Giroud had reserved hopes of being the club's first -
choice striker coming into the new campaign, but this record deal looks certain to see him fall down the pecking order, and with the World Cup coming up next summer, he may be tempted by the offer of first - team action.
Arsene Wenger has confirmed that Olivier Giroud will be the club's first -
choice striker come the start of next season.
Not exact matches
Poor ozil and sanchez, from playing beside Ronaldo and messi they have
come down to a team that has a french kid from league 2 as 2nd chioce
striker, not to mention the 1st
choice.
I thought he was goin 2core 3mo until he (makeshift
striker) was taken off n the first
choice came on 2successfully complete his 8games with out a score by the way walcot had a good number of shorts on target as well MOTM.
100 % true King Henry was correct, Giroud must be 2nd
choice striker to
come on when we want to change our game plan, he's not good enough to lead us to the EPL because a premiership winning team always has a 20 league goals
striker in their ranks!
Walcott lived 10 happy years off Arsenal, only
coming good in rare moments while Giroud will never truly be a top
striker, despite being Frances main
choice.
Mr.Wenger stated in may that Olivier Giroud was the 1st
choice striker for the
coming season.
Then a whole seasons experience with 30 + year old pros and a manager with over 40 years experience and off the back of a cup performance in which he dueled with the toughest
striker around and didn't
come off second best, he
comes off all that yet he lacks confidence, plus he's second guessing his
choices and doesn't look as fit as when we first signed him.
Arsenal have already sold Afobe and sent out Podolski, Sanogo and Campbell out on loan, so there is probably room for another
striker if none of those
come back, although Danny Welbeck will probably have to drop down to being third
choice for the centre - forward spot.
Come to think of it, what other
striker choices do we realistically have?
Indeed it seems that the Scot sees the former Ajax man as his first
choice striker and whilst a pairing of Andy Carroll is used for some Liverpool fixtures the season Dalglish has looked to play Suarez up front on his own and taking advantage of the goals he can now hope to see
coming from his new midfield signings such as Charlie Adam and Jordan Henderson.
The 30 year - old has always declared his wish to stay with the club, as he seeks to earn a Premier League title in North - London, but he has also expressed his intention to start the season as the club's first -
choice striker, a reality which will prove highly unlikely should his international counterpart
come in.
If Aubameyang
comes in Lacazette (as first
choice) would either be benched because Aubameyang is the better / more prolific / dynamic
striker.
Even if Higuain
comes in, I will start him on the bench for the first few months with Theo as first
choice striker.
Afterall KB
coming in and Giroud nobbing off will put us back to square one in terms of depth / options — albeit with a better 1st
choice striker.
Poor ozil and sanchez, from playing beside Ronaldo and messi they have
come to a team that has a french
striker from league 2 as 2nd chioce, not to mention the 1st
choice.
I see Vardy as a short team fix (maybe for 2 or 3 season's) as Wenger might still feel Welbeck would be first
choice in a few seasons or Wenger just wants Vardy to take him across the line and allow whoever will
come after him to buy that WC
striker we are craving for.
I say if wenger doesn't strengthen the squad by mid july he should go because if anyone hasn't realize we are going 12 years without the premier league and untill us fans wake up and see that wenger is done we will end up like Liverpool pathetic and holding on to past glory get that specialist in failure out soon like
come on we are short on bloody first team players and we will be going in next season with coquelin as our first
choice cdm and Walcott as our
striker lol pathetic
We are not saying that Lacazette (for example) should
come and be first
choice striker for Arsenal.
As a third
striker we have theo and alexis for this option plus the impressive afobe
coming back to the first team to challenge sanogoo for 4th
choice (18goals in 25 games)
Arsenal
came back in style against AC Milan last night, despite only having our third /
choice striker, Danny Welbeck, on the pitch.
Coaches are paid to produce results on the pitch and yo win trophies for the team.If a coach fails those basic things then he is not go enough and must leave.Sucess or failure
comes down to the decisions of the coach ranging from decisions in the transfer market, training methods, team selection, tactics etc.Looking @ the transfer market - Wenger has a shambolic record - failure to act decisively and always acting when it's too late, selling our top players to rival clubs, leaving other positions thin and reinforcing wrong positions especially buying lots of attacking midfielders ignoring defensive positions and failing to buy top class
strikers or decent
strikers.If Wenger is really serious about winning trophies would he buy a player like Welbeck a fourth
choice play at Man United whom Vaan Gaal said is only good for the bench and now he plays every game at Arsenal.Why sell Vemaleen and buy Chambers?
And with his current first
choice strikers, Wayne Rooney and Harry Kane, looking very short of form in front of goal while the Arsenal man is flying, you would be surprised if he did not get a chance in at least one of the two games
coming up.
I think Lukaku looked more of a threat than Giroud on either sides.Giroud shouldn't be guaranteed first
choice striker as of right and if neither of Walcott or Podolski steps up i now support Wenger going in the market
come January for a
striker.Either way i think it is a point gained.
In my first year in the senior team, I was the first
choice striker until Daniel McBreen
came to the club.
The Nigerian
striker was seen as third
choice in attack at the start of the season, but all through the campaign despite his sparse minutes he has proven himself just as reliable as Sergio Aguero when it
comes to scoring big goals in crucial moments.
Any
striker who
comes in has to accept that they're second
choice, and that they're basically a replacement for Drogba.
Milik may once again be the first
choice striker for the Italian giants
come the 2017 - 2018 season if Mertens finds the exit door.
Having assessed the various intriguing options for Wenger when it
comes to playing Vardy, it seems clear that playing him as a lone
striker in a 4 -2-3-1 would be the best
choice.
I know a lot of people will disagree with me but I think Nicklas Bendtner is mentally ready to be relied upon as a first -
choice player and the exit of Adebayor could pave the way to the big Dane
coming of age as a
striker.
Lacazette
coming in as number one
striker pushed Perez down to 5th
choice striker (Lacazette, Giroud, Welbeck, Sanchez), so he was always going to fall out the other end.