Sammy1887
New Year, Same Hate For Reed
Özil at 2 votes. Just shows how the forum thinks about him.
Well I'm not surprised that he is behind Sanchez, Santi and Cesc. I think Ramsey has done more to be on that list tbf.
Özil at 2 votes. Just shows how the forum thinks about him.
And the one from GDeep is just a piss take, since he changed his vote after someone mentioned that Özil had 0.Özil at 2 votes. Just shows how the forum thinks about him.
And the one from GDeep is just a piss take, since he changed his vote after someone mentioned that Özil had 0.
Seconded. Hate the snake but he was immense for us. Played his best football for us too!To do what Cesc did is unprecidented
He was a Child who went in and became the heart of the team in the hardest league in the hardest position
Messi didnt do that
Cr9 didnt do that
Etc etc
Unbelievable difference in his passing range to anyone in the current squad. The only reason we didn't win big things around 2008-12 was injuries and the lack of bench options. I mean when van Persie got injured we had players like Bendtner and Chakamkh cover for him... (and he was injuried quite a lot, wasn't he).Fabregas all day long.
Subjective but they were right to leave, van Persie left because Gazidis kept lying about our ambition, and Fabregas left to play for the best team in the world at that time. Both got tired of carrying the average players we insisted on playing 'not to kill their careers'.Cazorla simply because the others left under a cloud and im not Özil's biggest fan.
Agree. Good summary of the Emirates eraSubjective but they were right to leave, van Persie left because Gazidis kept lying about our ambition, and Fabregas left to play for the best team in the world at that time. Both got tired of carrying the average players we insisted on playing 'not to kill their careers'.
I think we were really just 1-2 marquee signings from turning the club into a consistent force, but we failed to do so (e.g. the Xabi Alonso incident) and all of our good players left in turn.
Take this survey again in 10 years. Players get better when they dont play for us anymore or are injured. WTF votes for Sanchez ffsÖzil at 2 votes. Just shows how the forum thinks about him.
Unbelievable difference in his passing range to anyone in the current squad. The only reason we didn't win big things around 2008-12 was injuries and the lack of bench options. I mean when van Persie got injured we had players like Bendtner and Chakamkh cover for him... (and he was injuried quite a lot, wasn't he).
Bendtner should have been sooo much more but he tripped on his ego
Trice the player giraud ever was
Subjective but they were right to leave, van Persie left because Gazidis kept lying about our ambition, and Fabregas left to play for the best team in the world at that time. Both got tired of carrying the average players we insisted on playing 'not to kill their careers'.
I think we were really just 1-2 marquee signings from turning the club into a consistent force, but we failed to do so (e.g. the Xabi Alonso incident) and all of our good players left in turn.
Bendtner should have been sooo much more but he tripped on his ego
Trice the player giraud ever was
Yeah. On hindsight, the stadium move turned out to be the worst move in history. Whatever extra money we make out of the move is now easily over-shadowed by tv and kits deals these days. We lost the opportunity to stay at the top and hold the forte because of it. Now there seems to be no way back.The worst thing about it is that the money we saved back then to pay off debts is just a drop in the bucket nowadays as the money in football has multiplied.
Our piss poor budget of last summer or probably the next one as well would basically be enough to get you Fabregas, Van Persie and Arshavin for what we sold or bought them respectively at their primes all together
What a post. But I will answer this one question..Could anyone have seen the revenue boom coming? .
You think one of the biggest organisations on the planet didn’t do all this and more before moving?Stadium move killed us, I previously used to think of it as just bad luck but the more I think about it, the more I think it might have been avoided.
Could there have been analysis done? Could anyone have seen the revenue boom coming? Was historical data used to determine whether there was a positive trend wrt the money in football? Did anyone bother working out the opportunity cost of building a stadium at the expense of being competitive? Etc.
It's easy on the surface to say unlucky but if I was about to make such a big commitment with my football club this seems like the kind of stuff I'd be thinking about. Bearing in mind we had a lot to lose, being one of the best teams in the world at that point.
We basically gambled on the world standing still and waiting for us while we funded and built our stadium. Sounds ridiculous when you put it like that.
A few things come to mind:Stadium move killed us, I previously used to think of it as just bad luck but the more I think about it, the more I think it might have been avoided.
Could there have been analysis done? Could anyone have seen the revenue boom coming? Was historical data used to determine whether there was a positive trend wrt the money in football? Did anyone bother working out the opportunity cost of building a stadium at the expense of being competitive? Etc.
It's easy on the surface to say unlucky but if I was about to make such a big commitment with my football club this seems like the kind of stuff I'd be thinking about. Bearing in mind we had a lot to lose, being one of the best teams in the world at that point.
We basically gambled on the world standing still and waiting for us while we funded and built our stadium. Sounds ridiculous when you put it like that.