Up front I wouldn't place him ahead of the much
maligned Giroud, as Giroud has, in my opinion, generally done very well for the Gunners this season, scoring 21 goals, and he has become an integral part of our system.
That leaves the much
maligned giroud.
Instead the charge has been lead by the much
maligned Giroud Wellbeck Cazorla Rosicky, Ozil Coquelin Mertesacker, Ospina and Monreal.
2 are keepers, 2 are under 21s (bellerin and chambers) and 3 are currently injured (coquelin, cazorla, alexis) leaving Gabriel, Monreal, ozil and the much
maligned giroud as the only experienced outfield players with any quality and sustainable fitness.
Not exact matches
«Olivier
Giroud was much -
maligned by Arsenal fans last season and we were all calling for Wenger to buy a new top class striker»
Olivier
Giroud was much
maligned by Arsenal fans in his five years at the club.
Sanchez was getting picked on by the Saints but kept going, as he does, but it took the arrival of the much -
maligned Olivier
Giroud to come on for the last ten minutes and put the game beyond doubt.
So, although
Giroud is much
maligned as donkey or a lamppost or other such names, he is still far and away Arsenal's best value striker.
The opening goal was scored by our much -
maligned Frenchman Olivier
Giroud, who keeps dumbfounding his critics every week.
The much -
maligned Arsenal striker Olivier
Giroud has been called many things by Arsenal fans, from Donkey to SuperSub, but there is no denying the fact that he has been banging in a respectable amount of goals for the Gunners ever since he arrived.
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.
I think the much
maligned Davidnz on this site is absolutely correct; he's been saying that despite
Giroud's flaws, he gives 100 % each and every game, and that's so true.