If you could choose - who would you pick for your team - Nasri or Rosicky? Funny how things change quickly.
Taking recent history out of it, probably Nasri, just. Give Nasri Rosicky's commitment, Nasri without a doubt.
Rosicky. Nasri was a one hit wonder, Rosicky was showing great progress until he got injured, playing to that standard again, Nasri shined for 5 months, and has been missing since December 2010.
On current form Rosicky - above any attacking midfielder in the league. He just needs to keep up his form. He's come alive in the last two months and needs to keep it going for the last 2-3 years of his career.
Rosicky too on his Indian summer of a career. Nasri is such an enigma, isn't he? Virtually peerless in the first half of the previous season for us and then nothing. I still remember some of his goals, especially the one where he side footed two defenders to score. He actually had a decent last game for us even if we scored nothing. Then again at the beginning of the season, we weren't doing much as sadly, we remember only to well. I'm actually a little saddened he was booed by our fans today. Perhaps I'm getting soft but I just want to turn the page and get on with our life without him. I had little good to say about him when it was clear he was going to leave but now I want to put that in the past. His contract was coming to a close so it was his call to leave. The one who left and who irked me more by leaving was Fabregas. As a captain he was cr** but as captain, he should have honoured his contract.
I know it's unpopular, but i'd take Nasri. He's far younger, and has far more potential than Rosicky.
Well, the tragic thing is that last season most people's anwer would have been Nasri. The guy had a future at the club and had great potential. Nasri, unfortunately spurned that opportunity with Arsenal and took the easy option. Rosicky who probably had a harder job ahead of him forcing his way into the team, decided to work hard and make the effort, and was rewarded. I hope they both get what they deserve.
Like I said before , I was pleased to see Nasri go. He is selfish as a player, which can work well when playing high up and against woeful defending, but when playing against well organised defences which force players like him to come deep, his selfish style becomes a liability. I got annoyed at him towards the end of last season because I thought is some games he slowed us donw too much. I mean, in games we where were losing, and in the last few minutes, he would get the ball with a chance to run at them or relay the ball on during a counter attack but instead he would slow it down, as if he was setting himself the challenge of how many peopel could he dribble past. What I alsways liked about Rosicky is his directness and his dynamism, and the ay he always tris to inject pace into the attack. I always thought that he just need a decent run in the team to get back to his best. Being a squad player like he has been since hios injury takes teh shapr edge of his game. On his day, Nasri can be brilliant, but ROsicky offers better consistency and greater returns over the loinger run.
