Should we make Walcott our main striker next season ?

[Alpha]

The need for a new striker is obvious next season . Giroud has more or less disappointed . It is not his fault as he has done his best . Walcott is a good finisher and has got some pace . Physically ,he has improved a lot and hi game , in general , is also improving . No doubt , next season, he will become a much better player .

If Arsenal fail to sign a top striker , do you think Theo should be given any chance ? If Chamakh or Bendtner had been given opportunities in the past , why not Walcott ?

[GP]

Theo is at his best coming in from the right. Leave him there and get a proper striker in.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Don't think he has the physical strength to play there - best to keep him where he is in the current formation. If we decided to go back to a 4 4 2 then perhaps.

[Penguin]

Theo is at his best coming in from the right. Leave him there and get a proper striker in.

Yep. We can experiment with Theo up top sometimes too but we need to buy a proven, world class striker as our main CF.

[Marc Overmars]

In this formation there's no way Theo can play up front.

There are no internal answers - we need to buy quality this summer. At least 2 worldies.

[selassie]

The need for a new striker is obvious next season . Giroud has more or less disappointed . It is not his fault as he has done his best . Walcott is a good finisher and has got some pace . Physically ,he has improved a lot and hi game , in general , is also improving . No doubt , next season, he will become a much better player .

If Arsenal fail to sign a top striker , do you think Theo should be given any chance ? If Chamakh or Bendtner had been given opportunities in the past , why not Walcott ?

Totally agree with you regarding Walcott, he's a very good finisher with pace and has improved but IMO his best position is playing on the right of a front 3. Without going too much into detail he doesn't quite have all the attributes to make the Centre Forward position his own though I would argue that over the length of a season he would be an upgrade on Giroud.

Onto your second point, if Arsenal fail to sign a top striker? We as a football club have absolutely no excuses not to sign a top striker this summer, the money is there, it's up to us as a club to go out there and sign the best available player within our budget, same applies to other positions in the squad.

I expect a world class striker to be signed this summer.

[milla]

The need for a new striker is obvious next season . Giroud has more or less disappointed . It is not his fault as he has done his best . Walcott is a good finisher and has got some pace . Physically ,he has improved a lot and hi game , in general , is also improving . No doubt , next season, he will become a much better player .

If Arsenal fail to sign a top striker , do you think Theo should be given any chance ? If Chamakh or Bendtner had been given opportunities in the past , why not Walcott ?

IMHO Gnabry is better suit to play as CF than Theo. The former was a CF at Stuttgart and is still a CF for German's youth team. Afobe, Sanogo and Akpom are great talent, one of them should make it at Arsenal.

[Alpha]

Giroud , Bendtner..etc to name just a few have all the physical attributes to be top striker but they don't deliver . Suarez is not that big but look what he is doing at Liverpool . Walcott playing at the right was just a learning process . At Southampton , he was playing as a striker and he was amazing to watch . It is just an unjustified fear . Walcott would make a very good striker . He might struggle in the beginning just like everyone in a new business but once settled in that position he can be deadly . We definitely need somebody there but my worry is we might only " get" Sanogo .

[Munchies]

Giroud , Bendtner..etc to name just a few have all the physical attributes to be top striker but they don't deliver . Suarez is not that big but look what he is doing at Liverpool . Walcott playing at the right was just a learning process . At Southampton , he was playing as a striker and he was amazing to watch . It is just an unjustified fear . Walcott would make a very good striker . He might struggle in the beginning just like everyone in a new business but once settled in that position he can be deadly . We definitely need somebody there but my worry is we might only " get" Sanogo .

When you say they have the physical attributes ? Do you go by being weak and slow ?

You have to be fast and strong. Look at Suarez's goal today. Fast enough to get away, and strong enough to not get pushed off.

For that reason, I wouldn't put Feo upfront.

[Marc Overmars]

Suarez may not have the psychical attributes but he has an insane dribbling ability that Theo will never have.