SchlandGooner wrote:Depends on the style of play from the teams.
In a counter attacking team Podolski is one of the best attacking players in the world he proved that for Germany and Köln.
In a 4-4-2 alongside another striker who can handle the ball like Klose or Novakovic he was also great for Germany and Köln.
As a single striker he doesn't play really often (quiet some times for Köln and if I remember correctly for Bayern in the CL and UEFA-Cup) in the past but if you give him some time to adapt (like van Persie had here, RVP wasn't that good from start there) I guess he could reach him. Don't see any abilities were RVP is way superior to him. RVP has maybe the better right foot but Podolski also scored with it but he prefers his left cause it is more accurate. They both have scored nearly the same amount of headers and they both scored the most times after the 75min mark sadly Podolski is mostly subbed at Arsenal at this stage of the game.
If you check out the overall stats RVP isn't much better but played most of the time for a much better team it's of course easier to score 18goals for a top team like Arsenal compared to a club like Köln in the league also I guess Podolski made more games as a winger today.
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And, van Persie wasn't good as a lone striker right from on go, as SchGoo mentioned. If we give Podolski the same time, he could reach the level van Persie has. People are being way too unfair to Podolski here. They're willing to give Giroud as many chances as they want, but when it comes to Podolski, he's already being written off as a striker and people don't even seem to prefer him on the left--despite Cazorla having several anonymous games there. I do hope Wenger uses Podolski more this season. I mean, he was the most subbed player last season...
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Podolski's left foot is as good as van Persie's. There's not even a doubt in that.
On the talk of BatiGOAL, LOVE that guy. Adore him. My favorite player of all time and the greatest striker of his generation.