Alexandre Lacazette: Laca the Net

[Arsenal1508]

Wilshere will get the best out of Lacazette

 

[Aevi]

What a banger that would have been...

 

[VancouverCanuck]

What a banger that would have been...

He's saving it for the winning goal in the Europa Cup final.

 

[Zaza]

Wish this guy had been signed a few years earlier tbh.

Don't think he was that good at that time. But yeah, he would've been a good addition. Wenger was looking for a Benzema caliber type.

 

[Zaza]

Lacazette is better than both, and easily.

Nope.

 

[Mark Tobias]

So many people in this thread looking more and more silly with every encouraging performance.

Just wish we'd have him for 90 minutes on the pitch. Not liking this 70 minute stuff but if it works, it works.

 

[Zyrth]

How so?

Lukaku and Morata were purchased the same summer for significantly higher fees, and are both scoring at a better clip thus far. Do you really think Chelsea and United paid bigger fees for “easily” worse players, when Lacazette would have picked either over us were he afforded the option?

Going with this argument, Henry would have been a ****e signing when he was signed.

 

[Heskey]

What a banger that would have been...

Beautiful effort!

But I find it funny how no-one mentions Alexis' miss on the chance after- rightfully so, of course. But when Lacazette missed the rebound effort people were slating him despite it being a difficult effort flying at him suddenly.

 

[Mark Tobias]

Beautiful effort!

But I find it funny how no-one mentions Alexis' miss on the chance after- rightfully so, of course. But when Lacazette missed the rebound effort people were slating him despite it being a difficult effort flying at him suddenly.

Same thing will happen when Laca gives the ball away despite the fact that AS7 does this at least once a game and often near the halfway line.

 

[Heskey]

Same thing will happen when Laca gives the ball away despite the fact that AS7 does this at least once a game and often near the halfway line.

Yeah, I mean, I like that Alexis plays with high risk, sometimes he just have to take the quick and easy option instead. I get the feeling often that he is taking some hero/I-am-alone role and tries to do it all on his own.

Anyways, this is Laca's thread, and I really like how he's started. Looking forward to having either Özil or Wilshere to find him with passes.

 

[Tywin]

Beautiful effort!

But I find it funny how no-one mentions Alexis' miss on the chance after- rightfully so, of course. But when Lacazette missed the rebound effort people were slating him despite it being a difficult effort flying at him suddenly.

Hardly the same is it? Laca missed his rebound in front of an empty goal near the 6 yard box while Sanchez was further out with players in between. Watch both misses again and tell me if they are similar.

 

[Mark Tobias]

Hardly the same is it? Laca missed his rebound in front of an empty goal near the 6 yard box while Sanchez was further out with players in between. Watch both misses again and tell me if they are similar.

Sanchez has more time to react though. The Laca one has an odd bounce and happens in a matter of split seconds.

 

[Heskey]

Hardly the same is it? Laca missed his rebound in front of an empty goal near the 6 yard box while Sanchez was further out with players in between. Watch both misses again and tell me if they are similar.

@Mark Tobias pretty much summed it up.

But I never said they were completely similar. But both situations are shots after rebounds, and against a goal that is quite open. Laca was very close to the goal, yes. And he had extremely little time to react, so I think he should rather be praised for reacting quickly enough to hit it rather than slated for missing it. Sanchez is further out, yes. And had more time to run to the ball and time his finish. The defenders were pretty stillstanding iirc so he had little that disrupted him. He did slip in the finishing moment though. I think he was opportunistic to see the chance and take it, but sadly didn't time it properly.

 

[Aevi]

 

[DasBootist]

But, but, what about Welbatross?

 

[celestis]

Beautiful effort!

But I find it funny how no-one mentions Alexis' miss on the chance after- rightfully so, of course. But when Lacazette missed the rebound effort people were slating him despite it being a difficult effort flying at him suddenly.

Probably because it was a lot tougher than Lacazette's who was dead in front of goal . imo anyways .

 

[samshere]

This is one of my pipe dreams. We can meet their buyout clause - 100m, the only plausible reason we kept our powder dry is to be able to make a big move next year. If united find some other toy to keep them happy then we can have a clear run at him.

 

[asukru]

Laca gets Greizmann to join us with Alexis heading to Atletico in a swap deal would be amazing!

 

[GeorgiaGunner]

Going with this argument, Henry would have been a ****e signing when he was signed.

Obviously, some players outplay their paid valuation (Henry has 20 years of hindsight available in your 'example'). But we're trying to compare the 3 now, and 1) they were valued much higher <6 months ago and 2) Lukaku and Morata have performed slightly better since. There's really not that much there to argue Laca is a superior player.

 

[GeorgiaGunner]

Laca gets Greizmann to join us with Alexis heading to Atletico in a swap deal would be amazing!

Lol