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Reeling from Laca & Kos nightmares
Lacazette's about to be benched for a minute.
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Alexandre Lacazette: Laca the Net
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YeahBee
Terrible hot takes
he is making the runs IMO
it is weird nobody picks him out. but they are so institutionalized with having slow Giroud up there, or welbeck who there is no use in playing thru
we have good passers in Özil, Jack and Xhaka, one of them is always playing kinda and should be able to see them
probably a training issue, like alotta things are unfortunatly
we aren't setup defending so what is to say we are setupd offensivly?
YeahBee
Terrible hot takes
And it is not fair to call him bad per se
whole team is in shambles, a striker can only be as good as what is provided to him and he gets nothing, there is no overall plan to our attacking game, probably no standing orders, it is just loosely improvised
whole team is in shambles, a striker can only be as good as what is provided to him and he gets nothing, there is no overall plan to our attacking game, probably no standing orders, it is just loosely improvised
In the season with our best chance at the title no less...
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While being fed by Mesut ****ing Özil.
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yybecause
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Laca Auba would be something
Neither both of them played regularly up front last season though...saying the midfield so institutionalized to them is false, cause Sanchez was the man they feed last season
Anyway, Jack still combine seamlessly with those 2 guys albeit he doesn't play with them for quite a while
We don't know the exact problem why we are so barren of chances it could be everything, but I gotta say, at the moment Lacazette isn't free of guilt either.
Been asking the same question for years mate...
And we have never been anywhere close ever since... we actually regressed from the days Giroud failing to score for 15 games.
It's ironic, when you think about it
Dokaka
AM's resident Hammer
Wonder how he feels about Auba being brought in. Massive headache for Wenger. Auba cannot play as a winger (unless you go full Ronaldo on him and let him ignore all his defensive duties), and Lacazette is decent at best out wide.
Will be interesting how you solve this. The optimal solution might be to bench Lacazette, but that seems unlikely.
Will be interesting how you solve this. The optimal solution might be to bench Lacazette, but that seems unlikely.
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We're always benching Laca one way or another.
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Wenger might try Lacazette as a left winger but at the moment he would be even worse goal threat there. Lacazette need to be spoon feeded in order to score a goal.
Best way is to bench him and hope he become a super sub.
Best way is to bench him and hope he become a super sub.
Fallout
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i keep saying this, based on what ive seen he will do very well on the left. he'll get the ball played to his feet constantly and imo he has the technical ability to do good things with it while facing the goal. auba will take his spot, laca will take alexis' old one.
Dokaka
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It's the only position that makes sense for him in the starting XI if you bring in Auba and Mkhi. Mkhi is best on the right and Auba is awful dropping deep.
I have my doubts about Lacazette being a success on the wing in the Prem. I just don't think he's quick enough. Can't beat his man, very reliant on runners and getting in behind himself.
This will sound like lunacy, but I actually think AMN on the left might give you more of what you need with both Auba and Mkhi in the lineup.
yybecause
Formerly known as ArsenaLover
I believe we would rotate those 4 players for 3 positions, and play either with 2 strikers and an AM, or 2 striker and 2 AM’s
At least for those 6 months it would be easy, as Auba cant play Europe so we save Laca for it. This way we could also have less pressure on Laca and use the rest of the season to integrate him into the team and the league easily.
At the same time, we can play all 4 if we drop Mkhi deeper which is something I can see happening with him (ala Santi).
I'm not overly concerned about Lacazette, I think if Auba comes they'll find a way to play well together. What's more important now is really creating a team ethic and some proper cohesion between players.
Think about it, Lacazette has come in and so far he's only played in a team the star of which has been divisive, petulant and in poor form because he wants to leave. It's true Alexis-Lacazette-Özil have had moments of very good play, but how can anyone expect that attack to fire on all cylinders when the star wants out?
So in that sense I do feel sorry for Lacazette and I don't think he's been in an environment where he can show his best. It's up to us now to create that environment. With a bit of time and people pulling in the right direction, he'll do well. People writing him off are doing so far too soon.
Think about it, Lacazette has come in and so far he's only played in a team the star of which has been divisive, petulant and in poor form because he wants to leave. It's true Alexis-Lacazette-Özil have had moments of very good play, but how can anyone expect that attack to fire on all cylinders when the star wants out?
So in that sense I do feel sorry for Lacazette and I don't think he's been in an environment where he can show his best. It's up to us now to create that environment. With a bit of time and people pulling in the right direction, he'll do well. People writing him off are doing so far too soon.
Said it earlier in the thread and those stats would seem to back it up. Play Laca alongside a 'runner' (in this case, Aubameyang or even say, Welbeck) in a role more akin to how Bergkamp played alongside Anelka/Wright, and we'll see his all round game improve as well as his goal threat.
Hmm, it's a little difficult to compare Ramsey and Aubameyang just because that are both runners, no? Not saying that a quick striking partner won't help him, but using Ramsey as a metric for that conclusion feels a bit farfetched.
On the flip side we really have missed Ramsey, his movement is a superb tool. I'd really like for us to try and fit both him and Jack in the same team, somehow. Sadly, that probably requires binning Özil if we want to keep the team balanced, which would be silly because he's our best player. I guess it's just not meant to be...
On the flip side we really have missed Ramsey, his movement is a superb tool. I'd really like for us to try and fit both him and Jack in the same team, somehow. Sadly, that probably requires binning Özil if we want to keep the team balanced, which would be silly because he's our best player. I guess it's just not meant to be...
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