Giroud is good againt weaker team and cant
score against quality teams.
Not exact matches
Never underestimate the
quality of such players who im never surprised when he shows his
quality scoring against teams like us.
We started well and controlled the game
against a side who are good, you can see it's a
quality team, but once we opened the
score I think we were in control.
i do nt think ive ever been soo disgusted and outraged to be an arsenal fan and this is definitly the final straw with me and wenger, sanogoals does nt
score welbeck does nt
score and giroud only
scores against small
teams, there have been genuine
quality p [layers on the market and due to pig headedness stuborness and lack of ambition weve allowed ourselves to watch them go elsewhere and sign a man u reject!
Qualities: Giroud - Hold up (but not
against top defenders Tery, Cahil, etc), short pass, hard working,
team player, defensive duties (set - pieces), injuries Benteke - Hold up, short pass, better dribbler, long shots, finishing, positioning, defensive duties (set - pieces), can play with his back to the goal and also drop deep and face the goal when marked weakness: Giroud - very slow, easily marked, poor finishing (not wc finisher), technique Benteke - injuries, not a hard worker If you look the stats for the since 2012/2013, they have almost similar records except that Benteke
scored like total of 19 goals (correct me if I'm wrong) in his 1st season and also have a decent record
against top
teams, keep in mind he plays for AstonVilla not Arsenal where you get much more chances and better players around.
His style can't work
against teams who play with deep defense line (Chelsea for example) That being said, I think having a home - grown RW who can
score and assist (even with limited
qualities) is a good acquisition, aiming for more (Reus, Sterling, Lacazette, Dybala..
«I thought in the second half they always looked dangerous
against Bournemouth and capable of
scoring — it is true that if you look at the number of goals they
scored and the
quality of their last two performances, it looks like they are coming back to a much more dangerous
team.»
In the decisive match of the Champions League
against Basel a lack of
quality was obvious when the highlight of Rodgers»
team was to win a free kick from which the veteran Steven Gerrard
scored a goal.
And so, up
against the strongest away defence in the lower half of the table, a
team who
score just as sporadically as themselves, we fancy the odds on Wigan being frustrated by Fulham's stubborn
qualities.