Chamakh is Shit

[Master Splinter]

Chamakh is Morocco's best player.

Kuyt is not Holland's.

Chamakh > Kuyt.

Tbh.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Chamach has the tools to be good but he has no bottle and desire to dominate a game which makes all the problems

This just said this in my reply to MO. I think new strikers arriving if they do could be good for him, he will have to man up because he knows if he fucks up he'd be on the bench etc.

[Newguy]

Based on his pre season performances, I will be stunned if Wenger does not buy a striker. Chamakh is a complete joke. He's shocking, it's beyond belief how bad he is.

The guy has no impact and I'd rather Bendtner stay if it meant losing Chamakh. His touch is appalling, no aggression, he's a pussy what a loser this guy is, What was Wenger thinking???????

[Joker]

When he came on he was ridiculously bad, absolutely awful. Whenever he receives a pass, his first touch is appalling, and he only just recovers to lay off the pass. Moreover, he makes unintelligent runs, making it harder for the midfield to pick him out. For a centre forward, he doesn't show for the ball often enough, slowing our game down and making us very predictable to play against.

We seriously need to sell this turd now. If we have to rely on him next season, we're in deep shit.

[Joker]

Having seen the replay of the goal, Chamakh is actually to blame, as he failed to track the runner, standing still and acting bemused when he breezed past him. No surprise that he didn't bother to take responsibility when defending the corner.

[AKBapologist]

He's been appalling against weak opposition so far. Fucking wake up you knober.

[Niall_Quinn]

Can't ever recall seeing a worse striker. Well he's not a striker, he hasn't got any of the tools to play up front. Worst shit I've ever seen in an Arsenal shirt. But I guess if he can get away pulling a big wage for another season he'll do it. It's up to Wenger to get rid of him but Wenger has zero balls and would never admit this is his worst signing ever.

[Sirjackofwilshere]

I think somethings up with him...don't buy the fatigue excuse from last season.... for whatever reason his hearts not in it. Can't for the life of me understand why Wenger insists on keeping him if thats the case.

[Niall_Quinn]

Parker, Bellamy and Cahill in and it's a whole new ball game. But Wenger won't do it because he's incompetent.

[Power n Glory]

Yeah, he's exactly like Heskey in that he works hard and helps players around him rather than Defoe-ing it up, that kind of striker never gets the credit he deserves, take a look at the general opinion of Kuyt as well.

It may well be delusion but I deal with what I saw at that time, he worked hard and held the ball up well, it benefited those around him and the team did well, were we perfect in that time? No, of course we weren't but Chamakh brought a lot to our attacking game, including those penalties and a fair few goals as well so despite him not being that clinical guy (who we, admittedly, needed after Vela continued being Vela) he did well for us, if he continues being a bit shite this year without contributing then I'm happy to write that off as simply a purple patch and move on and get someone else in but until then I'll maintain his good contributions were good contributions. I seem to remember you haven't ever liked him so that isn't gonna persuade you but it's the way I see it.

I can't, and wouldn't, deny most of the things you've said about him but if you ignore the good points and the relative merits of a player like that with the guys we have playing off him then he looks bloody awful whereas he's actually a useful player to have.

I'm sure playing off Chamakh suited Nasri quite well but yeah, given his recent attitude it might well be he just got a bit lazy.

I know the type of striker you're talking about and he's nothing like Heskey. On my part, there is no confusion about his function in the team. I know he's not the quick clinical type of striker, that's obvious. There is no point in comparing him to Defoe because they are separate players. I didn't expect him to be like that either.

But when you compare him to guys like Drogba and what he offers to his team without the goals, he's nowhere near as effective. It's the same case for Heskey, Carroll or even that thug Davies. These type of players have a weight and height advantage over most players and they fully exploit it. In essence, they work hard and bully their opponents. Chamakh doesn't do that. He can't handle the physicality of the Prem league. He gets bounced around and can't impose himself because he's soft. You won't see that happening with Heskey, that's why it's the wrong comparison.

Chamakh may work hard for the team but that's as far as the Heskey comparison goes.