Carlos Vela

[milla]

Unless Wenger is thinking of switching back to a front two, then no thanks. Two small and fragile for our league. He’s no Aguero/Tevez/Suarez, robust, quick and strong enough to make a nuisance of himself playing upfront by himself. Looks like he’s doing well in Spain. Not everyone is cut out for the cut and thrust of our league.

We have robust, quick and strong CF in Serge Gnabry. He was CF at his previous club and still a CF for German youth team. He is built exactly like Suarez and Aguero, he got the skill of CF as well. Shame Wenger will not try him as CF.

[Power n Glory]

We have robust, quick and strong CF in Serge Gnabry. He was CF at his previous club and still a CF for German youth team. He is built exactly like Suarez and Aguero, he got the skill of CF as well. Shame Wenger will not try him as CF.

I thought he was a central midfield player? Oh well. It's the same with Theo and Ox. Wenger likes to use the wide positions to develop players. It's another habit he needs to snap out of.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Gnabry is unlucky to not have got more games but his time will come again and he clearly has the maturity to go with the ability. Not sure he is our centre forward even if he has played there for Germany U21's which is a completely different level of football.

Suarez is a goal machine and has been for a long time.....way before most of us were watching him play regularly and Aguero is a very unique specimen indeed with the level of power he has.

If we are going to try something as left field as Gnabry at CF it should happen in training and pre-season firstly and fore-mostly where the pressure is off and twitter warriors won't be telling him to go and die if it doesn't work out. I'm amazed how willing we are to see options like this in the first team for a period that is presumably deemed 'a decent run of games' which I surmise to be several games in succession for the centre forward role.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

That's mainly in midfield where we have no real powerhouses.

Vela though is a good little player, for 4 million that's a good deal if we signed another striker on top of that, he's developed as a player.

He never got the opportunity last time IMO, as an additional option off the bench though he wouldn't be bad, I always thought he had talent but really never got played much and when he did was played in the wrong position.

But we won't though. You know that. So you're talking rubbish because I've just ousted you.

If Wenger signs Vela and another striker, as well as having Giroud, I'll send you a cheque for £1000. You and me both know it won't happen.

So would it be acceptable to have him back if he's the only striker we sign? Hell no.

Love the revisionism btw i.e. don't want midget midfield players but strikers it's okay. If Vela came here and struggled you'd be the first to say how Wenger should have gone for a big, strong forward.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

I'm with She Wore.

Not sure how Carlos (much as I love and respect him) is going to turn his English game around. He struggled in the League Cup against the Wednesday night cloggers and in the games he came on as a game changing sub. Sorry mate, you're not in any Arsenal team I would choose...

Excellent post.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Tempted to take you up on that bet myself but if he does sign two forwards, one of them won't be Vela!

[fakeyank]

We have robust, quick and strong CF in Serge Gnabry. He was CF at his previous club and still a CF for German youth team. He is built exactly like Suarez and Aguero, he got the skill of CF as well. Shame Wenger will not try him as CF.

I dont see why we should not give him a run for the game against Norwich. Or is he dead?

[Özim]

But we won't though. You know that. So you're talking rubbish because I've just ousted you.

If Wenger signs Vela and another striker, as well as having Giroud, I'll send you a cheque for £1000. You and me both know it won't happen.

So would it be acceptable to have him back if he's the only striker we sign? Hell no.

Love the revisionism btw i.e. don't want midget midfield players but strikers it's okay. If Vela came here and struggled you'd be the first to say how Wenger should have gone for a big, strong forward.

Yeah you got me, sorry yeah I'm talking rubbish cos you ousted me, I'll hold my hands up you caught me out, man you're so smart, why can't we all be like you?

The thing is you never know what will happen with us, it's feasible Podolski will leave seeing as he's had limited opportunities and never plays up front, we'd then need two strikers.

Oh and I don't want a big strong striker, I want a pacey goalscorer, couldn't give a damn if he's big or strong.

[Özim]

I dont see why we should not give him a run for the game against Norwich. Or is he dead?

He's not slow, immobile and doesn't have a quiff so there's no chance.

[JVC]

Vela was never played more then 15-20mins at times, how could he be judged like this. He took a bottom table team to the Champions league for a reason. Have you seen how he danced around Barcelona? Arsenal should be lucky he considers coming back to Arsenal after all those years. Will be nice if he does come back on the team and proves everyone wrong. His national team begged him for 2 years just to come back and play.