Bitter, Indifferent or Happy by Cesc's Parting?

[GP]

The saddest thing is we sold him for less than what liverpool paid for Andy Carroll.

That is indeed sad.

For Liverpool.

[Boss]

Really don't get the Cesc hating on here.

If you guys were proper competing for and winning stuff it'd make it easier for Cesc & other players to stay. The fact that your manager prefers to spend big on kids and not experienced players makes it easier for players to think "fuck this, i'm off". The fans are frustrated like mad so it's reasonable to assume some of the players will be as or even more frustrated.

A few of your ex-players have been saying that you need to add some proper quality to the squad and it is this lack of quality that has resulted in players wanting to go elsewhere.The team's outlook comes from the manager and your manager has shown a stunning lack of ambition which over the years has resulted in your club taking steady steps backwards. In such a scenario, it's only a matter of time before the quality players in the squad think what the hell am i doing here when i could be elsewhere winning stuff.

Pretty much.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

I think even if we'd won more trophies in his time at the club, he'd have still wanted to leave.....he wasn't leaving for more money or leaving because of our lack of ambition (although no-one could fault him doing that), he left because Barca is his club, and he wants to be part of a side that is at the peak of world football and I defy anyone in his position not to desire that. He is a Catalan who is returning home, and his comments about the Arsenal manager and the club and it's supporters I believe were genuine and heartfelt. So I bare him no ill will at all, and anyone who believed he would have stayed with us for life were only deluding themselves.....not because we are not big enough, but because we are not Barcelona and it was always his desire I suspect even from the time he joined us to return there one day.

[bignev]

I think even if we'd won more trophies in his time at the club, he'd have still wanted to leave.....he wasn't leaving for more money or leaving because of our lack of ambition (although no-one could fault him doing that), he left because Barca is his club, and he wants to be part of a side that is at the peak of world football and I defy anyone in his position not to desire that. He is a Catalan who is returning home, and his comments about the Arsenal manager and the club and it's supporters I believe were genuine and heartfelt. So I bare him no ill will at all, and anyone who believed he would have stayed with us for life were only deluding themselves.....not because we are not big enough, but because we are not Barcelona and it was always his desire I suspect even from the time he joined us to return there one day.

He was always going to leave. However I think if we had been a bit more competitive he would have stayed at least another couple of years. Let's face it he won't walk into the Barcelona side, he probably would have waited until Xavi was a little bit older before moving.

As it happens we didn't learn from Henry leaving i.e. he was by far the best player in the team and we weren't trying hard to improve so he left. Same with Fabregas. Next year it will probably be RVP unless we sort ourselves out. I'm not going to hold my breath though.........

[gunnerrrrr]

you can see my comments on Cesc thorughout in the Cesc thread, however i must admit his comments today were exceptional and he leaves with his head held up high.

wenger never gave the guy the best players to take advantage of his talent

[Grebbo]

I'm surprised he stayed as long as he did.

Last summer's business of Chamakh, Squilacci and Koscielny plus Almunia not being replaced would have been the final straw.

We should have built a team around him but we didn't.

[Darth Vela]

Tbf, Koscielny is a rather good defender and Chamakh was fantastic for 4 months, didn't work out for him after that but it wasn't a bad summer, certainly not as bad as some seem to think.

[Master Splinter]

Tbf, Koscielny is a rather good defender and Chamakh was fantastic for 4 months, didn't work out for him after that but it wasn't a bad summer, certainly not as bad as some seem to think.

You won't last long around here.

[Grebbo]

Tbf, Koscielny is a rather good defender

Compared with the rest of our defenders - yes.

Compared to all centre backs in the top four teams - no, not by a long way.

[GP]

Tbf, Koscielny is a rather good defender and Chamakh was fantastic for 4 months, didn't work out for him after that but it wasn't a bad summer, certainly not as bad as some seem to think.

Absolutely right.

Squillaci was the only poor one really. He's got a ton of top level experience, he just struggled in this league.