Lukas Podolski Thread

[Boss]

Two months into the season and Podolski's been written off.

Bunch of clowns that support our club.

[Cripps_orig]

Nah there is hope for him yet

Hes a quality player but need to play up front

Giroud has been shocking.

Pod and Theo upfront in a 4-4-2 and we'll win it all

[Gervinho's Forehead]

to you to, he's done nothing and is anonymous in most games until you he his name when being subbed on 60 minutes.

[Power n Glory]

Doesn't look to suited to playing on the left at all. Never takes on his man and isn't direct enough. Should probably play as a striker but really been pissed off with anonymous performances and lack of tracking back over the last 4 games or so.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Two months into the season and Podolski's been written off.

Bunch of clowns that support our club.

Pretty much.

[Marc Overmars]

The most disappointing thing about Podolski over the past month has been that he's barely got involved in matches at all. Most of the time I've forgotton he was on the pitch.

Maybe it is worth trying him more centrally because that's where all his goals so far have come from. I certainly don't expect him to be beating opponents on the wing with pace and trickery he doesn't have.

I reckon he's similar to Theo in that he'll operate better in a counter attacking set-up.

[Gervinho's Forehead]

Doesn't look to suited to playing on the left at all. Never takes on his man and isn't direct enough. Should probably play as a striker but really been pissed off with anonymous performances and lack of tracking back over the last 4 games or so.

The most disappointing thing about Podolski over the past month has been that he's barely got involved in matches at all. Most of the time I've forgotton he was on the pitch.

Maybe it is worth trying him more centrally because that's where all his goals so far have come from.

It's so easy to forget he's even there.

[Kano]

Maybe it is worth trying him more centrally because that's where all his goals so far have come from. I certainly don't expect him to be beating opponents on the wing with pace and trickery he doesn't have.

that's where he played most of his games for cologne or as a second striker/attacking midfielder. for germany plays wide but they have a different, more efficient system than us, so we are losing a lot of his ability sticking him out wide, game after game. if he is played out wide (for those tough away games like utd and city for example), it should be with walcott/ox/gerv on the other side, as lukas will track back and work enough to fill up midfield if needed. using him together with ramsey and giroud leaves us with no break out pace at all.

[Syn]

I'd try him out wide for a few more games because I like the idea of having a goalscorer out wide. I think Giroud has some a bit of promise in the last few games and I'd keep him up front. For a balanced side, on the other wing we need a proper right-midfielder (not a forward, not a winger, not a central player) and the only one who seems to fit the bill is Oxlade.

[Kano]

walcott should be that goal scorer out wide (yes i know contract, money yada yada but lets face it, we need goals in the team right now) and preferably someone who can put the ball in, give us that other option. podols will do it in fits and starts out wide but he is a focused, mean german bastard (yes i know he's polish but shut up) in front of goal, so if we feed him enough grenades, he'll bomb the shit out of anyone in front of him.