The worst thing for a manager when his side are flying high is not the defeat that would end the winning run but rather injury to one of the key players. This is something Arsene Wenger knows too well now that Robin Van Persie has picked up ankle injury that will sideline him for six weeks and the first thing Le Boss needs to do is find him a proper replacement. The Gunners cannot afford to lose momentum because of the current situation since they have been defying Premiership betting odds so far and they are eager to continue the trend.
I was really surprised when Wenger didn’t buy a striker to replace Greedybayor and even more so when he shifted Van Persie to the centre forward role. The Dutch striker soon proved it was a great decision by playing an important part in Gunner’s great start of the season but now he is injured. The obvious solution would be to move Niclas Bendtner from the wing but, how about that, he is injured as well. The Dane is expected to return in two weeks’ time, which means he’ll miss at least three games. Therefore, we need someone else.
Andrei Arshavin has been used in a central role during the last 10 minutes of the AZ game and even though he did considerably well, I am not sure he is the man for the job. The Russian is best used as a second striker or alternatively on the wing, where he can work his magic and showcase his enormous talent. It would be wrong to utilize him in a position where he would play back to goal during the entire game as he simply wouldn’t be as efficient.
In the situation like this when Wenger doesn’t have a lot of options to choose from, I see Eduardo as the logical choice. The Brazilian, or if you prefer it, the Croatian forward is a highly technical player (aren’t they all at Arsenal) and he has strong enough physique to sustain the challenges of opposition centre-halves. He is extremely dangerous in the box and has the quality to create a difference if nothing else is working. Arsenal’s new style of play doesn’t require a powerful forward, hence I see Eduardo as the perfect replacement for RVP and hope Wenger shares the same opinion.
i would ideally think that both edwardo and walcot can share the central role at once.This is because walcot has speed & edwardo is more technical and experienced,this can form a very tough attacking squard.The problem with this formation would be that fabregas will not be able to play a free role as it will require him to concentrate in the middle field.
Another option would be to leave walcot on bench and then bring in Denilson in the middle field such that fabregas plays a free role as he supports edwardo while both denilson and song take charge of the middle field.
[...] Van Persie set to miss a big part of the season and neither Bendtner nor Eduardo good enough to command a starting berth, Wenger needs a striker [...]
I think two srikers that would be interested would be mohamed Zidan from Dortmund and David Villa from valencia
pls. wenger will need a powerful srikers dont disapoint fans eduardo and bendtner is not good enough pls get tergar man 4 replace