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Can he return to his best? |
Marouane Chamakh came over from the French league in the summer and made an instant impact at the Arsenal. Due to injuries he had to lead the line for pretty much the first half of the season and did brilliantly in Robin Van Persie's absence. He appeared to be the missing link for Arsenal, and was in many fans opinions a good version of Nicklas Bendtner. He was scoring and making goals for fun but since the turn of the year his form has dropped dramatically and due to Van Persie being fully fit he has been on the bench for most of our vital games. I do however believe that he will be an important player for the rest of the season. In some games Wenger is likely to adopt a 4-4-2 formation where he would play alongside Van Persie and there is also no chance of Van Persie playing every single game, therefore leaving Chamakh to lead the attack.
There are many qualities Marouane brings to the Arsenal side but the main one has to be his physical presence. This is something Van Persie doesn't have and Chamakh would be the perfect player to play at places like Stoke where we will need to play a more physical style of football. He is a great header of the ball, and in all honesty the only one in our side that can score good headed goals regularly.
It is clear he isn't in great form at the moment but he has been starting to show signs of improvement in recent weeks. If we are going to win the league we need to him to play like he did at the start of the season and I'm sure he is capable of getting back to his best in the coming weeks. If he does it gives Arsene another valuable asset in attack and one that is very different from our other attackers which could be crucial at this stage of the season.
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