Backup Strikers

[The Verminator]

Who would people prefer to see play if Giroud was unavailable or needed resting? Personally I would give Theo a go up front and put Rosicky or perhaps Wilshere in his place.

Not including the injured OX and Poldi, I'd go for:

:::::::::Theo:::::::::
Cazorla:Özil :Rosicky

Out of our so-called backup strikers I think Park is the best of the poor bunch right now but I'd rather field Bendtner as the sole striker. As much as signing Özil is amazing (and I actually think he's the more proven player we've signed in my time as a supporter - even more than Dennis Bergkamp), I think we really fucked up not signing a top-notch striker too. But we have what we have, at least until the January window.

Who would get your vote?

[Cripps_orig]

Theo is our best option up front if Giroud isn't around but that leaves us with a problem on who goes on the right.

Our squad is wafer thin at the moment and the kids coming up aren't very good. We have a core of players who we will have to pray don't get injured/tired/lose form and take us up to January at least where we are hopefully strengthened by more arrivals.

[Boss]

Giroud, then Theo, then Bendtner.

Then everyone else in our squad, then Sanogo.

Midfielders up front brings back unpleasant memories of the time we used Diaby as a striker.

[Nayan]

interesting to see if we go 4-4-2, and then does theo get to pair up with giroud or is ozil supposed to be the next bergkamp in a 4-4-1-1 shadow striker sense?
If we go 4-4-1 then I guess the pecking order would be giroud, then podolski then either bendter or sanogo.

On taht last bit - bendter has been a dick but he does have a point in seeing no alternative to moving in order to get first team football. He went about it badly and hopefully got a massive relity check from his juve experience. Its now on him to show he is professional enough to make hiomeslf available for selction and force his way back into the manager's plans. His attitude has been the weak spot , but he can actually play a bit. If he does all that people should get over their (understandable) skepticism

[Seaman's Ponytail]

I think it's clear Theo is our # 2 striker and, when back from injury, Poldi is # 3. Whilst i think Wumger probably will use Bentner personally i'd never let the cunt anywhere near the club again, cancel his contract and let him go somewhere on a free.
From what i saw pre-season and in the under 20 world cup, Chuba rates ahead of Sangogo for me. Sanogo will get a few chances in the CC, seen to be crap and farmed out on loan for the next 4 years. Personally i'd recall Joel Campbell and give him a crack, the new Carlos Vela

[Marc Overmars]

Theo will probably move in the centre if needs be, but our style of play might not be the same because he's the complete opposite to Giroud. Then we also have a gap on the right to fill, is anyone as effective as Theo there?

Wenget wanted a striker, so I'm hoping he still does come January. Anything from Sanogo would be a bonus and I certainly don't think Bendtner deserves another chance at all.

[Tipsychubbs]

Think Theo is too useful as a winger/wing forward to move into the centre. His pace is an outlet to stretch play, plus he makes those Ljunberg style darting runs into the box which can be hard for defenders to track. He's also less effective with his back to goal than Giroud.

From the statement yesterday personally I'd use Bendtner as a No.2 if he gets his head down and works hard as he says, then he can be re-integrated. If someone like Tevez can be reinstated with his club and play for them again then so can Bendtner. Why would AW cancel his move to Palace if he didn't intend to use him? Plus it keeps the squad fresh by having at least 2 players for each attacking position. We don't have many other options till Jan.

[Penguin]

Theo is our first choice right winger. If Wenger saw him as our 2nd choice striker he wouldn't have been trying to get Demba Ba on loan in the final hours of the window (and a cheeky bid for Rooney too, if you believe the reports). It's much more likely that Bendtner will be the back up for now. Last chance saloon for Niklas, he better not fuck it up for his own sake.

It's worrying how stretched our squad is.

[Dein-machine]

Think Theo is too useful as a winger/wing forward to move into the centre. His pace is an outlet to stretch play, plus he makes those Ljunberg style darting runs into the box which can be hard for defenders to track. He's also less effective with his back to goal than Giroud.

From the statement yesterday personally I'd use Bendtner as a No.2 if he gets his head down and works hard as he says, then he can be re-integrated. If someone like Tevez can be reinstated with his club and play for them again then so can Bendtner. Why would AW cancel his move to Palace if he didn't intend to use him? Plus it keeps the squad fresh by having at least 2 players for each attacking position. We don't have many other options till Jan.

Putting Bendtner in the team with a 5 man midfield of Santi, Jack, Ramsey, Ozil & Walcott would be like putting a Vauxhall badge on a Bentley - he is a total waste of space & will ruin all the good work of those mentioned.
The Ozil signing is wonderful but to not get a decent striker in was woeful. Lets face it, Giroud is scoring goals but not the finished article by a long way so whoever came in had a good chance of 1st team football.

[Zerlathon]

Putting Bendtner in the team with a 5 man midfield of Santi, Jack, Ramsey, Ozil & Walcott would be like putting a Vauxhall badge on a Bentley - he is a total waste of space & will ruin all the good work of those mentioned.
The Ozil signing is wonderful but to not get a decent striker in was woeful. Lets face it, Giroud is scoring goals but not the finished article by a long way so whoever came in had a good chance of 1st team football.

I have to agree, I've supported Arsenal for 2 decades and out of all the Players who have been & gone Bendtner has to be one of the worst Players to wear an Arsenal Shirt. Skillwise he's average, but his deluded opinion that he is one of the best Strikers ever to live is mind bogglingly stupid. If he was as good as he thinks he is, then he wouldn't be having such a torrid time in seeking a move away from Arsenal.

My biggest regret of this TW is that we didn't stump up the additional £'s to sign Higuain. He was worth the extra simply for the fact that we could of finally got rid of Bendtner!