
Originally Posted by
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
it's inexcusable and frankly unforgivable. we let the contract run down on one of our best players last season in samir nasri and in the end had to sell him in the most drawn out transfer saga for years. the amount of unrest it caused was ridiculous, especially during the summer, as we could not buy players until we got the money for samir. it ended up affecting our whole season because we bought players on the last day of the transfer window, so for the first 5 months the squad had no cohesion and were dropping points left right and centre. it also meant players had to work twice as hard to recuperate the season towards the end which left them all fatigued.you would have thought the board and manager would have learnt from previous mistakes and tied up the contract for RVP way before the season ended. or at least made him sign a pre-contract arrangement to stay for the next few years. but once again we have let it run down. we've also got players like walcott entering into the final year of their contracts so we're probably going to have the same situation next season. whether you think walcott deserves a new contract is a different debate but to let the same occurence happen again when it can be prevented is immoral and damn right neglectful. for a club of our size is embaressing. what the fuck does gazidis get paid to do !! letting this happen 2 years in a row should be enough for him to get sacked.