In Praise of the NB52

Post by **flash gunner** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 10:32 pm

He isnt good enough for a club like Arsenal

PatRiceKnows · Post by **PatRiceKnows** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 10:33 pm

look around bendtner looks world class in comparison to some of the players

djhdjh · Post by **djhdjh** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 10:35 pm

Oh the classic 'what does he offer apart from goals' argument is out in force. Except without them we'd have been even worse off. As is the 'anyone could score for Arsenal'. Except plenty can't.

He may be distinctly average in many ways but he can be as average as he likes if he keeps up such a scoring rate.

He also wins headers, though not as many as he might. No one gets near the knock downs.

PI7ES · Post by **PI7ES** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 10:35 pm

flash gunner wrote:He isnt good enough for a club like Arsenal

Is Daniel sturrisge good enough for Chelsea, Macheda or diouf for united, ngog for liverpool?

He is a young center forward still learning, he has 9 goals in 11 games. Its fucking eduardo we should be moaning about not our forward that is scoring more than one every two games.

digger · Post by **digger** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 10:57 pm

PI7ES wrote:He is a young center forward still learning, he has 9 goals in 11 games. Its fucking eduardo we should be moaning about not our forward that is scoring more than one every two games.

He's got to go in the summer. A tragic career since his injury, but his major setback has been confidence after that "diving" allegation. If he can't get his head around half of europe calling him a cheat after 7 months, he never will.

Almunia is a clown · Post by **Almunia is a clown** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:01 pm

flash gunner wrote:He isnt good enough for a club like Arsenal

Good enough for a 3rd 4th choice striker IMO but that's all

digger · Post by **digger** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:02 pm

Almunia is a clown wrote:
flash gunner wrote:He isnt good enough for a club like Arsenal
Good enough for a 3rd 4th choice striker IMO but that's all

Van Persie
Arshavin
Bendtner

Noo, I think he'll be alright then

PI7ES · Post by **PI7ES** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:02 pm

Almunia is a clown wrote:
flash gunner wrote:He isnt good enough for a club like Arsenal
Good enough for a 3rd 4th choice striker IMO but that's all

Which is what he is, RVP out injured and eduardo couldnt hit a barn door so we had to play bendtner, who has scored 9 in 11.

Post by **flash gunner** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:05 pm

PI7ES wrote:
flash gunner wrote:He isnt good enough for a club like Arsenal
Is Daniel sturrisge good enough for Chelsea, Macheda or diouf for united, ngog for liverpool?

Youve just backed up my thoughts that its been a shit quality season this season. Whoever wins will be the worst champions since Leeds '92

VforVictory · Post by **VforVictory** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:07 pm

Bendtner is a third or fourth choice option.

He has a very good goals to games ratio, one of the better headers of the ball in the squad, but he has consistently shown he reacts too slowly to chances, his first touch is not up to standard.

PI7ES · Post by **PI7ES** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:08 pm

flash gunner wrote:
PI7ES wrote:
flash gunner wrote:He isnt good enough for a club like Arsenal
Is Daniel sturrisge good enough for Chelsea, Macheda or diouf for united, ngog for liverpool?
Youve just backed up my thoughts that its been a shit quality season this season. Whoever wins will be the worst champions since Leeds '92

Why because our 3rd choice striker has scored 9 in 11. I dont get where your coming from?

Our title winning teams had strikers that couldnt dream about getting 9 in 11 games. I feel you are being harsh here on NB52. He is there to score goals, let the midfield create them if he continues with the same ratio next year ill be very very happy.

Rocky Number Seven · Post by **Rocky Number Seven** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:24 am

The only real problem i have with Bendtner is that I think he could score more goals if he would actually get in the right positions to score more often.

There were two classic examples of this last night, the first where we burst in to the spurs box from the left hand side and he was sitting outside the area waiting for a pull back with our midfielders ahead of him, the second he was out on the right wing when we already had Theo and Eboue out there which left nobody in the box as a target.

Basically (imho) i think he could improve on his strike rate further if he was to stop drifting around the pitch and as our only player up top would benefit the team more if he hung around the box more giving the wingers more chances to whip the ball in. Until he sorts this he will never be good enough to be first choice at Arsenal.

franksav63 · Post by **franksav63** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:28 am

Yep, I remember those two examples RNS, he doesn't really have the instinct of a forward (despite his recent impressive goals to games ratio), he never bursts a gut to get into the 6 yard box, doesn't anticipate a front post cross, to get ahead of his marker, would rather stand on the edge of the box chewing gum, like a cow chewing a lump of grass.

donaldo · Post by **donaldo** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:36 am

Dawson had him in his pocket last night.He didnt use his physical strength at all.His first touch is still very poor for a top 4 player

mikeyb772001 · Post by **mikeyb772001** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 11:37 am

quite simple he is not good enough for arsenal, not even close!
He has improved but he would suit a lower to mid table club rather than arsenal. I think most average strikers in the premier leauge if playing for arsenal would of scored the same if not more.