If they stayed....(Nasri & Fabregas)?

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Originally Posted by Mr. Lahey

A part of me is thinking that Wenger has told Nasri to put in another brilliant performance for the first half of the season and he will get his pay raise. If not Wenger will let him walk. If Nasri really wanted to leave I wouldnt think he would have gone to Asia. Just my thoughts with the way this is playing out.

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That makes no sense to me. We shouldn't be in this position. None of this makes sense.

We have some incompetent people running this club. If it's about money, then give it to him. It makes no sense to let it go this far if he wants a wage increase. We'll lose millions for the sake of saving a few thousands. It's mental.

If it's not about money and about sporting ambition, then sign a few damn players so he and the rest of the team are happy!

If we can't afford the players, then raise the cash by selling off the wantaway players and that includes Cesc and Nasri, just make sure you buy some quality as their replacements.

That's three logical options. Letting him walk on a free is going to cost us more come next season because not only will we have to buy his replacement, we'll have more unhappy players threatening to not sign their contract and we'll go through this crap again. What we're doing now is short sighted and not a long term strategy. If we fail to reach the Champs league next season, we're in serious trouble because we won't be able to attract players from abroad and I'm pretty sure we'll have players looking for the exit here as well.

These assholes need to wake up. Fix the leak now or we're going to have a flood of problems next season. The team can't cope with wantaway players and off field distractions all year.

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

If it's not about money and about sporting ambition, then sign a few damn players so he and the rest of the team are happy!

If we can't afford the players, then raise the cash by selling off the wantaway players and that includes Cesc and Nasri, just make sure you buy some quality as their replacements.

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I don't think the board understands. Wenger probably realises the danger but he's too stubborn to 'give in' to the demands of the players and the fans. Seriously, if there was ever a time that this squad needed investment it is now. Morale is at an all time low and we are travelling across the spiral in the wrong direction.

The fat russian (Usmanov not Arshavin :lol:) was right. Our board members are more than happy to pocket huge salaries every year but refuse to make any investment into the team. They deserve to be hit in the wallet but unfortunately they might bring this club down with them.

If Wenger can decide to keep Nasri and risk losing him on a free and lose out on millions, then he should be able to convince the board to pay out a few thousands for a new contract.

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

That makes no sense to me. We shouldn't be in this position. None of this makes sense.

We have some incompetent people running this club. If it's about money, then give it to him. It makes no sense to let it go this far if he wants a wage increase. We'll lose millions for the sake of saving a few thousands. It's mental.

If it's not about money and about sporting ambition, then sign a few damn players so he and the rest of the team are happy!

If we can't afford the players, then raise the cash by selling off the wantaway players and that includes Cesc and Nasri, just make sure you buy some quality as their replacements.

That's three logical options. Letting him walk on a free is going to cost us more come next season because not only will we have to buy his replacement, we'll have more unhappy players threatening to not sign their contract and we'll go through this crap again. What we're doing now is short sighted and not a long term strategy. If we fail to reach the Champs league next season, we're in serious trouble because we won't be able to attract players from abroad and I'm pretty sure we'll have players looking for the exit here as well.

These assholes need to wake up. Fix the leak now or we're going to have a flood of problems next season. The team can't cope with wantaway players and off field distractions all year.

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Im with you mate, just trying to make any sense of all this. If Wenger lets him go on a free then he should be sacked (if he shouldnt have already been by now) the day Nasri leaves. Is Wenger really stupid enough to let him leave?? I know he's done some dumb shit previously but this would take the cake!

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Originally Posted by Penguin

I don't think the board understands. Wenger probably realises the danger but he's too stubborn to 'give in' to the demands of the players and the fans. Seriously, if there was ever a time that this squad needed investment it is now. Morale is at an all time low and we are travelling across the spiral in the wrong direction.

The fat russian (Usmanov not Arshavin :lol:) was right. Our board members are more than happy to pocket huge salaries every year but refuse to make any investment into the team. They deserve to be hit in the wallet but unfortunately they might bring this club down with them.

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I'm with you mostly. But in terms of bringing the club down? I think we need a bit of perspective here. Morale is at a very low point, but we're hardly going to be relegated, are we - even if all the want away players go, and we buy noone else.

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

If Wenger can decide to keep Nasri and risk losing him on a free and lose out on millions, then he should be able to convince the board to pay out a few thousands for a new contract.

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It can't be just over wages, I think he wants to see some signings and ambition from the club too. You need to spend money to make money, or to win trophies. If I put myself in the players' shoes I can't really blame them for wanting out right now.

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Originally Posted by Ice Berg Kamping

I'm with you mostly. But in terms of bringing the club down? I think we need a bit of perspective here. Morale is at a very low point, but we're hardly going to be relegated, are we - even if all the want away players go, and we buy noone else.

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I know mate, I'm just exagerrating a bit ;)

This is all about hedging our bets IMO.

I still think it's entirely plausible that either one of Cesc or Nasri, or indeed both, are on their way out of the club this summer. Therefore, on that basis, I think AW is covering it all off just in case.

If Cesc goes, he'll keep Nasri, and possibly bring in a replacement for Cesc;

If Nasri goes, he'll keep Cesc under lock and key.

Not sure why we can't be proactive rather than reactive.

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Originally Posted by Boss

Not sure why we can't be proactive rather than reactive.

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Sell to buy I guess.

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

If it's about money, then give it to him. It makes no sense to let it go this far if he wants a wage increase. We'll lose millions for the sake of saving a few thousands. It's mental.

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The trouble is that buckling to his wage demands could have a whole load of bad ramifications in the future. It sends out a message to the rest of the players that they can run their contract down, demand higher wages and the club/AW will eventually give in through fear of loosing them on a free. You also have the whole "if Nasri's on that much then I want this much" for any player who plays well next year.

And to be honest, if Nasri thinks 3-4 months of top quality performances in the space of 4 years warrants him being the highest paid player at the club, then he can quite frankly fuck right off!