It has become evident that Arsenal are struggling to score goals , particularly after the injury to VanPersie and the frequent recurrence of injuries to Henry , so they are in urgent need for an instinctive goal scorers , where Adebayor and Aliadiere will never be capable to live up to expectations despite that they are trying hard, for football is all about scoring goals rather than just running all over the field , clearly it is not track and field !, with both ending as the masters of missing easy chances especially Adebayor who cost Arsenal a lot with his sluggish response and failing to score with only the goal keeper to beat or even with only the posts to avoid, even being the tallest in the field, he couldn't help himself scoring good headers, while for Aliadiere, if several years with Arsenal and three other clubs were not enough for him to prove himself so how long will it take him to prove it and at what cost for the team, meanwhile Baptista after being chased as a hot property two years ago he is now a complementary commodity, where the point is not whether he is skillful or not but whether he fits into Arsenal formation and way of play or not and so far he doesn't, so it is essential for Arsenal to look for a well established striker of the caliber of Robinho, Eto'o or even Owen who was overlooked by Wenger two years ago for the excuse of not needing a striker where probably it was due to Wenger's attitude toward English talents , because in the middle of last season he signed the miserable Adebayor; so for the rest of this season Walcott should be given essential role to help him overcome his shy and gain more experience as he certainly has a rare talent , and his goal against Chelsea shows clearly how instinctive scorer he is , that neither Adebayor nor Aliadiere , could have scored like that even if the had ten similar chances!.
The other weakness is the goalkeeping and defence , first the Gunners have always being vulnerable at set pieces and conceded a lot of silly but vital goals , while Lehmann is becoming more of a burden than a savior, resorting to quarrel even with the posts ! to deviate attention from his weakness, besides that Gallas has so far not established himself, not because of injuries but may be because of Arsenal's different approach and incidentally the same applies on Cole with Chelsea, hence it is very useful for Arsenal to sign another central defender like Davis or king , while it is essential for them to sign a more reliable keeper who makeups for others weaknesses and mistakes rather than making them . It has become a habit of Wenger not to prepare a replacement for the players retiring or leaving before hand, to make the transition become smooth and not affecting the team, so the great success of 2002 couldn't be built on and the case of Cygan replacing the great Adams proves that, when Wenger was arrogantly stubborn to keep him for years without recognizing the mistake he made, and he is showing the same attitude toward Lehmann and his two favoured French based strikers, so in brief it should be five for three next season for Arsenal , that is Adebayor , Aliadiere, Baptista, Lehmann ,and Gilberto , for a striker , central defender , and a goalkeeper .
The other weakness is the goalkeeping and defence , first the Gunners have always being vulnerable at set pieces and conceded a lot of silly but vital goals , while Lehmann is becoming more of a burden than a savior, resorting to quarrel even with the posts ! to deviate attention from his weakness, besides that Gallas has so far not established himself, not because of injuries but may be because of Arsenal's different approach and incidentally the same applies on Cole with Chelsea, hence it is very useful for Arsenal to sign another central defender like Davis or king , while it is essential for them to sign a more reliable keeper who makeups for others weaknesses and mistakes rather than making them . It has become a habit of Wenger not to prepare a replacement for the players retiring or leaving before hand, to make the transition become smooth and not affecting the team, so the great success of 2002 couldn't be built on and the case of Cygan replacing the great Adams proves that, when Wenger was arrogantly stubborn to keep him for years without recognizing the mistake he made, and he is showing the same attitude toward Lehmann and his two favoured French based strikers, so in brief it should be five for three next season for Arsenal , that is Adebayor , Aliadiere, Baptista, Lehmann ,and Gilberto , for a striker , central defender , and a goalkeeper .
