Arsenal's lack of options on the bench was worrying, as the manager
bought on striker Chuba Akpom and midfielder Kristoffer Olsson in place of Thomas Eisfeld and Isaac Hayden.
The second half started at almost similar pace as the first, and Fergie decided to twitch it, as
he bought on striker Danny Wellbeck to replace Park Ji - Sung.
Not exact matches
we are beaten by aston villa and the pressure is mounting
on wenger and what does he do... he panic
buys ozil who we clearly didn't need since we had super santi and he ignores the dm n
striker and position..
I only hope he sees our lone
striker quality for what it is though and tries to nab Falcao / Cavani
on one of those dodgy FFP loans with a view to
buy deals in the last few days.
Forget the rest, just look at their
striker record, overpaid
on nearly everyone, most under performed in return and some were
bought but couldn't be accommodated so sold
on, anyone for Jo (# 18M), Robinho (# 32M), Santa Cruz (# 19M), Adebayor (# 25M), Balotelli (# 25M), Negredo (# 21M), Jovetic (# 26M), Navas (# 23M).
I doubt if wenger will
buy a
striker this window with iwobi playing well
on the wings, Sanchez might be permanently deployed as a
striker for next season leaving akpom and Walcott as alternatives... However a centre is non negotiable..
hope theo comes back soon that will allow ozil to play behind
striker than
on lw & hope in jan wenger goes &
buy a cb & cdm mertasacker too was slow yesterday & caught ball watching
on some ocassiosns we need a new cb as well
Wenger don't even try because people like you are giving him ideas of «what if he flops», then we will never ever going to
buy proven
strikers and so
on just to avoid getting disappointed if they flop.
Here is a Comment for you If Mr Wenger
bought a Top Class
Striker instead of sitting
on the Cheque Book we would not have lost to Everton / Man City.
Cazorla is far better than Ozil in my opinion... We wasted 42M to replace our best player (Cazorla was Arsenal best player the season before we
bought Ozil)... Don't get me wrong, Ozil is good but we should have invest that money
on a much needed position, maybe a
striker (Bitty that the stubborn one didnot get Higuain for less than 30M) or a defender...
The
striker is firmly expected to make a move away from Juventus this summer, with Real Madrid keen to trigger a
buy - back clause, before selling him
on for a profit.
Wenger has no tactics, plays his favourite players over better players, gives long term contracts to average and injury prone players, hates strong physical players, plays players out of position, always looking for excuse like refrees and saying other teams played more in pre season, does nt spend money
on players required like if we need
strikers he will
buy CAM, waits for other teams to
buy top players and signs average
on deadline day, calls accident when we lose, talks cohesion and mental strength when we beat terrible teams and win mickey mouse trophy like Asia cup and community shield.
This experiment of Wenger putting Sanchez through the middle is something he should have done during trainings and pre-season, not during the season, we all know that it doesn't work, what I don't get from Wenger is why he
bought a
striker and keep putting him
on the bench?
He
bought Sanogo too (note I think of Welbeck as a winger) because he knew we need a
striker and he gambled
on buying Welbeck too.
If we are to believe what we read
on here (not suggesting for a moment that is always a good idea) then if we
buy a «beast» CDM and a «30 goals a season»
striker then we win everything in sight for the foreseeable future.
Get real in his almost 5 years at Arsenal his scored less than 15 goals in all his games played.He is great
on the wings and should stay there, this converting a winger in2 a
striker talk is ridiculous, the
striker we are looking for belongs to another team, so let's just go out and
buy him, SIMPLE!!!!!! But yes the goal Ox scored against Chivas was pure class.
We are ok - ish
on the LB department and more than good
on the RB dept. Probably one
striker and a DM will be the
buys of the summer although with Cazorla playing like a beast in deeper position I am not sure we should
buy everything.
This year is no different then the previous transfer windows whereby Wenger panics at the 11th hour and tries to
buy any player from the basement bucket... You can youtube any player (search... players names + goals) and you'll see a compilation that will make that player look to be
on the same level as the best
strikers around.
Yes he could be alot better at finishing, but let's see, maybe we got a new sturridge... What I am mad
on Wenger about is not so much the lack of a proven
striker to our ranks... No it's that we haven't
bought a central defender to cover, but most important, we haven't
bought a defensive midfielder, that we need so much!!? Wenger makes the same mistakes over and over, everybody else can see it, just not him... hmm: / but still lets respect him as a man and judge when we are atleast half way into the season... COYG!!!!
They only «need» to improve their backup, I think Chelsea are not going to be prominent
on the marked, other than
buying a
striker, most likely going for the same
striker Wenger will be after, just for harassing us.
Sell him to Munich in the summer and
buy the
striker we need,
on a positive note, well done Danny welbeck, have to admit I don't rate him but he was great last night really impressed me, maybe he can develop to b much better than I thought, hope so, also Montreal deserves real credit for his huge improvement from last season.
let's use your same arguments... GIROUD is a great SUB and yes indeed a Game changer, for WENGER was his first and only choice
striker... if Giroud did not injure back then, he would not have
bought Welbeck and by the way he was not planning to
buy anyone, someone
on the board made the last minute decision for him, while he was receiving the blessing from the Pope and giving thanksl for the great job he has, were he is not being held accountable.
Other than Sanchez last year, have the $ 70M spent
on Ozil, Chambers and Debuchy over the last few windows significantly improved the squad, when a quality DM and
striker could of easily been
bought for that price tag.
Then after the bid
on Vardy and after
buying Xhaka I realized a top
striker is not Wenger's priority so I started to hope for a lesser
striker but at least one that could give me hope (Morata, Hernandez etc) of not having to see Giroud start every week.
Everyone keeps
on with this
buy a
striker malarchy but the quality of
striker signing we'd get is tantamount to the Remy's or Falcao's who've done SO well for Chelsea.
He
buys a 50 million
striker high
on confidence after bagging a debut goal, and scoring against Stoke (wrongly judged for offside) then he puts him
on the bench.
The question still remains... do we really need Mahrez when we should be putting ALL our efforts into
buying in a W / C
striker!!!!! Mahrez is a waste of money in my opinion when the funs that may well be spent
on him could or should be added to whatever has been set aside to
buy a key
striker.
Right now fans are hoping Madrid
buys a
striker so that Benzema will become available for us to pounce
on.
Same up front where flops Wellbeck Sanogo and 8 mill a season Walcott mean Wenger
bought Japanese shirt sales man Asano while still trying to get cut price deals
on top
strikers.
OT: My wishes: — Wenger to stop playing Mert ahead of Gab... this is a must — Wenger being ruthless and stop being stubbornness «big wish» — Wenger to change his transfer policy «big wish as well» — Not count
on very injury prone players (Wilshere, Walcott, Ox, Welbeck), take them only as a bounce because they would never stay fit... It is a dilemma because they are all quality home grown players, so I can not say «get rid of them all» — Give our smart attacking players (Sanchez, Cazorla, Ozil) what they need, a
striker... that is a must — Strengthen the flank with another quality because all the sights now
on Sanchez — Get rid of useless team players (Campbell, Flamini, yes they are useless) and replace them with better players (promote or
buy good ones)-- Loan Chamber... 16M is too much to ruin
Absolutely rubbish Ramsey and Ozil are woe full.They should have been subed at half time Spurs deserved there win and Keane is all about a
striker Rosickey was
bought on too late, and again its all about the substation.
Keep calm, lets keep waiting, all the words you're calling Giroud won't make Wenger
buy a
striker... again the grass is not always greener
on the other side.
We
on the other hand will have Walcott and Ramsey back as well as Alexis and the DM that I'm certain we'll
buy, possibly even a
striker too.
Sanogo needs to go out
on loan, Podolski should go for his sake and the club (Arsharvin mark II) and
buy 2
strikers.
But chill out, Arsene won't
buy him or any other
striker just like last season as he is going to count
on Giroud and Sanogo as our main
strikers and guess what!
With the prices of other
strikers being as they currently are,
buying in a player who can learn the CF role while also adding to the team from out wide would seem the «cheaper» option compared to
buying a CF who will displace Giroud or cause Wenger to go back
on his word with Theo.
We have G - rude, Walchart & Wellback and a goal scoring Sanchez (LW) so AW will not be
buying any new
striker over the summer unless Theo leaves as AW and quiet a number
on here believe our «strike force» have what it takes to take us to the TOP.: -LRB-
The downside of not
buying another
striker is that the workload
on Sanchez will increase putting him in real danger of getting injured.
We won't go 2nd, we'll be same
on points but they have better GD, coz our
strikers are shooting blanks since they were
bought as top scorers in some league, he may be Wenger's cousin
If say the Arsenal board member who said Arsenal identified a
striker they wanted to
buy but the club wants a replacement first, one hopes that
striker was Baryen's Lewandoski and that Abumayang wants to go to Bayern, otherwise the Abumayang transfer will have no impact
on Arsenal getting a
striker because Benzema is just as good as Giroud.
On Loan * Akpom (depends on our striker buy) * Crowley (he needs to step up and fulfill his potential) * Zelalem (had hot and cold season with Glasgow, would be great if he can be loaned out another year) * Maintland - Niles (hot and cold too, plus we are packed on the right) * Bielik (lets see what he is made of) * Glen Kamara (Midfielder that is 21, it is a loan or he will be sold) * Stefan O'Connor * Mavididi (goes on loan so Malen can play first role in U2
On Loan * Akpom (depends
on our striker buy) * Crowley (he needs to step up and fulfill his potential) * Zelalem (had hot and cold season with Glasgow, would be great if he can be loaned out another year) * Maintland - Niles (hot and cold too, plus we are packed on the right) * Bielik (lets see what he is made of) * Glen Kamara (Midfielder that is 21, it is a loan or he will be sold) * Stefan O'Connor * Mavididi (goes on loan so Malen can play first role in U2
on our
striker buy) * Crowley (he needs to step up and fulfill his potential) * Zelalem (had hot and cold season with Glasgow, would be great if he can be loaned out another year) * Maintland - Niles (hot and cold too, plus we are packed
on the right) * Bielik (lets see what he is made of) * Glen Kamara (Midfielder that is 21, it is a loan or he will be sold) * Stefan O'Connor * Mavididi (goes on loan so Malen can play first role in U2
on the right) * Bielik (lets see what he is made of) * Glen Kamara (Midfielder that is 21, it is a loan or he will be sold) * Stefan O'Connor * Mavididi (goes
on loan so Malen can play first role in U2
on loan so Malen can play first role in U21)
My take is, no matter how well we complain about this or that, Wenger will always do what he think is right for the club and the team generally, if he's not
buying a
striker that's ok in as much the midfielders can assist with their own share of goals to ease the burden off the
strikers, but depending solely
on Giroud will be suicidal.
He has a mule of a
striker in Giroud and only
buys a replacement
on the last day of the season in wellbeck (who is miles better anyway) We sell vermalen and don't replace him..
While I respect him, he is
on a pointless mission to nowhere because he is not stupid but still won't
buy a DM or a second
striker.
he's just looking
on to see what kind of attacker (whether a winger or WC
striker) we
buy so as he can weigh his chances.
He said he was
bought as a
striker but wenger relied
on him as winger and he got the hang of it.
He can play
on the wing or as a
striker, which seems to be requirement of every forward that Wenger
buys, and has been known to score some spectacular goals from nowhere.
Put it this way, i'll be gutted if Arsenal don't
buy at least one top
striker, annoyed if we don't
buy a top CB who's dominant in the air and only a bit disappointed if we miss out
on Kante or Xhaka.
AW's mind is set
on buying a max of 3, We already have 1, if we
buy a
striker, that's 2 and then we will need a replacement for Gibbs.
Mistamonn most of the time his playing players out of position is because we don't have the necessary depth of players for each position specially
on the left, the team is always out of balance he rely needs to
buy W / C if not top players in key positions, last year i was commenting that we needed a
striker before a class DM but i was so wrong, we first need the best DM that money can
buy no mater how much then and only then we can look for another class DM and a couple of descent defenders.