Help with Walcott at Arsenal

[dkeng]

Hi all! I'm currently managing Arsenal in my second season!

So basically the problem I have is that Walcott wants playing time and I can't give him starts (and even sub apperances) due to the form of Giroud and Dzeko (signed for about 10mil pounds).

I play a 4-2-3-1 formation with 3 central attacking midfielders (rotating between Kaka, Wilshere, Cazorla, Christian Eriksen, Oxlade-Chamberlain and Podolski) so I'm really not entertaining the idea of playing Walcott as AMR as an alternative.

I'm actually pretty alright with selling him...but I want an Arsenal home-grown player to replace him! Any advice as to who I should replace him with? I was thinking about Carlos Vela since the buy back clause is pretty low (about 3.5mil)...but any other options I should consider?

Thanks for the advice! ^^)

 

[TheBetterHalf]

Hi all! I'm currently managing Arsenal in my second season!

So basically the problem I have is that Walcott wants playing time and I can't give him starts (and even sub apperances) due to the form of Giroud and Dzeko (signed for about 10mil pounds).

I play a 4-2-3-1 formation with 3 central attacking midfielders (rotating between Kaka, Wilshere, Cazorla, Christian Eriksen, Oxlade-Chamberlain and Podolski) so I'm really not entertaining the idea of playing Walcott as AMR as an alternative.

I'm actually pretty alright with selling him...but I want an Arsenal home-grown player to replace him! Any advice as to who I should replace him with? I was thinking about Carlos Vela since the buy back clause is pretty low (about 3.5mil)...but any other options I should consider?

Thanks for the advice! ^^)

Looking at velas history, I am not so sure he will be considered "Arsenal home grown", i.e " At club" due to his loaning spells.

 

[Scotty98TR]

Looking at velas history, I am not so sure he will be considered "Arsenal home grown", i.e " At club" due to his loaning spells.

He isn't. I bought him back on my Arsenal save to sell him on straight after, and in the squad registration he wasn't classed as home grown

 

[dkeng]

He isn't. I bought him back on my Arsenal save to sell him on straight after, and in the squad registration he wasn't classed as home grown

Oh well.



Any other options?

P.S. Eriksen's a beast for me!

 

[Spleen]

You have 7 players for 3 positions (the three AMCs). That's one more than 2 for each position. At least one of them's going to have to go eventually.

Personally, I've found the narrow 4-2-3-1 to be a bit, well, narrow, and more importantly lacking in variety. I prefer a 4-2-3-1 with one 'winger' in the three, stylistically a cross between 4-2-3-1 and 4-4-1-1. So if it was me I would keep Walcott on at AMR. And the one I would look to be getting rid of would be Kaka, because he's getting on a bit. But if you find the narrow 4-2-3-1 works for you, and Kaka is too good to leave out, I don't have an easy answer.

 

[mnk26]

In my experience with this game Walcott is never really reliable as a regular starter, but can be super effective coming on as a late sub, when everyone is tired. I've had him score more late goals like that than any other player. I wouldn't be too opposed to selling him either, but personally I've always kept him for striker depth (I like playing him more as a striker than on the wings, but I've had success with him there too)

 

[ArmaniGUnit]

He works best for me in 4-5-1 system on the right side as an IF, he currently has 4 goals in 22 games, but makes up for it with 10 assists. I think he's better off supporting the offense than converting chances.