Comments on: Forget Chamakh, doesn’t Carlton Cole seem a better option?

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[...] are surfacing up. Not surprising as I, yes yours truly here, wrote an article not too long ago of the plus and minus points of Cole. Not speculation as such, just debate..If Carlton ain’t da man, feel free to suggest [...]

By: oz_gooner

oz_gooner — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:59:17 +0000

Carlton is the man… He is the type of forward who commands usually 2 defenders on him because he is that strong.. imagine if u can create more space for eduardo and arshavin because cole is attracting more attention..

The only difference i thought chelsea had over us was drogba.. his strength and skill. without him im sure it would have been a very different result.

Everyone is saying how good chelsea is at the moment..

I DONT AGREE…

they barely managed to beat man u (considering their defence is now questionable) ..that game could of gone either way i thought ..which tells me chelsea are not quite the team people think they are..

If we had at least Bentdner or somebody even stronger like carlton cole we would of scored.. players like RVP, arsh, eduardo are just not up to the physical challenges..

GOONERS WAKE UP OUT THERE !!

Man u have rooney

chelsea have drogba

who do we really have up forward who commands that sort of respect??

By: admin

admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:23:25 +0000

No he will be fine by January. At least Cole is a big strong lad that won’t fall apart every time he plays 15 minutes of football like Walcott!
I say get him. Even if it’s too late to save this season he will still be in his prime for the next few years. He is exactly what Arsenal need right now.

By: Vertino

Vertino — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:40:04 +0000

Looks like I spoke too soon, Cole is injured until at least the new year. Another injury prone player to us? Perhaps not…

By: Nikigunner

Nikigunner — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:26:54 +0000

Winning The Premiership this year would mean we get an uncharacteristic bullish run this December and January. That would mean that we must immediately resolve our striking and back problems. I think it’s time Wenger did another Henry (He brought Thierry upfront when Anelka left and it must have been one of the most brilliant decisions in his gunners helmship)The guy that can have the answer could be Walcott or maybe Nasri and he can be paired up with Asharvin and Vela getting more play time and Eduardo can move to the flanks together with Rosiscky. In the central Mid, Fab, Denilson, Ramsey, Willshare for the moment can do. The back line i suspect Gallas and Sagna need some rest time to return to full fitness for the moment. Silvestre should get a role in the next 2-3 games. I think we have a Simpson out on loan who doing well in the Championship. A recall and trials in the senior team may reveal some good opportunity.

Come January i think we should Offload Eduardo and Bendtner and replace them with 2 no nonsense attackers. I vouch for Nistelroy and(or)Diego Forlan to be one of the two. Cole may fit the picture. Mutuidi can do the central Back and Song role.

By: Vertino

Vertino — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:09:02 +0000

Well, if he returns from injury soon, it might be the case. But I think we might still need another striker, preferably central like Carlton as none of our existing strikers have good fitness records. Saying that, Cole has had a few setbacks himself hasn’t he?!

By: Shishir

Shishir — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:02:40 +0000

I don’t know about you guys, but I can’t wait to see Bendtner lead the line once he comes back from injury. He’s going to have to because we haven’t got any other centre-forwards. Yip!

By: RocCityGunner

RocCityGunner — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:10:51 +0000

I’ve been telling the boys at the pub that we should sign Cole since the summer!! I’m glad that others are finally seeing the light. We need a physical forward that plays well with his back to goal…imagine the distribution he could play to our outside forwards in a 4-3-3, the headers he could play from Sagna’s crosses, and the through balls he could run on to from Fab! I totally hope this dream comes true…please wenger!

By: boozy

boozy — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:51:17 +0000

LUIS FABIANO

By: Vertino

Vertino — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:42:49 +0000

Loving the positive discussion here guys.

Tom, I definitely agree with you that Carlton offers more pro’s than con’s.

Carlton has that presence about him but he has scored good goals, one stunning strike vs Spurs.

Sparta Marcus,
Love the idea of C Cole battering defences or softening them up for the substitutes. That’s gotta be an idea borrowed from rugby perhaps?

Steve,
West Ham are in financial trouble so while I see your point, I don’t think they could be too picky about their valuation. Besides who else would buy him? Chelsea wouldn’t, City have you know who, Pool have money problems and Utd have Owen and Co. Would he go anywhere else? Unlikely. Abroad? Definitely not.

Robert McMahon, I deliberately promoted Carlton for the English reason as well. Seriously, who knows maybe our luck will change on the referee situation.