Arsenal’s manager Arsene Wenger offered a statement for the club’s official website speaking about the situation with the strikers at the club and the Gunners’ reliability on skipper Robin Van Persie who seems to be the name under every Arsenal goal in the last games.
“At the moment I can’t deny that [we rely on him for goals] but I believe that the likes of Gervinho, Aaron Ramsey and Theo Walcott can score goals and I believe they will,” he told Arsenal.com
“They can score goals, I am completely confident of that. And they will score. At the moment Robin is always on the end of things. I think he will continue but I also think it will change that the other players will score goals as well.”
Arsenal does indeed rely on Van Persie, but doesn’t Barcelona rely on Messi and United on Rooney and so on? Why is this such a big factor? Yes, Robin is in a top form, and yes he’s been scoring a bucket load of goals, but why is that in any way a negative factor for Arsenal? If Robin can score the goals needed to win every match until the end of the campaign should he be the only one who gets the title and a medal for that?
This is nonsense and people should stop categorizing things like that. Robin wouldn’t score without the team and the team has a central striker for exactly the job Van Persie takes care of. Should Santos or Mertesacker score more goals or why is this an issue? Gervinho and Wlacott are there to provide and Van Persie to finish, and the three do exactly what they’re asked to do. Don’t you think?
no the reliance is an issue because if rvp has a bad game or if hes injured we dont look like scoring enough goals elsewhere, especially not with our sub strikers who dont look dependable
How about when someone else scores !!!!
once again the deluded comment about other players scoring.
So gervinho is going to start scoring?….maybe the odd goal but ive seen enough to believe he carries no potent threat in front of goal. Walcott could score more , i believe he is showing more urgency near the box but he isnt going to score that many. Ramsey scores goals and is what you would expect from a quality midfield player.
What the great wenger doesnt realise is that if RVP gets injured these substitute goalscorers wont win games for us. They may score but the frequency rate will be too low. Wenger needs a striker but reading between the lines of this article (and others) that he wont buy one.
All wengers motives are based around not spending and the spin that he delivers will support his policies.
Expect no trophies and a hard push to get fourth place because thats where the money is…the champs league.
If that happens then enjoy RVPs last season here and now…he will not play in a team designed to just qualify for europe.