We definitely could do with a top quality striker like Lewandowski but once again we're in this position. I blame Wenger to an extent but there aren't many players like Lewandowski on the market. I look at Atletico and Dortmund a day they had to convert wingers into strikers to get the sort of performances they need so I understand why Wenger is trying Sanchez up front and what attracted him to Perez.Originally Posted by Penguin
The quality of the assists don't matter as long as he keeps making them. But he is capable of picking out superb passes if the movement is there. Like the one for Alexis against Reading in the FA cup, or the one for Alexis against Leicester last season, or the one for Alexis against Watford a couple of weeks ago. I'm noticing a pattern there
Doesn't help that Sanchez and Theo are the only two players who actively look to make runs in behind. Someone like Lewandowski would love to have Ozil behind him.
But seeing how everyone is complaining about Sanchez and skeptical of Perez, we don't have many more options on the table. I would have thought Ozil would have thrived off Sanchez or Perez up front. That hasn't been the case but maybe it's early days and we'll come back to this in a few months.
But seeing how we can't rely on the transfer market to bail us out, I wonder what's our next move. If Sanchez and Perez don't work up front, reverting back to Giroud seems like a waste of time unless we try playing Giroud with Perez or Sanchez next to him or slightly behind. Which means no number 10. No ozil in that position anyway. But looking around the globe, how many teams actually play with a number 10?
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