Weimann

Hear me out here. I think Andreas Weimann would be an excellent signing for Arsenal in the summer, not as a 1st choice CF or anything, we need some genuine quality there, Giroud for me is not quite up to it and a little lazy/arrogant, whilst having thought about it a bit more I've changed my mind about Poldi, I rate him highly but he's not a lone striker IMO. Movement/skill isn't really good enough, he needs a partner to play centrally with him, and of course Theo doesn't have the presence to lead the line.

With this in mind, I think we'll need a couple of forwards over the summer, especially if we manage to get rid of Chamakh and Bendtner. If Poldi and Theo are out on the wings we'll need one striker of top quality to slot straight into the first team a la Jovetic, another as an able deputy/impact sub (Giroud) and another one to provide competition, perhaps a younger forward who will grow.

For me Andreas Weimann of Villa is one of the best forwards in the bottom half of the league, I rate him higher than Benteke. He runs himself into the ground, he's strong, quick, hungry, skillful and a good finisher. I was at the Villa game a few weeks back and I was very impressed, he caused us lots of problems and took his goal very well indeed. His contract is up at the end of next year I believe so we could get him fairly cheaply, especially if Villa go down (which is admittedly looking less likely now). I know some fans will moan about us accepting mediocrity and scraping the barrel etc. but there are some quality players down there up for grabs, if we can get him cheaply we have a hungry, hard-working and talented forward who will only improve.

Thoughts?