I'm getting sick of repeating myself.
Fabregas is a world class player who will go on to have a magnificent career, I'm sure of that. He is the best player at Arsenal, but that doesn't mean we wouldn't be better off without him. Why? Because we're too reliant on him. Our whole system is based on him. So, when the inevitable happens and he gets injured, we lack creativity and spark, because we have no plan B. This means we are bound to struggle in games which he doesn't feature in.
Fabregas will not be easy to replace (if he does leave), but it can be done. We don't have to replace him with a player equally as good (we probably can't anyway), we can replace him with a quality player whom we're not as reliant on.
We should concentrate on manufacturing a team which is not over reliant on anybody. Look at Man Utd for example, they can win games with some of their best players missing. Why? Because they're a team and they have adaptable players who can put in a shift whenever a first team player isn't involved. They don't rely on a certain individual to carry them through a whole Premier League campaign.
I have a lot of admiration for Fabregas. He has never shown a lack of respect to anybody involved with Arsenal. He has never asked for a pay rise despite not earning half of what he should be, he has never handed in a transfer request or tried to force a transfer through to join his boyhood club, he has never done anything that would disrupt or cause a problem in the dressing room or anything like that. He has been at this club for 8 years and he's given everything he's got in every game he has featured in.
If he does leave, he will have my blessing. I will follow him for the rest of footballing career and cheer him on. He's a gunner forever!
The Nasri situation is completely different. He is demanding wages which he knows we can't offer. He knows the wage structure at Arsenal, but he is demanding money he doesn't deserve despite this. I wouldn't actually mind if he deserved it, but he doesn't. He wants to earn the same amount of money as our club captain who also happens to be one of the best players in the world. What has he done to deserve this? Playing well for 3 months doesn't earn you that kind of money.
We're not Man Utd. We can't just allow him to hold the club to ransom. I would definitely sell him this summer as I think we can replace him easily, and I mean easily. There are plenty of players like him all over Europe.
By the way, I do think Nasri is a good player, and I do think he'll become a top player if he chooses the right path, but I will never forgive him for what he's put us through. I think he'll leave this summer and end up like Hleb. It's a shame because I really think he could've been a special player for us.
Anyway, my point is, we should concentrate on building a good squad, not a team based on a few star players. This club has dealt with much bigger losses than Fabregas and Nasri. This is nothing.
Much love, Kamran.
Fabregas and Nasri are not irreplaceable!
posted on 27/6/11
From Ian Wright to Denis Bergkamp to Patrick Vieira to Thierry Henry to Cesc Fabregas they come and they go.
Thing is Wenger just keeps producing and now he's delivered the kid Jack who's taken Lampards place in the England team and on only half of his wages!
posted on 27/6/11
Torres is right. Irreplaceable for the Gunners.
posted on 27/6/11
I'm hoping Nasri's delay in signing is about winding up utd fans and giving us one over on them when he does sign.
If Fabregas does go, I wish him well, he has been class throughout him time with us and always respected the fans and the club but needless to say I would be totally gutted
posted on 27/6/11
Well said Kamran. Have been saying that about the team's reliance on Cesc being a handicap since the end of the 09/10 season but everyone just gave me stick for not liking our captain (something I've never said).
I went a step further than you though and said that I believe the formation and system we've used to allow Cesc free run of the midfield has been detrimental to the development/game of other players on the team. Shifting them out of thier best postition. Denilson is the best example of this. His first season as a starter was a blinder, he finished it king of the midfield stats for interceptions and ball contact and had a buzz about his name among the pundits. Wenger switched to the 4-3-3 like formation forcing Denilson into a Song role he can't play and now look. His game's suffered massively and he's hated by his own fans for not fitting into a round hole when he was a square peg to begin with.
If Cesc goes, I'd actually like to see Arshavin switched into a central role to replace him. I believe that he would make us far more effective as a unit than Fabregas can.
posted on 27/6/11
Did we REALLY cope with the loss of players like Henry, Bergkamp, Vieira, Pires.......?
We haven't won a thing since those players left
posted on 27/6/11
comment by Szczeiech Wojsny (U4443) posted 1 minute ago
Did we REALLY cope with the loss of players like Henry, Bergkamp, Vieira, Pires.......?
We haven't won a thing since those players left
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Oh yes we have won.
We've been top four every season beaten by teams like Chelsea that spend £75 million in January.
Losing to that kind of competition is fine. Or are you telling me that we wouldnt have won the quadruple with Torres and Luiz instead of Bendtner and Squillaci?
Now that the new rules will bring in a level playing field just watch us go.
posted on 27/6/11
Erm, yes we are too reliant on him, but that doesnt mean we should get rid of him. I'd rather we bring in other quality players to give us more options, rather than getting rid of our best player. Now that we have another excellent midfielder (wilshere) our reliance on cesc should reduce.The thing with cesc playing as an attacking midfielder has meant whenever we get into the attacking third the ball goes to him, its a bit predictable, but with wilshere he have another option now, and id like to see cesc play as a centre midfielder instead so he can run the game instead of always trying to force a through ball.
posted on 28/6/11
Nasri is replaceable although I would like him to stay. Fabregas too is also replaceable but not yet. Ramsey for me is the long term replacement for Cesc but he is not yet ready. That is why I am desperate for Cesc to give us at least 1 more season. That way we can ease Rambo instead of throwing him in the deep end and hoping for the best. No matter who we sign this Summer, we will be a worse team without Cesc. We need him for at least 1 more season or I fear for our top 4 place next season, I really do.
posted on 28/6/11
We should let Cesc go for 27M plus Thiago Alacantara (valued at about 12M).
We should let Nasri go but to a club outside PL.
Then get Juan Mata in for about 20M and let him and Arshavin take over these roles with Ramsey waiting in the wings.
posted on 30/6/11
FALSE! tell me by whom we can replace them? We know what happened to us when Flamini ( Fly money) goes to Italy.