a friend of mine who's a die hard real madrid fan says mourinho never really rated sahin. never gave him a proper chance, even when he was match fit.
Latest comments sounds like they want to shift him out permanently, would absolutely love it if we get Sahin but just don't see it, we are stocked in CM.
If only we could ship out 1 or 2 of Diaby, Rosicky, Ramsey...
Rosicky getting a new contract is a joke. Should have left this summer.
If we bring in CMs I think Ramsey will go on loan.
The guy who was arguably our best player for large parts of the season getting a new contract was a joke?
Cant really blame Mourinho though. He has great players in those positions, and the general reaction when both Sahin and Altintop went to Madrid was that they'd be spending a lot of time sitting on the bench. The players and their agents should have had more sense.
It is a joke you saying that Rosicky was 'arguably our best player for large parts of the season'.
I was a bit worried that we'd actually rely on him but Rosicky's fine as a squad player.
Hope we sort this out quickly. Other clubs are bound to start sniffing around soon.
General Mirth wrote: I was a bit worried that we'd actually rely on him but Rosicky's fine as a squad player.
The thing is that Rosicky was NOT 'fine' as a squad player. He was quite poor actually. It wasn't until he was given a run in the team as a STARTER that he actually started putting in better than average performances. Even during that run, where he was pretty good IMO, he failed to score or assist enough for the position he played.
otfgoon wrote: The guy who was arguably our best player for large parts of the season getting a new contract was a joke?
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Honestly whats wrong with admitting how good Rosicky was last year? Go dig back the match threads from Feb to the end of the season, he single handedly brought us back from the death. Whenever he was off form we suffered, our whole team clicked because of him.
Exactly. He was key in the run that helped us overtake Tottenham. Some people have short memories it seems.
It's absolute nonsense.
Robin?
Quick search shows that on the Arsenal.com POTM poll he finish 2nd, 1st and 1st for Feb, March and April respectively.
Wasn't posting here at the time, I figured the praise he was getting was universal but guess OMT disagreed?
I think Rosicky played very well for about a month or two last season. He looked revitalized. But, overall, that doesn't make it a great season for him. Nor do I think a month or so justfies a new contract. He works hard, but he's not good enough at the role he plays.
Our best players last season at different times.
Rosickys fine. Good squad player, top attitude and work ethic. Very happy for him to make 20-25 appearances (not starts) next season. Hopefully Cazorla can provide some extra quality though.
When it comes to Rosicky theres almost noone who gives him enough credit in OMIT.
If he singlehandedly won matches for us aka against Milan and Spurs, he will be deemed "decent performance" or something. When he was good aka against Newcastle people say hes poor.
he singlehandedly won matches for us?
