Summer Transfer Speculation and Shit.

[selassie]

I think Welbeck will always be a useful option because of his athleticism, he just needs to explode like Sturridge did really in terms of goal scoring. I was also pretty disappointed with his return last year, the worrying thing was that you couldn't even accuse him of missing sitters because he was never in those positions to begin with, I guess that comes from learning the role and knowing when to make the runs. Some of the goals he's scored for us and also England have the hallmarks of a decent striker though, so I think he could potentially surprise us.

That's what I was hoping for with Welbeck, a "Sturridge" type transistion. Also agree that he never got himself into the right positions, but as you said he has done pretty well for England albeit against slightly weak opposition, the potential is there though.

[Dein-machine]

See? That's how WUMming should be done.

Take your word for it - you're the expert.

[Letters]

I tend to WUM by accident by being rational and not having man-child tantrums every 5 minutes.
If that winds others up then so be it.

[Dein-machine]

I think there's an accident in a lot of your posts.

[BOBN]

Sturridge didnt suddenly get good, he was an exceptional talent at 15/16. Like obvious future international good.

[PGFC]

I tend to WUM*

There we have it.

*may be edited/misquoted and taken out of context but if it's good enough for the rest of GW it suits us well.

[Kano]

£25m! We can afford him no problem.

But haven't we had enough with 'great young talent? Our squad is stacked with guys still with something to prove. That's why we've got Ox, Wellbeck and Theo still figuring what they are good at, Ramsey still not finding his role, Jack still developing, Coq with a under a years experience, Bellerin still learning his role, Gibbs underdeveloped. I agree we needed to look outside of just a striker if the market was a bare as mentioned but we need certified talent that can come straight in a make a difference.

[Syn]

-----------------Cech------------------

Debuchy----Mert----Kos------Monreal

----------Coquelin--Ramsey----------

Bellerin----------Ozil-------------Ox

----------------Sanchez---------------

[selassie]

Sturridge didnt suddenly get good, he was an exceptional talent at 15/16. Like obvious future international good.

Welbeck was a big talent too from a young age. TBF when he broke through at United under Fungus he did look quite a talent at one point. I agree Sturridge didn't suddenly get good and I am in no way suggesting that Welbeck will improve to Sturridge level but he certainly has all the right attributes to mould IMO. If Welbeck produced numbers similar to Ade did then we would have a very good player on our hands.

[Bumble]

I like welbeck, he has the right attitude and can score important goals like the United cup one. He does need to be more clinical but I think that can be taught. He is more dynamic than Giroud and will harass defenders and with him and Sanchez doing that it would put the opposition under pressure straight away. I do think Welbeck could get 20 goals a season fitness permitting too. I think Wenger said he will be back in training after the international break.