Demba ba and arsenal

Do you know whats even more stupid, the season before he was our top goal scorer.
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The season before that he went out on loan and proved himself to be a fine goal scorer in this league.

It is harsh on Ba but the fact of the matter is that he isn't very good. Anytime we consider playing Ba we should just play Lukaku instead as at least he can run.

Torres offers something different to our other strikers and he scored a decent goal against Bayern.

Do you think if RDM hadnt been sacked we would of sold him?

I think no at that time our ship was rudderless and football decisions were being made by businessmen.

Rubbish businessmen at that.

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I still think Ba is a very good striker and we haven't given him a fair crack. It has been very stop start, and he came in a very hectic period where our team were getting rotated on a constant basis, so nothing solid to build a foundation on, yet he still did better in his first 6 months than Torres and Anelka, who were also January signings.

But given his knee problem and his overall cost to us, it makes sense for him or Lukaku to go on loan. I guess we have chosen him as Lukaku' speed is a major threat when bringing someone on late on the game, although I would have preferred Lukaku to go on loan to get proper starts for a club and develop himself. That will not happen at Chelsea.

Ba reminds me of an old Welbeck with no pace. His touch is awful, his footwork is slow and lethargic, for a big guy he is quite poor in the air and he is soo slow at running.

His only redeeming feature is that he can hold the ball up well even then well isn't good enough for a club that used to have Drogba we need to replace him or we will get nowhere.

Funilly I think his touch footwork and aerial threat is better than Lukaku', based on what I've seen of Lukaku on loan last season and the brief time he has had with us this season. Lukaku is brilliant when playing the counter though, but as a target man Ba is definitely better.

Same I disagree with king on everyone of his counts. Don't know
What he's watching

No need to say you disagree with me Nick

I could actually be wrong about Ba though, coz I've just heard Adrian Durham's comments about him and the're the same as mine