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Olivier Giroud: Au Revoir Cher Ami
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Better than Ronaldo too 
Jury
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It'd be interesting to hear what some of our stat-loving Giroud haters have to say about this. 
He has by far the fewest goals on there, tbf.
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Still practically 60 goals, not too bad. A lot of the big names below have since finished their PL careers.
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Posted this over summer, right on cue:
Rocky
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Yes. A few of them dropped off their levels and probably played a lot of minutes without much goal return past their peak (Torres, Fowler, Cole, Drogba)
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Posted this over summer, right on cue:
Where is this from by the way mate ?
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To an extent sure, but for example Torres lost his scoring touch at a ripe old age of 27 and only stayed in the league for 3 more years. Drogba has had an erratic career in the PL and only really had 2 great seasons out of 9, the best one coming at a later stage at the age of 32.
I mean, of course these stats don't mean too much in the overall scheme of things but they do somewhat underline just how underrated the SuperSteed really is.
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The stat just backs up what we already should know: he's a very good CF who normally will put the ball in the net every couple of games. We also all know his limitations in terms of pace and that when he loses form he really tanks. The key is to have other people also scoring regularly so it's not all down to him, as it seemed to be last season. We have seen that if he is relied on to be the main goal scorer it likely won't be enough, and that he loses form when overplayed.
With Alexis carrying the bulk of the load at CF and allowing us to attack quickly and fluidly, Giroud can be used to supplement the attack and change things up, either late in games or against certain opponents. The goals to minutes ratio bodes very well for a player used like that.
With Alexis carrying the bulk of the load at CF and allowing us to attack quickly and fluidly, Giroud can be used to supplement the attack and change things up, either late in games or against certain opponents. The goals to minutes ratio bodes very well for a player used like that.
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This!
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Santi's Left Foot
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He's not a very good CF though, he's a good goalscorer by the looks of it. Bit of a flat track bully and patchy as well. Agree with the rest of the post.
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You're a proper anti-Giroud ultra.Made it myself
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Good work! The dark side of the force is strong.Made it myself
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Some people are beyond repair...
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He's such a danger in the air, he'll be crucial this season in fact. We really have 2 gears with the pacy wingers and Alexis, or Giroud and Alexis/Ramsey workhorses on the wing
Özil's goal was started by Giroud hustling and winning the ball back. He hasn't gotten much credit for that, but it was well done by him.
His goal was neat too, it reminded me of Alexis' against Leicester away last season.
His goal was neat too, it reminded me of Alexis' against Leicester away last season.
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