If he hasn't had the strikers at Arsenal, why does Sanchez out perform him and why does Giroud start and
score goals for France?
I know
he scored some goals for France U21 but PL is different and he needs to prove himself with his loan
It is hardly surprising, I suppose, considering that Benzema has not
scored a goal for France in over 1200 minutes.
Not exact matches
The
France international has made a decent start to life in the Premier League,
scoring six
goals in his first 11 league appearances
for the Gunners.
Even though the Arsenal and
France international forward Olivier Giroud has an impressive
goal record in the Premier League this season, going by how many minutes it has taken him to
score, there have not been too many Arsenal fans calling
for Arsene Wenger to start him more often.
In
France Lacazette has a great average record of a
goal every second game
for Lyon, but last year he improved immensely and
scored an incredible 28
goals in 30 League appearances.
He's been very good in the past [
for France] and he's played a lot of games and
scored very important
goals, so now he has to play.»
My dear get your facts right Giroud was top scorer in the French league when he was signed, gervinho was the second highest
goal scorer
for Lille in the title winning campaign, moussa sow was the highest and hazard was no where near the two on
goals, hazard however was signed by Chelsea the next season after he
scored 20
goals and was put on wages even «crazy» man city at the time thought was crazy.pls zlatan was not in
France when Montpellier won the league, hazard to Chelsea was 2012, gervinho to arsenal was 2011.
Giroud did
score a good
goal for France last week and I thought he would have earned another start against Russia but instead Deschamps left him on the bench and only brought him on at the end when all four of their
goals had been
scored.
The Ox
scored a brilliant
goal for England the other day but after he plays against
France he will be straight back in Arsene Wenger's office to sign a new contract worth a reported # 100,000 - a-week.
Cristiano Ronaldo
scored one and assisted the other
goal for Nani as the Red Dragons fell just short of reaching Sunday's showpiece against either
France or Germany.
Soundbite: «If we waited
for the English team, it will be 0 - 0 or we might get a
goal from a set piece» —
France coach Laurent Blanc doesn't fancy England's chances of
scoring if his side sits back.
He can
score a lot of
goals for Arsenal and
France, so it would be dangerous if another Premier League club can use his talent.
The Frenchman accepted that Giroud is now in a much better frame of mind and his form is good after
scoring for France and bagging
goals from the bench in the last two Arsenal games against Bayern Munich and Watford.
He
scored 9
goals for Bordeaux last season and has already
scored 8 this season in half the games and has obviously already secured a European work permit if he is playing in
France, and according to numerous reports he is extremely talented already despite his young age.
Vardy — arguably the Premier League's in - form player at the moment — has
scored 12
goals in his last 12 games, becoming the only player to achieve such a feat in the EPL, but will not be present
for Tuesday's friendly against
France after being ruled out through injury.
Ok I understand Vardy banged in 20 +
goals last season and broke Van Nistelrooy's records
for scoring in the most consecutive matches, but you're telling me we can not find another with similar qualities like his in Germany, Spain, Italy,
France, England, Holland, Portugal, or any of the lesser leagues
for that matter?
The truth doesn't set you free on Justarsenal lol, you'll state a known fact that Giroud went 15 games without
scoring a single
goal for Arsenal then someone will use his form
France as an argument about his credentials as if his
goals for France will somehow contribute to Arsenal winning titles!
Yedder is known as a goalscoring talent in
France and has
scored 70
goals in four seasons, a mean feat
for any striker, let alone a player who doesn't get the best of service from his teammates.
Arrogant Monaco left - back Layvin Kurzawa went a bit over the top after
scoring a late
goal for France's Under - 21s against Sweden on Tuesday night.
Even Olivier Giroud managed to
score twice
for France in the absence of Karim Benzema, while although Mesut Ozil didn't
score for Germany he pitched in with a perfect assist as the World Champions beat Georgia, and even more surprisingly Joel Campbell
scored the only
goal as Costa Rica beat the USA.
He added: «It's my 29th
goal for France so I still have to
score one more
goal to reach Jean - Pierre Papin who was one of my favourite players.
Dembele netted an impressive 17
goals for Fulham last term, as well as impressing
for France's Under - 19 side,
scoring four
goals in his seven appearances
for the international side.
After
scoring 18
goals in a season seriously shortened by a lengthy injury lay - off, perhaps the
France international star can be forgiven
for thinking that his on pitch exploits rather than his off pitch appearance should be talked about more.
To be fair to the Arsenal and
France international centre forward Olivier Giroud, his
goal scoring form
for club and country since breaking the long drought in front of
goal that was plaguing him earlier this year has been very good.
Okay at Arsenal, Giroud went a whole three months without finding the net, but strangely,
for France, he has
scored five
goals in his last six games, which makes the abuse even harder to understand.
France National Team: Henry
scored 51
goals in 123 appearances
for Les Bleus — only Lilian Thuram has more caps with the French national side.
Giroud on the other hand
scored 18
goals for France in 50 caps which is a 36 % rate so technically and according to the stats, Giroud should start
for France at least.
It was a shame that Giroud did not
score and had a pretty poor international break but he has at least got a
goal for Arsenal this season and despite getting just a few minutes
for France on Friday, he started
for them last night and so his place in the
France team looks reasonably safe, while a home game against Stoke almost guarantees him a start on Saturday.
Giroud is a good player but far too specific and predictable
for the style Arsenal play in, Looking at the hate he received from
France was that Arsenal fans did it because he did not turn up
for us
for more than 10 matches but when i watch Giroud play
for France he gets a
goal in almost every game and last major fixture he
scored against Germany.
Loic Remy
scored a great
goal for France today against Spain, which made wonder why we didn't pay the 10 million
for him, but 16 million
for Danny Welbeck?
Just when it appeared that Iceland had a lifeline, Arsenal star Olivier Giroud
scored his second
goal of the game
for France to send the Arctic Circle residents back to square one — and inevitably back home.
But he has a good international pedigree, having
scored six
goals in his first 13 caps
for Cameroon, and his reputation clearly remains intact in
France as three of its biggest clubs are chasing him.
Giroud has now
scored 12
goals in his last 13 games
for France.
Giroud
scores for france and suddenly he's that pacy, aggressive, technical, 20 +
goals worldclass striker we've so missed!
Many people thought that Louis Van Gaal was mad to pay # 36million
for a promising 19 year - old striker from
France, but his massive gamble has paid off as Anthony Martial has already
scored four
goals in four games
for Man United.
Still, he's been on fire again in
France,
scoring 39
goals in 58 games
for Nice to prompt his agent Raiola to describe him as being among the top ten strikers in the world and worth as much as # 88million.
Here is a sentence about Thierry Henry, who retired from all football yesterday having played 792 games
for Monaco, Juventus, Arsenal, Barcelona, and New York Red Bulls,
scoring 360
goals in the process, on the way to five league titles and one European Cup, as well appearing 123 times
for France, netting 51
goals on the way to one World Cup and one European Championship:
Olivier Giroud
scored the opening
goal of the previous game,
scoring his eighth
France goal in his last eight appearances, whilst also continuing his overall form, having now
scored eight
goals in his last five matches
for club and country.
He
scores goals for fun
for France u / 21, is the
France u / 21 captain too if I'm not mistaken.
In 65 appearances
for Jose Mourinho's side, the
France international has managed to
score 12
goals, with the player also managing to pick up nine assists in that time as well.
The box - to - box midfielder
scored several vital
goals for his side and was one of
France's top performers at the World Cup as they were unlucky to be knocked out by eventual winners Germany.
Though he helped the
France Under - 20 team win the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2013, Lemina decided to represent his native Gabon, and
scored a
goal against Tunisia this past October in his first action
for the team.
The
France international has
scored 30
goals for club and country this season, dragging Atletico to the semi-finals of the Champions League, and level on points with Barcelona at the top of the La Liga table.
That would've been fine except
for the fact that neither Ribery nor Nasri made runs to take up the space that Benzema had vacated, meaning
France had no one in
goal -
scoring positions who could combine with Nasri and Ribery.
The Arsenal and
France international forward Alexandre Lacazette was signed by Arsene Wenger this summer
for a club record transfer fee
for more than just his
goals, although that is clearly a major part of his appeal after he
scored more in the last four seasons in Ligue 1 than any other striker, including the PSG stars Edinson Cavani and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Scoring goals is kind of important in football, so has Giroud's latest
France milestone just proved that Wenger needs to give him more chances to do it
for Arsenal?
But as well as that, United will owe the League 1 giants an extra # 7.7 m if Martial
scores 25 competitive
goals, makes 25 appearances
for the
France national team, or is shortlisted
for the Ballon d'Or.
Giroud's 3
goals and 2 assists
for France will have absolutely no bearing on Arsenal, this is still the striker who went 15 games without
scoring a single
goal, we need more than his 16
goals, what we need is a striker who'll
score 20 league
goals out of the 38 game league season and who'll have 30
goals in all competitions including the champions league and FA cup!
Despite the fact that the Arsenal and
France centre forward is in absolutely great
goal scoring form at the minute, there is a very real chance that he could be dropped
for the crucial clash with our main Premier League rivals Manchester City next week.