So Jack finally gets his lucky break, and suddenly the chances of our new Mr Arsenal signing a new contract have improved dramatically, especially as nobody really expects Ozil to
even be at the club next season...
Not exact matches
Anyway, unless a freak
season, we will
be at the same point
next season... The Manchester
clubs, Chelsea and others
are not going to make the same mistakes, it will
be too good to
be true... And
even with that we can not
even win a single trophy when all the big firms
are coughing...!!!?
His future
at the
club would come under
even further scrutiny if the Gunners
were to lose
at Wembley, and although picking up the trophy would still not
be enough to convince the «Wenger Out» brigade that he
is the man to
be at the helm
next season, FA Cup glory would
at least give the fans something to cheer and maybe an element of hope that things will get better.
How many assists did Ozil have last
season?If Arsenal had a clinical striker last
season we would've won the league.But of course our so called super sub and Mr. Stamina passed with flying colours.It
's funny how people only look
at his laziness yet forget about his other qualities.You need to look
at which outweighs the other.Some
are also saying he
's staying because no one
is interested in him.That
's funny.He could
even go to Madrid
next season and would
even be their highest assist for consecutive seasons.It
's funny how we talk of him like he
's nothing.How I wish he left last
season to a top
club with clinical finishers.He
's even wasting his talents here honestly speaking.
It now seems likely that Arsene Wenger will remain
at the Emirates as speculation has linked the
club with various transfer targets, which suggests that the Frenchman
is making plans for
next season even though his current deal expires in the summer.
Up front we have a few world - class players surrounded by some serious pretenders... Sanchez
is by far the most accomplished player in our attack but the controversy surrounding his contractual mishandling could see him go before the window closes or most definitely by
season's end... obviously a mistake by both parties involved, as Sanchez's exploits have never
been more on display than in North London, but the
club's irresponsible wage structure and lack of real intent have
been the real undoing in this mess... Lacazette, who I think has some world - class skills as a front man, will only
be as good as the players and system around him, which
is troubling due to our current roster and Wenger's love of sideways passing... Walcott should have
been sold years ago, enough said, and Welbeck should never have
been brought in from the get - go... both of these players have suffered numerous injuries over their respective careers and neither
are good enough to overcome such difficulties: not to mention, they both
are below average first - touch players, which should
be the baseline test for any player coming to a Wenger - led Arsenal team... Perez should have
been played wide left or never purchased
at all; what a huge waste of time and money, which
is ridiculous considering our penny pinching ways and the fact that fans had
been clamoring for a real striker for years... finally Giroud, the fact that he stills wears the jersey
is a direct indictment of this
club's failure to get things right... this isn't necessarily an attack on Giroud because I think he has some highly valued skills, but not for a team that has struggled to take their sideways soccer to the
next level, as his presence slows their game
even more, combined with our average,
at best, finishing skills... far too often those in charge have either settled or chosen half - measures and ultimately it
is us that suffer because no matter what happens Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke will always make more money whereas we will always
be the ones paying for their mistakes... so every time someone suggests we should just shut - up and support the team just think of all the sacrifices you've made along the way and simply reply... f *** off
To
be honest I don't expect whoever the
next manager
is to last more than two or three
seasons or
be that successful,
even if it
were someone like Ancelotti, simply because I think there
are too many things wrong with the way the
club is run
at the moment.
This
is all just an Arsenal transfer rumour
at the moment and
even if it
is on the cards then things could change in the coming weeks, as we do not know how the rest of the Premier League
season will go for Jack Wilshere
at his loan
club AFC Bournemouth or
even who will
be the Arsenal manager
next season.
why
was Sanchez truly playing... no one believes he
was too injured to play to start the
season, and some like myself would go as far to suggest he wasn't injured
at all... so why play him... they can't say it
was to appease the fans because when
was that ever a factor
at this
club except when «panic buys»
were in the offing... I believe that this
was to give Arsenal a little leverage when it comes to negotiating his transfer... just imagine their horrible bargaining position if Sanchez never saw the field before the deadline then heading back to South America and played for Chile... regardless of the facts, this
was sadly again another example of a team putting business ahead of fielding a team with the greatest chance to secure 3 points... of course, some will say that Sanchez
is, or
was, our best player, so obviously he
's a no - brainer to start, but those who really watch the game know that his heart hasn't
been truly in it for quite some time...
even at the end of last
season you could see a definitive difference between the Sanchez who played for Chile and the one that played for Arsenal... that
being said, 70 % of Sanchez
is still better than a 100 % of the vast majority of our remaining roster... shame on you Arsene and shame on you too Sanchez for that telling smirk... I've supported your attempt to push this squad to the
next level but don't pretend for a second that you didn't know you
were being watched... don't lower your standards or you'll end up like this
club, on the outside looking in
Well we
are all making our contributions, moreover our contributions
are decent individually, Wenger knows the direction he
is heading towards when it comes to transfers, when he speaks with the press don't rely on his words, he speaks with the press sometimes to encourage the fans and conceal the truth in him.nevertheless my verdict concerning this issue of alexis sanchez and arsenal
is that, wenger should keep hold to his words by not selling alexis, he should allow him to see off his contract if he refuses to sign because
next season alexis will turn 29, he has already
at the pick of his career, by allowing him to stay we can mount title challenge come
next season and this will really give us an advantage
even for him to o sign another contract with arsenal, arsenal
is a big
club, they should how to hold, encourage and lure their best players to renew their contract rather loosing them to other top
clubs, especially title rivers
The player has no intentions of renewing his contract and
even If he did the chances of a
club offering # 50 million for him
at the end of
next season are very slim.
Wenger himself has already stated that he will still
be managing somewhere
next season,
even if it isn't
at Arsenal, but can anyone really see him going to another
club after 21 years
at Highbury and the Emirates?
Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands,
is in no better position to compete
next season than they
were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have
been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look
at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he
's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father
were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there
are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last
seasons foray with Middlesborough
was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings
are indicative of what
's wrong with this
club and it
's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the
club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5
seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to
be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger
's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to
be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he
was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and
even Ozil
were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract
is criminal for a
club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't
even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it
's time to get rid of some serious deadweight,
even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value
is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would
be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who
is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will
be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality
at the striker position falls once again squarely
at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam
being perpetrated by this
club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market
club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market
club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry
's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP,
was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to
be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model
was that of a «selling»
club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he
was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who
were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and
were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame
at the feet of those who
were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it
even when it
was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really
was...
Le Prof still has two more
seasons left on his current contract and very few Gooners would
be surprised if he remained
at the
club much longer than that,
even though some would prefer him to leave as soon as possible... There have
been many ex-Arsenal legends that
are candidates to become Arsenal's
next boss, with Tony Adams, Steve Bould, Dennis Bergkamp and others already much further advanced in their management training, but
even those big names hardly know the
club better than Henry.
What
is even more important for us over the
next few months
is whether Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal board can convince the
club's two biggest players Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil to sign new contract extensions as their current deals
are due to enter the final year
at the end of this
season.
So
next season it
is fully possible that our present back three
are either retired or slowing down with age, and Mustafi, Holding and Chambers could
be our first choice back three (if Mustafi
is even still
at the
club).
United continue to publicly back Van Gaal, who
is under contract
at Old Trafford for another year, but the Dutchman appears increasingly certain to leave the
club in the summer
even if he manages to guide them into
next season's Champions League.