john68 wrote:No knee jerk from me but whatever his potential, for whatever reason and whoever's fault, Mario has failed to do what he is paid to do often enough.
He is paid to hurt teams and over a long period of time he hasn't done so as regularly as necessary at the level we are trying to operate.
The same also applies to Dzeko. It isn't good for us and certainly no good for them. We could to with a bit of cach inflow to help the FFP deficit. Fog them both, buy a decent replacement and promote Guidetti!
I would also be looking to offload Nasri. I think he;s a decent player but is victim of having to work with the likes of Silva, Aguero and Tevez who are all players who bizz about and take the space Nasri would like to operate in.
I would be quite happy to see us rejig the middle a little bit by slotting Milner into the available place. We could even give Rodwell an odd game against lower opposition or in safe games. Despite his failing so far, it is far too early to write the the kid off.
Nasri is a player who occasionally looks neat on the ball, but doesn't do much with it and disappears completely if it turns into a battle. I'd suggest he'd be perfect for a team like Arsenal where winning doesn't matter
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