Arsenal must go all out for a top striker in January
Now it is official that Arsenal have definitely failed to replace the goalscoring prowess that Van Persie provided last season, and with the disappointing Olivier Giroud as the only out-and-out centre-forward in the side (unless you count Chamakh!), it is clear that Wenger must now dig deeply to bring a proven hitman to the Emirates in January.
There have been numerous rumours that Arsenal have set their sights on Adrian Lopez or Fernando Llorente to compete with Giroud, but after last nights defeat to Norwich, Wenger refused to confirm that he needed a new striker.
“We will wait until we see how players are when they come back. We did not create enough that is for sure,” he said.
“It was a poor collective offensive performance, although we have scored goals up until now.”
Arsenal still have to face another three games in the next nine days, and first up is Schalke04 on Wednesday who had an excellent win away at the Bundesliga Champions this week. “It was a great result for Schalke in Dortmund and a good performance,” said Wenger. “We will see how things are on Wednesday.”
Their is certainly no room for another performance like that on Wednesday…..
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Yeah we need a TOP CLASS striker , but I have to disagree that Giroud has not been disappointing . He is lacking being fed balls getting crossed to him , as he is a target man , so they should look for him in the box , yet our fullbacks and some wingers don’t cross whatsoever(podolski is the only effective crosser along with Jenkinson sometimes) . We shouldn’t go for another target man , but for a technical striker .
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Walcott, sagna, ox, scz,fabianski, kosc, rosicky, 7 1st team players.. I’m wondering how we wil get tru the game wen schalke coms. I fear for arsenal.
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gervinho cant cross for shit we need a player on the winger that can cross the ball and Mikel Arteta should take the corners
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I just hate santos. He does not cross ball. That is why gibbs is more better than him. How can you be a Lb and you can’t cross ball. What he does is to take the ball back and pass. He is not an arsenal type. God! I felt like crying yestarday after the loss. Anyway, i still believe in the boys. COYG.
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arsene wenger should have changed his tactics we were too predictable from min 1 it was obivious that norwich would put 10 men behind the ball isolate giroud cut out the mf & result we wouldn’t be able to score a goal this happened in the past we should have changed our formation soon from 4-2-3-1 to either 4-4-2/3-4-3 or 3-5-2 barca new coach have applied this & it works for them all arsenal did was they had the possesion in the wrong areas knock the ball to the wings but couldn’t play it through the middle & we paid the price for that
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arsenal needs another striker like llorente + a cdm like fellaini/m’vila & another playmaker like jesus navas i am sorry if some idiots still think giroud is like llorente then i suppose they started watching football just recently
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the fans like you & me are the real idiots we keeping paying ridiiculous ticket prices & f++k*ng ivan gazdis takes a 24% hike earning 2m a year (for doing absloutely nothing) boycott games & that will teach these morons a lesson
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i just don’t understand. why couldn’t we score? we have world class midfielders and top class strikers? what’s wrong with arsenal??
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I`ve watched a few high lights of United`s matches and focused especially on Van Persie. His style is exactly the same as it was at Arsenal, he has the ability to lose his marker and end up in exactly the same place,(left side of the box) before letting fly. If there is such a thing as a roving centre forward with total freedom it`s him. He confuses the defence by popping up all over the place until he`s ready to strike. Maybe Giroud should study him and be given the same latitude. Not forgetting they have the same mentor.
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All of you are fickle f*cks.
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no more kids we need llorente/anyone else zaha & other kids can wait get some experience
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The current Arsenal squad isn’t a title challenger. I’m not saying that based purely on 90 minutes against Norwich. I’m saying that based on our actual squad and lack of genuine forward fire power. The squad at the moment is a top four contender, but the title is between the Manchesters and Chelsea. We have a better side on paper than the Spuds, Liverpool, Newcastle and Everton. I still feel Giroud will come good, he’s relatively inexperienced at the top level so naturally he’ll take a bit of time to adjust. He just needs game time. I’d like to see Podolski play 90 minutes. So far he has been subbed in every PL game this season, why? Is he still not 100% match fit? Gervinho is ridiculously frustrating with his inconsistency. I think he needs a replacement. I believe that a confidence Arshavin is a better player than Gervinho. No idea what will happen with Walcott, but I think that both he and Arsenal would be far better off if he is played as a striker. If he isn’t, then I think that again we’d both be better off if he left to go elsewhere to play as a striker and we bring in a genuine right wingman, like Jesus Navas, a winger whom actually wants to be a winger. Why don’t we play Podolski up front with Giroud and bring in a genuine left winger as well? Just a thought. He is probably better suited to a striker role than he is a left wing role. A midfielder enforcer would be nice. Arteta is an excellent player, but again why are we playing players in positions that they have not really played before and that they don’t really like that much? Also, he is getting on in age. Wilshere will be a much welcomed player when he returns. He and Santi working in tandem hopefully feeding Giroud, Podolski and Walcott up front.
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How much is a top striker worth? How much is Arsenal prepared to pay? Never more than 15M max in history. This is from the 3rd richest foot club that accumulates profit year after year.
The whole thing about Wenger having 35M to spend is another sick joke. I remember Hill-Wood boasted about 70M Wenger had to spend a couple of seasons back. They still feed us lies and still take us as fools, don’t they?
I hate the bastards to the core.
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fed up of AFC using there little chicken heads on us fans they dont buy unless they selling so the team will always remained on the same level as before AFC is weak lack ideas wont win shit where are the henrys the berkamp the vp team is droping standards every year its becoming worst to watch
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I’m even wondering wether wenger wil buy in jan cos he’s stubborn. Why do we have to go out of the league. There are proven strikers here, demba ba, even grant holt has proven times wtout number that he’s a complete striker. How sure are we dt lopez wil gel immediately if we get him, dt is even if wenger wil get him.. The money is there, we just have to spend it. Lets raid everton for fellaini and baines. Yes, baines need to replace santos, gibbs and baines can fight it out for the 1st team. Raid newcastle for demba ba or evn norwich for holt. With the lure of champns lig ftbal, ds guys wl come. I’m tired of waitin 4 ramsey, yes he has the potential, but he’s ruining the team now, 2yrs ltr when he’s better than he’s now, the wages he’s receivn’ now wl seem small to him, wenger should have learnt this by now. all this young boys are using him as a stepping stone. buh alas wenger wnt c ds comment. I remain a faithful gooner
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At least this result puts an end to all the deluded arsenal fans that thought we could challenge for the tittle this team is miles away from being serious contenders i dread to think what the mancs will do to us at old trafford could be in for another good hiding at this rate we wont even finish in top 4 i said it before the days of arsenal challenging for major honours have gone and may never return the club have no ambition other then to finish in top 4 and make as much profit as they can for them idiots that run this once great club!
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I’m never reading the score line prediction posts on this site again cos every time I do we play like shit
So annoying and I don’t feel it’s fair to call Giroud “disappointing” just because he has just one league goal this season. In other posts you said that Giroud scored about 19 of his 21 goals in the second half of the season. He will gel in the team and rip teams apart. Loving the Frenchman
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All this board cares about is PROFIT and nothing else. We need usmanov and dein in asap. Ever since dein has gone its been pear shaped. Gazidis is a clown he can’t even for his job. The silent Stan well he’s just silent. Never at any games. Usmanov is at more games than our owner. That says it all. We have our best players leave season after season. I will ask u one thing when dein was there how many of our bedtime players were sold NONE. WE need to buy w quality not kids for the future at the moment we are far to behind. We need to sell the deadwood asap and then buy properly not be left scraps after shitty n CHELSKI have taken the best food. We need to ask usmanov to pump some of his money to clear the debt and for us to buy the falcao s of those world.
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Cmon guys, just last week man u were written off as title contenders when they were beaten by spurs at o.t bt they whitewashed stoke yesterday….teams are meant to lose no matter their size and arsenal are just victims of unavoidable circumstances. Let’s hope that our players especialy our new signings, have learn’t the true meaning of epl.
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We are 2 predictable and after watching the man u game I just realised we have no quality crosser’s of the ball no one in our team can cross like valencia, rooney, rvp, even rafael is a better crosser then any1 in our team. Giroud can’t do anything without a half decent cross. We need proper full backs and wingers that can cross into the box! Jenkinson just needs time his on the right track. Santos is an idiot if you look at the goal yesterday santos was no where close to the back 4 line which played holt on side and he can’t cross and his positioning is shit I miss gibbs
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this is sickening bcos deep down we all know dat dey may not buy anybody as wenger would say we are adequately covered bcos one or two of our players are returning from injuries. i do pity our chances of winnnin d league again, its non-existent! #Truth be told
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As for transfers I think we should look in the epl like baines, demba ba, dzeko a proven epl player! As for ramsey his more effective off the the bench
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My choice for top striker is dzeko like I mentioned before in the previous post. We have no time to wait for llorente. Who knows that if he can adapt to EPL immediately but dzeko have already adapt to it. A new LB is needed as well, many of us think that santos is not good enough. Bad in defense, and even losing possession many times way up front, leaving a huge gap behind. And if he is on the same line with other defenders, holt will be offside. Hence, a striker and a new LB will be good business for us this jan
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Arsenal has wage structure that gives them a target of top four and good sales per season. USMANOV LETS ORGANISE A COUP TO TOPPLE THE MANAGMENT SO THAT ARSENAL CLUB WILL BRING BARCK IT GLORY.
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Everyone is talking about a striker…. We basically need a KEEPER! Just look at Chelski or City, they all have, at least, 2 top keepers. We are losing points with Vito
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Get: Llorente + Adrian + M’Vila/Mbiwa/Capoue.. Arsene, pls just do your summer shopping in winter!!!
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Fellow Gooners, our performance against Norwich was quite bad. I, myself have thoroughly examined Arsenal’s overall play.
We lack in attacking spirit. We need an attacker. A complete attacker who is quick with feet, someone who can dribble through and score through Cazorla’s assists. Adrian Lopez is the player we need.
There is no need for Llorente as he is similar to Giroud and is tall, slow but can score. Another weakness have is they lack with play in the air. We need a tall, strong midfielder who can bully the oppositions attackers. The answer in my case is Etienne Capoue or Marouane Fellaini.
Our defense is quite fine ONLY if we keep a solid and creative Midfield.
Overall we need: TWO players, an Attacker and Midfielder.
Adrian Lopez and Marouane Fellaini or Etienne Capoue.
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That is the problem with Arsenal selling a world class striker and replacing him with a little known striker.Lets pray that we finish in the top four.
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all us arsenal fans have been left dissapointed season after season some people say blame wenger some say the board to tell you the truth i believe it is the board its a prifit making club for the owner who has no love for this beautiful club we all love we have never gave up hope and never will and believe in wenger he loves the club as much as the fans but what can he do with the money he’s been given and the players he buys flop allot of the lads who wear the arsenal shirt dont know what it means and to be quite frank they dont deserve to wear it every season we have our best players getting injured but look at the teams arround us they do too but the difference is they have enough quality on there benchs to make it through norwich was a easy game on paper and blaming the international break is no excuse because players from all the big teams had the same thing we need to spend in january we need depth and quality these previous seasons we have been lucky i feel to even get top 4 people are talking about lopez llorenrte but to tell you the truth as a arsenal fan i want us to be linked to the falcoa’s the gotze’s the big names we buy players that haven’t been much effective for the clubs they are already playing for arsenal need a revolution and have needed it for years we dont have a choice now to spend because were competing with big buck teams and if we dont all our players like the nasri’s fabregas’s and rvp’s will leave the board will run this club down till were a mid table team in order to be successful we need players of high caliber and big stage performers we have been creating a young team for years yet chelsea come with mata oscar mikel hazzard and sturridge all with a winning pedigree it makes me upset even what we have tried to do hasnt worked we dont realise it but look how many star players have left the young ones we all hoped would bring us trophys moved to win the man citys and the barcas to win them trophys we need investment and intent love arsenal and we all want arsenal fc to successful but success allways comes at a price the question is will the board ever pay have and will always be a gunner4life loyal to the bone just hate seeing the team we all love deteriorating
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the question is can the striker settle down automatically,
gel with the rest of the players
and start firing goals instantly???????? not many can..
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Mr. Weger should know that we don’t pay to watch players pass the ball to other in their own half, we pay to watch them play, score goals and win matches.
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No point enjoying all the possession, yet unable to convert it to goals advantage. No two ways about it, we still need a more clinical goal poacher, lest we go through another trophy-less season!
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If we had a top European coach who had played the game at the highest level, I can tell you now that Grvinho, Ramsey, Mannone, Santos and Walcott would be nowhere near the club. To be honest, most gooners who were kicking about in the glory days won’t be happy with the likes of Diaby and Szczesny.
I know the likes of Szczesny and Jenkinson have great potential, but that doesn’t mean you give them a starting place in the team for christ sake.
I mean come on, ho did we go from Henry, Pires, Bergcamp, and Ljungberg, to Giroud, Gervinho, Walcott and Podolski in less than 10 years.
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Wenger give your loyal fans a nice Christmas present and buy adrian lopez and a lb plz
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hmmm… Andre Santos is usually more attacking it seems like Wenger told him to relax! I hope he attacks more a Schalke
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Giroud has been getting into all sorts of positions he just can’t finish them, that will come. we can’t base our whole season on yesterdays game. Wwe have so many first team players injured. if we start losing all the time to teams like Norwich then you have the right to start saying we need new players. Wenger won’t buy a new striker in Jan, he will get Henry back on loan. we’ve got Afobe coming back next season, why would he risk his development? he is an unbelievable talent. youth has nothing to do with us winning, its the players themselves. Ramsey hasn’t been the same for a while. Wilshere’s back this week so no need to worry about our midfield anymore. Gnabry should have came on earlier, I liked what I saw of him. he wasn’t scared to shoot (even though they weren’t very good shots). we need that in a winger
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Afraid its same old Arsenal again……all bolloxs!!!
Guardiola 2013 time?
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ARSENAL NEEDS A TOP CLASS STRIKER BY JANUARY.
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Watching Arsenal playing is very furstating as the team style is too predictable and many teams knew it!
Passing the ball around and holding posssion does not win games! We do not penetrate and shoot at goal enough to really cause any danger to opponents. Frankly speaking we are not creating many chances to win matches therefore creativity is our main weakness!
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We need another creative winger, gervinho and walcott aint creative at all
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C’mon
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Walcott and Poldi up front with Giroud in the stands.
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I dnt think its girouds fault…we are trying to play like giroud is a small techinical fast player..all through balls for him to finish..why not give him some crosses to header..whiped in balls etc..but that said he is def making wrong decisions with some chances
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arsenal dont need a striker,they need safe pair of gloves.look t how cech made the difference against arsenal and totenham.no more experiments,V5 should play like a true captain.ever since he got the armband he is no longer as inspiring as before.he used to score for the team.
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8 games in and we are already 10 points behind the league leaders. We can only hope for a top 4 finish at best this season once again.. We were bloody awful yesterday against Norwich and I could tell from the 1st minute we were going to be in for a frustrating game. Wenger has to buy in January not only a proven World class goal scorer but a new Left back as well.. Santos is a liability and can’t cross a ball to save his life.. Gerviniho is the same he has pace but can’t cross a ball, so he’s ineffective as a wide player.. He’s not a natural striker either. Arsenal are a club going backwards, and I think it is time for Wenger to move on and to bring a manager in with some fresh ideas.. Perhaps we need to see if we can get Pep Guardiola..
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I am afraid there is no end to these kind of days.Wenger is quite comfortable with mediocrity,the board is comfortable with mediocrity.The paying fans think otherwise.I keep remembering the picture of Van Persie in an Arsenal kit as a teenager,and i keep wondering why he was so bent on leaving Arsenal.The answer keeps staring me at the face;Wenger and the board have a very high threshold for mediocrity.People get hurt when Arsenal are described as lacking ambition,but ask yourselves;do Arsenal behave like an ambitious club?It`s difficult to answer yes.Even wenger knows it.He is just trying.At this rate he may leave Arsenal,a frustrated man because he is not helping his course
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Who we need to buy;
David Villa
Denisov/ M Vila
Job done.
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Giroud has been massively disappointing! My biggest disappointment this season in terms of performances and player expectations. I think it stems somewhat from my hope that maybe we could buy a player, or I should say striker, who could just hit the ground running. I know thats a lot to ask for, as not many in the world do, but we have been on a seriously poor run with our strikers since Henry left. I mean it took VP however many years to hit form and stay fit, ade was a nightmare, vela and bender didn’t really get a prolonged chance but neither stepped up and chamakh was a half year success which turned into an uncomfortable situation where the best thing to do would be if both parties separated.
I was just hoping that the club would have learnt their lesson and maybe gone for someone who who yes would have cost a bit extra, but had experience, hype to his name and a proven long running record.
But expectations asides… He promised alot after a good season in France, yet has so far failed to deliver. A lot of people say his overall play is good and he helps the team but thats not his job, we need a goal scorer and target man. He has made some appalling misses and really does not fill me with confidence. Time to put Pod up front and get over this feud with Walcott … thats how desperate times are, theo has to be called in!
But realistically… Who are we going to buy? Wenger will not spend however much on a Llorente or the like (I had to check myself and make sure I did not write Falco … Gooners can’t even dream that high these days) My solution, as realistic and helpful as I can see it would be to get Henry back! I think he would do a job, on the cheap and wouldn’t stop the progression of… erm…. Theo?
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ARSENE SHLD BUY ROBERTO SOLDADO, ARSENE SHLD BUY ROBERTO SOLDADO, ARSENE SHLD BUY ROBERTO SOLDADO,
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prolific,Natural finisher. ARSENE SHLD BUY ROBERTO SOLDADO, ARSENE SHLD BUY ROBERTO SOLDADO,
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Its not possible to replace rvp
coz he was like puskas
a striker who plays from midfield creates as well as scores
in short the best false nine player after messi is rvp…
Wenger must
Bring in a quality midfielder n a versatile second striker
who can create as well as score…
Jovetic would be good…
Consider biglia or fellani for midfield…
Damio is a good striker…he was top scorer at the olympic
falcao to arsenal is possible
if stan is thrown out…
This stan is a politician who just bluffs but never acts to what he says
this summer he said the whole wage structure would change so that arsenal can lure top players
well Thts only said not done…
Infact any player who asked for pay rise is thrown out…n replaced with low pay players
arsenal atleast needs to offer £15k per week…to top players
I understand walcott is not worthy of a pay rise
but rvp surely was…
Come january
wenger should sign two top players
not some nonsense
who’ll develop after six years
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we shud defo go after jesus navas or a quality right winger who can put the ball onto girouds head obviously giroud is not going to be the most technical striker in the world but he can be one of the top aerial strikers in the league due to his size but for him to b a succes the service in the air needs to be top class u cant even call some of our crossing school boy class because its actualy worse 50k plus a week and half of our players cannot play the ball into the danger zone
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i believe we need a new GK to start with, the keepers we had since seamen has been shit, besides lehman, we need a proven gk asap. also the board been taking our money for their benefits for far 2 long, they should of used the money they gt 4 rvp to get a proven or world class cf, its been 7 years since we won something and as it stands it will be 8, i dunno what happened to the team unit defence we had in our openeing games bt that has faded,completly dissapointing, gervinho aint a arsenal player regardless of the goals he scores, we need 2 midfilders 1 defensive to roatate with arteta and a playmaker that we can rotate with carzola and wilshire when he returns, and a winger than can actually do the role properly. gibbs and jenkison has a good future ahead of them so no need to stress. and finally we need a bench that can change games, a 18/19 yr old ox aint that kind of player 4 nw. these are some of the many things that need to be adressed.
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we can get llorente for a huge bargain since he will only have a half year contract in january
and athletic bilbao will have to sell him cause their not that rich to let a high profit go on the free
and even gazidas and hill-wood both said that he can spend some of the huge income that was mentioned in the press
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y did we let rvp go and kept walcott even tho the 2 players were in the same situation
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