Aquilani - stay or go?

[Neil Young]

Will we replace him though?

[Fredo]

maybe the club thinks it already has

None of the players on our books have his quality. Anyway, it's clear we're planning for top 4 instead of trying to go all out winning the league.

[CJ]

i would love to see the plan with a new 1,000,000 capacity stadium and record purchases happening on a daily basis to show we mean business, also the most expensive womans team in the history of womens teams.

the best bit is managing to sell the players for millions more than anyone wants to buy them for .

[CJ]

None of the players on our books have his quality. Anyway, it's clear we're planning for top 4 instead of trying to go all out winning the league.

yes but i dont think we would buy AA to win the league.

we took a gamble it didnt work

you win some you lose some

[Neil Young]

While I generally think that Arn is wildly overstating his case here I suspect he is just adding another (recent) example of a player who played well despite being unhappy in Liverpool. In some ways the example of Mascherano is more relevant than Alonso as the latter was clearly quite happy in the UK in general an specifics of career and employment made him want to leave.

Obviously the caveats you raised/implied of people dealing with things differently is also relevant. I guess the question is whether anyone has any insight into how Aquilani would respond.

Despite Rafa's comments towards the end of his first season Aquilani did perform pretty well on the pitch despite his supposed dissatisfaction off it.

That's all there is to it. The example of Mascherano or Adam or anyone else proves nothing other than people are different.

And if that's the level of insight we can manage in this discussion then it's all the most pointless piece of **** I've ever read.

[Lecter]

flmao

I was thinking more along the lines of this guy

[Suarez]

Will we replace him though?

Its been glaringly obvious that we lack creativity in the centre and only Aquilani has made the difference this pre season. As mad as it sounds, after spending these sums of money, with Gerrard out we'll be lacking. I don't think Adam is the answer at the top level.

This squad is still desperately short in a couple of areas, but I think we could edge it into the top 4 at the expense of Arsenal who have weakened. If Aquilani goes, we need to replace him, but I think 2 commanding centrebacks are a higher priority.

[Mostar]

This is what I've been arguing for days

If fairness Lecter, it is difficult to accept that this messy situation is all created by him and him forcing way out as he was toyed around since Purslow's days (Rafa didn't do him any favors neither) and there was always a feeling that he wasn't coming back as Juve was going to sign him permanently, which in a way didn't make him a part of Kenny's plans either.

Wouldn't want him go but you cannot stop him neither.

[Arn]

Arsenal have done this for years and they get paid excellent money for their players. It takes time to build up a reputation but in the end it is worth it.

The clubs know that they can't bully them around. Pay up or **** off. If you got the money to tell other clubs to do that then it is the best solution long term.

[dww]

That's all there is to it. The example of Mascherano or Adam or anyone else proves nothing other than people are different.

And if that's the level of insight we can manage in this discussion then it's all the most pointless piece of **** I've ever read.

I can't believe there hasn't been an at least equally pointless discussion on here in the past. Surely the fanciful Mourinho to replace Rafa (when we got Hodgson) nonsense has to be up there.

[Neil Young]

I didn't mean to suggest it was the only one.

[Buzzo]

I understand peoples confusion maybe I did not make myself clear

I can appreciate that people rate him that highly and dont want him sold but sometimes decisions are not made for footballing reasons

As I was reading through all this, short of integrating diagrams to enhance your arguement, I couldn't really see how else you could make your point?

[CJ]

lets be honest if we had a video of AA addressing a camera saying i dont like living in England, i want to go back to italy, i want to leave, it wouldnt have changed this thread at all

[Lecter]

If fairness Lecter, it is difficult to accept that this messy situation is all created by him and him forcing way out as he was toyed around since Purslow's days (Rafa didn't do him any favors neither) and there was always a feeling that he wasn't coming back as Juve was going to sign him permanently, which in a way didn't make him a part of Kenny's plans either.

Wouldn't want him go but you cannot stop him neither.

Purslow got him the deal he wanted

Just a shame Juve ****ed him over in trying to **** us over

A few months ago didnt Kenny mention out of the blue that Aquilani was coming back and would welcome him back - I think those ideas were dashed when he saw him again face to face and was told again he wanted away

I've no bitterness towards Aquilani his situation is understandable (from a humane point of view) and sadly we will no doubt get screwed on any deal

[Neil Young]

As I was reading through all this, short of using diagrams, I couldn't really see how else you could make your point?

This is probably more effective: