Sentences with phrase «giroud as first option»

do we want to replace Giroud with this guy / or are we happy with Giroud as first option and getting this dude for competition / back up.

Not exact matches

Giroud, who was really not happy when he first heard Henry's comments on the Arsenal striker situation, has also said that he now understands what his fellow Frenchman was trying to say, that the club needs options up front and can not win the title with just Giroud, as explained by a report in The Mirror.

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.

However, the forward's showings have attracted interest from both Barca and Arsenal, with the former considering the player as a legitimate backup option to any of the first - choice front three of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez, and the Gunners eyeing the forward as versatile cover for Theo Walcott and Olivier Giroud as they push for a first title triumph in a decade.

I can fully understand why Akpom would be looking at other options to gain first team action, as it is obvious that with Giroud, Welbeck, Sanogo -LRB-?)

Furthermore Giroud is a valuable option for Arsenal, just not as a first choice striker.

No matter how you slice it, you can't run an uptempo offence with Giroud on the pitch and that means sideways soccer and an over-reliance on crosses into the box, thereby negating many of the very reasons Lacazette was on your radar in the first place... we simply aren't clinical enough from wide positions to continue with that approach, which is why many fans have been clamoring for a viable alternative to Giroud for several years... once again this isn't an attack on Giroud, he clearly has some tangible skills, but his mere presence on the pitch greatly impacts your tactical options... Giroud's weaknesses are simply highlighted by the way in which our offence now moves in a more horizontal than vertical manner, which allows most teams ample time to regroup defensively before a scoring opportunity even arises... a player of Ibra's or Benzema's ilk would have been far more effective as they had size, speed and the first touch capabilities required to for intricate link - up play... once again square peg in a round hole

With Arsenal having signed another option up front in the shape of the Spanish striker Lucas Perez before the summer transfer window closed, the pressure is on Olivier Giroud and his position as first choice centre forward for the Gunners.

We definitely need at least 2 top class attackers (ST and LW / RW) add to that a CB and DM... But first Wenger has to go at the end of this season... Walcott, Flamini, Arteta, Rosicky, Mert all needs to go this summer... Giroud (obviously not my favorite) can stay only as 3rd option, offload him is even better... I am afraid that Wilshere will become a new Diaby... But hey, the stubborn one will press ignore button as usual... He needs to go...

There are various options but most people see the3 new signing Lacazette being the first choice centre forward with Giroud used as a back up and sub, but not everyone thinks so.

no idea what games you have been watching but the idea of ramsey as a defensive enforcer is comical... missed tackles galore, slow in to tackles and weak first touch define his game... though to be fair only wenger thinks he is a renasiance footballer qble to play any position... the ramsey bandwagon was for some time based on the barca cant have him ay any price delusion... the man should be part of the summer sale crop along with mert walcott and gibbs... its fifty fifty on campbell and giroud... both are decent squad players but the need for quality attacking options is palpable

Wenger has options as well, with Giroud having featured in both of the games for France during this international break, so with Mourinho missing two first choice centre backs in Chris Smalling and Eric Bailly as well as their main striker, should Man United fans be very worried about what the Arsenal attack will do to them on Saturday?

It doesn't seem like Arsenal will play Alexis up top as a first option so realistically there is space for two more players in the attacking trio to play behind Giroud or Welbeck.