Quote Originally Posted by fakeyank View Post


He is great when he decides to show up, but to me, he is completely 'sellable'. I'd sell him and offer the extra wages to Sanchez.
Alexis is gone. This rotten board is simply waiting for the right moment and the right excuse to announce it. Ozil is gone too, probably next season on a free. So those who are desperate to see the team substantially weakened while holding out hope Wenger will change the habits of a lifetime and adequately replace our losses can be pleased and disappointed at the same time.

The "Ozil didn't show up" myth has no validity whatsoever. He's almost always near the top of yardage covered (the holy grail in English football), passes made (Wenger's holy grail), and possession retained - Wenger's wank material and so vital to us because very few of our players retain possession in the danger zone. And that includes Alexis. You've already seen the effect of losing one genuine talent, Cazorla. Remove Alexis and then Ozil from the mix and check out what you have left. And you might say, we'll just get better players in as replacements. Well there are two major problems with that. First, who will want to come, as they watch out best players walk away? But much bigger than that - Wenger. What's the chance of him signing a genuine replacement? Almost zero. Add to that the inflation in the market and if you think Wenger is going to spend the 80-100 million needed to buy a world class midfield talent then you are in fantasy land. That's what these players are going to cost next season and Wenger wants no part of it.

But Ozil will be gone anyway. Alexis will leave next week, Ozil will leave next season and for several seasons after that we'll be listening to the people who wanted Ozil gone complaining that Wenger needs to sign a replacement for Ozil.

That cock Wenger has a chance to build on the signings of Ozil and Alexis. He chose not to. Mainly because he's a cock. But also because he's a massive fucking cock.