Are our Strikers really good ??

Arsenal's 2012-13 campaign has begun with some positive and some negative results. We struggled to score in the first 2 games. We got that vital win against liverpool. and thrashed southampton. Played an evenly poised encounter at the Etihad stadium. Last week we suffered a loss to Chelsea at home, due to defensive errors.

Our same old defensive errors costing us again. Contrary to what we saw in the chelsea game, our defense has been very solid in most of the games. Credit to goes to the Big man Steve Bould. 

Lets leave out our defensive problems aside and think about our offense. We don't have a quality out and out striker like RVP now, but we have players like Gervinho, podolski, who rotate in the midfield and surge ahead with an attacking move. Giroud who came to Emirates with lot of hope from the fans, who despite opening his account for the season against coventry city, has failed to actually impress the supporters and managers alike. There is the pressure of playing in a top club in EPL, and a world class striker should take it as a challenge and overcome the pressure. Having said that I strongly feel Giroud should be given some more time to get his confidence back and get up and running. We don't need another Chamakh and Arshavin, who started out promisingly but couldn't impress enough as the season progressed. Arshavin has a huge problem with his confidence, which i have to partly put the blame on Wenger. I feel he was just sidelined without much support when he was out of form. Chamakh had a similar story, he started the season well in the absence of RVP in the front. When RVP came back to full fitness, he just became like a supporting cast to RVP, and started dropping his form. At these times, a player needs to be continually motivated and should be given more match practice to regain their confidence.. 

Unfortunately neither of it worked out for them. As their future in Arsenal hangs in balance, there is not much u can expect from them. 

Coming to much talked about Theo walcott. His refusal to sign a new contract just angered Arsenal supporters, branding him as traitor. Which was unfair. A player has got all the rights to discuss contracts and take time to renew them. There is always this debate whether theo should play upfront as a main stream striker, than as a winger. Maybe time has come to give him a chance. His shots on goal, reminds me many a times about henry.
The recent win against West Ham will boost the confidence of our strikers. And encourage them to take more shots at goal.