y va marquer wrote:

Volante wrote:

Asked about Schalke midfielder Julian Draxler, Wenger tells BT: "No, there is no news about that at all."

est wrote:

He has the physical and technical attributes to be a striker. Whether he has the mindset of a striker, I don't know. Van Persie, for example, always had that.

Take Podolski for example. He likes to have the ball at his feet and wants to be involved too much in the build up, instead of always looking to make a run and get on the end of things.

But, Podolski IS a striker. Or do you disagree?

Yeah, a poor one. Good wide forward though.

Podolski is a poor striker now?

Klaus wrote:

HonestBob too. And TransferTerry.

Rex wrote:

est wrote:

He has the physical and technical attributes to be a striker. Whether he has the mindset of a striker, I don't know. Van Persie, for example, always had that.

Take Podolski for example. He likes to have the ball at his feet and wants to be involved too much in the build up, instead of always looking to make a run and get on the end of things.

But, Podolski IS a striker. Or do you disagree?

He is a great striker in a two striker system. Evidently not at his best as a lone frontman though. That's why he finds himself on the wing more often than he would like.

Draxler or Ross Barkley?

Draxler. I want an exciting forward player. We're stacked in midfield already

est wrote:

He has the physical and technical attributes to be a striker. Whether he has the mindset of a striker, I don't know. Van Persie, for example, always had that.

Take Podolski for example. He likes to have the ball at his feet and wants to be involved too much in the build up, instead of always looking to make a run and get on the end of things.

Van Persie almost certainly did not "always have that". He struggled for a while as the lone forward and had a bad habit of wanting to join in with play rather than score goals.

What I meant was that Van Persie was already a goal hungry player during his days with Feyenoord. He had that ego-streak a great goalscorer needs. Even got into trouble with his senior players, because of his attitude.

I reckon he struggled because when he came in, we played 4-4-2 and Wenger wanted to turn him into a second striker, because of his link-up play. It just took time to readjust his game after we switched to a one striker system. Obviously the injuries didn't help on that front either.

It took RVP less than two months to play the #9 role at a very high level. He was on fire before his ankle ligaments were snapped on a muddy pitch in Italy.

Wenger seems to mainly convert players he knows. So Henry he had as a kid, RVP was here for years before being moved, same with Toure...

flobaba wrote:

Draxler. I want an exciting forward player. We're stacked in midfield already

They both play in midfield.

Volante wrote:

It took RVP less than two months to play the #9 role at a very high level. He was on fire before his ankle ligaments were snapped on a muddy pitch in Italy.

Wasn't it Chiellini who did his knee in Italy? Fucking international friendlies.

Was the ankle, and yes, it was Chiellini. Wasn't a particularly bad challenge, just bad luck. May sound silly but we may have won the title that season had RVP stayed fit. Cesc had his best ever season and was playing behind Bendtner and Arshavin.

Rex wrote:

Podolski is a poor striker now?

Yeah. Even Theo's better than him.

Theo is a poor striker?

Volante wrote:

May sound silly but we may have won the title that season had RVP stayed fit. Cesc had his best ever season and was playing behind Bendtner and Arshavin.

Cesc had great numbers that season precisely because of the vacuum in front of him.

Rex wrote:

Theo is a poor striker?

Are you getting at the fact that a striker isn't necessarily a centre forward?