Wilshere injured....again

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Originally Posted by Özim

Here we go again what a joke, 110k for a guy who's achieved nothing and spends 95% of his time on the treatment table, what are we a charity.

He' overhyped, overrated and always injured as for his decation and professionalism, well the less said about that the better. What a waste of money, we'd have been better off putting it towards someone new who could play and offer something to the team, he's the new Rosicky/Diaby.

If this report is true we're nuts, 31.5 million over the next few years on this chump, no wonder we're a joke.

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I wouldn’t want to lose Jack but I don’t think there is a threat of him leaving. I said ages ago we bumped up the wages of our young players too high.

I'm actually with Zim on this :yikes:

110k for a guy who's an unreliable injury crock. And despite his immense potential, hasn't consistently demonstrated his quality over an extended period. :doh:


I'd wait for a better source because the Metro is a shithouse in journalism but if it's true the only thing I can suspect is that the club are really concerned about the new homegrown player quota.

Ridiculous really. I've never understood why Jack has gotten pay rises so easily but players like Song and Sagna are let go if they ask for a better contract. The guys that prove their worth should be first in line for a contract.

I wonder how Zim manages to hold the two thoughts that "we waste too much money on salaries" and "Wenger doesn't like to spend money" in his head at the same time. Hmm.


But anyway, we DO reward our players too young before they've achieved anything. I agree that Wilshere isn't much of a flight risk but lots of players are, if we don't pay them silly money then someone else no doubt will so I guess we have to play the game.

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

Song and Sagna are let go if they ask for a better contract.

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That isn't why either of those players left and you know it.

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Originally Posted by Douglas Reynholm

That isn't why either of those players left and you know it.

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I know it? Really? Do you know what was going on?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...t-expires.html

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...-for-life.html

Not sure if the papers are accurate but from what I remember we weren't offering the £100k. With Song, I recall him saying the above. What's true and what's false I don't know but the resolve to keep them wasn't there.

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Originally Posted by Letters

I wonder how Zim manages to hold the two thoughts that "we waste too much money on salaries" and "Wenger doesn't like to spend money" in his head at the same time. Hmm.


But anyway, we DO reward our players too young before they've achieved anything. I agree that Wilshere isn't much of a flight risk but lots of players are, if we don't pay them silly money then someone else no doubt will so I guess we have to play the game.

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But who is offering silly money for these guys? Have any of these players hinted at leaving? It doesn't make sense to me to pay over the odds in an attempt to pre-empt a threat that doesn't exist. If an actual performing player like Ozil gets demands £200k to match a rival clubs offer but we can't match because we've maxed out our wage bill, it will be because of this sort of stupidity.

IF the Wilshere contract news is true, then whoever offered him that contract needs to be fired and sent to Mars. We wasted a LOT of time and resources on people like Rosicky, Diaby, Wilshere and the likes... lets not continue this shit.

Shows how crass the game is really. You can be rewarded for doing sod all. He's been available what, 6-7 months at most over the last 3 years since his last deal?

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

But who is offering silly money for these guys? Have any of these players hinted at leaving? It doesn't make sense to me to pay over the odds in an attempt to pre-empt a threat that doesn't exist. If an actual performing player like Ozil gets demands £200k to match a rival clubs offer but we can't match because we've maxed out our wage bill, it will be because of this sort of stupidity.

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Players' wages and transfer fees are all so utterly ridiculous these days that it's next to impossible to say what anyone is 'worth'. No-one is worth £100k a week whatever they do, least of all someone whose job it is to kick a football.
I do agree we're paying our players far too much far too young, and I don't know if any specific bids for our players that might have prompted new deals but we know how easy it is for players' heads to be turned these days.