I wonder what is going in this fella's head at the moment? All of this Suarez talk and all of these bids that have come in for Suarez so far. Arsenal have already signed some young French Striker I believe as well, surely he must be getting a little concerned about this? He will want to be playing Football for sure.
Arsenal's main man and was leading the line for you last season, scored enough goals to get you into 4th spot, which was looking unlikely at one stage, obviously you need to push on and propel and make a Title Challenge I assume, but, how do you know he didn't just need time in the Premier League to settle in?
He did all that was needed last season. He scored you the goals leading the line to get you 4th spot which looked unlikely for a part of the season. Why doesn't he deserve a 2nd shot at the Premier League and see if he can improve? I liked him last season in the PL, was a smart Striker (and that is good to say about some last season ) and a different, physical option in the box, he's a talented forward, I think he deserves another chance instead of blowing £55M on Suarez when the money could be spent to get a Top Class DM, potentially another strong Winger and a back-up CB.
What's in Giroud's head?
posted on 6/8/13
Mertesacker works well alongside Koscielny because Koscielny has the pace in behind and the tackling ability and Merteksacker had the heading ability and as you say, his ability to read a game well.
You don't need a DM in every team. Look at Man United. They've won the league without one because Carrick play as a Deep Lying Playmaker. His range of passing is second to none and his quality of passing a ball, he'd start for Barca with that sort of passing. But he sits in just in front of the defence and 'sits in' and tried to slow Counter Attacks up, DM's always look to win the ball, leading to more suspensions. Carrick allows his other midfielders to get back and help cover in behind so they got numbers back. That is why they are difficult to beat. I don't see why a DM/Ball Winning Midfielder is all as important nowadays. When 4-4-2 was the traditional formation, you didn't see a DM/AM/RW/LW/SS/WB in them days. It was GK, RB, CB, CB, LB, CM, CM, RM, LM, ST, ST. That's how it worked. No ball winner because 1 midfielder sits in as the other goes forward and vice versa and the Right/Left Midfielders went forward and worked back all the time.
More crosses in the box for Giroud to attack, the better chance he has of scoring obviously. But, I don't think he knows the plan well enough at Arsenal, just like Arteta. I don't know if he knows what he is actually playing as. Is it a CF in the box all the time or is it a 'stay on the last man' CF? Same with Arteta, is he a DM? Or a DLP? Arsene Wenger needs to figure that out himself and actually put it into his players heads what position they are playing and what their role is when they play.
posted on 6/8/13
LRF,
The thing with Giroud, is you can make all the excuses you want about settling in, poor service etc etc, but it doesn't change the fact he simply is not top class. That's all there is to it. He's a good backup though.
posted on 6/8/13
11 goals in 17 appearances this season. Is that a bad turnover this season where he has been hit with Injuries, had Walcott whining that he wants to play CF and simply the fact Wenger is trying too hard to find a CF and he is spending too much time and that's it, targets gone and lost. Don't see why you all criticize him so much, he is a good Striker but you don't think so because you EXPECT to get much better.
Do you think your going to get a WC Striker finishing 4th in the Premier League and CL Football? All this Higuain, Suarez etc. march mentioned about Soldado and Negredo, are they really better than Giroud? No. Suarez is only chance you'll have.
posted on 6/8/13
Where is 11 from 17 from?
He got 11 in 34 last season in the league, and most of them were against teams like Newcastle for example where we were 2 goals clear already.
posted on 6/8/13
I'm looking at the team above when he went out on loan, sorry.
Even still though...
posted on 6/8/13
11 in 34 is pretty poor for a striker playing for Arsenal.
I think he got that 11 from one hundred and twenty something shots aswell.
It's not just his poor strike rate either, it's his general poor play. I can think of only 3 games last season where I genuinely thought he had a good game.
He's OK, but if we genuinely want to compete at the top of the league, he simply cannot be first choice
posted on 6/8/13
Not sure anyone is criticising Giroud. Like Chris said, Giroud is a decent striker, but he has limited abilities on the field. As a squad/back-up player, he is decent.
The problem is the management. When RVP was sold, it was bad. It was made worse when he was sold to United, a club we were realistically hoping to catch up. But to compound matters even further, Wenger refused to sign a player as good as RVP, and instead relied on Giroud to be the main man. Ultimately this proved to be Giroud's downfall.
As i said before, Giroud is a decent enough player whent the pressure is off. A vast majority of his goals have come when we've been comfortably on top and/or when the scoreline was heavily in our favour.
But what Giroud fundamentally lacks is the bottle. He simply cannot replicate any sort of scoring form when it really matters. When the going gets tough, when the opposition is on top, when we need a moment of magic from our main striker, more often than not he will hide in his shell. That's not to say he won't make the good assist. But so long as it's someone else taking the responsibility of shooting, he is fine.
The brutal fact is, for a club of Arsenal's stature and the expected ambition we should be showing, Giroud is simply not good enough for this club, even as a squad player, let alone the main striker.
posted on 6/8/13
Well, we all have our own opinions don't we really. Mine is that Giroud is a good Striker and deserves a second go at Arsenal as I think improvements could well have been made by him this Summer.
posted on 6/8/13
Why are people getting upset by me calling Giroud a failure. We wouldn't be after a striker if he was good enough. He is not good enough it's obvious stop defending this oaf
posted on 6/8/13
comment by Serial WUManiser - Zinedine Zelalem is WORLD CLASS (U1410)posted 1 hour, 32 minutes agoNot sure anyone is criticising Giroud. Like Chris said, Giroud is a decent striker, but he has limited abilities on the field. As a squad/back-up player, he is decent. The problem is the management. When RVP was sold, it was bad. It was made worse when he was sold to United, a club we were realistically hoping to catch up. But to compound matters even further, Wenger refused to sign a player as good as RVP, and instead relied on Giroud to be the main man. Ultimately this proved to be Giroud's downfall.As i said before, Giroud is a decent enough player whent the pressure is off. A vast majority of his goals have come when we've been comfortably on top and/or when the scoreline was heavily in our favour.But what Giroud fundamentally lacks is the bottle. He simply cannot replicate any sort of scoring form when it really matters. When the going gets tough, when the opposition is on top, when we need a moment of magic from our main striker, more often than not he will hide in his shell. That's not to say he won't make the good assist. But so long as it's someone else taking the responsibility of shooting, he is fine. The brutal fact is, for a club of Arsenal's stature and the expected ambition we should be showing, Giroud is simply not good enough for this club, even as a squad player, let alone the main striker.
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Spot. On.