Latest Arsenal transfer news: 2 strikers in... no third coming?
It might be down to where Arsenal and Arsene Wenger play Lukas Podolski.
Back in Germany, down a flank or where he at his lethal best – in the middle, just at the top of the ‘D’.
Lukas Podolski and Olivier Giroud gave food for thought to Arsenal fans craving a new striker as both found the net in a 3-1 win at Fulham in the Premier League on Saturday.
Podolski scored twice after his forward partner had grabbed the opener for the visitors, who put to bed all talk of an early season crisis with their first league points of the season.
If Arsene Wenger decides to move in this transfer window, it is unlikely now to be for a striker.
Another centre-back? A holding midfielder? Maybe. But a forward?
It is the second time in four days Arsenal have scored three goals, following Wednesday's 3-0 victory over Fenerbahce in their Champions League playoff.
Saturday's win and the manner of the performance will go some way to making up for their opening day slip-up at home to Aston Villa, while the names on the scoresheet might make fans think twice about demands for forward reinforcements.
"Yes, I'm pleased because we played like a real team. It is never easy to play away in the league and we did it convincingly," Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger told BT Sport.
Both teams have three points from their first two Premier League games after Fulham beat Sunderland in their first match of the season.
Despite their resounding midweek win, the pre-match talk still focused on Arsenal's need for reinforcements and the club's perceived failure to land a signing to excite frustrated fans.
"You can get people to focus too much on who you will buy and forget how good the players are here," Wenger added.
ATROCIOUS CONDITIONS
Giroud, who is often touted as one of the men Arsenal need to upgrade if they are to chisel out a title challenge, had his say in the debate with his third goal in as many games this season on nine minutes.
An Aaron Ramsey shot fell neatly into the Frenchman's path and he lifted it delicately over keeper David Stockdale and into the net.
In atrocious conditions that made Arsenal's intricate passing game difficult, the visitors doubled their advantage four minutes before the break.
Podolski followed up a shot from Theo Walcott that was parried and blasted his effort into the net.
The German made sure of the points midway through the second half when he fired in from the edge of the area for his second, before Darren Bent grabbed a consolation with a poacher's finish on his debut.