gooney wrote:Sims wrote:Wilsh having a go at him all the way into the dressing room
Reckon he’s gonna go in january
he is our best player by far...take him out and we are southampton level. It was his cross that got us the point. Sanchez is the only player in the team who tries to do something. If I was him I would just focus on 100% pass completion and take zero risks. Something arsenal fans love
I agree. Whether Ozil or Alexis, they're head and shoulders above most players we've had in the Emirates era - let alone this poverty-infiltrated squad.
Arsenal fans, in general - a generalization - love sexy football with no end product, with no trophies. I'm sorry to generalize. But that's my observation. The FA Cups mean f**k all to many Gooners. It's all about sexy football and no trophies.
He scored 30 goals and racked up 15 assists last season. Put that into perspective.
Jeez.
Va-Va-Voom wrote:He sees City waltzing to the title and knows he could've been part of that.
Also, he has no World Cup to look forward to.
His motivation is zero.
He's still been our most productive player.
The fault, as usual, rests on Wenger. If Wenger wanted him to see out his contract, he shouldn't have accepted City's last-ditch bid. Alexis made it clear that he doesn't want to be here at Arsenal. Wenger preached the entire summer that Alexis will stay and on deadline day, he accept City's offer - only to reject it again. The hell.
Unlike Ozil, who wants to stay in London, Alexis had no such motivation. We should have sold him to Bayern for whatever it was they were offering.
Of course, personally, I'd rather he left for free next summer. I like Alexis. I admire him more than most Gunners since we moved to the Emirates. He's not homegrown. We didn't buy him when he was unknown. But he's shown so much more professionalism than Arsenal homegrown players, or players who owe their careers to Arsene Wenger.
He's still one of our best players, and alongside Ozil, two of the best players we've had this decade. I don't understand why people are sour. If not Alexis and Ozil, we'd have Welbeck, Theo, Iwobi, Xhaka, Ramsey (who can be great but Wenger's not the guy to bring the best out of him), etc. as our star players.
Recently, I've been convinced that most Gooners care more about our reputation as sexy than winning trophies or challenging for the title.