hahaha... he will turn into a gem, no doubt with wenger as his manager he will be a world
class striker by next season if not this season
And if England haven't found three more world -
class strikers by the time Russia 2018 rolls around, he might be just the man to come on late in a crucial knockout game.
Not exact matches
Nothing you could ever do to Giroud would ever make him come good just nothing.Its not a formation set up that gets a player to dribble, score, be world
class, be dependable, wow the crowd and the like.Its the players» own ability that makes him do that.Once you don't have it ya ain't gat it brother.Read my lips!!!!! Once ya don't have it ya ain't gat it.As simple as ABC.So I expect this to be another de ja vu case and waste of time if Giroud and Alexis are paired.I'm even shocked it's coming from Henry.He should rather be giving us more reasons why we need a new
striker and why we would fail if we don't get the new
striker.Forget Giroud's stats for a moment and judge him
by how he plays when you are watching him.You would realize that given the same chances at Arsenal
strikers who are not even world
class can do better.I want a new
striker even if not world
class and to be honest its not necessarily a world
class striker that wins you a league but just increases the chances of winning it.Peace!!!!
I don't have a problem with having Giroud or any of our young
strikers upfront, if both wings are covered
by top
class wing players who can score 15 + goals each.
how many times have we see him playing with disdain losing the Ball and not doing any effort to recover, how many assists never mind goals has he offered lately (b4 injury), ask why Le Fraud doesn't change him for a SUB because is pitiful watching him play...... even the Donkey Giroud (second
class striker) compensates his lack of ability
by working hard on the field.....
«Olivier Giroud was much - maligned
by Arsenal fans last season and we were all calling for Wenger to buy a new top
class striker»
If he were the real top
class striker some idiots are making him out to be surely a top flight club from somewhere in europe would have made an offer
by now.
At last a position that has been a weakness for us in years gone
by we finally have two top
class strikers.
But I think we could say the same of any big name forward that Arsene Wenger signs this summer and Giroud must be aware that his boss is looking to sign a top
class striker for Arsenal, so I reckon we should keep that in mind when we hear what Olly had to say on the speculation surrounding his fellow countryman, as reported
by Metro.
Even a 7 year old would know
by now that we need a world
class striker..
B) buy ozil n cazorla and not a world
class striker which the acquisition of costa
by Chelsea has so fat proved to be necessary and C) not buy adequate defensive cover?
Bender the juventus kid plus another attacking option from somewhere would be ok
by me... Watch ozil create when he has options ahead of him... world
class playmakers need world
class strikers ahed of them Sanchez is plus???
4 - he fail to address the weakness of the team
by adding one cb and solid dm 5 - he did nt sign world
class striker
Quick notes on arsemal team 1 - paulista is not good as i though 2 - coquelin is essential in arsenal midfield to give stability but he can't hold the ball in his feet or give the right pass in the right time so we can't dominate teams anymore especially with santi absence 3 - ramsey = horrible, just a headless chicken running everywhere 4 - ozil could have easily 30 + assists
by now 5 - Olivier Giroud the handsom french guy shouldn't ever be a big team first choice
striker 6 - where are the 4 world
class strikers that wenger said we had i didn't se anyone of the yet
He Fxxx up in the Transfer window
by not buying a Top
class striker and please don't tell me there was no one available.
Let's just hope that Wenger gets back at Ozil's jokey mockery of his failures in the transfer window thus far,
by signing a top
class striker for Ozil to feed to glory next season!
I complained about our lack of transfer activities in the area of world
class striker and solid defender but I was thumbed down
by some folks on this platform.
Up front we have a few world -
class players surrounded
by some serious pretenders... Sanchez is
by far the most accomplished player in our attack but the controversy surrounding his contractual mishandling could see him go before the window closes or most definitely
by season's end... obviously a mistake
by both parties involved, as Sanchez's exploits have never been more on display than in North London, but the club's irresponsible wage structure and lack of real intent have been the real undoing in this mess... Lacazette, who I think has some world -
class skills as a front man, will only be as good as the players and system around him, which is troubling due to our current roster and Wenger's love of sideways passing... Walcott should have been sold years ago, enough said, and Welbeck should never have been brought in from the get - go... both of these players have suffered numerous injuries over their respective careers and neither are good enough to overcome such difficulties: not to mention, they both are below average first - touch players, which should be the baseline test for any player coming to a Wenger - led Arsenal team... Perez should have been played wide left or never purchased at all; what a huge waste of time and money, which is ridiculous considering our penny pinching ways and the fact that fans had been clamoring for a real
striker for years... finally Giroud, the fact that he stills wears the jersey is a direct indictment of this club's failure to get things right... this isn't necessarily an attack on Giroud because I think he has some highly valued skills, but not for a team that has struggled to take their sideways soccer to the next level, as his presence slows their game even more, combined with our average, at best, finishing skills... far too often those in charge have either settled or chosen half - measures and ultimately it is us that suffer because no matter what happens Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke will always make more money whereas we will always be the ones paying for their mistakes... so every time someone suggests we should just shut - up and support the team just think of all the sacrifices you've made along the way and simply reply... f *** off
We need to change this little
by little
by buying a world -
class player every Summer, Overhaul the defense, midfield of mediocre (all short players) and So called
Strikers (Giroud, & Sir no goal)
As far as I know the majority of fans wanted a
class striker added to our squad last year.You can cover a shaky defence
by banging them in the other end hence the successful season Leicester are having.
CF, Now we all agree we need a new
striker, a world
class finisher, but quite frankly that is looking more and more unlikely
by the minute.Right now we have Olivier Giroud, or we have Theo Walcott, I don't think you could get two
strikers any more different.
Truth is there is a top
class available
striker out there, who has a better scoring rate than Benzema
by far.
We have the number 9 ready and available, begging to be worn
by a world
class striker.
Fab is surrounded
by world
class striker Costa and Drogba and world
class midfielders to assist him
I think Giroud is a very good player, but he's not a world
class striker and certainly isn't a player who is going to win you the big trophies
by scoring 20 + goals in the league alone.
I think Lacazette would certainly be a smart purchase
by Arsenal, especially if there is a shortage of world
class strikers being made available at the right offer.
Should we insult him
by assuming that if he is not told he is a world
class striker that his fragile ego and self image are hurt.
I rather keep my Alexis Jersey and buy the number 9 who will be worn
by a world
class striker.
Should this even be a topic?Giroud is a player of average quality always surrounded
by good players.I just don't get.It's as if only Arsenal fans rate him.This was a player who was bought to be the leading
striker at Arsenal and after his years of failure which many deny he's now become a super sub?How laughable is that.From failure to super sub.If the so called world
class striker we're signing goes out with an injury for about five months who comes in then.It seems to me people lack vision.Why is it always Giroud Giroud Giroud?After so many seasons people are still debating what souldn't even be debatable.I've lost count of the number of times he's been talked about here.This is the problem with our club.It's just not ruthless.This is a player who should have been gone long ago but due to him being French he still gets the chances.We won't miss him when he goes and I'd like to see if he'd stand out in a smaller club.
I'm with you there mate.He's just an average player beign given many chances.A lot of average
strikers can even do better because of the chances Arsenal creates.There are some
strikers who are not top quality but have very good finishing that if given the same seasons and chances Giroud has had they can do better.I hate it when they make it seem like only world
class strikers are better than him.He's really only improved from season 14/15 honestly speaking.He used to be so bad and waste a lot of chances.It's just that become can not see the fact that he's not as good as they think.We will surely be vindicated
by his performance for another club.
They rectified that
by adding a world
class striker, a solid back up and a club legend that still puts in a good shift.
Your start
by saying that we don't need a «world
class striker» and then you give good reasons for why we do need a «world
class striker.»
I believe we should focus our attention on buying a proven World
Class Striker our demise this season was not having one, but if you twist my arm will choose Goetze between the three, will please OZIL to have one of his teammates plying side
by side plus he is proven material.
Going
by that statement I doubt very much whether Mourinho would be happy for Petr Cech to move to the Emirates in the summer, but just say that Wenger did invest in a new DM as competition for Coquelin, another top -
class centre - back, and most importantly, another super top
class striker to rotate with Olivier Giroud, could we reallymanage to go another whole season unbeaten?
In the envisaged revamping of the Arsenal first team squad during the in - coming summer transfer window for next season's campaign during which at least 2 world
class players are expected to be signed
by Arsenal in addition to keeping Ozil and Sanchez, and some underperforming Gunners for 3 consecutive seasons allowed to leave on the expiration of their contract deals this season or be sold if their deals are still active to recoup some funds used in signing the 2 world
class players in addition to the signing of 3 other top quality new players making them 5 in numbers of: a LB, a DM, an AMD, a versatile world
class Winger & a world
class Striker whom Arsenal should sign during the summer imho.
Sanchez is world
class but people look down on other players too much.Most of us here didn't even know he was this good until he was given the chance here.How do you know another player can't replace him and can't do better if given the opportunity?If I was Wenger I would've sold him to City long ago last season.I don't care if it would've been a Van Persie situation.All Utd needed was a decent
striker to help them win the league but they got lucky and had a world
class one.Utd were even favourites to win it prior to that season and if I'm not mistaken City beat them
by only 1 point to win it.
we need and have needed a better
striker than Giroud for a long time and we are no closer to getting it now than we have ever been I stated a few articles ago that half our team are not in the world
class catergory and I stand
by that, we also have no «Big balls out» leader on the pitch who scares and rallies the troops in equal measure so that when the likes of Giroud are acting like he's just won the ballon D'or, the leader will tell him to pull his finger out..
At least
by making a bid for Vardy, Wenger admitted he needed a top
class striker.
We don't rely on one player to do all the scoring for us, whether that's
by design or an effect of not having a world
class striker is another debate, but Welbeck suits that style perfectly.
Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours;
by playing him out of position and
by not acquiring world -
class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut
by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse
by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste
He acted accordingly
by breaking our spending record on Ozil, but we never did that season buy the world
class striker we had been promised.
Olivier Giroud was much - maligned
by Arsenal fans last season and we were all calling for Wenger to buy a new top
class striker to displace him this summer, but hopefully yesterday's sublime finish against Man City must have allayed some of our fears.
Perhaps Brendan Rodgers will fancy his chances of re-awakening that world
class striker, in the same way that he has turned around the careers of players like Daniel Sturridge and Philippe Coutinho, who arrived on Merseyside after being snubbed
by bigger clubs as not good enough to play regularly.
Arsenal's
strikers have to be super efficient or world
class or combination of both these qualities — sorry but theo is short of arsenal's usual high standard and is out shadowed
by harrry kane — im not used to spurs offence outshining arsenal so ridding theo will change the team dynamic for the better.
I personally think that Cazorla would love to see the Frenchman show some real intent
by going out and spending big money on a world
class striker to finish off the chances that the Spaniard and his Arsenal team mates create.
It was not to be though, so Ospina had to see his Arsenal team mate Alexis celebrating at the end of the 90 minutes but despite the disappointment the keeper still managed to show some real
class, as reported
by Metro, in congratulating Chile and wishing the
striker the best of luck for the final against the great Lionel Messi and all.
I suppose my point here is that when he was an arsenal player he was bashed
by the media / pundits all the time and now he is at Chelsea he is expected to «do really well for them» and I'm pretty sure he will just as he did for us as he is a good
striker, but as we ALL know is not world
class, thanks for all the goals Giroud you will be missed
by a lot of arsenal fans
We were all sure that Wenger had made a mistake in the summer
by not bringing in a world -
class striker, but Le Prof stuck to his guns and believed in our two Number Nines.
A proven world
class striker, Karim Benzema could leave in a Real Madrid squad shake - up this summer, and is supposedly wanted
by Liverpool and Arsenal in what would be a hugely exciting move.
Recently linked with Liverpool as he is possibly set to be offloaded
by Real Madrid, Karim Benzema is a truly world
class striker who has done the business at the top level.