He wouldn't be doing it unless he was under orders. I actually quite like him as a player, at least he gets the odd goal - even if it takes 27.3 shots.
People rate Gerrard as world class because he scores a lot of goals like that, and he takes and equally large number of wasteful shots a game, people see what they want to see, Gibson really doesn't show much in his game beyond the odd long shot.
But you have to remember, simply having someone willing and KNOWN to shoot from range, often means someone is rushing out to block, someone rushing out creates space in behind, and also gives you a chance to not shoot and pass into that space.
Really you want players on the pitch who do various things because if theres no variety, you're fairly easy to defend against. If Arsenal had someone that shot from distance more often, it would create another threat, and cause more defensive mistakes. AS said though, his passing, movement, defending and general vision hasn't come close(as of yet) to mean he's worth a slot in midfield, would make more sense to ask Scholes, or Valencia, to shoot more often.
As for Nasri, he's not a winger, he's no where near fast enough to be a winger, and he generally plays on the wing. It was the season before last at the end of the season, and a little towards the end of last season also that we played a 2-3-1 formation a little with Bendtner, Nasri, Arshavin being swapped around all three positions that Nasri put in some world class halfs in the central advanced position.
His passing and movement is great, he's got an ok shot and makes very well timed runs, he can get around people aswell but can't get away from them due to lack of pace. He's completely wasted on the wing and could be brilliant in a high up the pitch in the middle position. The biggest problem with that is half our players can be described the same way. Fabregas, Nasri, Arshavin, Bendtner, RVP, Ramsey, Wilshire and now maybe Chamakh.
Chamakh's arrival makes Nasri's chance of being played in the middle even smaller than last year, as does Wengers insistance on playing Diaby despite him being utterly useless.
If Nasri had Nani type pace, he'd be ripping fullbacks apart and getting in the box for fun, without that pace he'll never shine on the wing.
