Originally Posted by
Fist of Lehmann
Just like the old classic: "Too many foreigners in da game innit?", England's failings must be the fault of everybody else but the English.
On Welbo: Personally I'm in the cautiously optimistic boat. Of course he's not the name everybody wanted, and without the injury to Giroud this signing doesn't happen at all. That said, Welbo is not a stopgap signing, rather Wenger seems to have plumped for another project, shorter-term than Sanogo but still with an eye on a season or two down the line, I wouldn't expect a mass of goals from him this season.
Loic Remy and Welbo might on the surface have appeared to be 2 broadly equivalent signings but the age is the key difference. Remy would have been a stopgap, he's arguably the better player now, but in 2 years time if Welbo can develop, probably not.
Still feels weird though, some players you can imagine in the shirt.