We have been heavily linked with jovetic. I have seen glimpses of him play so can't really make a judgment on how good he is but from what people are saying, he is a real talent.
However, why do we need to go oversees for a striker when we can target a player like Benteke?
The guy has got everything. Power, skill, pace and he is still extremely young. He would fit our team far better than Giroud as he has so much more to his game.
He now has that premiership experience and imagine what he would do around better players. He has already expressed his desire to play for us one day.
We have got a joke of strike force at the moment which needs strengthening big time. Jovetic may sound like the fancy buy in comparison to a Benteke from Villa but I honestly think we should focus on this guy.
Benteke over Jovetic??
posted on 30/4/13
Alright then bighead.
posted on 30/4/13
Racist sh'it!
posted on 30/4/13
wariaaa!
posted on 30/4/13
Godleebarnes
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I believe in options. 4-4-2, 4-3-3. Its all abt fluidity.
Arsene has always played with 2 creatives going forward. One in midfield and one in the attack. That makes it very difficult for any opposition to stop. In our unbeaten days it was Pires deeper and Bergkamp in attack. In our Cesc days, it was Cesc and Nasri. Not surprisingly Barca have also always done that, with Iniesta and Messi, or Ronaldinho, Figo, Saviola, Requilme etc.
With the two creatives Arsene has played with two direct players on goal, again one in attack and one deeper. Freddie/Wiltord, Henry or Wright/Overmars etc or more recently, Arshavin/Walcott/RVP. Arsene even tried that one direct in attack and one direct from deeper with Eduardo/Walcott.
I think Arsene has tried to get back to that formula recently, with Rosicky and Cazolra, with Walcott or Pod deeper and Giroud up front. Just that only Walcott, Cazrola compare favourably with the past teams.
posted on 30/4/13
Hernandez is better than Giroud.
posted on 30/4/13
Jeanius
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While I can't argue it worked in the past do you think trying to recreate a past formula instead of being pragmatic is part of the problem? Or am I just saying that because I don't like Wenger?
posted on 30/4/13
do you think trying to recreate a past formula instead of being pragmatic is part of the problem?
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There is nothing wrong with the system. It works. The problem has always been finding the players to execute the system properly. And the lack of funds by the board is the main problem.
For example, I suggested the two creative players/2 direct attackers. But this also requires one holding player/ one player who can carry the ball from defence to attack in order to maintain possession deeper and to maximise the two creative getting on the ball.
In the past Paddy transferred the ball defence to attack brilliantly but still had the ability to defend when necessary. Now we had a superb team with RVP/Nasri/Cesc/Walcott/Arshavin. But that team relied on Denilson to transfer the ball from back to front. Why? Because we let Flamini walk.
Ever wonder why Arsene wasted so much time on trying to develop Denilson when it was obvious after a year he was not going to make it? Money!
The fact is that Arsene has been REQUIRED to make a £15m profit from his transfer dealings until probably now. So whenever we have strengthened in a problem area, a new problem has developed elsewhere. Thats why we always do well but never win anything. Look at the Cesc issue, we fix it from last year with Cazorla. But at the same time we sell RVP an Song and create two new issues! Now this year I hope we can get a top class striker and a midfield holding general, a right back and a new goalkeeper.
posted on 30/4/13
Isn't it Wenger's fault for making the wrong signings then? There has been plenty of players that would of improved us that would of cost roughly the same or less than what we have paid for players, obviously its easy to say with hindsight but in the case of Denilson we could of had Carrick the same summer for the same price and were even linked with him. Thats just one example without really thinking about it, I just can't see how Wenger siging poor players is the boards fault. Also if he didn't start the "socialist" wage structure paying average players more than they deserve maybe we would of had a reasonable wage bill thus making the need to make a profit by selling moot.
posted on 30/4/13
Because we let Flamini walk.
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Bit harsh. Flamini had quite a lot to do with that.
Isn't it Wenger's fault for making the wrong signings then?
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I missed the part of your post in which you give Wenger full credit for all of the right signings. Sure, there are some players that we could have or should have signed, but it's much much easier for us to say that many years after than it would have been at the time. Denilson was supposed to be the next big thing, and as a kid looked amazing - he just didn't really develop. He looked like a better investment at the time, and if Wenger does/did have a mandate to turn a large profit on player sales every year, it is easy to understand why he would've invested in Denilson instead. If we didn't have to turn that profit, we could hire more experienced players, rather than trying to develop youth, wouldn't have had to have the 'socialist' wage structure (designed to attract the best youth), etc.
posted on 30/4/13
obviously its easy to say with hindsight but in the case of Denilson we could of had Carrick the same summer for the same price and were even linked with him.
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We were linked with Carrick a year earlier to replace Vieira. But Paddy decided to stay for a year. There was no way Dein would have allowed us to collect players when we were barely meeting wages having spent so much money on starting the construction of the stadium.
Now the fact is that the board cottoned on to the 'sell for profit' as an income stream. And since then we concentrated on foreign buys because it would be impossible, even for Kroenke to sell an English player. The Ashley Cole scenario would have been a disaster for Dein/Fiszman if the big gob hadn't spurted utter rubbish. Thankfully Ashley destroyed his own PR.
Now I am not absolving Wenger of all the blame. I think our scouting has been hopeless for the last couple of years and needs an overhaul. I also think Arsene is too loyal to some of his buys even when they are poor. Dein did the firing and Wenger did the hiring. In my opinion this is the reason for the socialist wage structure as Arsene has missed Dein's counsel. Dein understood the commercial implications of early contract offers as well as being ruthless when the situation demanded it. That first went wrong when Edelman delayed contract negotiations with Flamini a year and the situation fell apart because he started receiving offers for wages we could not match at the time.
Leaving contract offers to RVP and Theo till their last years are primarily because the board did not want to give extra years at the higher wage. So they gamble that RVP and Theo would not be wanted. A football man like Dein would not have allowed it. Gazidis is a glorified administrator who should have never been appointed CEO. In my opinion he was only appointed because Fiszman wanted to sell up and to Kroenke and wanted someone who had already worked with Kroenke. Thats run its course and I hope that Kroenke sells up.