cazorla as a wide player?

[pakgunner]

After watching our team start so well this season particularly with the midfield trio of Arteta,Diaby and Carzola giving the right balance needed to provide for the front 3, it looked liked we had the most feared midfield in the league, but since Diaby has been injured the teams balance and creativity has stagnated, his unique qualities are definitely missed. With Wilshere back the team has the energy it lacked, however Carzola has been smothered by the opposition far too easily. So when and if Diaby returns to full fitness say mid November I believe he should play in Carzola's position in front of Jack with Carzola playing right wing, Podolski on the left with Giroud through the middle, or even Walcott playing central if you have enough creative players around. A front 5 of that calibre would dominate most teams in the league and create enough chances to score aplenty. Our team would have discipline-Arteta, determination-Wilshere, drive-Diaby, speed- Walcott/Podolski, creativity-Carzola, and aerial threat- Giroud. What are your thoughts?

Podolski. Giroud. Carzola.

Diaby

Jack

Arteta

[LDG]

Would unbalance the side, IMO.

He comes out to the left quite a bit to find space, but I still think the trio of Arteta / Cazorla / Jack is the right combination. What worries me more, is that we don't have a direct replacement for Cazorla.

[Marc Overmars]

Spanish midgets are always used best through the centre.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

the season went downhill from the moment diaby got injured

and as we all saw that injury coming - apart from mr clevercloggs - i guess we know where the blame lies.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

"...Diaby to return to full fitness say mid November..."

I stopped reading there tbh.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Idealy, you'd want Jack a fit Diaby and Santi all in the Middle, with Mikel behind them protecting the back 4.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Would unbalance the side, IMO.

He comes out to the left quite a bit to find space, but I still think the trio of Arteta / Cazorla / Jack is the right combination. What worries me more, is that we don't have a direct replacement for Cazorla.

Wouldnt Arshavin do, if Santi went down?

[Kano]

no, we're had too many central midfielders that have been stuck out on the wing only to neuter their game and lose a lot of what makes them tick. we just have to look at the difference in performance from rosicky last season for that.

[Master Splinter]

If we have all our midfielders fit (), it wouldn't be a bad option, especially against 10-man defences where some guile would come in useful. Cazorla has played for Malaga/Villareal there and for Spain too, so it's not alien to him and would certainly not be a case of Wenger playing a player in a 'wrong' position. He's playing more in a wrong position now. In the big games, having players like Wilshere, Diaby, Cazorla and Rosicky in the same team allows us to dominate the midfield too (like Ramsey allowed us to against Man City).

Arteta/Wilshere/Cazorla is obviously the most gifted and trusted midfield. But Diaby, Rosicky (when fit), Oxlade-Chamberlain, Coquelin and even Ramsey on a good day are players who should theoretically give us options. Wenger's inflexibility is one of the things he's criticised most for, so if he did decide to rotate some players on the basis of what challenge the opposition is posing, it wouldn't be a bad thing.

[Marc Overmars]

Wilshere

Who?