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They had that already in RVP. What they lacked was cover for him and Bendtner. after all RVP is so injury prone.
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He cannot be relied upon for a whole season, nothing has suggested to me he is anything but injury prone. We have Berbatov and Rooney, before that we had Tevez too. Chelsea have Anelka and Drogba, Liverpool are in a similar position...one top class striker in Torres and little backup - though even Kuyt > Eduardo, Vela and Bendtner.
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No squad depth. Now they have some but in the wrong balance.
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No squad depth, but even in Adebayor they possessed a striker who wasn't clinical enough and would go missing on the big occassions,
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Nasri and Rosicky IMO are that. I feel the worst problem they face in midfield is Song being bereft of any support in the midfield 3.
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They are both essentially attacking mids pushed out wide and don't demonstrate enough cutting edge or pace on the flanks.
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But Barca have shown with the right personnel infront of one you can still be ace tbf.
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Fair point, but I think in the prem especially and with so many teams being adept at set pieces.. that a quality all-round goalkeeper is of more importance than it would be in spain, where a mere shotstopper is seen as enough.
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That about right. But I also blame Wenger for neglecting to organise them too. IMO the personnel is ace but the organisation is pathetic at times.
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Yep.
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That's not really what I was saying. I love song, IMO he is ace. I feel he needs help though. For example, we play Carrick with Fletcher in a 3 man midfield. Not Carrick or Fletcher alone carrying like a Scholes and a Rooney. The way Arsenal do playing Fabregas and the rest alongside Song. He can't cover an adventurous defence, 2 attacking midfielders and 2 wingers and and forward who don't track back. That's too much work if you ain't Keane or Vieira and are not excepted to play like Makelele and be a 3rd center half.
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Ah I see, fair point.. again what I'd say though is that if they were able to score goals and penetrate in big games with more ease.. they'd be less likely to be all gung-ho trying so hard to score a goal. They'd score and sit back, playing on the counter and thus Song wouldn't have to cover so many holes with so little help. The better and more effiecient your attackng players, the less you need to push forward in order to create a goal. I.E. Ancelotti and Fergie having faith in their three forwards to create and score with little help and thus keeping a solid defensive foundation in the process if the ball is lost.
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Which can be covered by 2 holding players. They currently employ only one. As I said earlier if they had Song + Flamini alongside Cesc..they'd be far harder to beat compared to their current state. Even with the same back 4, keeper and attack.
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Linked to the above point I made^.
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Well they can't even defend against petty counter attacks. Even when they have superior numbers. which IMO is down to the composition of their midfield, and poor back 4 organization. So scoring is the least of their issues as of now.
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If they were creating chances and missing them, whilst conceding goals than yes you'd be right.. but the fact they consistently look so toothless v us and Chelsea points to the fact its their attack which needs investment. Not being able to score goals, means they place too much emphasis on pushing men forward which leaves them short of numbers at the back.