Giroud

Giroud seems to divide fans more than any other player at the moment so I thought Id do a poll to judge how many people think he is good enough and how many think we should try to buy better. Its as simple as that.

 

There isn't a poll

 

Its the way the site works, you have to hit Submit before it gives the poll options.

 

I don't want him at Arsenal, full stop. it's insulting to us to have such an average player leading the line.

 

What more would Higauin have done today?

 

Scored 2.

To be fair, even Bendtner would score a lot with Ozil, Ramsey, Wilshere, Theo, Cazorla etc. supplying him.

Giroud's going to be the most average player to score 25 goals in a season.

 

I'm far more worried about Walcott personally, he's been awful both for us and England recently

 

Look - I've always said if we want to compete with Europe's best teams we need a Top striker

However.. Giroud offers more then he is credited for.

He does'nt have the touch or technical skills of an elite striker but he's a good 20 goal a Season man.
He work his socks off, is strong, good in the air and has a decent shot on him.
Bayern Munich have shown that a workhorse and a TOP class creative midfield can be a very effective combination.





If we do add a striker it should be someone stylistically very different. A skillful ball playing forward like Suarez or Rooney would be my first choice. Gives us more options.

 

He's had the flue. As has Gibbs,Mertesacker, Wilshere and now Ozil.

 

ANd Cazorla

 

And i think Sagna did aswell at some point

 

Bit hard on Mandzukic. Why would the best team in the world settle for an average striker?

Mandzukic is quality

 

He's no better than Giroud - No Way.

He also gets picked ahead of the much better finisher that is Gomez. Because he works soo much harder, does much more for the team. I'm just saying dont overlook the usefulness of a player who gives their all everytime they play.

 

And Gomez plays for Fiorentina, which means it's hard for Bayern to pick him now. I imagine they'd get some stick for it.

 

If I was to choose the striker to replace Giroud I would want someone in the mould of Ibrahimovic or Drogba - tall, good in the air, powerful, lethal in front of goal and (the one Giroud lacks most imo) scares the **** out of defenders.

I know that's easy to say and we'd all want someone like that, but if we could find a player in that mould I would be delighted.

 

So Lewandowski then.

 

He's the perfect Arsenal striker, but he's not ever going to join us.

 

We could have offered Lewandowski £800,000 a week wages and paid a £200m transfer fee and we still wouldn't have got him, was never an option

 

And a month ago I would have said we'd never get Ozil, not in a million years.......but we did.

 

Never say Never. He wants Bayern but .. Im sure Dortmund want to stop that from happening. He could still go somewhere else.