Country: Scotland
Two managers seem to view him as not good enough to start regularly. Worrying for a man we splashed 50m on.
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Alexandre Lacazette: Laca the Net
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Country: Scotland
tap-in
Nothing Wrong With Me
I can see us moving him on if there is interest in the summer, spend the money on a winger and play Auba in the middle. I like Laca but there are plenty of times when I'm not impressed with him too.
HBL
Established Member
He was starting regularly until he got injured and Emery definitely rates him as he wanted him at PSG. I'd even say we look better with Lacazette at striker than we do with Aubameyang 90% of the time, Lacazette gets in our strongest XI and it isn't even a debate imo. I just think Emery is over rotating at the minute.
progman07
Established Member
It's the result of awful squad planning that our two best attackers like to play in the same position, but we have to adapt to this situation and find a way to play Auba and Laca together in most games, until we find proper replacements to Özil-Ramsey-Iwobi-Mikhartian, because currently we do not really have goalscorers in the 1st team apart from the two top strikers.
RacingPhoton
Established Member
Both Laca and Auba are great players. But we don't have the luxury of having to costly strikers at the same time. This may not be a popular opinion. But given a choice, I would sell Auba. Auba is good at taking runs and getting in to great positions. But you need the strength to push away the defenders and hold the ball if you need to be useful consistently in premier league. Auba scored lots of goals when Laca was on the pitch because Laca was doing the dirty work of pulling the defender by shirt and holding them which enabled Auba to make the runs.
If Auba is willing to develop his game as a winger, it would be really great. But if both want to play as strikers, one of them have to go and we need to buy a good winger for that money.
If Auba is willing to develop his game as a winger, it would be really great. But if both want to play as strikers, one of them have to go and we need to buy a good winger for that money.
Why exactly can't Lacazette and Aubameyang play together?
Last season they played together in 5 games, resulting in 4 wins and 1 loss(all those games were with weakened teams too as we were focusing on Europa). In those games:
Auba:
4 goals
3 assists
Laca:
5 goals
1 assist
So in 5 games they combined for 9 goals and 4 assists.
This season they've played together in 15 games resulting in 9 wins 3 losses 3 draws (2 of those losses were the first 2 games). In those games this is their stats:
Auba:
7 Goals
1 Assist
Laca:
3 Goals
3 assists
so 10 goals 4 assists in 15 games combined.
These stats are just from when both of them are on the pitch playing together .
If you only look at when they both started:
17/18 started together 3 times won 2 lost 1(newcastle weakened team).
18/19 started together 8 times won 5 draw 3 lost 0
The numbers show they are not a liability together, in fact we are better when both of them are on the pitch.. Subjectively I think we look more threathening when both of them are playing together too.
Last season they played together in 5 games, resulting in 4 wins and 1 loss(all those games were with weakened teams too as we were focusing on Europa). In those games:
Auba:
4 goals
3 assists
Laca:
5 goals
1 assist
So in 5 games they combined for 9 goals and 4 assists.
This season they've played together in 15 games resulting in 9 wins 3 losses 3 draws (2 of those losses were the first 2 games). In those games this is their stats:
Auba:
7 Goals
1 Assist
Laca:
3 Goals
3 assists
so 10 goals 4 assists in 15 games combined.
These stats are just from when both of them are on the pitch playing together .
If you only look at when they both started:
17/18 started together 3 times won 2 lost 1(newcastle weakened team).
18/19 started together 8 times won 5 draw 3 lost 0
The numbers show they are not a liability together, in fact we are better when both of them are on the pitch.. Subjectively I think we look more threathening when both of them are playing together too.
Fewtch
Özil at 10 And Emery Out
Did you miss the part of the season when he started every game in the league and kept Auba out of the first 11 until he got injured?
Country: Scotland
Must have missed those starts against City, Chelsea and West Ham. And also when Lacazette eventually got into the starting XI Aubameyang started out wide in every game up until we played Fulham.
From 17 league games Lacazette has started 10 games on the bench for 6 and missed one. In those same 17 games Aubameyang has started 15 of them and been on the bench for two. So please tell me again who kept who out of the team?
Fewtch
Özil at 10 And Emery Out
Laca started in the league in a few games during October while Auba was used as a super sub and played in the cups/EL. That’s a part of the season so my point still stands. And more importantly, Laca has kept him out of the #9 position for a huge part of the season so I could easily flip your argument and say that two managers view Auba as not good enough to start regularly for us as a 9, which would be worrying for a 60m striker.
Country: Scotland
You could say that but you'd still be wrong. In the most important games I.e. the league Aubameyang starts. Against City, United, Chelsea and Sp**s Aubameyang starts. the only big game Lacazette started was against Liverpool.
Personally I'd favour them both starting as it gives us a bigger goal threat but when it comes to it and it's one or the others Lacazette who misses out as shown by overall league starts and big game starts. Those are the facts I'm afraid.
Mark Tobias
Mr. Agreeable
Both of them have at some point kept the other out of the team for whatever reason. We're lucky we have this conundrum.
Country: Scotland
Thats not really true. When Lacazette starts nine times out of ten Aubameyang also starts. When Aubameyang starts through the middle Lacazette doesn't.
Ideally we play both from the start but that doesn't seem to be the preferred choice of the managers. And going into last season Lacazette rarely lasted the 90. Could be a coincidence or not. I don't think it is. Emery feels he needs Aubameyang on the pitch regardless of position. And as both were bought as highly expensive forwards that is worrying as both are versatile enough to be accommodated in the starting XI.
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The French FA are idiots for ignoring Lacazette. He's a class apart from the other strikers they have.
Player:Martinelli
Unhappy with the sub, but don't expect anything else from a hungry striker who played a great game. He's getting more and more confident and more difficult to disposess. Love his energy.
His moments will come.
His moments will come.
razörist
Soft With The Ladies, Hard With The Mes
Country: Morocco
Laca has it in him to score late goals, he has done it time and time again. Too bad he keeps getting subbed.
Country: Canada
Created the goal and was playing well when taken off.
Why is he playing so little? I assume Emery doesn't like him or is worried about injury. Either way, this isnt helping us at all.
It's like Giroud still needs to be call up for France...
Furious
Emery Gone, Telly Back On
Not enough midfielders with Xhaka, Lucas and Guen so better take of our striker and put in another midfielder.
Country: Iceland
Not only Wenger who sub him off early. Glad that we can confirm its Lacazette problem not Wenger problem.
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