No one seriously thought he would be the next Henry.
Danny 'Local Lad' Welbeck
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Ah....the old favored position excuse,it was used extensively during his time here. He must be the only player in the world who can only score goals when 'played' as a striker'. Your even using it todefend his output against a fecking winger too.
The man was amazingly overrated on here, for some strange reason his fanbase all agreed he was going to displace Giroud at Arsenal...I'll be shocked if he could displace Defoe at frigging Sunderland
Striker who could barely hit a barn door has a few matches every year when he actually looks like footballer. Whatever.
100% correct decision. Arsenal will go no where playing the likes of him.
100% correct decision. Arsenal will go no where playing the likes of him.
He's no winger. Funny how people have been saying the same about Rashford. I did say his return that season was poor, but the argument about favored and natural positions is a fair one. Would you have played Chicharito or Solskjaer out on the wings? BTW its 'you're', not 'your'.
Solskjaer played on the wing quite a lot
He didn't flourish in that position and it was one of contention for some supporters. You can't seriously sit here and argue about Solskjaer's contributions as a winger
Wasn't that mainly in 2003 when Ferguson was pretty much sending a message to Beckham that he wasn't needed?
And 2004 after Beckham left. And pretty much whenever we lacked a winger but had a Solskjaer to spare (as is the Fergie way). Think he played there for Norway too.
That's not his natural position, and I'm not saying he flourished there. Just pointing out that's not quite the same thing as putting Hernandez on the wing.
Welbeck and Rashford are both forwards who can play on the wing (playing better when it allows them to get forward). Nicolas Anelka was another. Even Samuel Eto, who I'm fairly sure everyone would think instantly of as a striker, was being described as one of the world's best wingers at one point. Thierry Henry loved drifting out wide so much that Zonal Marking was probably invented just to stop him.
Not entirely sure what my point is, other than a good striker will score goals from the wing. Welbeck's finishing has never been good enough, as pretty much everyone is saying
Rashford is a striker playing on the wings, still scores goals, Lingard is a winger playing on the wings,still scores goals, as someone pointed out so did Solksjaer, but Welbeck can seemingly only score when played as a striker. Why would anyone want to play Chicha or Ole as winger when their biggest strength is goal scoring which is Welbeck's biggest weakness. People don't get to play as strikers because its their 'favored' position, why people wanted him to play there for Manchester United when he can't play ahead of Giroud at Arsenal, I'll never know. 'He'll score more if played as a striker'.....well so would I, or Smalling, or Djemba Djemba,doesn't mean anyone should play any of us there. The man was bang average, if he didn't come through from United and wasn't English nobody would even be talking about him. Feel free to point out any errors in the post, your...sorry you're doing a good job so far
Anyone seen his tweets? WTF is wrong with him? Bitter about us selling him much?
I think that's a fan account.
I believe this is his proper one: https://twitter.com/dannywelbeck?lang=en
Not sure you looked at the real account mate. The only tweet about United by a 'Danny Welbeck' that I found was by a spoof account.
First league goal in almost a year.
We needed him today. What a finish
Glad to see Welbz is still That Guy.
I know he went to a rival but no need to swear mate.
If there's one striker you don't need when you're struggling to finish chances, it's him.
Serious?
Oh God, incomes all the people saying we shouldn't have sold average Danny again...
Really class finish that
Welbz
Definitely. When you need a goal, all you need is to have a striker whose biggest weakness is finishing and who has scored 9 league goals in the last three seasons.
Such a shame he's been injured now for two years.
Whenever I see him for Arsenal he looks great, it's a shame about the injuries.
They could definitely have used a fully fit Welbeck over the past few seasons.
He is too good for Arsenal. Should be playing for Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Barcelona or Claudio Ranieri Leicester. Nevertheless, he seems so prolific with those chips.
He's shite.
I dont understand why Wenger brought him off. He seemed the only one making runs for Sanchez.
While Welbeck isn't the most prolific infront of goal, that's a tad unfair considering he's been injured for about two full seasons now.
Fitness related probably? He's just coming back from a very long injury and hasn't had much game time recently.
Would rather have rashford or martial than him thank you
Yeah we need a guy who was never a profilic finisher. One goal and they're back at it.
He's a better striker than Martial and Rashford currently, but what does that say as he is mostly injured.
really? im not seeing this
His hold up and link up play is far more complete, better instincts and more physical which makes it easier for him to play up front. Only that his finishing isnt of the required level usually. However he has scored good goals whenever he's fit for them.
hmm not seeing it but okay
Basically disagree on all of that.
Especially that he's more physical.
It was a nice goal, he likes that finish. But I didn't see him the rest of the game.
Welbeck is much stronger than the both of them, probably better in the air as well a d just as fast, combined with his great work ethic it makes him a very powerful player, did we not watch the same player for years here? Rash is still a bit lightweight at times.
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