No chance we buy him.No chance we sell him
No chance we buy him.No chance we sell him
Yup Van Persie was clearly a flop. Can't believe how crap his first season was.We have never signed a striker from Arsenal that has done well
Really? U can't think any one striker in particular?We have never signed a striker from Arsenal that has done well
Ummmmm.......We have never signed a striker from Arsenal that has done well
We have never signed a striker from Arsenal that has done well
I got you man.I was obviously talking about RVP . It was a joke
It's hard for us Kirks. Our sophisticated sense of humour is not always appreciated. I feel you man.Phew at least someone did .
It's hard for us Kirks. Our sophisticated sense of humour is not always appreciated. I feel you man.
You forgot Mikael Silverste.We have never signed a striker from Arsenal that has done well
You could kind of include Andy Cole too in a roundabout way.Phew at least someone did . Lucky I didnt make a joke about Frank Stapleton
No way that would be a win for Arsenal, I don't think he's the same player, even his last half a season with us his level had dropped somewhat (at the time we put that down to him sulking, but I think he's definitely past his best). He wouldn't come back anyway, even if Ole told him he had no future, his bridges are burned and wages too high.I'd happily have Aubameyang if it means Sanchez goes the other way. It's a win win for both parties. Sanchez was brilliant for them. He suits their style more. Aubameyang would teach Rashford a few things about goal scoring, and we wouldn't miss Lukaku at all.
Not bad but the price for Auba is not realistic.So sell Lukaku to inter for £75 mil
Buy Aubameyang for £50 mil
Arsenal can then buy Zaha which results in a £15 mil kick back to us. Our team is stronger and we end up £40 mil better off.
Loved Frankie.Phew at least someone did . Lucky I didnt make a joke about Frank Stapleton
I would love to be proven wrong on the 100m budget, because if that is the case we are going nowhere.This is clearly a media story with no legs.
We can barely sign a 26 year old and we are desperate for a CB.
We have a budget of £100m this summer and £75m has been used up, I dont see anymore signings coming in unless we have sold.
We are a rich club that funds the Directors, we are merely a business now.
Me too . Great playerLoved Frankie.
In regards to the bolded text. Aubameyang flanked by 2 class wingers, he would probably break records. He is just a goal machine. It is true he doesn't get involved so much, and a lot of the times the things he does on the pitch aren't so noticeable. Nothing fancy or elaborate that fans associate with being elite. Also I noticed most people nowadays get carried away by dreaming about having a 'false nine' as their striker. You have to remember though, goals are still the metric strikers should be mainly judged at.You seem to only look at his games with Arsenal. As I said previously even though he is pants when he plays wide, he will get picked ahead of Laca for the wide position 9 times out of 10. But that's not the point because if he comes here, we don't expect that he will play wide. You seem to forget how he was playing for BVB when partnered with people that can genuinely make thing happen in wide forward areas.
Guess who was second in terms of big chances missed? Almighty Salah. Does he miss chances in loads? Yes but he scores for fun as well and if he is the sole focus of an attacking unit rather than having to share the role, give him a wide attacking ally and you will see the best of him. There was a time he and Dembele were europe's most lethal combo. I recall this vividly.
He may not be all things but what he does, he has the potential to do at an elite level. Arsenal for a couple of seasons has been al about trial and error. Just maybe Laca crowds out some of the space he would love to operate. I know Laca works hard for the team but he occupies really advanced positions a lot too. Arsenal basically use wing backs (mostly the young lad Mitland-Niles or so and Kolasinac) who have limited quality but have a dire lack of quality in wide forward areas which make them easy to contain the threat from the middle that Auba would normally pose. I am challenging any Arsenal fan on this board to tell me what they think the prospect would be in giving Auba a genuine lead role so that he can do what he can do to a world class degree with the right support from out wide.
Arsenal will be foolish to sell him an keep Laca. Well I pray they do so that we can see how well they can hold up with the great player that Lacazette is.
Aubameyang?You're forgetting he actually misses a lot of easy chances as well.
This is what im talking aboutAubameyang?
We already discussed that. He missed a lot of easy chances last season, yet his conversion rate was better than all the main strikers.
Hahaha. He really has a habit of missing some easy chances. But that makes his scoring record even more impressive. He tends to score more of the difficult chances. If he scored all the easy ones but missed the more difficult ones, people would probably rate him higher.This is what im talking about
It's harder to miss that than to scoreThis is what im talking about
I read this and your other post and what a balanced post it was. I agree with just about everything you have mentioned.In regards to the bolded text. Aubameyang flanked by 2 class wingers, he would probably break records. He is just a goal machine. It is true he doesn't get involved so much, and a lot of the times the things he does on the pitch aren't so noticeable. Nothing fancy or elaborate that fans associate with being elite. Also I noticed most people nowadays get carried away by dreaming about having a 'false nine' as their striker. You have to remember though, goals are still the metric strikers should be mainly judged at.
He is very underrated in here because the perception neutral supporters have is that we are still the old Arsenal. Outplaying all the smaller teams, camping in their half and creating a bucket load of chances a game. Sadly that is far from the truth. You don't need to take my word for it, look at the stats. We created less chances than any of the big teams and below even some smaller teams, our Gk had to make the 5th most saves in the league. The team was very unbalanced.
In spite of all those struggles, Aubameyang was still banging them in. As you have mentioned aswell, he played RW, LF, as 1 of 2 strikers and just as a lone striker. Emery was also heavily experimenting with different formations. So his position changed often, the formation and tactics too, what didnt change was his scoring rate.
It is something he has done before at Dortmund. If you look at his record he is remarkably consistent. Despite playing under different managers and systems.
For Dortmund he has 141 goals and 36 assists in 213 games.
Last season in PL he had 22 goals and 5 assists in only 30 starts. In all competitions he has 31 goals and 8 assists in 51 appearances.
Since he joined us he has 41 goals and 12 assists in 65 games.
The stats speak for themselves, you can't really ignore goalscoring records like that.
About why Lacazette was voted player of the year, I will try to explain that when I get the time.
Few days later..This is what im talking about