Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

[Nejch]

It's relevant for us because we can't afford for him to miss chances as much as the teams that some of them players belong to.

Pea is doing a very good job but with the chances he has had and the ability he has got he could have been closer to dortmund numbers which would probably see us sitting in an unlikely top 4 spot at this point

Instead of bashing aubameyang as to his misses, we should be asking why none of our midfielders are putting up regular numbers.

That's the bigger issue.

If we had:

Iwobi
Mkhi
Ozil
Ramsey
Guendouzi

Scoring, aubas misses wouldn't be blinked at. Instead some have decided to be hyper critical against a guy that's putting up big numbers.

Oddly, lacazette doesn't get as much criticism as auba, yet he's given more opportunity at ST out of the two.

The criticism is quite frankly baffling to me.

Same thing was happening with Giroud, he was bashed for every half-opportunity he missed, when in fact the rest of the team were unable to even get into attacking positions or god forbid try a shot from distance.

[jayramfootball]

It's relevant for us because we can't afford for him to miss chances as much as the teams that some of them players belong to.

Pea is doing a very good job but with the chances he has had and the ability he has got he could have been closer to dortmund numbers which would probably see us sitting in an unlikely top 4 spot at this point

Instead of bashing aubameyang as to his misses, we should be asking why none of our midfielders are putting up regular numbers.

That's the bigger issue.

If we had:

Iwobi
Mkhi
Ozil
Ramsey
Guendouzi

Scoring, aubas misses wouldn't be blinked at. Instead some have decided to be hyper critical against a guy that's putting up big numbers.

Oddly, lacazette doesn't get as much criticism as auba, yet he's given more opportunity at ST out of the two.

The criticism is quite frankly baffling to me.

Same thing was happening with Giroud, he was bashed for every half-opportunity he missed, when in fact the rest of the team were unable to even get into attacking positions or god forbid try a shot from distance.

He was dreadful today, as he has been for some time.
He doesn;t get bashed for missing half chances.
He gets criticised because he's about to set a PL record for the most BIG chances missed by any PL striker PLUS his hold up play and ball possession is atrocious.

[Marsbar100]

There is never enough connection form defense to attack for these 2, they can't do shit on their own.

We need to play ramzil to get it going.

[Santi]

Problem is they are getting the ball too deep because we are so negative.


Not many players can run 60 yards past at least 2 players and score. Especially Auba with his lack of control.

[EliteKiller]

Auba is a great goal scorer and he's doing his job, however against City he's going to be wasted for 89 of the 90 minutes he's on the pitch, you just hope that he scores in that one minute. Can we afford that against a top team? well not with the defence we have.

It's an obvious comment but it's true, defenses win titles, We've scored 51 goals that's just 4 less than Liverpool, but Liverpool have only conceded 14 goals and are in 1st place, City only 20 goals in 2nd place, Arsenal 36 goals down in 6th place.

Auba (and Lacca) are doing their bit, it's the rest of the team that isn't. Sure he misses a lot, so do Kane, Salah and Aguero but they are playing in front of solid teams not a fishnet stocking of a defence ...

[Interest: waning]

Sad that this guy is one of Europe's elite strikers. Scores goals but offers nothing else, not even pace which we were conned into believing he possesses.

Standard of strikers everywhere has been utterly shit for about 12 years now.

[jayramfootball]

Sure he misses a lot, so do Kane, Salah and Aguero

Every striker misses chances, but Auba misses a lot more big chances than any other striker in the league.
So far this season he has missed 17 big chances, Salah 12, Aguero 7 and Kane 8. Only Auba has missed more big chances than he has scored goals.

[StockGooner]

Sure he misses a lot, so do Kane, Salah and Aguero

Every striker misses chances, but Auba misses a lot more big chances than any other striker in the league.
So far this season he has missed 17 big chances, Salah 12, Aguero 7 and Kane 8. Only Auba has missed more big chances than he has scored goals.

I'd rather have a player get in a position 10 times, and miss 7, than a player get in 5 positions and miss 3. Based on the law of averages he will score goals because by his own admission he's a 'goal sniffer' (His term)

You need to give over with the vendetta since he's ours, and one of the league's top goalscorers. He plays for us, and while not above criticism, just stop with the constant on about him, it adds nothing now

[Highbury Hillbilly]

I'd be more worried about his missed chances if he was on 10 goals or some shit. He's hit 25 PL goals in his first full season, playing under 2 different managers and half of a new squad.

Faster than Henry, faster than RVP. While still missing a boatload of chances. Man's a god.

[jayramfootball]

I'd be more worried about his missed chances if he was on 10 goals or some shit. He's hit 25 PL goals in his first full season, playing under 2 different managers and half of a new squad.

Faster than Henry, faster than RVP. While still missing a boatload of chances. Man's a god.

Faster than Henry?? Lol.
I have heard it all now.

His numbers suggest he is a poor finisher.
He does get a lot of chances though, and I am sure he has something to do with that (positioning).
He's useful as a goal scorer, no doubt. He'll get 20 a season in the PL.
However, there are much better strikers out there and his overall game means he has to be carried through 90 minutes by his team mates in the hope he'll pop up and score a goal. Unfortunately he scores in less games than he draws a blank.

He's also not got many more years left.
We need a top striker.

[Marsbar100]

He will score more if we had fast wingers that can dribble imo, he has his faults but he is the least for our worries.

[EliteKiller]

Faster than Henry?? Lol.
I have heard it all now.

You really should know this small fact ... the lad breaks the fastest 25 record and yet you still claim he's rubbish?

Aubameyang’s opener from 12 yards was his 25th league goal in 37 games - meaning he has netted a quarter century of goals in the least amount of matches.

The Gabonese forward surpassed club legend Thierry Henry, who previously held the record at 42 games.

Behind Henry was Ian Wright on 59 games, while current Manchester United forward Alexis Sanchez comes in at fourth having achieved the feat in 61 matches.

Premier League veteran Emmanuel Adebayor is fifth on the list having scored 25 goal in 62 Arsenal appearances.

[jayramfootball]

Faster than Henry?? Lol.
I have heard it all now.

You really should know this small fact ... the lad breaks the fastest 25 record and yet you still claim he's rubbish?

Aubameyang’s opener from 12 yards was his 25th league goal in 37 games - meaning he has netted a quarter century of goals in the least amount of matches.

The Gabonese forward surpassed club legend Thierry Henry, who previously held the record at 42 games.

Behind Henry was Ian Wright on 59 games, while current Manchester United forward Alexis Sanchez comes in at fourth having achieved the feat in 61 matches.

Premier League veteran Emmanuel Adebayor is fifth on the list having scored 25 goal in 62 Arsenal appearances.

Oh you mean faster as in to 25 goals. I thought you meant more pace.

Yes, Arsenal are creating a boat load of chances - especially against the smaller teams. Auba is good at being on the end of them, but unfortunately misses more big chances than he scores. Shame he can't finish because he could have a lot of goals by now if he could.

By the way - your stat is meaningless. Henry was a 21yr old winger when he joined Arsenal.
Let's see if Auba manages to emulate Henry for Arsenal. I think we both know he doesn't have the talent to do that.

[theHotHead]

There is never enough connection form defense to attack for these 2, they can't do shit on their own.

We need to play ramzil to get it going.

Where Cazorla earned his corn, its totally missing.

[theHotHead]

Auba is a great goal scorer and he's doing his job, however against City he's going to be wasted for 89 of the 90 minutes he's on the pitch, you just hope that he scores in that one minute. Can we afford that against a top team? well not with the defence we have.

It's an obvious comment but it's true, defenses win titles, We've scored 51 goals that's just 4 less than Liverpool, but Liverpool have only conceded 14 goals and are in 1st place, City only 20 goals in 2nd place, Arsenal 36 goals down in 6th place.

Auba (and Lacca) are doing their bit, it's the rest of the team that isn't. Sure he misses a lot, so do Kane, Salah and Aguero but they are playing in front of solid teams not a fishnet stocking of a defence ...

This is the key right there and it amazes me how people don't see it !! ALL successful teams are built on a foundation of a strong defence. You will never win the league by simply trying to score more than the other team.