Former Players Views

[Master Splinter]

I never felt he was giving less than 100%

Is that because you felt he gave less than 0%?

Seriously though, did you watch him last season? He was awful.

[GP]

Is that because you felt he gave less than 0%?

Seriously though, did you watch him last season? He was awful.

He was also greasy

[Letters]

Seriously though, did you watch him last season?

Yes.

[Syn]

Pervert.

[Letters]

Pervert.

Yes

[fakeyank]

If he had stayed another season, I see no reason to believe he would not have continued to do his best - when he is on the pitch he wants to perform regardless. He did score a penalty against Barca so I don't doubt his commitment. Had he lead us to victory in the CL he could have touched legend status but he didn't. But he was a dedicated player as far as I could tell. And he told Brown to fuck off. Nothing wrong with him.

He also told Pubis to fuck off!

[Cripps_orig]

Brown was right about him

[fakeyank]

Because, overall, I don’t think he did anything special for the club given what the club did for him. He didn’t give us any of his best years - he had barely turned 24 by the time he left. The club was used as a stepping stone and he left as soon as he could (given his only preference was Barcelona). By all accounts he wanted to leave the season before and his last season here was filled with apathetic performances and a complete lack of leadership in sharp contrast to the season before. and in sharp contrast to what Van Persie is doing now. There have been articles which highlight the lengths Van Persie (and his wife, apparently) are going to keep the players unified. I don’t think much of Cesc's character or leadership to the club not to tell Barca to cool it with the tapping up. Wenger made it clear he was frustrated with Barca’s behaviour, it was disrupting the club, and Cesc continued to say nothing whilst Barca players kept creating a stir.

I don’t blame Cesc for going - that’s what modern footballers are like and you can't expect a non-Arsenal fan to stay loyal to the club when a much better club wants him - but he did nothing special or selfless for the club. It worked out as a business deal for both parties. Shake hands, move on. Just another player.

Well if AW showed some inclination to bring in world class players alongside him instead of the crap he played with, he'd have wanted to stay. He was wanted by his boyhood club who were sweeping all before him and anyone would get their head turned! Look at all the players he had to play with- Almunia, Diaby, Denilson, Chakma, Squillaci, Walcott, Rosicky, Clichy etc to name some...

I blame AW for him wanting to leave so early and I also blame AW for bowing down to Barca's price. Arsene couldve told Cesc "You know you are worth more than 40 million quid and you know that. I know you want to go back but I have to look for whats best for the club. If they match our price valuation, I will sanction your sale"- plain and simple!

[Syn]

Well if AW showed some inclination to bring in world class players alongside him instead of the crap he played with, he'd have wanted to stay. He was wanted by his boyhood club who were sweeping all before him and anyone would get their head turned! Look at all the players he had to play with- Almunia, Diaby, Denilson, Chakma, Squillaci, Walcott, Rosicky, Clichy etc to name some...

I blame AW for him wanting to leave so early and I also blame AW for bowing down to Barca's price. Arsene couldve told Cesc "You know you are worth more than 40 million quid and you know that. I know you want to go back but I have to look for whats best for the club. If they match our price valuation, I will sanction your sale"- plain and simple!

I disagree but in either case:

I don’t blame Cesc for going

The rest of your reply is typically naive.

[fakeyank]

I disagree but in either case:



The rest of your reply is typically naive.

You disagree that he had to play alongside at best mediocre players for the last 3-4 years of his time with us? You disagree that AW didnt do a lot to get top players at Arsenal?