Demba Ba (now retired)

[Yorkie]

The wording was slightly more optimistic in the BBC interview. As it stands though i'm expecting him to be out for Liverpool, such is our luck with injuries this season.

[Skirge]

Needs a scan on his shin.. Pards NUFCTV

[The College Dropout]

Loves a flick-on does Demba.

[GuyP]

Loves a flick-on does Demba.

 

was a budget version of his goal against man utd

[Beren]

Needs a scan on his shin.. Pards NUFCTV

 

How long does a scan take?

[ponsaelius]

Whatever you say about his attitude, adaptability to formations, allround game etc;

 

30 goals in 55 Prem appearances since he came over from Germany

[hakka]

Yeah the fucker loves the back of the net. And no-sign of any injuries with us until now is it?

[Kanj]

When there is a flick and a bouncing ball in the box, I'm more confident in Demba than anyone to bury it in the back of the net. His ability to hit those are fucking incredible.

[Guest BooBoo]

I don't think there's too many better all round strikers in the league.

[ponsaelius]

I don't think there's too many better all round strikers in the league.

 

I think his link up play is poorer than a lot of the other top strikers, but generally I agree. He has a lot to his game.

[Tooj]

Somebody like Wenger is mental for not trying to buy him this summer.

 

Can't see him going to Liverpool though as he won't play wide left, as you can't imagine Suarez would want to either.

[nuneaton]

Somebody like Wenger is mental for not trying to buy him this summer.

 

Can't see him going to Liverpool though as he won't play wide left, as you can't imagine Suarez would want to either.

 

cant think why he would want to go to liverpool either

[Tooj]

Somebody like Wenger is mental for not trying to buy him this summer.

 

Can't see him going to Liverpool though as he won't play wide left, as you can't imagine Suarez would want to either.

 

cant think why he would want to go to liverpool either

 

Wu Tang Clan "C.R.E.A.M."

[littlelunchbox]

Somebody like Wenger is mental for not trying to buy him this summer.

 

Can't see him going to Liverpool though as he won't play wide left, as you can't imagine Suarez would want to either.

 

Why is Wenger mental?, Ba would never fit into a system like arsenal, their fowards inter-change and move all over the place, most importantly they are comfortable on the ball when they receive it which is used to bring midfielders into play.

 

Ba's strengths are not those attributes.

[ponsaelius]

Somebody like Wenger is mental for not trying to buy him this summer.

 

Can't see him going to Liverpool though as he won't play wide left, as you can't imagine Suarez would want to either.

 

Why is Wenger mental?, Ba would never fit into a system like arsenal, their fowards inter-change and move all over the place, most importantly they are comfortable on the ball when they receive it which is used to bring midfielders into play.

 

Ba's strengths are not those attributes.

 

Eh? Have you seen who Arsenal have upfront?

 

Ba's movement and ability on the ball is superior to Giroud, Walcott, Gervinho and Chamakh. That's without even mentioning all the other things he's better at.

[littlelunchbox]

Somebody like Wenger is mental for not trying to buy him this summer.

 

Can't see him going to Liverpool though as he won't play wide left, as you can't imagine Suarez would want to either.

 

Why is Wenger mental?, Ba would never fit into a system like arsenal, their fowards inter-change and move all over the place, most importantly they are comfortable on the ball when they receive it which is used to bring midfielders into play.

 

Ba's strengths are not those attributes.

 

Eh? Have you seen who Arsenal have upfront?

 

Ba's movement and ability on the ball is superior to Giroud, Walcott, Gervinho and Chamakh. That's without even mentioning all the other things he's better at.

 

they usually play with one man upfront, Ba is a better finisher for sure ,  but you seriously think he would fit in as the main foward in a arsenal system?

 

he would have to interchange move about, thats not his game,  and his ability on the ball is less than average, how often do you see Demba Ba receive a ball and successfully pass to a team mate?  not very often.  and he's not very good at holding the ball up either.

 

his strengths are getting on the end of long balls and crosses to convert towards goal,  something that arsenal dont do very much.

 

dont get me wrong im not calling Ba lazy, because he works hard to chase after the ball when we dont have it.  he's a pure poacher and i dont mean it in a derogatory way.

 

 

[Tooj]

Somebody like Wenger is mental for not trying to buy him this summer.

 

Can't see him going to Liverpool though as he won't play wide left, as you can't imagine Suarez would want to either.

 

Why is Wenger mental?, Ba would never fit into a system like arsenal, their fowards inter-change and move all over the place, most importantly they are comfortable on the ball when they receive it which is used to bring midfielders into play.

 

Ba's strengths are not those attributes.

 

Ba's movement is quality and with his finishing and the chances he'd get at Arsenal he'd score a hatful for them. Plus there's the fact he's quite cheap and Premier League proven. Whereas it will take time for Giroud to settle as we are seeing.

[ponsaelius]

Somebody like Wenger is mental for not trying to buy him this summer.

 

Can't see him going to Liverpool though as he won't play wide left, as you can't imagine Suarez would want to either.

 

Why is Wenger mental?, Ba would never fit into a system like arsenal, their fowards inter-change and move all over the place, most importantly they are comfortable on the ball when they receive it which is used to bring midfielders into play.

 

Ba's strengths are not those attributes.

 

Eh? Have you seen who Arsenal have upfront?

 

Ba's movement and ability on the ball is superior to Giroud, Walcott, Gervinho and Chamakh. That's without even mentioning all the other things he's better at.

 

they usually play with one man upfront, Ba is a better finisher for sure ,  but you seriously think he would fit in as the main foward in a arsenal system?

 

he would have to interchange move about, thats not his game,  and his ability on the ball is less than average, how often do you see Demba Ba receive a ball and successfully pass to a team mate?  not very often.  and he's not very good at holding the ball up either.

 

his strengths are getting on the end of long balls and crosses to convert towards goal,  something that arsenal dont do very much.

 

His strengths only look that way because of the way we play.

 

He's a lot more of an intelligent mover and technical player than all of Arsenal's forwards apart from Podolski. He'd fit into that team easily and be a massive improvement on most of the idiots in their forward line. To suggest otherwise is ridiculous and I guarentee every Arsenal fan would agree.

[Mole_Toonfan]

Ba would score 30+ as the main striker behind Cazorla, Wilshere, Podolski etc etc.

 

We saw how much of an intelligent player Ba is when he played on the left he created havoc with his off the ball movement which is one of the reasons Ba-Cisse-Ben Arfa was so frightening.

 

He does have an inconsistent first touch but he has a lot more to his game more then getting on the end of long balls etc.

 

So yeah Wenger was a bit nuts tbh.

 

There must be more to this clause because 7m quite frankly is robbery.

[littlelunchbox]

Ba would score 30+ as the main striker behind Cazorla, Wilshere, Podolski etc etc.

 

We saw how much of an intelligent player Ba is when he played on the left he created havoc with his off the ball movement which is one of the reasons Ba-Cisse-Ben Arfa was so frightening.

 

He does have an inconsistent first touch but he has a lot more to his game more then getting on the end of long balls etc.

 

So yeah Wenger was a bit nuts tbh.

 

There must be more to this clause because 7m quite frankly is robbery.

 

30 goals +?  im pretty sure most team above arsenal would had snapped him up already regardless how much he would cost.

[littlelunchbox]

Somebody like Wenger is mental for not trying to buy him this summer.

 

Can't see him going to Liverpool though as he won't play wide left, as you can't imagine Suarez would want to either.

 

Why is Wenger mental?, Ba would never fit into a system like arsenal, their fowards inter-change and move all over the place, most importantly they are comfortable on the ball when they receive it which is used to bring midfielders into play.

 

Ba's strengths are not those attributes.

 

Ba's movement is quality and with his finishing and the chances he'd get at Arsenal he'd score a hatful for them. Plus there's the fact he's quite cheap and Premier League proven. Whereas it will take time for Giroud to settle as we are seeing.

 

what movement are you talking about, him on the ball?  we dont see that much, we hardly ever get to see him do 1-2's with our style of play, his movement is great when it comes to running onto the 2nd balls(head-ons, flick-ons, stray passes and loose balls) as a result from mostly longballs and crosses.  Something that the gooners dont do very often.

[Cajun]

Still can't get my head around the fact some wouldn't mind him leaving for £7m because 'we could buy someone more suited to the team', he is our main striker as much as I love Cisse.

 

Not being fussed about him moving for the fee Jordan Rhodes or Jay Rodriguez goes for is absolutely mental, no dressing it up.

[Unbelievable]

Somebody like Wenger is mental for not trying to buy him this summer.

 

Can't see him going to Liverpool though as he won't play wide left, as you can't imagine Suarez would want to either.

 

Why is Wenger mental?, Ba would never fit into a system like arsenal, their fowards inter-change and move all over the place, most importantly they are comfortable on the ball when they receive it which is used to bring midfielders into play.

 

Ba's strengths are not those attributes.

 

Eh? Have you seen who Arsenal have upfront?

 

Ba's movement and ability on the ball is superior to Giroud, Walcott, Gervinho and Chamakh. That's without even mentioning all the other things he's better at.

 

they usually play with one man upfront, Ba is a better finisher for sure ,  but you seriously think he would fit in as the main foward in a arsenal system?

 

he would have to interchange move about, thats not his game,  and his ability on the ball is less than average, how often do you see Demba Ba receive a ball and successfully pass to a team mate?  not very often.  and he's not very good at holding the ball up either.

 

his strengths are getting on the end of long balls and crosses to convert towards goal,  something that arsenal dont do very much.

 

dont get me wrong im not calling Ba lazy, because he works hard to chase after the ball when we dont have it.  he's a pure poacher and i dont mean it in a derogatory way.

 

 

 

Wat?

[gbandit]

I think someone put something in littlelunchbox's littlelunchbox. Out of order if you ask me

[Mole_Toonfan]

Ba would score 30+ as the main striker behind Cazorla, Wilshere, Podolski etc etc.

 

We saw how much of an intelligent player Ba is when he played on the left he created havoc with his off the ball movement which is one of the reasons Ba-Cisse-Ben Arfa was so frightening.

 

He does have an inconsistent first touch but he has a lot more to his game more then getting on the end of long balls etc.

 

So yeah Wenger was a bit nuts tbh.

 

There must be more to this clause because 7m quite frankly is robbery.

 

30 goals +?  im pretty sure most team above arsenal would had snapped him up already regardless how much he would cost.

 

IMO he would yes in all comps btw and in any case because he's that good don't mean Arsenal would snap him up we have seen how Wenger works over the years he's made some pretty strange decisions to say the least to go with the genius ones.