Giroud set up a few winners, be fair
There are a few reasons why Giroud wasn't as respected as he could have been at arsenal but Aubamayangs winner in the final highlighted something we had been missing with OG.
The jukes PEA did on Zooma was the kind of pace and trickery Giroud didn't have, he scored a lot of goals for arsenal but I can't remember a so for one where he had to beat one of two men before he carved out a chance.
He had plenty to offer but picking the ball up outside the box and taking it passed the 18 yard line and a few defenders wasn't his thing
As for Willian and the Spurs song. Surely we will have to keep it and make some minor changes?
Do a YouTube vid of you signing it
The thing is there were times when the main attributes which Giroud was renowned for wasn't even up to the standard it should have been.
I still remember games where he miscontrolled the ball, tried to hold the ball up but his first touch was loose and the opposition had time to regroup, where his heading had very little precision or accuracy, and there were games where he simply didn't have the qualities to get in behind defences. That's not his fault, but when you have players like Santi, Ozil, Sanchez etc who are used to threading passes into dynamic, lively runners in between the CBs and fullback, or fluid movement creating space for others, then Giroud's limitations did hinder us in that respect.
He scored some memorable goals, and some important ones too, so I don't want to disrespect him too much.
But I will never be able to view him as a 'success' because his flaws as a first-choice striker for many years affected the team.
comment by Samir (U2630)
posted 19 seconds ago
The thing is there were times when the main attributes which Giroud was renowned for wasn't even up to the standard it should have been.
I still remember games where he miscontrolled the ball, tried to hold the ball up but his first touch was loose and the opposition had time to regroup, where his heading had very little precision or accuracy, and there were games where he simply didn't have the qualities to get in behind defences. That's not his fault, but when you have players like Santi, Ozil, Sanchez etc who are used to threading passes into dynamic, lively runners in between the CBs and fullback, or fluid movement creating space for others, then Giroud's limitations did hinder us in that respect.
He scored some memorable goals, and some important ones too, so I don't want to disrespect him too much.
But I will never be able to view him as a 'success' because his flaws as a first-choice striker for many years affected the team.
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I think Giroud on the whole was a success for us. A very underrated player
comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 2 hours, 32 minutes ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by We got our Arsenal back (U10012)
posted less than a minute ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 5 minutes ago
The Sun knowing more.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/12403270/arsenal-wages-willian-earn-more-aubameyang-ozil/
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You should know by now, you can only trust the Sun or any other journos/Blogs/tweets if they are solely mentioned something positive. Otherwise you should discard them
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J99 think otherwise
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I tried to explain the difference between a printed article in a paper which goes through an editorial process and 'internet' which mostly clickbait and almost immune to getting sued. The Sun has one of the best sports departments because they still sell the most papers. But you can't trust their website on breaking news.
As for Willian. The fact is he took less money to join Arsenal. And the papers hate it when Arsenal is more attractive to a player. Do you remember Suarez?
For Willian to earn the sort of money quoted we have to qualify for the CL and win trophies. I am all for that. But otherwise he is earning c£100k a week. Which is the same as Sokratis.
We have a lot fans who actually don't like the club very much so they love a negative story. Even news where we have managed to persuade Willian that Arteta is better and more attractive than Lampard!
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As if I need an explanation ...
comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 1 hour, 19 minutes ago
Giroud set up a few winners, be fair
There are a few reasons why Giroud wasn't as respected as he could have been at arsenal but Aubamayangs winner in the final highlighted something we had been missing with OG.
The jukes PEA did on Zooma was the kind of pace and trickery Giroud didn't have, he scored a lot of goals for arsenal but I can't remember a so for one where he had to beat one of two men before he carved out a chance.
He had plenty to offer but picking the ball up outside the box and taking it passed the 18 yard line and a few defenders wasn't his thing
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100% behind this comment.
comment by Castor Troy (U8700)
posted 1 hour, 2 minutes ago
comment by Samir (U2630)
posted 19 seconds ago
The thing is there were times when the main attributes which Giroud was renowned for wasn't even up to the standard it should have been.
I still remember games where he miscontrolled the ball, tried to hold the ball up but his first touch was loose and the opposition had time to regroup, where his heading had very little precision or accuracy, and there were games where he simply didn't have the qualities to get in behind defences. That's not his fault, but when you have players like Santi, Ozil, Sanchez etc who are used to threading passes into dynamic, lively runners in between the CBs and fullback, or fluid movement creating space for others, then Giroud's limitations did hinder us in that respect.
He scored some memorable goals, and some important ones too, so I don't want to disrespect him too much.
But I will never be able to view him as a 'success' because his flaws as a first-choice striker for many years affected the team.
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I think Giroud on the whole was a success for us. A very underrated player
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I agree with you Castor. He had just some different qualities to what Auba brings to the table. Giroud won 3 FA cups with Arsenal and "Charity Shield cups" in which he assisted.
Unfortunately he helped Chelsea to win the EL and not Arsenal.
Financially he was a big success as well for Arsenal.
Dont know why people think otherwise.
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comment by Tu Meke - AinsleyForRightBack (U3732)
posted 17 minutes ago
Time to partey?
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Bollox. bällend
I believe only info from TeeboITK
Would you take any Bayern players for arsenal geets?
comment by Tu Meke - AinsleyForRightBack (U3732)
posted about an hour ago
Would you take any Bayern players for arsenal geets?
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What take another Kia player?
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Barca should punish coutinho by sending him to us
Is there anyone that still thinks we don't need Coutinho
comment by Arsenal_49 (U10665)
posted 24 minutes ago
Is there anyone that still thinks we don't need Coutinho
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Maybe Barca may keep him now
Linked to Aouar this morning as an alternative to Ceballos/Coutinho.
I suppose Arsenal are now more confident with Partey so they have started to look for his partner.
DMs - Partey, Diawara
CMs - Xhaka, ?????
https://twitter.com/LeGrove/status/1294559625006768128
Interesting.
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posted on 14/8/20
Giroud set up a few winners, be fair
There are a few reasons why Giroud wasn't as respected as he could have been at arsenal but Aubamayangs winner in the final highlighted something we had been missing with OG.
The jukes PEA did on Zooma was the kind of pace and trickery Giroud didn't have, he scored a lot of goals for arsenal but I can't remember a so for one where he had to beat one of two men before he carved out a chance.
He had plenty to offer but picking the ball up outside the box and taking it passed the 18 yard line and a few defenders wasn't his thing
posted on 14/8/20
As for Willian and the Spurs song. Surely we will have to keep it and make some minor changes?
posted on 14/8/20
Do a YouTube vid of you signing it
posted on 14/8/20
The thing is there were times when the main attributes which Giroud was renowned for wasn't even up to the standard it should have been.
I still remember games where he miscontrolled the ball, tried to hold the ball up but his first touch was loose and the opposition had time to regroup, where his heading had very little precision or accuracy, and there were games where he simply didn't have the qualities to get in behind defences. That's not his fault, but when you have players like Santi, Ozil, Sanchez etc who are used to threading passes into dynamic, lively runners in between the CBs and fullback, or fluid movement creating space for others, then Giroud's limitations did hinder us in that respect.
He scored some memorable goals, and some important ones too, so I don't want to disrespect him too much.
But I will never be able to view him as a 'success' because his flaws as a first-choice striker for many years affected the team.
posted on 14/8/20
comment by Samir (U2630)
posted 19 seconds ago
The thing is there were times when the main attributes which Giroud was renowned for wasn't even up to the standard it should have been.
I still remember games where he miscontrolled the ball, tried to hold the ball up but his first touch was loose and the opposition had time to regroup, where his heading had very little precision or accuracy, and there were games where he simply didn't have the qualities to get in behind defences. That's not his fault, but when you have players like Santi, Ozil, Sanchez etc who are used to threading passes into dynamic, lively runners in between the CBs and fullback, or fluid movement creating space for others, then Giroud's limitations did hinder us in that respect.
He scored some memorable goals, and some important ones too, so I don't want to disrespect him too much.
But I will never be able to view him as a 'success' because his flaws as a first-choice striker for many years affected the team.
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I think Giroud on the whole was a success for us. A very underrated player
posted on 14/8/20
comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 2 hours, 32 minutes ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by We got our Arsenal back (U10012)
posted less than a minute ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 5 minutes ago
The Sun knowing more.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/12403270/arsenal-wages-willian-earn-more-aubameyang-ozil/
----------------------------------------------------------------------
You should know by now, you can only trust the Sun or any other journos/Blogs/tweets if they are solely mentioned something positive. Otherwise you should discard them
----------------------------------------------------------------------
J99 think otherwise
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I tried to explain the difference between a printed article in a paper which goes through an editorial process and 'internet' which mostly clickbait and almost immune to getting sued. The Sun has one of the best sports departments because they still sell the most papers. But you can't trust their website on breaking news.
As for Willian. The fact is he took less money to join Arsenal. And the papers hate it when Arsenal is more attractive to a player. Do you remember Suarez?
For Willian to earn the sort of money quoted we have to qualify for the CL and win trophies. I am all for that. But otherwise he is earning c£100k a week. Which is the same as Sokratis.
We have a lot fans who actually don't like the club very much so they love a negative story. Even news where we have managed to persuade Willian that Arteta is better and more attractive than Lampard!
----------------------------------------------------------------------
As if I need an explanation ...
posted on 14/8/20
comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 1 hour, 19 minutes ago
Giroud set up a few winners, be fair
There are a few reasons why Giroud wasn't as respected as he could have been at arsenal but Aubamayangs winner in the final highlighted something we had been missing with OG.
The jukes PEA did on Zooma was the kind of pace and trickery Giroud didn't have, he scored a lot of goals for arsenal but I can't remember a so for one where he had to beat one of two men before he carved out a chance.
He had plenty to offer but picking the ball up outside the box and taking it passed the 18 yard line and a few defenders wasn't his thing
----------------------------------------------------------------------
100% behind this comment.
posted on 14/8/20
comment by Castor Troy (U8700)
posted 1 hour, 2 minutes ago
comment by Samir (U2630)
posted 19 seconds ago
The thing is there were times when the main attributes which Giroud was renowned for wasn't even up to the standard it should have been.
I still remember games where he miscontrolled the ball, tried to hold the ball up but his first touch was loose and the opposition had time to regroup, where his heading had very little precision or accuracy, and there were games where he simply didn't have the qualities to get in behind defences. That's not his fault, but when you have players like Santi, Ozil, Sanchez etc who are used to threading passes into dynamic, lively runners in between the CBs and fullback, or fluid movement creating space for others, then Giroud's limitations did hinder us in that respect.
He scored some memorable goals, and some important ones too, so I don't want to disrespect him too much.
But I will never be able to view him as a 'success' because his flaws as a first-choice striker for many years affected the team.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I think Giroud on the whole was a success for us. A very underrated player
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I agree with you Castor. He had just some different qualities to what Auba brings to the table. Giroud won 3 FA cups with Arsenal and "Charity Shield cups" in which he assisted.
Unfortunately he helped Chelsea to win the EL and not Arsenal.
Financially he was a big success as well for Arsenal.
Dont know why people think otherwise.
posted on 14/8/20
Time to partey?
posted on 14/8/20
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
posted on 14/8/20
Barthey
posted on 14/8/20
comment by Tu Meke - AinsleyForRightBack (U3732)
posted 17 minutes ago
Time to partey?
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Bollox. bällend
posted on 14/8/20
I believe only info from TeeboITK
posted on 14/8/20
Would you take any Bayern players for arsenal geets?
posted on 14/8/20
comment by Tu Meke - AinsleyForRightBack (U3732)
posted about an hour ago
Would you take any Bayern players for arsenal geets?
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posted on 14/8/20
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posted on 14/8/20
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posted on 14/8/20
What take another Kia player?
posted on 14/8/20
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posted on 14/8/20
Barca should punish coutinho by sending him to us
posted on 14/8/20
Is there anyone that still thinks we don't need Coutinho
posted on 14/8/20
comment by Arsenal_49 (U10665)
posted 24 minutes ago
Is there anyone that still thinks we don't need Coutinho
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Maybe Barca may keep him now
posted on 15/8/20
Linked to Aouar this morning as an alternative to Ceballos/Coutinho.
posted on 15/8/20
I suppose Arsenal are now more confident with Partey so they have started to look for his partner.
DMs - Partey, Diawara
CMs - Xhaka, ?????
posted on 15/8/20
https://twitter.com/LeGrove/status/1294559625006768128
Interesting.
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