Was this when Leicester won the league?
Are you telling me Giroud cost us a PL title?
+8.53 xG Giroud should've been sent to The Hague
Was this when Leicester won the league?
Are you telling me Giroud cost us a PL title?
I didn’t even hate Giroud whilst he was here, but the way people try big him up once he became a side man for Chelsea kmt.
+8.53 xG Giroud should've been sent to The Hague
I didn’t even hate Giroud whilst he was here, but the way people try big him up once he became a side man for Chelsea kmt.
Never. Not my portion. He cost us way more than I even realised in hindsight - but admittedly Wenger wrongfully persisted with him for far too long. He tried his best, so who’s fault is it really.
You sent me over the edge last time you spouted this drivel go away.Strike rate similar to Drogba. Elite big game player who was a great rotation striker.
Find a new slant.
Giroud wasn’t the problem injuries kept us from the league title that year. Santi and Coquelin in particular. More stats that people love to ignore.Strike rate similar to Drogba. Elite big game player who was a great rotation striker.
Find a new slant.
We carved out some chances ffs, which is more than can be said for now.
+8.53 xG Giroud should've been sent to The Hague
+8.53 xG Giroud should've been sent to The Hague
Needed Auba back then, getting him 2018 was too late.We carved out some chances ffs, which is more than can be said for now.
Think you inadvertently or deliberately misinterpreted what I meant by context here. In 2015/16 the expectations amongst the fans was different than what it is now. We expected to progress and challenge for the league title and to kick on in the CL instead of exiting in the round of 16 as we did at the time. These expectations were also fuelled by Wenger and the club. Note that when we finished 2nd, before regressing to 4th and 5th under Wenger, we really didn't challenge. Sp**s were closer to catching Leicester and we finished 2nd right at the death when Sp**s stopped getting results at the end, which we kept on getting.2015/16 our play was exciting, all our stats were superb in both defence and attack, and we finished 2nd . . . end of story.
Your ‘context’ you want to drag in, if only he’d done this and that he might have won the league etc, is where all the boll*cks arrives. I know you’re big on all this other stuff but it doesn’t interest me bro.
People who play down good stats and big up bad ones with supposed ‘context’ are the ones with an agenda or have been brain washed by what others say.
You sent me over the edge last time you spouted this drivel go away.
With all due respect putting Giroud and Drogba in the same sentence means bare facts and all logic is missing.“AM chump destroyed by facts and logic”
With all due respect putting Giroud and Drogba in the same sentence means bare facts and all logic is missing.
All that stuff is your just your context, not mine bro. The pure facts. we progressed, from 4th, to 3rd to 2nd with some excellent stats to back it up. That’s when the fan campaign to remove him started in earnest, not after he finished 5th or 6th.Think you inadvertently or deliberately misinterpreted what I meant by context here. In 2015/16 the expectations amongst the fans was different than what it is now. We expected to progress and challenge for the league title and to kick on in the CL instead of exiting in the round of 16 as we did at the time. These expectations were also fuelled by Wenger and the club. Note that when we finished 2nd, before regressing to 4th and 5th under Wenger, we really didn't challenge. Sp**s were closer to catching Leicester and we finished 2nd right at the death when Sp**s stopped getting results at the end, which we kept on getting.
After our 2nd place league position we didn't improve but got worse and the fan frustration grew until Wenger had to leave. We then had Emery join and he got the worst of the rot that had set in both in the squad as well as among the fans. Everyone was very unhappy and frustrated. Arteta now benefits from that by enjoying less pressure and lower expectations. You might view this as "double standard" but it is the type of context I am referring to. You might view this as unfair, but this is how things work in real life. Not sure why that is so hard to accept and / or understand? It isn't an "agenda" to point this out or be subject to it oneself, it is simply how things operate.
Not losing your best player early on then. You’re a hard man. VVD injury last season was widely accepted to have affected performance.No excuses for not winning the league that season.
Let’s refer to your context as an “alternative” context. A bit Kellyanne Conway like, which I see as quite fitting…All that stuff is your just your context, not mine bro. The pure facts. we progressed, from 4th, to 3rd to 2nd with some excellent stats to back it up. That’s when the fan campaign to remove him started in earnest, not after he finished 5th or 6th.
A fact but without all useful context. A textbook case of manipulation of stats.Except the strike rate was similar. An actual example of a fact.