Sentences with phrase «giroud dropping to the bench»

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.

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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 spiriTo 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 spirito 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.
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