sagna

[Penguin]

There is something rotten with our club. Why do our best players consistently become unhappy and try to engineer a move. I think our wage structure probably has a lot to do with it. We should stop paying our shiters such massive wages, and use the money to keep our top quality players.

I really rate Sagna but you could tell there were times last season where he just didnt look up for it. I think we are worse off without him tbh.

The problem is more to do with the lack of trophies, or at least the lack of progression. There's no difference between Arsenal football club now and how we were 5 years ago. It's just an endless cycle of scraping top 4, getting nowhere near trophies, selling off our best players and then spending next to nothing on replacements. It's only natural that a player with about 10 years of top level football in him, would want a change of scenery to a club with real ambition.

[Niall_Quinn]

The problem is more to do with the lack of trophies, or at least the lack of progression. There's no difference between Arsenal football club now and how we were 5 years ago. It's just an endless cycle of scraping top 4, getting nowhere near trophies, selling off our best players and then spending next to nothing on replacements. It's only natural that a player with about 10 years of top level football in him, would want a change of scenery to a club with real ambition.

Though let's not forget the fact it's the ~£60K per week players who fuck up trying to win trophies and end up scraping 4th place. They are not blameless.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

sagna signing a new contract apparently

good news. cant keep having a go at the club for selling players then get annoyed an experienced pro is staying. form has dropped but with us spending big this summer hopefully it lifts the whole team. he has been a great servant for the club during our tough times.

have the board assured him we are spending big? he was pretty set on leaving with some of his earlier quotes.

was hoping the theo contract talks were going to be a new direction for the club and it seems it will be. more of the same please.

[Syn]

I was hoping he'd get offered a new contract too. Don't want him to leave.

He was mostly awful last season but I think he was unsettled. He was losing a bit of pace and strength but in terms of reading the game and general defending ability, he is exceptional. And he put in the performance of the season of any Arsenal player in our win away to Sunderland...filled in at CB after Jenkinson nearly cost us the game by getting sent off. Jenks not ready. Ideally we'd sign a top RB but other areas need attention first.

[LDG]

I was hoping he'd get offered a new contract too. Don't want him to leave.

He was mostly awful last season but I think he was unsettled. He was losing a bit of pace and strength but in terms of reading the game and general defending ability, he is exceptional. And he put in the performance of the season of any Arsenal player in our win away to Sunderland...filled in at CB after Jenkinson nearly cost us the game by getting sent off. Jenks not ready. Ideally we'd sign a top RB but other areas need attention first.

Can't argue with that.

Sagan

[Gooner23]

Im happy with this also. Has been my favorouite player over the last few seasons. Up until last season his consistency was immense.

[Grebbo]

I'd have liked us to have replaced him. He's pretty shit now tbh.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

he's got 2 years left in him.

next season is realistically his last big one. the following year he will start being benched more.

that year cafu will start to phase in while sagna phases out.

works out perfectly.

[Niall_Quinn]

He's got 1 year left on his contract hasn't he? And he's decided to see it out. Not a terrible back-up provided he gives a bit more than the 3% return he offered towards the end of last season.

[selassie]

I do like him as a player, he was horrible last season but up until then had been very good for us. I'm hoping he regains his form this season.