Sentences with phrase «giroud as a back up»

I am not a big fan of giroud and still think we should have a better forward leading our attack with Giroud as a back up but that were nicely taken goals.

Just pay the damn 10M extra and we can keep Giroud as back up.

We need to get Pedro from Barca, move Theo to permanent CF. Theo is ready, he's fast, great positioning and his finishing has improved dramatically then we have giroud as back up.

simple sign them both and the font 4 would be sanchez, drax, ozil and gotze and don't tell me that doesn't excite you with giroud as a back up

Then i would keep Giroud as back up.....

Walcott needs to go but we should keep Welbeck and Giroud as back ups.

Anyone who isn't happy with Giroud as a back up striker for Arsenal is obviously Tottenham in disguise.

Not exact matches

If I'm le prof, I'll buy higuain and another striker (a diminutive 1)... if we have to sell giroud to get higuain, then by all means go ahead... we cld use Walcott as our back up and wait 4 welbz to come....

Both Ramsey and Cazorla can defend and score as well and I am expecting a very tight match for Ozil to control the ball and make the right pass... Ramesy for Cesc and Coq for Hazard (tight m2m)... I am sure Monreal will handle his back very well and I hope the same for Bellerin against Hazard... Giroud will find difficulties to hold up the ball against Cahill and Tery, he must be on his day... Welback to do them the same of Utd game... Gabriel should start most of the remaining games, BFG should be benched next season

I'd be happy carrying two of Walcott, Wellbeck and Giroud as experienced back - ups assuming we splash out on someone better.

But that's not an excuse to rely on Giroud as our main CF.. He's proven ever season that he's only good as a back up striker and not one that can carry the team to win the title.

But as I mentioned before giroud is quality but not world class.if we get IBRA then he would be a great back up to him.

As for Welbs, he has only just come back from injury, but Giroud needs competition up front.

As for pressing higher up, Vardy moves about and his movement is nothing Giroud has ever done, if we go back to before Giroud then you will see how RvP was moving around to get the ball and be active in the game, not a static fool like Giroud who could only hold the ball up for others... which slows down any attack we make.

Giroud, Lucas and wellbeck as back up options depending on the opposition.

Honestly if Lacazette is as hard working as everyone says then with him and Alexis chasing down every ball and our new formation solidifying the back line and xhaka sure to improve in his second run in I think this formation with Alexis and Lacazette using speed to run off the link up play of giroud and the balls being played to all three of them by xhaka and Ozil we would score enough goals to win any match next season.

As for the visitors, they've made three changes with Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain restored to the midfield in the absence of the injured Aaron Ramsey, and Theo Walcott is brought back in on the right wing which allows Alexis Sanchez to replace Olivier Giroud up front.

Olivier Giroud misses out too so Wenger will be forced into a reshuffle up front, but he will hope to have all of his first - team stars back next week as they continue to build their fitness after extended breaks.

Arsenal should have Giroud as a back - up.

We have Giroud putting crosses in from the left and hesitant full - backs playing centre half, who let guys run past them as they pray for an offside flag, and when we miss early chances up front teams know they can bank up against us.

And think we should also get Janssen as a back up, while Giroud should be our third option.

It is understood that Giroud may be ready to return to the squad within the next week or so, however my main topic for debate is the fact that I don't think Giroud deserves to be placed back in the starting line up so soon after injury without proving himself, especially as Alexis Sanchez is doing so well.

Wegner is a manager that is KNOWN for his loyalty to players, so why would Giroud and Walcott sign new contracts to play as the back up?

OLIVIER GIROUD N / A The forward came into the game but could not make much impact as Arsenal was on the back foot as City wrapped up a second consecutive game with a 2 - 1 win.

I think we will see how important Giroud's hold up play is as he will allow us to slowly push their deffensive line back and give us the much needed space to score.

I believe Wenger is happy to go with Giroud as his nr 1 guy next season, and will dip into the transfer market only to look for a decent (and not top quality) striker as back - up to replace Welbeck.

we will most likely promote malen or akpom as back up to vardy and giroud, not to sure whether it possible to get any big names in to the club as they are all ready at the «big euro clubs».

giroud, lecoq, are gud backups to hve in the squad but not a first team player for a team wanting to challenge for epl.coq has got to improve slightly on the ball but off the ball he is gud.everyone knows about giroud and I don't think a gud striker is enough for us.we need a very clinical guy not a guy who will be going through dry patches coz thats guaranteed from a gud striker.gibbs is tricky he is a gud option to hve on the bench but if we scout someone younger and better than him then I think we can sell him for both the clubs sake and himself coz he hasn't progressed as a player.what I find shocking is bellerin back up is jenkinson worth a team challenging for epl?I don't think so and we should find an able guy there than fool ourselves and next season we pay for mistakes again.

Giroud was bought as back up for RVP, whom later on was forced himself out due to «a boy inside of me».

... he played there against crystal palace, Everton 2 season ago and it was a disaster... our build up is majorly done closer to d centre circle than d oppositions box... that's y girouds hold up play is vital... either we go with dat path or we look for a striker who is lightning quick (so when we make d final pass, it doesn't get wasted), uses both legs to shoot on sight, with good accuracy... playing Sanchez, who is not very good with his back to goal as a 9 is useless and though fast, holds on to d ball a lot tryn to get d best angle to shoot... we need a striker who is very intelligent with d timing of his runs... too bad Walcott is as intelligent as a sheep, cld have been d perfect cf...

I think Welbeck is just as strong a back up centre forward as giroud.

If not Oxlade it will be Giroud returning and Alexis going back to wing, I'd rather keep him up front as would most I assume.

Dybala as back up for Giroud?

As back up to Giroud and Sanogo of course

I thought the reason arsenal got Perez was to challenge giroud and not to play as a back up.

He will arrive as Giroud's back - up, but I expect him to clock up a huge number of appearances this term.

What I sincerely want Olivier Giroud to do as one of his fans, is, let him wake up from his goal scoring slumber and starts putting the ball into the back of the net at Watford as the Boss starts him in his rotation starting XI.

dzeko - this would most likely be a last minute body in to bolster the attack for next season a loan would be better in this case than buying him, he would serve well as a back up giroud through the season and he has a knack of scoring against smaller teams could be worth extra 15 - 20 goals a season might be the difference at the end of season

giroud is imp 2 the squad but more as back up stirker not main still there is time for wenger to go out & spend some money

1) GK — better 2) LB — same, possibly better if Gibbs improves, Monreal has plateaued 3) RB — better as Bellerin will only improve 4) CB first pairing — same, as the BFG is getting older but he can't get shorter or slower, 5) CB second pairing — better since we didn't have a pair last year 6) DM — better as Arteta is now back up and Coquelin should get even better 7) Box to box — better if you think Ramsey and Wilshire still have room to improve and are still being kept out by Carloza 8) LW — better, Sanchez might not get too much better but Welbeck is an improvement on Podolski 9) RW — same if Theo moves up front but Ox and Gnabry have lots of room to improve 10) CAM — same 11) Striker — better as Giroud / Theo is stronger than Giroud / Sanogo

I've been giroud's biggest critic as we will never win the league with him alone, but as back up....

Giroud will be back from suspension and I'm expecting him to really help us in defensive corners as well as providing that physical presence up front.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

Giroud and Perez as back up.

For example 4 -3-3 concentrate less on playing in the centre and attempting to dominate it as it's contest Arsenal will win and take advantage of the fact that the full backs haven't got pace, which normally means the defensive midfielders or center backs often end up doubling up on the wingers... thus clearing a space in the middle and allowing people like Ozil and Giroud to play to the strong points of their game.

Few hundred players were traded, close to a Billion spent, and non was as good as Giroud, or non was good enough to be the back up for Le Quoc!!!

And if you are saying that Giroud can be good back up if we play 2 up top then in that case we have Welbeck as well... I know he don't score often but for back up player you need not have world class striker... So I think Giroud with cash is good deal and if we get Aubameyang then it will be amazing transfer window after long time..

Look at Walcott, he only played him at CF prior to him signing a new contract and he plainly prefers Giroud, Ramsey and Ox to him so I agree he's there as back up.

The instances above may well see a system change brought in to accommodate those above, and Welbeck may well find himself being used as a back - up striker to favoured pairing PEA and Lacazette, although that partnership may be questionable given the duos strengths, especially if Olivier Giroud is demanded as part of the deal to sign the Gabon international from Borussia Dortmund.

Better at attacking than Gibbs and as good as Monreal tracking back... should be a no brainer... Gibbs sold ageing Monreal a good back up and can ease this guy in to EPL... Net cost maybe 10m... but as far as I can tell wenger believes most of his business is done with Shaka jap as holding option for welbecks return wilshere and santi back and «revitalized» giroud and Ramsey like new signings... But anyone basing next years EPL on this euros is beyond football redemption... All the poor performers last year have upped their management and squads... So far the only non mover..