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Played fine today but was the obvious choice to take off for Walcott.
That's just it though, he always looks threatening, he just rarely is. He's been doing it his entire career.In reality Welbeck looked more of a threat than all of them though I can see your point about them being more likely to score except Ozil. Ozil really did nothing of note in the game except for one pass, which was nothing out of the ordinary.
I must have been watching a different game, I thought Ozil looked far more likely to create something today. Which makes sense as he tends to create more chances per game than any of the other Arsenal attackers.I can understand keeping on the likes of Sanchez, Giroud, Cazorla ahead of Welbeck but Ozil literally strolls around doing nothing.
Welbeck played a bigger part for the first goal aside from not being invisible for the rest of the game ala Ozil.
Well like I said Wenger clearly thought Ozil was likely to create something out of nothing, so aside from being involved in the 2nd goal he also could have had an assist if Giroud/Sanchez's late header had gone in. Ozil is clearly a luxury player who doesn't look great when things aren't going well but he has shown to be able to be creative in the past and that's what you need when you're facing deep defence. I thought he did ok enough, he is an easy target on here for some reason.I can understand keeping on the likes of Sanchez, Giroud, Cazorla ahead of Welbeck but Ozil literally strolls around doing nothing.
Welbeck played a bigger part for the first goal aside from not being invisible for the rest of the game ala Ozil.
Walcott has been a shower of dung of late. He'll be sold this summer.I must have been watching a different game, I thought Ozil looked far more likely to create something today. Which makes sense as he tends to create more chances per game than any of the other Arsenal attackers.
Plus Walcott for Welbeck is a more like for like substitution anyway.
Weird that you say this on a day when Özil had a good game. Until the last few minutes he'd constantly been at the heart of our attacks.I can understand keeping on the likes of Sanchez, Giroud, Cazorla ahead of Welbeck but Ozil literally strolls around doing nothing.
Welbeck played a bigger part for the first goal aside from not being invisible for the rest of the game ala Ozil.
No. He was threatening. Pretty much every single Arsenal attack of note in the first half involved Welbeck including the goal.That's just it though, he always looks threatening, he just rarely is. He's been doing it his entire career.
Ozil disappeared for most of the game, not sure what you were watching. Was slightly more involved towards the end but that's about it.I must have been watching a different game, I thought Ozil looked far more likely to create something today. Which makes sense as he tends to create more chances per game than any of the other Arsenal attackers.
Plus Walcott for Welbeck is a more like for like substitution anyway.
Only just back from injury though, isn't he? Bound to take him a while to get going again.Walcott has been a shower of dung of late. He'll be sold this summer.
He's been back since January. I don't think his problem is rustiness. He's stalled as a player. Doesn't contribute defensively at all and still scores when he doesn't have time to think but dallies and dallies until the chance is gone when he has time. Frustrating.Only just back from injury though, isn't he? Bound to take him a while to get going again.
Physically. I don't see hints of the technique or brain to back that up. He's a talent, and will get better under Wenger, but he's nowhere near any top level.He's the type of player who if it came altogether for him.. could be an absolute star, potentially has everything and at the same time can't seem to make the right decisions at the decisive moments. Played well today I thought.
I said it when he was with us, and I'll likely be saying it for the rest of his career.He's failed to make the transition from a great talent to a great player. The amounts of time he overruns the ball, picks the wrong choice, loses balance when it comes to the end of a move is astonishing.
I think he lacks the last 5% that top strikers have. He's a good player, and will score goals over a season - but he'll never be a top striker.I said it when he was with us, and I'll likely be saying it for the rest of his career.
He has all the physical skills to be a top footballer, he does not have the mental ability to go with it.
Whether it is over thinking, panic, or just cannot cope with pressure, he does not have the mentality to cope with being 'the man'. The very best are instinctive, Rooney was never going to miss that chance against Tottenham, he just does it. Wellbeck, I would have expected him to miss at that point, not because he doesnt have the skill, but because his mind doesnt work fast enough for it.
Even more time on the bench would be my guessWith all this stuff about Mandžukić being in argument with Simeone I heard Arsenal is interested in him.
Its probably bs but is it possible Wenger will go for another striker in the summer and what will it mean for Welbeck?
Will he feck. He's 24 now, unless he miraculously goes from being a poor finisher to a great one, he'll never be top class.Just a little more polish to his game and he'd be top class.
Judging by most of the comments from Arsenal fans on here, they are already a good way to that conclusion. It will be easier for them to accept due to the lack of sentiment that is often apparent when some United fans are judging his ability.if I were an Arsenal fan I'd be looking at him and thinking he's not a good enough player for the club going forward, given the aspirations they should have.
I didn't actually predict that he'll do it. Sometimes it's that edge that escapes players. But he is close, for sure.Will he feck. He's 24 now, unless he miraculously goes from being a poor finisher to a great one, he'll never be top class.
we've been expecting Welbeck to become top class for five years now, and it never happens, even now, he's playing regularly like he wanted to, and it's still not looking like it's going to happen.
if I were an Arsenal fan I'd be looking at him and thinking he's not a good enough player for the club going forward, given the aspirations they should have.
Not sure that he would have been sold had he not insistedSo now the Arsenal squad is fully fit he can't even get into the starting 11, hope this puts things into perspective to all those people who were saying how tragic it was that we sold him and how he will become a goal machine at Arsenal with midfield they have. 4 in 23 league games and 8 in 31 overall, 3 of those came in one game. LVG was right to sell him, simply not good enough.
With the form we're currently showing, particularly the player's in his position thank god he isn't getting game time.Not sure that he would have been sold had he not insisted
He would have got game time, no doubt about that
And yet he still continues to do the business on the international stageWith the form we're currently showing, particularly the player's in his position thank god he isn't getting game time.
This pleases me greatly.So now the Arsenal squad is fully fit he can't even get into the starting 11, hope this puts things into perspective to all those people who were saying how tragic it was that we sold him and how he will become a goal machine at Arsenal with midfield they have. 4 in 23 league games and 8 in 31 overall, 3 of those came in one game. LVG was right to sell him, simply not good enough.
Imagine being pleased greatly by that.This pleases me greatly.
So does Falcao....Smalling has as many PL goals as him
Indeed.Imagine being pleased greatly by that.
Exactly. Then combine that with his odious celebration and you have it.To be honest I can understand why someone would be pleased by that given the outcry and hysteria following the initial Welbeck sale. When that happened the last thing I personally wanted was Welbeck to do well like Pogba has at Juventus, the mourning would be so tedious.
Imagine being pleased greatly by that.
it feels like you're more interested in Welbeck doing well than your own club, either that, or shockingly, you're on another WUM.Odious celebration?