Big Weekend: Sanchez, Kane, Rodgers…

It’s time for Arsenal’s strikers to start taking some of their chances, whilst Alexis Sanchez needs to either perform or get a proper rest. Plus Wayne Rooney, Brendan Rodgers, Mark Hughes and Tim Sherwood… Arsenal’s strikers Arsene Wenger will be mightily pleased to have got past Tottenham in the League Cup in midweek, but the presence of Mathieu Flamini as the club’s top goalscorer won’t be giving him the mirth that many on social media seem to have derived from the statistic. Arsenal’s lack of goals is an oddity. They are registering more shots per game than last season (20.2 vs 16.1), shots on target (6.8 vs 6.0), shots in the penalty area (12.2 vs 9.0) and shots in the six-yard box (1.5 vs 0.9). Their shot accuracy is slightly down (50.0% vs 51.7%), but that does not explain the incredible loss of chance conversion, down from 16.2% to just 6.1%. Basically, they’re just missing chances and coming up against inspired goalkeepers. Something has to give. Either Arsenal suddenly find their goalscoring streak or Wenger’s side will be out of the title race before they even laced up their running spikes. They haven’t scored more than two goals in any of their ten matches in all competitions. Leicester and Crystal Palace have both done so three times each. Alexis Sanchez Forget all the debate about Theo Walcott or Olivier Giroud for a minute, for it is Sanchez who has been Arsenal’s most disappointing player so far this season. “Nobody plays 60 matches in a season anymore,” was Wenger’s wonderfully self-unaware quote this week. Sanchez played 58 last season, and that doesn’t include the Copa America last season. The poor lad is in desperate need of a rest, but Arsenal’s hopes are pinned on him in the absence of a ‘wow’ striker.
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Ferguson ‘did homework’ before buying Balotelli

Date published: Tuesday 22nd September 2015 9:41

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Sir Alex Ferguson has said “I did my homework” and was warned against signing Mario Balotelli when Manchester United manager.

Ferguson says that he had targeted Balotelli in 2010, with the then Inter Milan striker regarded as one of the most promising talents in Europe.

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However, the former Manchester United manager says he ‘did his homework’ before opting against signing the then 20-year-old, with Ferguson describing those who warned him against the deal as “a Godsend”.

Balotelli subsequently joined neighbours Manchester City that summer, before earning moves to AC Milan and Liverpool off the back of the considerable hype he received as a teenager.

“In 2010 I briefly flirted with the idea of signing Mario Balotelli, the talented but controversial Italian striker,” Ferguson wrote in his new book, ‘Leading’.

“I did my homework on him, speaking to a few Italian contacts, but the feedback I got confirmed it was too big a risk.

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“I don’t know whether this sort of candid professional courtesy exists in other fields, but for me it was a Godsend.”

Manchester City
That some people took our ‘City in crisis’ headline from Sunday seriously exposes the reactionary hyperbole of modern football, but Manuel Pellegrini will still be perturbed after two home defeats in five days.

“It was exactly the same as Juventus, we were playing in that crazy way,” said Pellegrini after the game, who must also be slightly concerned about Sergio Aguero’s stop-start beginning to the season. “We must concentrate more because two balls decided the result. In the last two games we didn’t play with the concentration or intensity we had shown in the first five games.”

City’s wonderful start to the season afforded them the opportunity for slip-up, but they would be ill-advised to let huge positivity ebb away before September is out. Lose to Tottenham next weekend and they could find themselves behind neighbours United.