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Should sell both and get replacement.Would rather sell Aubameyang (who goes missing in far more important games) than Lacazette. If we can't sell this summer, I'd like us to rotate Lacazette and Balogun.
Should sell both and get replacement.Would rather sell Aubameyang (who goes missing in far more important games) than Lacazette. If we can't sell this summer, I'd like us to rotate Lacazette and Balogun.
He got 16 goals and 2 assists last season (league + Europe). That's in 2400 minutes. That's a decent season on top of which he worked really hard for the team, linked play well and had no creativity for half the season when we played without an AM or with Auba out on the wing.
Don't think he's been a flop signing for us at all. Had a big dip in form last year and now we've got a dilemma about keeping him with Auba recently signed up. Happy to sell and reinvest if a decent offer comes in, otherwise think he will be useful next year and probably have a big season playing for a new contract.
The standards for Lacazette are so low, people praise him for what they got mad at Giroud for.Those are numbers Giroud could have easily achieved had he stayed with us, and right now he's barely good enough for Chelsea. We paid big money to get a sidegrade at best from Giroud, these are the kind of mistakes that have led us to our current state. We cannot complain about the Manchester clubs and Chelsea money doping when we could have easily been more competitive if we were more smart about how we spent our money.
Lacazette is already far overpaid for what he provides, the only way we can offer a new contract to him would be if we ask for a big pay cut.
Eh? That’s hardly his fault. Why on earth should he voluntarily reduce his wages if he’s honouring his contract by showing up to work every day and doing as he’s told.Frankly, I call him a mercenary as he is not worth his wage packet. Because he wont reduce his wage, he cannot move on.
We scouted terribly here.
Even Auba...Cant believe we extended him instead of playing season out, though I rate him much higher for sure based on his past performances for us.
If we can move him on, finally we can free up playing time for Martinelli and Balogun. Hell, evwn a new striker if we go that route.
Hell if I was Laca I would even refuse to move and see out my last year and go free somehwere else. A club dont give a fvck about a player they dont want. So the player has every right to make the right decision for himselfEh? That’s hardly his fault. Why on earth should he voluntarily reduce his wages if he’s honouring his contract by showing up to work every day and doing as he’s told.
I’m no Lacazette fan but a mercenary is someone driven by primarily by money over all ethics. You got the wrong one.
Players that play into their 30s play because they continue to perform as a respectable level.Hell if I was Laca I would even refuse to move and see out my last year and go free somehwere else. A club dont give a fvck about a player they dont want. So the player has every right to make the right decision for himself
I still can't believe this guy painted Minions and 'Trust The Process' on his boots, this is our senior players. He's not a serious guy that's why he gets benched every season and has terrible runs of form. He went like 3 years without scoring an away goal.
The worst part was people convincing themselves he was good even when they were seeing him getting subbed off every game, dropped every season, long runs of bad form, never called up for France, not scoring away from home for like 2 years and just in general looking unfit.He epitomises our fall over the last 4 years since he joined us. 16-17 we were still fairly competitive and got enough points that would've seen us finish top 4 any other year and won the FA Cup. Once Laca came in as a starter it was us completely done as a competitive club. He just screams mediocrity. He's ok, he can finish chances in the box and works hard but that's it, there's no stand out quality, he's really slow, he's got no physical attributes outwith his booty, he's not prolific and his link up play is incredibly and I mean INCREDIBLY overrated by some on here. If there was a symbol for Arsenal football club over the 4 years it'd be his ugly mug instead of the cannon, how about for our new one it's him being shot out of the cannon.
The worst part was people convincing themselves he was good even when they were seeing him getting subbed off every game, dropped every season, long runs of bad form, never called up for France, not scoring away from home for like 2 years and just in general looking unfit.
Laca is not fit full stop.Laca is not fit to wax Giroud's hair. Standards please.
he has a contract and was our best striker last season. You cant just say ok you can go now and he says ok. He has a huge contract which has 1 year left. Either loan him out and pay some of his wages or release him and pay him off his last year. But there is no way a player on his wages is gonna move to take a pay cut. Bellerin is another one we will have to loan out his last year. The club has to take losses or keep themIf Arteta had any guts, he make sure Lacazette stays home. This guy should not be traveling to Florida if we are aggressively trying to get rid of him. He'll, Wilian, Xhaka, and Bellerin too.