Santi's Left Foot
No Longer Sleeping in Theo's bed
Wouldn't disagree that Giroud could have made the difference yesterday: plan A certainly wasn't working and he's the definition of plan B.
Don't think that people should be getting carried away with it though. We've been held at the Emirates plenty of times with him in the lineup and this Giroud-less period is the best our attack has looked since the fabregas days. You can't win every game.
Having a Giroud/Welbeck on the bench would be useful for games where technical ability isn't going to unlock the opposition and we need a more physical option in there, but that's about as far as I'd go.
Yep Welbeck too, can be the difference in another way.
Thing is Welbeck can be inconsistent whereas Giroud is streaky at times, bit of a conundrum.