Honestly, i think its safe to say, atleast IMO, that Adebayor is our #1 striker, hands down. He is much more of a "total" striker than RvP is, and at the very least, can stay healthy, as opposed to RvP. Now, who would you put alongside him? Eduardo, or Rvp? I made this thread, mainly because of RvP fragile body, he is too injury prone for my liking. SURE, on his day, his sheer talent and potential might make the difference against ManU or Liverpool, but on most days, he is more likely to drift out of the game and isnt really much of a threat against say wigan or pompy. Now, Eduardo has been consistently showing that he has that nose for goal, that he can score those goals inside the Box, something that we need, that killer instict. To me, Ade and Eduardo are the perfect partnership.
Hard to say really. Cause when on form RVP is our main man, the guy who can make things happen and score/create goals. However, he is not always on form and neither is he fit often. I have little doubt though that if he was fit we would have been in an even stronger position, possibly we would have avoided the points dropped. Eduardo has been great and has been one of the factors for Adebayor's shinning form, but I still think that RVP/Adebayor is the partnership we need.
I'd agree. Unfortunately we've seen very little of the Ade/RVP partnership of late. When we saw it last year, Ade was not in the kind of form he is now (amazing how much his first touch, in particular, has improved but I digress...). I think a healthy RVP is still first choice over Eduardo. Realistically though, I think we'll be seeing quite a bit of Dudu because RVP is a bit fragile.
Good points, But, i think AW is very near to scrapping RvP season. He is still injured, only 13 PL games left(about 4 months), hopefully we can make further in the CL, but my point is, if robin hasnt played, isnt match fit, and eduardo/Ade are working well, whats the point of bringing him back>? i dont know, i know he's our #1 when fit, i just HOPE he doesnt turn into a micheal owen or even ledley king.
I'd say Mad Jens and Flamini are the two who would be least likely to be scabs should the boys go on strike. Or are we talking about something completely different?
I too think our best partnership is Ade and Eduardo....A & E for the premiership defences (doesnt make much sense in the US though). I am beginning to wonder if RVPs extended injury is one of Wengers convenient "injuries" as we have seen in the past when he has replaced players in the first team.
i thought v. persie was going to have a breakout season. adebayor's play has been jaw dropping. he is just prolific. i say pair him up with eduardo to start. bendtner adds another dimension = he brings size, height, and heading skills off the bench. he's a keeper IMO. it wouldn't surprise me if wenger started to use v. persie primarily in the CL and FA CUP only.
So therefore he can't really be discussed as part of an Arsenal strike partnership considering he doesn't play for the club can he...
If RvP can get a good run of games and avoids injury, there isn't a doubt that he is the best partnership with Adebayor. There wasn't even a question as to who our best striker was in preseason, and this post is simply created because RvP is injured. I have faith that RvP will come back and hit good form this season, as long as he is given the proper amount of time to become 100%. Arsene is giving him time because he knows we need him, and he knows that with a good run of games Adebayor and RvP will be the best strike partnership in the world. With Adebayor's strength and height, RvP strike and foot skills, the way they both work hard for the team, combined with Wenger's guidance, they will be the best in the world. They simply have not had enough time to work together. With saying that, when RvP is injured, Eduardo is our number one choice. It has been a pleasure watching him, and in due time, he will become magnificent. The bigger question is what striker do we get rid of this summer?
I doubt we'll get rid of anyone. Ade is too valuable to the team, we won't get enough for RVP because of his injuries, Eduardo just got here, Theo is still young (and not sure we'd recover our investment at this point), Bendtner is still young. IF someone put in a big offer for RVP, I could see us selling him, but. I think you need 5 strikers anyway, just in case of injuries. It will be tough to keep them all happy though.
RvP. Dudu and Bendtner have already contributed about 3 times as much as RvP has this season. If he is sold then we have Ade, Dudu, Bendtner, Vela, and Theo. Ade is money and Dudu is quickly turning into a nice player. By the end of the season i think he will be a real gem and why wouldnt he be able to carry his form into next season. Bendtner has another half season to mature and i think is a great prospect since he is 19. I would even say he is miles ahead of Theo at this point especially since he is playing up top and only 1 year older. Vela seems to be an exciting prospect. In all honesty though i think we could see Theo loaned out on a year or half year long deal with Vela coming in. Its pretty much a straight swap. Two promising but unproven attackers. Ade, RvP, Dudu, Bendtner, Vela. Vela has to have his chance at this club (and wont be loaned out for 3 seasons running) but i dont think Theo would like being potentially farther down the pecking order. Why not go out on loan and play regularly. He is only 18 and he could do with the experience that playing in regular games gives you.
I think one think has to be taken into account in this Thread.... Last season we played almost 60 Games... Although we can still have a "best Strike Partnership", there are enough games to have a 2nd best and maybe even a 3rd. We hear too much of "sell RVP" "sell Bentdner" etc... We need all the class strikers we can hang on to. RVP is TOP CLASS. Bentdner has a lot of Promise.. I agree that RVP does get injured a little too much but when fit he is lethal and is great from set pieces.. (something we are really lacking right now) Vela is still young and so is Walcott.. There are all the Carling cup and Early stages of the FA cup games for them to start and many substitutions. When you Consider how many Players will be playing internationally as well .. another 10-15 games... the only problem I see is keeping players happy.. but its must be explained that fatigue will definatly set in by the end of the season.. and thats when Squad depth will show most, if (I mean, When, lol) we are in the title Race.
Was talking with a friend about how much I love RVP and how lethal he is when he's healthy. But he said it's a bit like the Saha sitaution at ManUtd. Both have exceptional goal-game ratios but they're hardly ever fit. He suggested that if this carries on, we should dump RVP and sign Berbatov and we'll be far better off. Fat chance!
In all seriousness. Our first two fit strikers are top class and our 3rd striker should be Eduardo in most cases. Dudu can also play 2nd striker, which means that we have tremendous quality and depth in our top attacking position. Bendtner filling in at 3rd or 4th striker as and when the situation demands is just perfect. The only question is who should be our regular 2nd striker if RVP stays unhealthy??????? Do we buy a Berbatov, as suggested above, or do we keep rotating this RVP/Dudu option as we have been so far???