Nope, completely wrong, again, Gervinho is horrifically poor defensively, as in, does nothing at all. Going forwards his finishing isn't what needs improving, its his decision making, just like Hleb he'd rather run down a blind alley then be FORCED to make a poor pass from a poor position than choose an early better pass when there is a choice. As for his finishing, it also needs improving, again I'll point out the ACN where EVERY single mention of Gervinho is in relation to missing or doing the wrong thing.
It DOES NOT MATTER if he gets good, as I've said elsewhere a 4-5-1/4-3-3 works well for essentially 2-3 teams in the world, you need exceptionally good players who can fit that system. With the way Arsenal set up its crucial that our wingers can offer defensive support, they can't. If Gervinho becomes a better finisher(he won't) then what is important is that he still won't suit the system Wenger INSISTS on. Neither does Walcott, why does our defence look a shambles against good teams, because our SYSTEM doesn't work, the types of players we have don't work. the entire set up simply does not work. 4-3-3 worked best for Chelsea back when they had Duff at his peak and Robben also at his best, with Cole at his best and a very very good first team, since then, not so much, in the one title they've won since they played a LOT of 4-4-2 that season.
Who else plays 4-3-3, Barca, do Messi/Villa help much defensively, no, do they have better defenders, yes, but do they have Iniestia, Xavi and Busquets(and previously yaya and Marquez and others) who are simply the best in the world midfield. Xavi and Iniesta provide LOADS of defensive cover and while Messi rarely tracks back, that's not to ignore the hard work he does closing down and helping to win the ball in the offensive half. Xavi, Busquets, Cesc/Iniesta, you can get away with wingers not helping, lolSong, Ramsey/Arteta, with a dodgy defense as well...... it doesn't work.
Hell this season with Barca's defence not working as well 4-3-3 isn't even working that well for Barca, let alone anyone else.
Theo's only 22 so he will get better...... loads of time left for, what? WHat players get significantly better or, more importantly entirely change their quality after 22, when for 5 years they haven't changed their game at all in any way?
Gervinho could be a good striker, and get loads of goals, he could be useful in a 4-4-2, he is NOT a left winger, he is useless there, for a 4-5-1 he can't do the job required on the left, its as simple as that.
Gervinho's useful contributions, goals/assists, have come against, Blackburn, Wigan Wolves, Sunderland(while they sucked balls), Stoke(3 days after a Europa tie, after which they've looked even more horrific than usual, and stoke away = the suck to start with).
We don't need players who can get a goal or an assist ONLY against the bottom 5-6 teams on form on the day, we need players who firstly, are good enough to compete with the top 4 seeing as we're paying top 4 wages, being able to get a few goals and assists against teams who turn up, and have a bad game even considering how crap that team to start with is the BARE RUDDY MINIMUM a player should offer when paid 60k+ a week.
Why do Arsenal fans not seem to get this, we're paying 110mil in wages, we're trying to buy players capable of winning a league title and a champs league, getting 5 goals and 5 assists against the bottom 6 should as said be the bare minimum, not a positive sign, that should be ON TOP of a useful contribution(performance wise, goals/assists are a bonus) against actually good teams, something Gervinho and Walcott CAN'T provide.
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