Why Arsenal's Aleksandr Hleb is not so great

Thank you many an argument I have week in and week out. Attacking midfielder he is with fantastic feet and ball control Great player? I think not. Aside the goals he DOES NOT score ho many goals does he create with assisting passes? A huge lack of final product is the key here. Bobby Pires scored and made 30 + each season Hleb scored and made half a dozen perhaps. thanks for your efforts Hleb but I personally won't lose sleep when you go

I been saying that all along.

don't they practice shooting at training?

Amazing then that Fabregas looks for Hleb and vice versa then. Sure he has disappointed in goalscoring, but as a team we have not and nobody can deny that Hleb is absolutely integral to our style of play. Players make runs because they know he will find them, his assist rate may not be amazing, but he always plays people into extremely good attacking situations - if anything this season our play dipped when Hleb's form dipped. He is an absolutely key player for our style of football and I'm surprised some people don't see that.

Hleb should be a ball juggler in the circus as that is what he is good for. 7 goals and 12 assists in 3 years is awful - Pires managed more than that in 1 season. Hleb is sh1t and also disloyal. Go and choke on some Italian ice cream you traitorous wimp. He was a nobody before Wenger bought him and now he thinks he is Mr Big.

Arsenal created more goal scoring oppoturnities because of Hleb look at the Arsenal when he is not there we look flat and all those who say he must score more goals must lear to accept that football hase evolved.

I agree that Hleb is a fantastic footballer. His close control and awareness are excellent and cannot be doubted. However, for me he sums up Arsenal in that he is very pretty to watch put no end product. I agree that we have not replaced Bobby or Freddy and until we do we will struggle to win the shint pot swe all crave.

It is unfortunate that after the beautiful game has not helped Arsenal bag a trophy. Thiis means the Gunners have to get goalscoring machines and not mere dribblers. Hleb's exit wl be a blessing in disguise.

Yes definetly. He's an amazing playmaker with incredible technique. We need to keep him. We need to buy Raul Albiol from Valencia, Jean Makoun from Lille and Ben Arfa from Lyon. If we buy these players then definetly we will win something next year.

Hleb is class and must be kept. He is our most creative player by far (besides Cesc) and is extremely difficult for opposition to handle. Everyone needs to look past statistics (goals, assists) and watch his role in our build up play, pulling defenders out of place, and creating the space for someone else to score/make the killer pass. His role in our beautiful game is critical, many of our goals are a result of his actions, albeit often indirectly. He is also a big match player, with some of his best performances coming in Milan and against Manchester United. As sad as it was to see Flamini go (and for free), he is replaceable, Hleb on the other hand is not.

But that is the problem with Hleb he overeloborates to the extend of it being so extremely frustrating and in a team where noone shoots it makes it a huge problem.Everyone agree hat Arsenal are the pass masters but we are also masters of over elaboration.

Hleb is a fantastic player on his day. He can unlock any defence with his brilliant dribbling ability. What I said at the end of last season to everyone is that hleb must go away in the summer and focus on improving on his passing and his shooting at goal. I would say his passing has improved slightly but what do you have to tell him to have a crack once in a while. Its frustating when you see him hesistate when he could so easily have a shot. He must have a lack of confidence. There is NO WAY we should sell him. I don't know why a lot of gooners are having a go at him because he doesn't score. Ok he should definitely do better but you can see the difference when he doesn't play. He links the play very well between strikers and the midfield. Great player and hopefully he stays!!!

A player who talks to another club the night before an important match (if true) is a total unproffesional, he should be fined and banned for a year and pay his wages back to Arsenal that he has earned since he started his contract.

bring in niko krancjar

yeh, sell him, get krancjar instead he can score goals and hes more of a rosicky type.. then fine hlebs ass for talking to inter and sell him

It's always good to have good strikers upfront with that we can allow Obafemi Martins to play that role.

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Hleb is just a little more intelligent than most of the Arsenal team, apart from Flamini that is!

Hleb is a good player but he's stats show that what he accomplished in 3 years,Pires did that (even more) in 1 season..If Helb thinks he's MR BIGGY BIGGY...then he should leave...wenger knows better,he will decide the right faith for hleb.. BTW i still think pires should have stayed and also henry..i miss those days where goalscorin was not a problem in arsenal..for the records villareal(where pires plays atm) finished 2nd...1 better than arsenal

hleb can do better next season.let just forget about the past and focus on the future.YES bring in players, obafemi,krancjar,