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Hats off to him. He finished his chances in a game where he was feeding off scraps!
Welcome to Arsenal!
The home of scraps :scarf:Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
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Originally Posted by Letters
Didnt know Wenger was playing tonight
Did you not zee him? :ninja:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dismantler
Yup. He always does well for England. He looked very good on the counter, could be exciting times for Arsenal!Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Goal a game ratio since signing for The Arsenal.
Scholes :pal:
Next week is what counts.Quote:
Originally Posted by I am invisible
Impressed with his ability to run behind defences
Giroud would've probably held the ball up, waited for no one to run on and lost the ball for the 2nd
Letters :haha:
His smile is even lovelier these days.
Wenger masterstroke the welbeck signing. 16m will prove a snip as he bangs in 20 goals a season.
Also think Milner would be a decent player for us, if he can play for city, he can play for us. Not that it will happen but never mind.
Welbeck Welbeck Welbeck.
Never doubted the signing tbh.. :coffee:
I love how he ran straight over to Ox and Chambers to celebrate his first. :bow:
Quality.Quote:
Originally Posted by Penguin
Also you don't seem to hear all the good work Wenger is doing for the England team with the Ox, Wilshere, Chambers, Walcott and now Welbeck.
Welbz was always a good link man and pace & power merchant, but he was the butt of all jokes because he lacked composure. Hopefully last night was a sign he's improved and ready to move up a level.
Wonderful signing, some would say.
He's an improvement on Giroud and Sanogo for sure. Neither would have scored that second goal. Giroud doesn't have the pace and Sanogo wouldn't have sorted out his feet to finish the move.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
At the start of the window I said the name doesn't matter, we just need someone with power and pace. Welbeck fits the bill and despite sometimes looking like Bambi on the ball, he's young enough to adapt. If we can make something out of Adebayor, we can make something of Welbeck. He has the raw ingredients.
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Originally Posted by She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
Me :haha:
:unsure:
CL quality striker, tbh - had to move for CL football...
I feel vindicated having stuck up for him when so many were talking rubbish about him. I hope this a lesson for some of you.
It's fair to say that our striker problems have been finally sorted.
Perhaps not sorted, because we are still relying on Wenger to adapt the system to take advantage, instead of forcing players into the same tired routine. Surely he will.
But Sanogo on the bench is massive. Unless WUMger can't resist a glorious opportunity to pull a master WUM.
Nah, he'll score 25 more goals than Falco this season, then Louis van Gaal will by him back for £50mill and we'll be back to relying on son no goals and bif.
People that doubted him :haha:
And spurs :haha:Quote:
Originally Posted by She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
Just because.
Levy and Baldini :pal:
All we hear now is how none of the English players at Arsenal are developing....:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bumble
Yep, I actually think Welbeck will develop into a "Ade" level type striker in terms of numbers. I'd be happy with that, say what you like about Ade but he knew where the goal was.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
He certainly did. He was always standing next to it. Offside.Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie
Nice article from Jeremy Wilson.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...er-window.html
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.
I think Welbeck already has the edge on Ade for finishing...well, at least in terms of shot variation. He just needs to stay composed in the box but that's something most players are able to develop under Wenger. Henry, Ade, Walcott, Ramsey...they all improved under Wenger. FQuote:
Originally Posted by selassie
ingers crossed on Wenger playing him as a striker otherwise we've just signed the English Dirk Kuyt. But I don't think Welbeck would have signed without that guarantee. He must have spoken with Wenger over the phone to see where he fits in before signing.
As you said he was bought in because of the Giroud injury, and has had 3 full seasons in this league, so while he can improve he has to be ready to perform straight away. Not sure what his potential is really. Never struck me to having the potential to be world class but I think the Adebayor comparisons have merit. Hasn't kicked a ball for us yet though so let's see.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fist of Lehmann
David Dein says he 'knows' Wenger bought him to play as a striker.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
http://www.goal.com/en-au/news/4019/...-already-risenQuote:
" I know Arsene's bought him with the intention of playing him as a striker"
Although Wenger's definition of a striker is quite broad. He still calls Podolski, Walcott, Sanchez and Campbell strikers. But I don't think there's much chance Welbeck won't play as the CF, he's got the physical attributes that Wenger wants in that role.
At 50 million quid over 5 years he's not exactly a bargain, like I said before we'll have to see what he can do, never been that convinced by him thus far though, he's not going to be a top class player IMO, might well get a few goals (who wouldn't in our team) but he's not going to lead us to CL or PL glory IMO.
We've never replaced RVP which is a shame, Wellbeck will never reach his level IMO, if we could have bitten the bullet an bought a top class striker it would really have made a big difference to our team.
Did he cost us 50 million quid? :unsure:Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
According to this link yes:Quote:
Originally Posted by fakeyank
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...er-window.html
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Every signing is a major gamble – about £50 million over five years in the case of Welbeck – but his all-round performance last night certainly added to the view that Arsenal might just have pulled off one of the more astute transfers of the entire summer window.
I think Zim is factoring in his salary plus transfer fee over the five years.
Walcott is probably the best comparison to Welbeck. Potential. Potentially brilliant. Potentially awful. Everywhere for 90 mins. Anonymous for 90 mins. Hasn't progressed as fast as anticipated. Still young enough to step up into the top tier. Needs a run in the team to realise the full potential. Could play a crucial role for England. Potential to maximise Ozil's role. and so on.
Fast.
Apparently Akpom is fastest though, having seen off Bellerin and broken Theo's record. I'm thinking he must be bloody fast.
I hope Wenger shows a bit of ambition in how he wants to use these players. Wouldn't it be great if we could get back to the pacey counter-attacking football we used to be treated to before the era of tippy tappy? Get the ball and boom, 15 seconds from our GK to the back of their net. That's what I liked to watch. Trophies were the icing.
The two goals last night were good because in the first one it was all about being in the right place, driving in there. Something we don't do well at Arsenal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
The second he had time to think about it and that's when players can panic and put it wide, it was a nice composed finish.
Encouraging.
That's about 130K per week, if true! :yikes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve French
Why did we cringe at Khedira's salary ask then!?
Pretty much any senior level player looks horrendously expensive if you do that to be fair.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve French
He's going to be leading the line for the first time in his career as the go-to guy, it's a huge challenge for him but one that he sounds like he's ready for.
United youth products are made of the right stuff mentally as well, so I'm quite optimistic about the signing really. I don't expect 25 goals but I do think he'll help stretch defences and force the issue with his pressing, which should hopefully help us become a more effective attacking outlet. Plus he said himself he enjoys linking play so I'm sure he'll fit right in from that sense. Although I do hope he's cut out those stupid flicks and stopovers.
United fans reactions tell us all we need to know tbh. I don't remember this spewing when we signed Silvestre.