As we're unlikely to see terraces again at football, this is the virtual equivalent where you can chat to your hearts content about all football matters and, obviously, Arsenal in particular. This forum encourages all Gooners to visit and contribute so please keep it respectful, clean and topical.
augie wrote:I will wait a couple of years before going into over-hyping our latest "potential superstar" - regardless of whether it is down to wenker and his (lack of) coaching or not is irrelevant right now, because all I am interested in is seeing if he will progress into a great player cos I am sick to the teeth of buying into the potential of great young players in our club, only to then see them never get any better than good or average
Spot on
Thats Wenger's problem he awards young players who have achieved nothing big contracts too quickly.Wilshere The Ox and Walcott all on massive contracts have achieved fuck all at Arsenal. Walcott is on twice what Harry Kane is on
Iwobi may turn out to be a good player but let him prove it.We have had our fingers burnt many times before
Jenko at West Ham Ramsey injury prone Wilshere always fucking injured Gibbs injured and shite The Ox injured and shite
Let's face it, if we won 1.5 m on the lottery, we'd use it wisely and feel we'd made it. Agree with both of the above posts, there is no incentive left when they earn that kind of money. Probably why Jack isn't too worried about getting off the treatment bed, except to go clubbing that is.
casgooner wrote:'According to the Mirror, Arsenal's 19-year-old forward Alex Iwobi has agreed a new £30,000-a-week deal that will keep him at the club until 2021.'
Now he really is like a new signing. We don't need anybody in the summer now!!
Incredible isn't it - now, I've been impressed by this lad lately, but if all you've got to do these days to earn a salary of £1.5m a year is play 3 or 4 decent games and score a couple of goals then no wonder so many young lads don't live up to their potential. Think about it, if you earned that money between now and 2021, we're talking £7.5m. How many years would you need to work after that ?
I hope he keeps level headed but the wages these days are just ridiculous for young lads
30k a week? Ludicrous. It's not just that it is a typical bumper deal based on a handful of games - we just don't need to pay him that money.
Would City be swooping in offering 30k a week if we didn't? Would Barcelona run their 3-month PR campaign to tempt him? Would be Real's new galactico?
No they fucking wouldn't. We don't need to pay him 30k a week just like we didn't need to pay Walcott 140k a week and we don't need to pay Giroud over 100k a week because nobody else would dream of it. Wenger is just buying these players' loyalty and with it reducing their hunger.
northbank123 wrote:30k a week? Ludicrous. It's not just that it is a typical bumper deal based on a handful of games - we just don't need to pay him that money.
Would City be swooping in offering 30k a week if we didn't? Would Barcelona run their 3-month PR campaign to tempt him? Would be Real's new galactico?
No they fucking wouldn't. We don't need to pay him 30k a week just like we didn't need to pay Walcott 140k a week and we don't need to pay Giroud over 100k a week because nobody else would dream of it. Wenger is just buying these players' loyalty and with it reducing their hunger.
Out of interest does anyone know what City are paying the young kid up front who has come off the bench and scored a few times? That's who I would compare Iwobi too in terms of his achievement to date
Just another....in a very long line......of piss poor managerial decisions by the footballing god Arsole Wonga. Iwobi will be at a 2nd division club inside of 2 years, when we actually have a couple of fit midfielders (or maybe even dump a couple of the perma injured ones....dare I dream) then Iwobi won't even get a game. Unfuckingbelievable Geoff!
northbank123 wrote:30k a week? Ludicrous. It's not just that it is a typical bumper deal based on a handful of games - we just don't need to pay him that money.
Would City be swooping in offering 30k a week if we didn't? Would Barcelona run their 3-month PR campaign to tempt him? Would be Real's new galactico?
No they fucking wouldn't. We don't need to pay him 30k a week just like we didn't need to pay Walcott 140k a week and we don't need to pay Giroud over 100k a week because nobody else would dream of it. Wenger is just buying these players' loyalty and with it reducing their hunger.
Totally agree. This is Wengers pay structure. Sanogo on £30,000pw so Iwobi would expect at least that.
The myth about Wenger being shrewd and careful with money and that we were skint due to the stadium move pisses me off.
northbank123 wrote:30k a week? Ludicrous. It's not just that it is a typical bumper deal based on a handful of games - we just don't need to pay him that money.
Would City be swooping in offering 30k a week if we didn't? Would Barcelona run their 3-month PR campaign to tempt him? Would be Real's new galactico?
No they fucking wouldn't. We don't need to pay him 30k a week just like we didn't need to pay Walcott 140k a week and we don't need to pay Giroud over 100k a week because nobody else would dream of it. Wenger is just buying these players' loyalty and with it reducing their hunger.
Totally agree. This is Wengers pay structure. Sanogo on £30,000pw so Iwobi would expect at least that. The myth about Wenger being shrewd and careful with money and that we were skint due to the stadium move pisses me off.
Of all the myths, lies and half truths out of the club it's the one that pisses me off most tbh. The AKB throw it out there as a defence of their Lord God Wenger; he had no money because of the stadium move. This, whilst he was pocketing £7m (now £8m) a year and paying shit like Almunia, Flappy, Mannone, Vela, Denilson, Song, Hleb, Arshavings, Bendtner, Gibbs, Djourou, etc etc etc huge wages and extending their contracts (with pay rises) long after they had all been exposed as sub standard shite.
I've said it a million times, I'll say it again; The money was there, Wenger mis-spent it.
