Gunners need to reload attack

Judging by Arsenal's current position in the Premier league, it may be perceived as wrong to say they have a major weakness. However, in reality there is a lot of truth in this statement.

 Arsenal's striking options are very limited. Although current first choice striker and in form, Oliver Giroud many would argue is not good enough to fire Arsenal to Premier League success or win games on his own. Arsenal fans will argue that a club like theirs deserves a striker who can change the game and will finish nine out of the ten chances he is given and Giroud simply has not shown he is capable of that.

 If Frenchman Giroud gets injured, the Gunners lack squad depth to provide another quality striker who they can rely on to finish chances. Other than Giroud their only other out and out striker is Nicklas Bendtner and he lacks quality. Bendtner is a player already looking to leave and when played is lazy and often disappears for the majority of the game.

 It can be argued the club also have Lukas Podolski, however he is hardly a proper striker, more of a left sided forward. Admittedly he does weigh in with the occasional goal,but last season Wenger dropped him for a period of time as he did not think he was good enough. If Wenger believes he is not good enough then it is hard to argue with a manager who has been there for so long and knows the club inside out. Furthermore, Arsenal favour a 4-2-3-1 with little chance of the German being played out of position as the striker up top on his own.

 So what to do? Should Wenger spend big and bring a top class forward that eclipses the quality of Oliver Giroud? Or should they look for a player that would simply add depth to the side, keeping faith in Giroud and spending little? Or in typical Wenger fashion sign a youngster with potential to be something special?

 Whatever plan of action Wenger has, something needs to be done about the lack of depth and fire power Arsenal have in the striker department. Competition for Giroud may also make him a better player as at the moment his place is assured with the lack of other forwards at the club.

 This window should be interesting for the Arsenal faithful on the basis of the previous window activity which showed a Wenger who was willing to splash the cash.