I think giroud will have a good season. Might bung him in my FF team depending on price. Didn't get the criticism of him last season, seemed decent when i saw him and got a fairly decent goal return for debut season
He did well, then had a poor patch, then came good again. Scored Seventeen in all comps last season, which is a decent return for his first campaign. He also played well in lots of games, linking up play and creating chances. He's a decent player, but Lord knows some Gooners love to ****ing whinge ....
Giroud - good in the air, but hit and miss on the ground. If you've replaced [enter Dutch name], you're always going to suffer by comparison. Is he good enough for title contenders? As a squad player. perhaps.
Good on the ground too and should improve overall this season, good enough for title contender ? At the moment, we are not title contenders .....
Phil McNulty agrees with me that you will get top 4 by the way, not that that means much but still.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23001874
IF we keep Bale. To be honest if we keep Bale I would expect us to finish higher than Utd at least. Without him, and with Lamela, we should still beat Arsenal unless they get 2 -3 top signings in the next couple of weeks.
On this board, we call him Phil McNumpty for a reason. Good that he's earning himself enough wumming points to get himself banned from the humourless Gooner board, though.
I share your opinion of McNumpty to be honest. I remember him predicting Liverpool as shoe-ins for the title, they then proceeded to finish 8th
