Should we make Walcott our main striker next season ?

the Ox has the potential to be a box to box CM but right now he's still developing his game and offers us more from the right hand side.

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Originally Posted by Alpha

Totally agree with you ,Selassie . Wenger was once a great talent spotter . He took advantage of the fact many teams in England did not know about any talent outside the Uk . Wenger would shop anywhere in the world and get talent at a bargain price . But now , things have changed . Even west Ham can buy abroad ( Mascherano , Tevez ). And also , most of our young talents don't improve the way we are expecting . They always end up in other teams . But despite that , Arsene is still living in the past . He doesn't understand it is time to change his transfer policy . The quicker you spot a talent and make a good offer the better .
Most of good players are first linked to Arsenal before ending up in other teams simply because we think they would sell us at a peanut price . Draxler is a very good young player but we are hesitating . Now Bayern is in the mix, do we stand any chance ? We were linked with Diego Costa the whole of last summer , Chelsea have just jumped the queue , what are our possibility to sign him ?
Our Board and Wenger , in particular , must understand we are no longer in the era whera you can get a Thierry Henry for 10m or a vierra for 6m .etc.. You want a top player , open your chequebook . Ozil was a great move but we need two or three more of that caliber .

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Yep totally agree.

This summer is so crucial, we have money and we also have holes in the squad. It's world cup year so it's quite likely that the market is going to be inflated. Now I am not proposing we spend like City or Chelsea but we simply have no excuses not to bring in sufficient quality. If it means overpaying slightly then so be it.

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Originally Posted by selassie

Yep totally agree.

This summer is so crucial, we have money and we also have holes in the squad. It's world cup year so it's quite likely that the market is going to be inflated. Now I am not proposing we spend like City or Chelsea but we simply have no excuses not to bring in sufficient quality. If it means overpaying slightly then so be it.

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Only overpaying if they are crap, which given some of the deadwood we should be moving on JFDI.

On topic, we have glimpses of Theo the clinical finisher usually followed by the treatment table, even if he is given the chance he needs a partner to play off and cover...

We should have been playing Theo up front or on the left years ago. We've left it too late and now it will take him a long time to cope with the physical demands of that role. He's done well on the right but won't realise his full potential there.

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Originally Posted by selassie

What you are essentially saying is you don't trust Wenger to oversee a successful transfer window and bring in a top class striker? You are not alone Alpha, I don't trust Wenger either & wouldn't be at all surprised if we lined up with the same set of strikers minus Bendy come next season.

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This is it. Most sensible Gooners that I know would never ignore what Wenger has done for us. But the cold hard fact is that despite our almost unequivocal support, he has not shown, in any area, that he still has what is needed to win the league. And his transfer policy over the past 8/9 years is his biggest indictment.