Flamini staying

thatgooner · Post by **thatgooner** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 2:43 pm

hanny73 wrote:
green gooner wrote: I like Flamini a lot but if he feels he has to push on then open the door for him I say. I do not want a player who is not 100% committed. I would rather he got a fair deal and stayed to fight for honours next season.
I couldn't agree more - I think he trying to force Wenger into a massive salary hike - personally I don't think he should be anywhere near our highest earners.

Really?
I think he's one of our top 3 players. easy.
I also think he's just trying to prove a point because AW was ready to let him go. He Will Sign.

hanny73 · Post by **hanny73** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 3:07 pm

Flamini wouldn't even get into my top 5, let alone 3...Fabregas, Van Persie (when fully fit), Clichy and Sagna are all more competent players than Flamster, I agree he's had a great season but I'm not convinced long term, although I'm happy to be proved wrong!

Post by **g88ner** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:01 pm

hanny73 wrote:Flamini wouldn't even get into my top 5, let alone 3...Fabregas, Van Persie (when fully fit), Clichy and Sagna are all more competent players than Flamster, I agree he's had a great season but I'm not convinced long term, although I'm happy to be proved wrong!

I'm agreeing with you..well, kind of.
- top 3..no, but maybe top 5..he has been impressive!

Fabregas, RvP and Ade, in my eyes, are our top 3 players...not Flamini.

Adebayor - ok, not everyones favourite player, but bare in mind that he's scored 21 league goals so far this season - and most of the season he's been the lone striker!
- credit where its due, the guy has been great for us this season. If he left, we'd be in the shit wouldn't we? how much would we have to spend to find a striker who would settle in straight away, and lead the line for us...and score 20+gls a season? bloody expensive i'd guess!

Van Persie - top, top quality player. Again, a player capable of scoring plenty of goals and is a dead ball specialist as yesterday's game proved. Replacing him would be difficult in my opinion!

Fabregas - well, we're all in agreement with Cesc, so no agrument needed. Genius!

After those 3, i'd say we have a group of important (but replacable) players, such as Flamini, Hleb, Sagna, Gallas, Clichy and Rosicky.

Flamini has been great, and I'm really hoping he stays...but if not, then i'm confident Wenger will find a replacement for under Â£10m.

Problem is...that's funds that could, and should, be spent elsewhere on the team!

Post by **REB** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:57 pm

here you go wayno,, arsenal.com robbed your story about flamini talking about staying

http://forums.arsenal.com/eve/forums/a/ ... 2651053924

thatgooner · Post by **thatgooner** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:02 pm

We are talking about top 3 players in terms of how much we'd be willing to pay them, and therefore RVP must be way down the list.
There's no way we get our moneys worth outta him, he's constantly injured. And Adebayor im not sure about for top 3.

Mine top 5 would be.
Fabregas
Clichy
Flamini
Ade
Rvp

Altho I suspect the actual one is very different and Gallas will be fairly high up.

JakeN13 · Post by **JakeN13** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:06 pm

I just realised I it's only Fabregas and Toure I think who's worth doing anything to keep of the players in this squad

Cesc is God · Post by **Cesc is God** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:13 pm

What about Clichy, Hleb and Flamini?

Wayno · Post by **Wayno** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:27 pm

g88ner wrote:
hanny73 wrote:Flamini wouldn't even get into my top 5, let alone 3...Fabregas, Van Persie (when fully fit), Clichy and Sagna are all more competent players than Flamster, I agree he's had a great season but I'm not convinced long term, although I'm happy to be proved wrong!
I'm agreeing with you..well, kind of.
- top 3..no, but maybe top 5..he has been impressive!

Fabregas, RvP and Ade, in my eyes, are our top 3 players...not Flamini.

Adebayor - ok, not everyones favourite player, but bare in mind that he's scored 21 league goals so far this season - and most of the season he's been the lone striker!
- credit where its due, the guy has been great for us this season. If he left, we'd be in the shit wouldn't we? how much would we have to spend to find a striker who would settle in straight away, and lead the line for us...and score 20+gls a season? bloody expensive i'd guess!

Van Persie - top, top quality player. Again, a player capable of scoring plenty of goals and is a dead ball specialist as yesterday's game proved. Replacing him would be difficult in my opinion!

Fabregas - well, we're all in agreement with Cesc, so no agrument needed. Genius!

After those 3, i'd say we have a group of important (but replacable) players, such as Flamini, Hleb, Sagna, Gallas, Clichy and Rosicky.

Flamini has been great, and I'm really hoping he stays...but if not, then i'm confident Wenger will find a replacement for under Â£10m.

Problem is...that's funds that could, and should, be spent elsewhere on the team!

Rosicky

Are you having a laugh

Post by **g88ner** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:38 pm

Wayno wrote:Rosicky Are you having a laugh

haha...you sod, I knew someone would notice that!

I nearly left his name out

, but yeah, I'd say Rosicky is important..I personally think we've missed him. I know he's been injured alot, but that doesn't change the fact he's an important part of our team IMO.

I just hope he's fit more next season...he's certainly a quality player!

JakeN13 · Post by **JakeN13** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:45 pm

Cesc is God wrote:What about Clichy, Hleb and Flamini?

All good players but far from irreplaceble.

hanny73 · Post by **hanny73** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:49 pm

No-one is irreplaceable, however I struggle to think of any left backs that would be as good as if not better than Gael.

thatgooner · Post by **thatgooner** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:05 pm

Cesc is God wrote:What about Clichy, Hleb and Flamini?

What about Hleb

He really need to prove himself, he's been dyer for months.

JakeN13 · Post by **JakeN13** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:31 pm

hanny73 wrote:No-one is irreplaceable, however I struggle to think of any left backs that would be as good as if not better than Gael.

I think of plenty..even players that could b converted into leftbacks.
Maybe we couln't get anybody doing as many forward runs but instead maybe who actually cud cross the ball or produce more when actually going forward.

gus ceasar is a legend · Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:39 pm

MUST CATCH UP WITH REBEL!

Post by **I Hate Hleb** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:44 pm

OKAY GUYS, I'VE DECIDED TO PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE.

NOW A THOUGHT CROSSED MY MIND THIS AFTERNOON REGARDING THE FLAMINI 'WILL HE? WON'T HE SIGN? PALAVOUR. IF REPORTS ARE TO BE BELIEVED, FLAMINI IS BEING OFFERED AN INCREASE OF OVER 100% ON HIS CURRENT WAGES, GOING FROM Â£25,000 TO OVER Â£50,000 PER WEEK. YET APPARENTLY THE FLAMINAL WANTS SOMETHING NEARER Â£80,000.

NOW ALTHOUGH THE CIRCUMSTANCES AREN'T EXACTLY THE SAME, WHEN CASHLEY TURNED DOWN A SIMILAR KIND OF OFFER, WE RIGHTLY CALLED HIM A GREEDY *word censored* AND SAID HE COULD FECK OFF FOR ALL WE CARED.

SO, THE QUESTION IS: WHY IS FLAMINI - A PLAYER WHO UP UNTIL THIS SEASON MANY CONSIDERED NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR ARSENAL - NOT BEING GIVEN ANY GRIEF FROM THE FANS ABOUT HIS FAILURE TO SIGN A NEW CONTRACT - MONTHS AFTER HE WAS SUPPOSEDLY GOING TO?

DISCUSS.