Chamakh is Shit

[Power n Glory]

You do realise that we dont have any fucker who can take a corner or a set piece?

And our crossing from open play is abysmal at the best of times so its a wonder Chamakh or anyone for that matter scored any with their head at all.

Sure, he can be better but nowhere near as bad as people making him out to be. People are even saying Bendtners better which is the ultimate insult tbh

A terrible player who scored goals for fun in the CL? ok then...

His goal record is no different to Bendy's and even though the kid has horrible games, he'll still pop up with a vital goal or header despite the delivery and he can at least score hat tricks against lower league teams.

Make as many excuses for him as you like but talking his worthless, he has to do it on the pitch.

[Marc Overmars]

Not a Chamakh fan at all. Even when he had his honeymoon period, I still noted a little concern about his general play but of course it would be have been silly to pull him up on that when he was scoring. I believe he was horribly exposed from November onwards though and ok he didn't play as much, but to register only 1 goal, against Leyton Orient was an awful return, and he did have sufficient game time as well to do better than that. Hernandez at United made the most of limited game time and that's the difference really.

I don't believe he is right for us. In the right system he could be an effective player but not in a team like ours, where creativity is the key and everything has to be so slick.

He has no audacity, he won't take a player on, he won't shoot even if the odds are against him (hell, at times he wasn't even shooting when the opportunity was there!) and he's predictable. I'm happy for him to be a squad player but he needs to start showing a bit more when called up on, RVP is justifiably first choice so he will have to prove himself with less game time but if he is hungry to do so then we won't have a problem. He has the work rate at least so it's a start.

[fari]

did not read the entire thread but from what i saw of him at bordeaux he seemed a much livelier player. i dont know if playing in england has lessened his confidence or what the problem is. just my opinion. also, as some posters have suggested though, he needs good deliveries to get his head on to.

[KSE Comedy Club]

No point trying to defend Chamakh here Ach, I tried for ages towards the end of last season and got quite sick of the amount of shit he was unjustifiably getting tbh.

So he wasnt amazing in his first season in a new league, so what?

At least he hasnt been here for 4 years and not improved AT ALL in that time, like bendtner

[Niall_Quinn]

Chamakh is shit.

[Cripps_orig]

No point trying to defend Chamakh here Ach, I tried for ages towards the end of last season and got quite sick of the amount of shit he was unjustifiably getting tbh.

So he wasnt amazing in his first season in a new league, so what?

At least he hasnt been here for 4 years and not improved AT ALL in that time, like bendtner

Pretty much.

Went through all this shite with Ade and was proven right with him. Cba doing it all over again. Would rather concentrate my efforts on Wenger bashing

[Darth Vela]

Worth remembering our play flowed a little better with him in the team, Nasri in particular benefiting from his quick hold-up play rather than the Van Persie style of, take a touch, do a trick then take a few more touches before laying it off.

He's essentially Heskey so he's going to get nothing but shit his entire career in England whilst providing a nice foil for his team, he's useful but he's not the superstar striker we're looking for.

[Power n Glory]

Worth remembering our play flowed a little better with him in the team, Nasri in particular benefiting from his quick hold-up play rather than the Van Persie style of, take a touch, do a trick then take a few more touches before laying it off.

He's essentially Heskey so he's going to get nothing but shit his entire career in England whilst providing a nice foil for his team, he's useful but he's not the superstar striker we're looking for.

You're delusional. We were losing to silly teams and dropping points while Chamakh was in the team and suffering a goal draught. This was before RVP was back as well. Even against lower league teams in the cups he looked lost and the flow of the team wasn't any better.

As for the Heskey comparison....man, you're way off on that one. Cham is too timid and light to get that title. He doesn't win that many aerial battles against guys of similar size because he gets barged out of the way and he's not the type to hold up the ball while shriluggibg and barging off challenges. Do you remember the amount of Fresno ms and pens this guys won us?

He contributes to that over passing play we all detest. Doesn't like to shoot or play the risky pass. I said it earlier last season and I'll say it again, a guy coming in to help boost our over all possession play is worthless. As for the Nasri thing, you don't think winning French player of the year and contract talks had anything to do with his sudden distraction and dip in form?

You crazy sons a bitches! Lol. Gotta love GW!

[Niall_Quinn]

Its a shame a poster like NQ who is spot on with most of what he says is so woefully wrong about Chamakh but then as ive said on another thread, not everybody is right all the time and im sure NQ and other haters as well as the people who backed Chamakh were lining up to suck his long Moroccan cock back when he was scoring, winning penalties etc.

Nah, I've been saying he's shit since his first few games. That's because he is shit, possibly the worst striker I've ever seen in the PL. Always behind the play, weak, cowardly, spends large parts of the game hiding in midfield, regardless of our crossing ability he's always 5 yards off the ball into the box, favours the negative option, always passing sideways and back (he makes Denilson look decisive), slow over the first 5 yards, chases the ball aimlessly without making the tackle, won't shoot even when shooting is the only viable option, is massively over-rated in the air, honestly there's nothing good to say about the guy. He's useless and it's a joke we're going with him and another lightweight Vela this year. What the fuck are we going to do if RvP gets injured? People may point at the goals he scored but I'll say it again, a monkey could score for us we make that many chances. Even so, Chamakh's performances then dropped below the level of a monkey in the latter half of the season. If anyone can think of a more pathetic player in the latter half of last season I'd like to hear it. But the major point is we're supposed to be a top team competing for trophies - so the manager and board tell us (liars). If that's true, why are we signing second rate freebies that none of our competitors are remotely interested in instead of proven strikers that can do a job when RvP is having his annual long term lay-off? The guy is here because he was free. As it is, he's not worth what we paid for him. I'm glad to see Nick go because he's not up to our level either, but he's twice the player this goon Chamakh is. At least Nick has balls, Chamakh is a pussy. When you think of the great strikers we've had at the club and then look at that lump of shit it says a lot about what Wenger and the board have done to this club.

[Xhaka Can’t]

No point trying to defend Chamakh here Ach, I tried for ages towards the end of last season and got quite sick of the amount of shit he was unjustifiably getting tbh.

So he wasnt amazing in his first season in a new league, so what?

At least he hasnt been here for 4 years and not improved AT ALL in that time, like bendtner

You're right about him not being amazing. Also, Bendtner is a real-life legend round these parts.