On the striker situation I do hope Wenger is progressing with his target well.
The next seven days are set to be interesting for Arsenal fans, even if there is no more developments
on the striker situation at Arsenal following the transfer snub from the Leicester City and England star Jamie Vardy.
On the striker situation each day goes by and its deftly quiet for us, mr ozcan is apparently getting lots of twitter based abuse.
It has been a matter of some conjecture and speculation among Arsenal fans and the football world in general, a little bit like a Royal birth in a way, because everyone knows what is going to happen but they still check the news and are surprised when confirmation comes in, what Arsenal Football Club are planning to do
on the striker situation.
Not exact matches
By observation we need pacey players
on each flank, cazorla does not work in these
situation on the flank and he always wonder inwards which crowds this area, playing him behind the
striker would be more his thing.
Things can only get worse
on Thursday when Arsenal travel to Milan with only Danny Welbeck as
striker, and now Josh Kroenke has spoken publicly about the need for Arsenal to be honest about the
situation.
Another downer
on the
situation is that Aubameyang has said himself that he favours the Spanish League, and Spanish reports have already this month claimed he will be joining Real Madrid in the coming close - season, but that could possibly open the door for another
striker to move this summer.
I think our current play is best suited to Giroud as
striker, we seem to put in a lot of crosses in final third but Welbeck or anyone is not always there to contact, but Giroud can be better in those
situations, now we having Giroud back, put Welbeck
on bench for some time (giving him rest, can bring
on Podolski for him) play two
strikers Pod and Giroud upfront.
I really do feel for AW he knows that Giroud's goalscoring abilities are very limited this puts him in a very tricky
situation to either go for another average
striker and hope he can complement Giroud or jump into the pool (falcao, cavani and Co) and fight to spend bigtime big
on either of them
Available
on a free, Marseille
striker Andre - Pierre Gignac has been strongly linked with both Arsenal and Liverpool, but he doesn't look the most convincing option out there and probably wouldn't gather as much interest if not for his contract
situation.
In turn that has led to some frustration
on the
striker's part, even though Mancini has remained calm
on the
situation, as reported by Goal.com.
Giroud, who was really not happy when he first heard Henry's comments
on the Arsenal
striker situation, has also said that he now understands what his fellow Frenchman was trying to say, that the club needs options up front and can not win the title with just Giroud, as explained by a report in The Mirror.
The thing abour
striker and dm in our
situation is that we cant rely
on a average
striker in Giroud and force Coquelin to play the full season all by himsels.
Whether Chelsea's expected signing of Michy Batshuayi changes their strategy remains to be seen, while Arsenal are also likely to be monitoring Morata's
situation with a
striker said to be high
on Arsene Wenger's list of priorities this summer.
The
striker situation is that we have giroud, walcott who now wants to play
on the wing and will probably get injured and possibly akpom who scored three goals goals in 34 games last season in the championship.
Another player, currently still
on the books at Arsenal, who is more than familiar to the same
situation that Gnabry was once in, is young Arsenal
striker Chuba Akpom.
But Arsenal has to get another tall
striker that is more mobile, faster and more skillful than Giroud, because Wenger's tactics require a forward that can consistenly beat the opponent's defenders in the air and in one -
on - one
situation.
It is clear that our two
strikers are very different and it appears that Wenger intends to rotate them and use them depending
on the opposition and the
situation during the game.
Giroud is exceptional BUT he is one
striker and we have no real back up in that position when he's
on a slump or injured, Le Coq was almost out the door until injury forced the
situation and the stats clearly show that Fabregas has been far better in his assists and play than Ozil.
What makes me laugh about this whole
striker situation, is that Wenger and his supporters are claiming there was nothing available
on the market that could have improved us this summer.
Although alot of fan's are not to keen
on Kokorin, He is the most realistic
striker we could sign in the January transfer window and at a bargin 4.4 million he is a win win
situation.
There will be just a year left
on the England
striker's contract when this season ends and we know that Arsene Wenger does not want his players getting into that
situation.
Personally I don't feel we are far away from having a team that is, in technical ability, ready to compete
on all fronts, but Petit makes a very good point about the current
striker situation at Arsenal and it's a topic of discussion that will not go away until we are satisfied.
Diego Costa is expected to move
on, and in that
situation, the Premier League champions will be absolutely desperate to bring in another
striker as they will need additional firepower ahead of next season with their return to the Champions League also in mind.
I think admittedly because of the
situation in which the player joined, where everyone was so keen
on signing a
striker, I think many of the fans naturally expected more from Perez.
Even this week I have seen articles saying that Giroud could be sold by Arsenal once we manage to bring in more new players to boost the Arsenal attack, but perhaps the most telling piece of information
on the big
striker's
situation comes with the Sky Sports report about the Toffees targeting the transfer of Christian Benteke from Crystal Palace.
Davide Ballardini is also targeting Diego Falcinelli, but with the Sassuolo
striker attracting interest from elsewhere too, they are keen to avoid a
situation in which they miss out
on both of their top attacking targets.
no always easy unless they are replaced with the latest best
striker then they might leave you should capitalize
on that
situation asap then.
Ok,
on to the walcott
situation at no time should walcott be considered our number one
striker, but should be considered as a
strikers option, he makes space for others but is one dimensional, Wenger says Walcott his proving him being right not buying any forward in summer (so what is been said in the papers about all the forwards link to arsenal was a smoke screen).
However, what he does bring to the table is his flexibility, Ricketts can play up front as a
striker,
on the wings or even in a wide midfield position depending upon the
situation.
New QPR boss, Redknapp, was rumoured to be keen
on bringing Defoe to Loftus Road in a bid to solve his
striker situation, however when quizzed
on the chances of the England international being sold, Villas - Boas was resolute in his response.
He looked equally attuned to Ruben Loftus - Cheek
on Tuesday, and Conte was impressed with the young Englishman's potential as a second
striker: «In defensive
situations he became a midfield player,» he noted, «and when attacking he became a forward.»
Inter Milan, Fiorentina and Juventus all reported to be interested in moving for the former Roma
striker but although a senior Upton Park source refused to elabotrate he claimed the club was keeping an eye
on the
situation.
According to Di Marzio, Milan have asked for information
on the $ 74m - rated Chelsea
striker's availability and are monitoring the
situation.
Spurs initially hit a stumbling block over the player's wage demands but with the
striker situation clearly desperate, it looks as though the club could compromise
on their original offer.
When we line up 4 -4-2 he can,
on paper, be the one
on the left - wing, but in these
situations he tends to drift in quite a bit, with Evra making more overlaps than the corresponding right - back and, if Evra has to defend, a
striker coming across to fill in the left - wing.
Iheanacho is now third choice
striker for City behind Gabriel Jesus and Sergio Kun Aguero, a
situation which made him miss out
on the matchday squad for some games last season.
Arsenal are believed to be keeping a close eye
on the
situations of French
strikers Alexandre Lacazette and Karim Benzema.
New cross targeting means your
strikers will meet the ball
on the run and put defenses in difficult
situations as more balls are played behind the back line.