theHotHead wrote:Excuse me - AOL are what we have, everyone has harped on about us not being able to spend money, so why on earth would you not build the team around them - at least for the next few seasons when you can still get the best out of them ?
You have 3 players that are capable of producing great numbers, in my view we should be taking full advantage of it, there is no guarantee that any replacement will do any better and to get better will cost us big bucks.
I know what you're saying and you are right we need to get the best out of them, but it's a near certainty that at least two of them won't be here for the next few seasons. In two years Ozil and Auba will be 32 and both out of contract, only Lacca is a long term option.
You keep saying we have 3 players that are capable of producing great numbers, blindly ignoring the fact they've been together now for over a year and yet we're still playing EL football and chasing a fourth place, where are these great numbers? Let's face it Ozil, and probably Auba as well, are extremely unlikely to get any better, even avoiding injury father time alone will see their levels drop.
You're right there is no guarantee any replacements will do any better not today, not this season, and maybe even next season. But 100% a replacement for Ozil and Auba will have to be found, so better we bring in a 23-28 year old now with at least a full five years ahead of him, rather than scrabble around for an instant fix in eighteen months time.
We need a proper long term plan, it's not rocket science, City did it with cash but it still took two years, Liverpool did it over three seasons, Spurs did it over five seasons ... it's simply not reasonable to expect Emery to do it straight away especially based on the same players, in this case AOL, who as good as they may be have so far failed to deliver any real improvement.
