (out of shame))
You're club's non-league, you muppet.
Also has any considered that reasons he left could also be the contract extension he was getting? He is 27 yrs with 2 yrs left. i strong believe he would have gotten an extra yr on his present contract to reach the 30 mark where we know what follows. Wiltord, Edu, Pires, etc
Can anyone tell me which of Wengers buys as finished his career with Arsenaland how many of the present players you can predict will take the 1 yr rolling contract and why dont they have a write to think of their future?
last season we nearly got there but as they said we lacked in numbers. so what do we do? we let some more numbers go.
that is my worry Tony. i dont mind the Ramseys and Nasris but when they get tired or the help from the bench who comes in? PROSPECT
They also have to keep the overall wage bill at a reasonable level so any 'stars' looking for the big 100K/week deals are going to have to move on.
The only way this tide will turn for the club is if they receive some heavy investment from someone like Stan Kroenke or another foreign interest. However, I like the approach Arsenal are taking at the moment. They are avoiding the whole ridiculous notion of chasing after 'star' players and work hard to develop young talent. It would be interesting to see them add a veteran or two on a free transfer just to have someone to mentor and/or take some of the pressure off the younger kids coming through.
One that comes to mind would have been Ivan Klasnic, who was available on a free after he was released by Werder Bremen (The release was due to a dispute between the two over medical diagnosis of his kidney problems, the lawsuit Klasnic filed was settled but he still felt uncomfortable with the team doctor and wanted out.)
As for numbers - The players we have sold have quality replacements. Nasri has replaced Hleb, Ramsey has replaced Diarra and Flamini will be replaced. The growth and returns of Vela, Merida, Mannone, Fabianzki, Nordviet, Randall, Song, Djourou and Lansbury will strengthen the squad and previously injured players like van Persie, Eduardo and Rosicky will vastly improve it.
Losing Hleb is a bigger blow to the Gunners than Robben's transfer was to Chelsea. Nasri is something of an unknown quantity (although, it must be said, Wenger does have a knack of spotting gems and improving their game). But, a club of Arsenal's stature should be aiming for the Premiership title, and losing players like Hleb, Flamini and very possibly Adebeyor, has to be seen as a step backwards. They should be hanging on to these players AND bringing in the likes of Nasri. But Wenger's comments about the modern player being a mercenary demonstrate just how difficult that is.
As for his lack of goals, don't forget that Hleb played a good part of last season as the supporting striker in a 4-5-1. So I think he did need to account for more than 4 goals last year.
All of that said, Hleb's control and dribbling were fantastic to watch. I loved it against Man U when he took the opening kickoff and went straight towards goal and beat three of four men right off the bat.
http://www.premiershiptalk.com/2008/07/gilberto...
As for replacing Flamini, I think Wenger won't bother buying there and let Song and Diaby fight for that spot. (it is their natural position anyways)
Hleb didn't like playing wide left and wanted to play the supporting striker role where RVP would play (assuming he wasnt injured) forcing RVP to move wide left. Nasri will play anywhere on the field, most likely on the left flank with Walcott on the right (Hopefully!). I am excited for the season!
I really need to figure out a new name for myself.
Alex Song maybe.
My name isnt even alex. I jsut think its a fitting transition. I think tomas rose-hickey is too drastic a change.
Im also thinking of having it be Gary Lewin.
and it would be a good trasfer to get gareth barry. i think he would be a perfect partner to cesc. and we would only need to get a striker maybe santa cruz or hunterlaar.
there. im done.
We've made an upgrade going from Hleb to Nsari, and not to mention a profit. It's good business, and good managing all around. To argue with it is stupid...it'll be clear next season when Nasri contributes more in a season than any of Hleb's here.
I love watching Hleb, but he was nothing more than a tease, who more often than not fell into highly inconsistent slumps and forgot which side he was playing for, lobbing away posession in the final third.
The only scary thing about Hleb's departure is the timing. Half of this midfield has been off loaded this off season, and shaken further with the departure of a senior member. Regardless, the concern of Gooners everywhere should be who is partnering with Cesc. Period.
I also have to take you to task Gaff, for the Robben comparison. Robben was a game changer that didn't get as much playing time as he should have due to injury and Chelsea's depth at the position. He was, and is a mercurial talent, capable of changing a game - I don't see that in Hleb.
If they really did nab Nasri for the 6m GBP I've seen tossed around, I think Arsenal made a very smart parts exchange. I'd probably take Nasri over Hleb straight up.