Samir "The Weasel" Nasri - The Epitome of Wenger's Failings!!!

[selassie]

The decisions Wenger takes this summer will determine the direction this club is heading in,remember what Cesc said a while back about the club needing to decide whether it wants to win things or develope players,well its make your mind up time.At the moment I have to say it looks the latter and if players are starting to think that it will leave us in the position of having to continually sign players with potential rather than what we really need and that will only compound the problem.

I'll tell you one thing, after the season we've had I don't think Arsene will get away with selling Clichy & Nasri on the cheap and losing Fabregas.

There will be an absolute outcry. Arsene is in a very precarious position right now, if we lose our better players he's going to need to replace them with REAL quality to even keep the fans moderately happy. The knives are already out in force due to our poor end to the season and season ticket price hike, no amount spin from Arsene or the Board will convince fans of anything. You cannot repeatedly replace your best players with youth prospects and you certainly can't keep rebuilding the team every 2 or 3 seasons.

This summer is now Arsene's most important of his reign, there is no doubt about that.

[Boss]

Apparently we're in talks with Hazard so it looks fairly likely that Nasri will leave this summer. That said, think Wenger knows that selling him to United will destroy any faith supporters have in him... if we can't get him to sign a long term deal, we should sell him to a foreign club or bench him till his contract expires.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

I'll tell you one thing, after the season we've had I don't think Arsene will get away with selling Clichy & Nasri on the cheap and losing Fabregas.

There will be an absolute outcry. Arsene is in a very precarious position right now, if we lose our better players he's going to need to replace them with REAL quality to even keep the fans moderately happy. The knives are already out in force due to our poor end to the season and season ticket price hike, no amount spin from Arsene or the Board will convince fans of anything. You cannot repeatedly replace your best players with youth prospects and you certainly can't keep rebuilding the team every 2 or 3 seasons.

This summer is now Arsene's most important of his reign, there is no doubt about that.

I think you call it one step forward two steps back what AW is doing

[selassie]

Apparently we're in talks with Hazard so it looks fairly likely that Nasri will leave this summer. That said, think Wenger knows that selling him to United will destroy any faith supporters have in him... if we can't get him to sign a long term deal, we should sell him to a foreign club or bench him till his contract expires.

Hazard is a fantastic young talent but that will not stop the fact that selling Nasri to United will improve them and significantly weaken us.

I agree with your suggestions though.

[Kano]

i dont think he'll let nasri go now i think he'd rather lose him for nothing than let him walk.

utd will buy somone else for that position and he'll go abroad

[ElusiveGooner]

I'm totally sick of all of it TBH. This summer is just the same as every other, we won't make any notable signings, Arsene will spend all summer trying to keep disgruntled players at the club, we'll promote from within for the sake of promoting and it will be same old same old next season.

I'm just tired of it all. The problem stems from the Manager, he has created this "Creche Culture" where the players are pampered without having actually done anything.

I would love to be in a job where I could under-perform on a regular basis and get rewarded for it.

In regards to Nasri, who the fuck does he think he is? He's won Fuck all and has only contributed half a season of top class Football in 3 seasons with us yet he wants to get paid star wages? He's deluded and epitomes everything that is wrong with this rotten team. The fault lies with the Manager.

The fact that he (Nasri) is openly talking about looking at an offer from one of our rivals is totally disgusting.

I agree with everything you said.At the end of the day, Nasri isn't behaving any differently to any other Leading Football player these days. Earlier this very season Rooney threatened to join Man City in order to get a pay rise. Thats the attitude of the typical premier league player.

What we need is a high quality Manager to manage these situations and manage the team accordingly.

It starts from the top. A great manager doesn't let key players run down their contracts. So either Nasri isn't a key player (in which case sell the little focker); or Wenger, lucky as he has been in the early years, simply isn't a good manager.

This is especially annoying because this is not the first time that our club has been in this position, with this manager. But Wenger just doesn't learn.

Fool me once, Shame on you; Fool me twice, shame on me.

[AKBapologist]

A "great manager" caves in by doubling a players wages.

AW need only add a 20k a year to nasri's proposed contract extension and this whole thing would be over.

[KSE Comedy Club]

A "great manager" caves in by doubling a players wages.

AW need only add a 20k a year to nasri's proposed contract extension and this whole thing would be over.

You mean 20k a week.

[Marc Overmars]

A "great manager" caves in by doubling a players wages.

AW need only add a 20k a year to nasri's proposed contract extension and this whole thing would be over.

I don't think it's necessarily caving in as such. It's important to weigh up the value of the player to the team and who might potentially take him from you as well. United broke the bank to keep Rooney who in turn proved his worth at the business end of the season, it was a gamble but one well worth taking because of his quality and status within the team.

If there is any truth in this alleged 20k extra that Nasri wants then relatively speaking it's hardly worth taking the high ground over. Our model is too rigid for a sport full of mercenaries.

[GP]

A "great manager" caves in by doubling a players wages.

AW need only add a 20k a year to nasri's proposed contract extension and this whole thing would be over.

20K a week is a million pounds a year. Not a small amount of money.