Claudius wrote:
Maybe. But it feels a lot like wrong drug therapy. Something to do to make ourselves feel productive while the underlying conditions remain completely untreated.
The targeting of Aubameyang also smells vaguely familiar. This highly paid individual needs to be punished for not doing enough.
On the flip side, the “targeting” smells familiar because it is familiar. He is not doing enough. Full stop. And that’s a big part of the problem. I mean, we’ve given him the farm and promised him our first child already so there’s no point flogging this horse any longer. But as with Ozil, you pay big bucks to players because they are difference makers. It only makes sense to do so especially with our finances or lack thereof if you know you’ll create few chances, and would need your marquee player to make the most of these chances, and carry the team through its patches of poor form.
Yes, there’s a deeper underlying condition, and we need some major surgery. But Auba is our aspirin, our painkiller. Meant to hold us over until the day of operation. If that’s not effective any longer we had better move the surgery date closer ASAP. This is unbearable.
Folks cannot refuse to hold Auba accountable and at the same time not want Arteta replaced immediately. I know how unpopular what I’m saying is: I actually like Auba. But Comrade, you’re the one who constantly calls for ruthlessness and restructuring. Mr fail fast. You draw up charts and excel sheets showing where we have wasted value and have opportunities to improve or refresh the squad, and yet you somehow keep overlooking this big elephant in the room.
