The way Podolski has been treated is nothing short of disgusting..Wengers loyalties have been misplaced in the last 10years..the way he let Wiltord and kanu leave on frees without any experienced back up ,the way he treated Gilberto after making Gallas captain,Gilberto left for free shortly after,Pires left even though he wanted to stay ,Campbell our best CB in years had his personal issues Wenger wasn't able to man manage him he left on a Free,Arshavin looked a blistering player for the first 12months gets played out position loses all interest ends up leaving on a Free, all were good servants for our club Podolski could've been also far more than he was...Then look at the blind loyalty he has shown to other players who were never going to be up to the standard we needed..Senderos,Denilson,Almunia,Bendtner,Chamhak,Squillacci,Silvestre,Giroud, Welbeck, Sanogo, could go on and on
Wenger has lost man management skills!!!
posted on 29/12/14
You overestimate Wenger. The success with managing players was largely down to David Dein and it was when Dein left that the problems started. Wenger by himself is a good manager and no more, but Wenger with Dein behind him pulling the strings with the players is a formidable combination.
posted on 29/12/14
"Gilberto left for free shortly"
No he didn't. Or give me 1 million, if it's your definition of free.
posted on 29/12/14
Another day, another stupid article.
Podolski had chances in the 1st team and didnt take them simple as. Not fit enough to play a full match either. Have you all such short memories? Some god awful performances at times, so bad I remember a few half time substitutions.
He is a fantastic player to bring off the bench in certain situations (over 90% of his goals have come from the bench), but he's not good enough to start. He wants to start: therefore there is a problem. Why are you still debating this?
posted on 29/12/14
Our fans get oddly emotive about Podolski. What exactly is "disgusting" about the treatment of him? He's getting paid 100 grand a week to play the odd few minutes of football and post selfies on Instagram. I wouldn't mind that life. If anything the club are being kind if they let him go rather than keeping him purely as backup.
The guy is competing directly for a place with Alexis. I know who I'd be giving the game time to. Podolski is indeed a quality finisher but the rest of his contribution isn't enough and he doesn't really fit in to the team anywhere. The irony is that we will create more chances without him in the team but be less likely to finish them.
posted on 29/12/14
Well said GF
Shut the moaners up
posted on 29/12/14
Skins
posted on 29/12/14
comment by The Godfather (U10154)
posted 31 minutes ago
Another day, another stupid article.
Podolski had chances in the 1st team and didnt take them simple as. Not fit enough to play a full match either. Have you all such short memories? Some god awful performances at times, so bad I remember a few half time substitutions.
He is a fantastic player to bring off the bench in certain situations (over 90% of his goals have come from the bench), but he's not good enough to start. He wants to start: therefore there is a problem. Why are you still debating this?
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Bloody hell I agree.
Pod was given many chances to play as striker, lacked the technique to play there.
he didnt make it at bayern and didnt really make it here.
just wasnt good enough.
posted on 29/12/14
Skins
posted on 29/12/14
Pod probably played about 5 games up front how is that giving him a chance? Most of the time he played up front was when the rest of the team were injured or in the crappy LC.
posted on 29/12/14
Podolski fans are a weird bunch. Even weirder are the ones who keep comparing him to Sanogo. Podolski is not a striker. Try to actually the games in which he's played in that position for us, and you will see how bad he is there. He doesn't hold up the ball, his link up play is poor, he's nothing special in the air, and worst of all, he just doesn't move.
Shipping out an out of favour player who is on 100 grand a week is a good idea.