Quote Originally Posted by Globalgunner View Post
We need to.stop.daydreaming. No elite players are co.ing to Arsenal. If we are sacking tea ladies to save 10k. How are we going g to pay even the outrageous wages most of these slackers are on right now. We either catch some still elite players like Rakitic on his way down and still affordable on maybe 100kpw or we unearth some more gems like Martinelli. We have had 3 seasons of Auba now and he has won us nothing. Not even could he put away a pen that could have made CL qualification and he regularly balloons gilt edged chances. Are we going g to give him 3 years on 300k for that when income without crowds will likely be down 30 or 40 %.

I am pissed with all these high paid wasters. Nobody is going to offer Auba 300kpw. Yet we always bargain as if a bullet is loaded in chamber at every meeting. At least let's get our money's worth. Right now that isn't happening. Of course it will make no difference up front if we persist with our calamity midfield and horror defence.
you really can't lay the blame at Auba's door, just look at how many goals he scores from out on the left wing and with a generally crap team around him - it's a miracle tbh

but you're right we should be grown up in any negotiations and not just chuck too much money at him, after all at some point he could slow down dramatically - just look how shite laca's been this season (one good goal on sunday doesn't forgive a bucketload of misses)