Why?

All of the people hating on Giroud probably rate Diaby. Clueless

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Sarcasm doesn't work too well in forums.

I think you have to acknowledge that a top class striker covers so many issues.

RVP for Man Utd or even RVP for us last year make such a difference. The fact is Arsene brought up Cavani. So he can see the issues as well.

we would have won that if Rameris was playing for us.
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No chance. If he was playing for us the ref would have given him 4 yellows for the tackles he made.

Fubo you're an awful poster on this forum.

You're just an awful person in general Dog.

Jenius, I comment on pathetic comments on here. The ball was not touched they the same idiots as usual came out and blaming Giroud.

He should have scored the first chance. He missed it. Yeah right but he is not to blame for the goal we concede. No word in the first half of Theo's pathetic play. Hardly a world on our midfield who provide nothing.Hardly no word on Sagna's performance.

Gibbs is more intelligent aerially than Giroud.

Giroud is like a bird who doesn't know how to use his wings. Best physique a striker could ask for but doesn't take advantage...

Sagna was awful. Theo was ok overall I thought.

No chance. If he was playing for us the ref would have given him 4 yellows for the tackles he made.
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The ref made huge mistakes.

However Ramires is such a clever cheat. He makes it difficult for the ref to spot it because he doesn't make it blatant.

Diaby, Sagna, Coq and even shezza are so thick they stick their hands up after committing a foul.

Gilberto was just like Ramires. Clever fouls, with a magnificent work engine.

I rate both of them Fubo.

Jenious, I posted my comment too early.

Sarcasm do work if you are talking to little moaning boys on here.

Anyway. Wenger didnt have a chance to begin with Giroud anyway today. Poldi and Ox injured or ill. So why blame every single move from Giroud and nothing gonna be said when he did something right.

This match thread sorry is a farce. Some are like parrots from the beginning of the game. Wanted to see the failure of the players they already wrote off.

Well played today lads, looking forward to our visit at the Emirates

Wonder why Coq and Diaby had to go off. At least we were making incursions when they were on. The changes totally wiped off any cutting edge.

When is Wenger going to be bold enough to bench Sagna? Its like playing one man down

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It becomes like that because the team is under performing. So ppl need to scapegoats to give an excuse for deeper problems. Strikers are always an obvious target. You have to earn respect in this league from fellow pros. Mata said in his interview afterwards that with Theo and Cazorla in the team they knew that Arsenal will fight back. Until Giroud starts taking those clear chances he will be blamed. Other pros know who the danger ppl are because they prepare that way. I feel sorry for Giroud because its not his fault he was dumped in this situation. Arsene should have gone for a big name to replace RVP and he didn't. Giroud was always going to be in difficult situation.

We are not that far away from 4th. But Wenger needs to give the team a moral boost by making a big signing.

People forget that without the Reyes signing in Jan we would not have gone the season unbeaten.

Coq was injured and Diaby was taken off to prevent injury

Jenius, brilliant comment from you. The best in this match thread to be honest.

If you read my comments on here you would know that I already want Wenger to spend money. I said that 1000 of times on here. We need a physical DM first like Chelsea had today in Ramirez. Just a physical man who puts in the right shift and won us the midfield battles you have to win in these games.

You hardly blame Giroud for the loss of the battles in midfield are you? Diaby wont rescue our season here even if fully fit.

We hadnt another strike option anyway today and let me say this as weak as Giroud played today. We hadnt lost the game because he played the whole 90 min.

Jenius,

That we lost may not be a bad thing if it hepls to galvanise Wenger into buying a proven goal scorer.

Criminal not to have signed Demba Ba.

Criminal not to have signed Demba Ba.

I am not against a signing. But Ba is the best option

Arsene could have bought Demba Ba in the summer. By then linking him to Giroud I believe Wenger thinks that they are the same level. After looking at that chance Ba missed, he may not be wrong.

I was certainly after Demba as another option in the summer after not getting Dzeko. Hell I was desperate enough for arsene to go after Dempsey as a backup.

If Wenger is right that he thinks they are the same level then there are only abt 10 strikers in the world he can go for.

Higuain or Benzema are available as Falcao has signed a pre-contract even if they are not available for CL. Maybe they are waiting for the Man utd game.

I am not sure what Arsene is thinking. We need to get a top striker now. If he can get us to the CL positions, great, but he will still give us chance next year. If we fail to get to the top 4, no top striker will come to us anyway.

It has to be now! Not summer.

However Ramires is such a clever cheat. He makes it difficult for the ref to spot it because he doesn't make it blatant.
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I don't think the foul on Coquelin was clever or well disguised, tbh. It was right in front of Atkinson!

Jenius, you cant make up your mind on goals. Somehow Wenger decided for Giroud and not Ba. You could argue it was a bad decision because Ba is established in the PL League and Giroud was going to be a risk.

If Ba would have scored that you would come out with even more critics on Giroud. If RVP score today this board is going to be crazy at any times and all critics on the back of Giroud.

The guy cant win as long we are not winning games. Even if we do the opinion on this board is cristal clear.

The only way out is Wenger has to spend to the depths of this team. How pathetic was our bench today? Apart from Arshavin there was no striker option.

After looking at that chance Ba missed, he may not be wrong.
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Ba did not miss the chance, Vermaelen covered well.
Ba and Giroud not on the same level imo and frankly i don't rate Benzema that much as well.

It was right in front of Atkinson!
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That came from Wilshere vs Kompany.

If Arsenal PR had defended the ref for red against Kompany, Atkinson would have given it as foul instead of 50/50.

Wenger has always been too thick to play the media against refs unlike when he plays us fans as fools.

What a goal by RVP!