Not sure why. There's a huge gulf in the technical aspects of their game.
Danny Welbeck | Arsenal player
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Is he playing with a injury? Looked really off the pace today - i mean even more compared to usual
You say that like he's slow as standard?
New Henry my arse, very limited for 20 million. How many (few) goals has he scored this season?
I will probably get attacked by the fanboys but he'll probably wont be nothing more than an average player. He's best asset is that he opens space with his runs...
Oh to remember 'new Henry' stuff at the beginning of the season.
Oh to remember 'new Henry' stuff at the beginning of the season.
He's a passenger in big games
3 goals in his last 17 starts.
The new Karl Henry for sure.
Comparable to Smalling ffs. Worse than Ivanovic.
The new Henry thing was always ridiculous but it's a bit harsh to criticize him tonight, isn't it? Their entire team was awful.
Completely the opposite at United.
Thought he would step up a lot more to be honest. He did have some (maybe two) decent goalscoring spells for us when he got a run of games at centre forward, but he's not made any improvement this season from what I've seen.
Blasting the ball against Walcott when the rest of the goal was open sums him up in front of goal; smashes it when he should be composed, dinks it when he should smash it.
Blasting the ball against Walcott when the rest of the goal was open sums him up in front of goal; smashes it when he should be composed, dinks it when he should smash it.
Not to forget this image going viral
So we were right to sell him again? I can't keep up.
No no no, we could do well with his pace, runs and opening space. Keep up with the script.
We were always right to sell him, just not to a direct rival.
He's a good player, just not the type of player he either wants to be or believes himself to be.
We've always been right to sell him. He's an average player who will never be in the top bracket of premier league strikers. He isn't good enough at any one thing to be a guaranteed starter for any of the top 8, I'd say.
He's an average player that probably won't be a starter at Arsenal next season.
I don't regret selling him, I just regret that we didn't replace him with someone better.
We did well to get 18 million quid.
TBF nobody thought Falcao would be as bad as he turned out to be.
Never really understood the idea that we didn't get enough for him. He was a player approaching his mid 20's who'd never scored more than 9 league goals, and who was going to be our 4th choice forward at the time if he stayed. We weren't going to be getting any more money than we did for him.
Agreed. We did technically sign a 'better' player. It just happens that Falcao hasn't been the same player since his injury. In hindsight, keeping Welbeck for another season and not signing Falcao would have been the better option. I don't believe it would have changed anything in terms of our play or where we are in the table. It's just that Falcao has been generally awful.
Think you're all overreacting to be honest. I'm not nearly a big a Welbeck fan as others he's appeared to gain cult status with, but we saw some brilliant performances from him in a Manchester United shirt. The issue being his best role is something that does not interest him, if he swallows his pride and realizes this he can still have a career at a top club, but never as an automatic starter.
Have a bet on with my old man, he said Danny will get 20 goals this year at Arsenal when United let him go,
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Unfortunately people will come out with, but Shane Long cost just as much lol, and other such rubbish. In a normal market and not an over inflated British one, we got a fair price.
Yeah, other players going for too much doesn't mean that Welbeck should've just gone for money anyway. Fairly accurate valuation for him considering the circumstances.
Average, average player and I can honestly say I'm glad I won't see his name on our team sheet ever again.
I don't see why people need be vindictive about the player.
What is most relevant is not what he could have brought to United had he been convinced to stay. Danny's high pressing and pace in attack are qualities which have been missed, likewise the tactical awareness he could possess.
When you take into account both the age and durability of the forwards we entered the season with, the forward planning of the club is certainly open to question.
What is most relevant is not what he could have brought to United had he been convinced to stay. Danny's high pressing and pace in attack are qualities which have been missed, likewise the tactical awareness he could possess.
When you take into account both the age and durability of the forwards we entered the season with, the forward planning of the club is certainly open to question.
Think it would be better for both him and United if he had stayed at Old Trafford tbh. Him and Rooney, for the few times they played together up front, showed they had a good understanding. His pace and pressing from the front are an asset, and whilst his goals count isnt great, he will create space for others by stretching play. Playing him out wide is a waste.
Saying that, there was a difference in composure between Berbatov and Welbeck today in both their finishes. Welbeck should have been more composed and he would have got a goal. Instead he tried to just smash it and it hit of Walcott.
Saying that, there was a difference in composure between Berbatov and Welbeck today in both their finishes. Welbeck should have been more composed and he would have got a goal. Instead he tried to just smash it and it hit of Walcott.
If we had him we'd be in the same spot right now. He adds nothing of merit to our squad. He has an engine but no significant ability in any technical aspect of the game.
His situation hasn't changed. He should have stayed, the grass isn't greener.
Not really, we would be in a much better spot due to the chemistry he had with Rooney, Mata, etc., and the balance he would bring to United. Memory tends to be short for most fans, but United under Van Gaal looked much better with him in the team in pre-season, before he started to have doubts about staying at United.
Nevertheless, he put in an average performance against Monaco and that is what you will get with Welbeck. Either an average performance or anything above. He rarely puts those poor performance that has the fans booing the player or jeering him of the pitch as seen with Giroud today. He needs to put in more good performance if he wants to keep his starting role at Arsenal, else Arsenal might just look for a better impact player than a reliable one in the near future.
He's a better tackler than smalling though
I'd rather him than Falcao, but we were right to sell him.
He's never going to be clinical infront of goal to be a striker, and there's better options out wide.
Good hard worker and he'd of been fine if he'd been willing to be a squad player, but he wanted to be a starter so left.
He's never going to be clinical infront of goal to be a striker, and there's better options out wide.
Good hard worker and he'd of been fine if he'd been willing to be a squad player, but he wanted to be a starter so left.
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Falcao is a hard worker. And even in his shite form is as clinical as Welbeck.
I didn't see the game, did Wenger give Welbeck the sort of tactically disciplined role which Fergie often employed? Even Hodgson recognised his value in that regard, defying public opinion to select him for the Italy match at the World Cup.
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