oh how observant you are, get Wenger playing Fifa ASAP, Arsenal will win eveything possible next season if Wenger spends the summer playing Fifa.

Observant my hole

All FIFA jokes aside, I've said this until I'm blue in the face;

Whilst Walcott can lead the line and (massively depending on the opposition) will score goals and give you a bit of joy, the FACT that he struggles to (can't) play with his back to goal is a fundamental flaw with regards to playing as a centreforward.

As an occasional option as a centreforward, sure, but I don't think he has it in his locker to nail that role down.

Or, you know, just play Walcott on the right of Ozil and get an actual WC striker up top to give us strength?

Knappyrash
The obsession continues.....

Penguin
That's what I say in the article but I'm also talking about what we had this season and what Ozil would have benefitted from.

Moist
He might be weak but you've seen Remy, Aguero, Eto'o hold the line for their clubs just playing off the shoulder rather than holding the ball. As long as Theo has players close to him which he would have in Ox & Poldi I think he'd cope with a bit of practice upfront

Moist
He might be weak but you've seen Remy, Aguero, Eto'o hold the line for their clubs just playing off the shoulder rather than holding the ball. As long as Theo has players close to him which he would have in Ox & Poldi I think he'd cope with a bit of practice upfront

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I do see the point you're trying to make, but those players you've mentioned are actually 'natural' strikers, Walcott's not.

Walcott is actually physically twice the player he as a couple of years back, he's done very well in that sense. But in this instance, it's not specifically all about 'strength'.

At any level of football, even when you're being coached at 9 or 10 years of age (playing as a centreforward) you're taught how to play with your back to goal. I'm sure that term is implicit so I won't be a patronising t!t & elaborate.

Practice? Sure. Learn 'on the job', yup why not... But the reality is that at this level (the highest level) there are fundamental attributes that a player HAS TO have to excel. Apart from the most obvious one (having a knack hen it comes to actually scoring goals), playing centreforward, leading the line, whatever you wanna call it, being able to play with your back to goal is absolutely crucial and if a player can't do that (to a high standard), certainly in the Premier League, they'll never consistenly excel.

With an injury-free season, Theo could get 20 league goals playing where he already does. If you then have a proper striker striking then that's goals aplenty.

With an injury-free season, Theo could get 20 league goals playing where he already does. If you then have a proper striker striking then that's goals aplenty.

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Yup!

Well like I wrote in the post. The new striker could see Theo and Ox on either side of Ozil which would be great as well having a mobile forward. Theo can still be a right sided Henry the way Titi used to hug the left side but Ozil can allow Theo to skip the individual brilliance bit and just get in on goal.

I feel that Theo was still our biggest loss this campaign