Giroud drops to the bench so Ozil will be playing in one of the wide forward roles with Welbeck in the centre and Alexis on the other side.
Titi may not agree about
Giroud dropping to the bench as he seems to think that all Giroud needs is a partner up front, but I can't see Wenger switching to a 442 kind of formation.
So the former Southampton star Chamberlain joined another former Saint Calum Chambers in the Gunners starting line up to face his old club, with the just fit again Olivier
Giroud dropping to the bench and Danny Welbeck going back into his favoured centre forward position.
Not exact matches
Almost as big a surprise is that Wenger has
dropped Olivier
Giroud to the
bench and put the star of the season Alexis Sanchez through the middle.
This is a difficult situation for the club, ox wants regular football, forget about playing through the middle, but wenger can't
bench bellerin, I was low - key wishing we sold bellerin, cos his form
dropped, we can't sell ox now, he just turned 24, and he's a better crosser than bellerin, that's why wenger moved him
to rwb, when
giroud came on..
To get the best out of Giroud, you have to drop him on the bench for a few games so when he is back he shows a fighting spiri
To get the best out of
Giroud, you have
to drop him on the bench for a few games so when he is back he shows a fighting spiri
to drop him on the
bench for a few games so when he is back he shows a fighting spirit.
There's still a way
to go before we can say he's been proved right but the best decision he's made in the last few games is
to drop Giroud to the
bench who's a wasteful striker!
Wenger has made another change as well, which is nothing
to do with injuries, bringing Walcott into the centre forward position and
dropping Giroud to the
bench.
Rajesh, it will be criminal if all of
Giroud, Welbeck and Walcott are
dropped to the
bench.
Your comments are very naive and idiotic.Even if he had a limited budget at that time it's not as if every player would cost him a fortune.Also it's not about the limited budget that makes him support his players
to perform.It's his philiosophy.Even till this day he tends
to support and persist with his players
to bring out the best in them.If you think I don't know what am saying wait till they get fit.On
Giroud if we are
to be honest he should have been
dropped long ago even in his second season.It was never rocket science
to know that the guy ws not starter quality.Tell me which team would have persisted with
Giroud as a starter more than Arsenal.He failed long ago and was really really
benched like just last season.As for Szcz Wenger also did persist with him during the times he still wasn't performing.I hope people won't deny this.He persisted till he could take no more of it.That was the reason why he brought Ospina into the starting 11.
Looks like we would rather go with a cheap option and a punt, rather than
drop Giroud to bench and make some real improvements on the quality front.
Everyone has always said that Arsenal need another striker but that doesn't mean
Giroud has
to drop to the
bench.
Giroud needs
to drop to bench hes better coming off the
bench with a point
to prove, campbell plays no9 for Costa Rica give him a go with Ox right and bring Iwobi / Adelide in!
Walcott was a key cog in the system which allowed Alexis Sanchez
to thrive in a centre - forward role, and I believe that his injury was key in persuading Arsene Wenger
to drop the Chilean back
to his wide role, in order
to promote
Giroud from the
bench.
I first thought it was a bit strange that Arsene Wenger
dropped Olivier
Giroud to the
bench against Leicester in midweek, and even more surprised that Alexis was moved into the centre - forward position, but Le Boss reckons hat many of his Arsenal team were suffering from fatigue after the Spurs game.
Well the boss
dropped him
to the
bench today and the only difference it made is that it was not
Giroud that got the blame for Arsenal's lack of cutting edge in front of goal.
This is assuming that Theo Walcott is fit
to play again on the right, but if he is would you
drop Giroud back
to the
bench on Sunday?
Gabriel is fit again and replaces Mertesacker, while
Giroud is
dropped to the
bench with Welbeck coming in and Walcott starts on the right.
Wenger chose
to largely base his selection with the midweek champions league game in the back of his mind, with both Alexis and
Giroud sitting on the
bench, whilst Perez, Chamberlain and Walcott, all who could play an important part out in France, were all substituted
to ensure their fitness doesn't
drop too low.
Despite failing
to get on the scoresheet, Danny Welbeck was arguably Arsenal's man of the match against Everton and fully justified Arsene Wenger's decision
to drop Olivier
Giroud to the
bench for this match.
Alexandre Lacazette as widely expected could lead the line with Olivier
Giroud and Danny Welbeck expected
to drop to the
bench.
Giroud, only just off the
bench, headed in Alonso's inch - perfect cross from the left, before Hazard kept his cool
to trap Willian's cut back and drill the Blues level as Southampton heads
dropped.