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I don't know why people always need to be mean to me when they don't agree with me. I mean you can just put me on ignore instead making fun of me mate.
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Alexandre Lacazette: Laca the Net
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I don't know why people always need to be mean to me when they don't agree with me. I mean you can just put me on ignore instead making fun of me mate.
Country: Iceland
You're a curious fellow
Well he is a fine player. Not a top tier player. Maybe he will step up his game with us and get into the top tier bracket. We will see.
Country: England
Was only messing around, you know I like you, putting you on ignore would be like giving away a puppy.
thierrytheking14
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This is why I called you a curious fellow. You confuse me mate as your opinion's on him are so varied.
Country: England
This is one of those points where you agree to disagree
Country: Iceland
Common mate you know everything I say about Giroud is to counter blaze of glory overrating him.
Of course I rate Giroud. Im his biggest fan on this forum!
freeglennhelder2
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Im not saying he's Messi but in the few games I've seen him play for us
Strong on the ball
Good link up
Good movement
Good work rate/nicks the ball from opp
Clinical shooting
What in the name of all that is holy is there not to like?????
Strong on the ball
Good link up
Good movement
Good work rate/nicks the ball from opp
Clinical shooting
What in the name of all that is holy is there not to like?????
Jury
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Eurghhh! You're such a snake
thierrytheking14
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Lacazette is already fresh. What he needs is as many Arsenal minutes (and goals) as possible.
If we're winning - good, keep Lacazette out there and give him the time to gel with his new team.
If we're losing - you don't take off your best CF. Put Giroud on alongside Lacazette, it looked great against Leicester.
Unfortunately Wenger will keep his golden boys (Sanchez and Özil) on the pitch at all costs, which means the other forward in our attack is going to miss out if Wenger is insistent on giving Giroud some sympathy minutes every game. Lacazette is already visibly pissed off and I don't blame him.
Wrighty4eva
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- This guy is basically a Frenchman doing an impression of Walcott.
This guy definitely is a great finisher. Even though his goal against stoke was disallowed, but it showed his composure and all goals he scored so far were skilled and well taken (no deflection or Welbeck-shoulder header style). Looks like a 30 league goals+ player to me given 30 league starting and Özil/Sanchez to start.
For all the talk of his style being akin to Wrighty and Wiltord, while he is mobile I'd not call him a 'runner'. He finds pockets of space due to good movement and then it's all about technique. He actually reminds me more of Bergkamp's first few seasons here when he played more as a goal scorer than a creator. Having someone running off him (Alexis/Welbeck/even Theo) actually makes the 2AM-1FC more akin to 1AM-2FC which I think suits him, and Özil, better. It explains why the choice seems to be him OR Giroud aswell, while their strengths and style are different, they both have the same 'role' - the more measured centre forward in a pair with a more 'flash and pacey' striker.
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They're not sympathy minutes if Giroud is coming on an contributing, which he often does. I do agree when chasing a game it would be wise to have both Giroud and Lacazette on the pitch, and I feel as though that's what will happen.
Lacazette is still getting eased in. He will be our starting striker. You seem paranoid that Wenger will do anything to get Giroud into the team when it's clearly not the case. I know you don't rate him but relax, he's a great option to have.
Imagine having a motivated set of 3 strikers in Lacazette, Giroud and Welbeck all scoring regularly with Alexis also scoring as he normally does.
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It's more frustration with how Wenger is using Lacazette thus far than any problem with Giroud.
He's our marquee CF signing who, despite impressing, has only been given 90 mins once, was dropped for our most important game of the season, and was taken off when we were chasing a goal against Stoke.
More than happy for Giroud to get minutes - particularly as Lacazette-Giroud will probably be our best attacking combination next season, but if Wenger is insistent bringing the guy on every game then it should be Sanchez or Özil who miss out. You know the guys who don't want to be at the club and are refusing to sign new contracts.
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Zaza
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Lacazette link up play and technical ability is much better than Walcott can ever dream of. He's also a better finisher than Welbeck. He's certainly impressed more than I expected and I see him getting even better with time.
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You mentioned Lukaku had over 20 shots, but the question is, how many of those are precisely fed by his teammates? The truth is some of them are, but not many.
In fact, some of the shots are created by half chances from teammates' passes (and turn into golden chances by Lukaku). And some of the shots are created by Lukaku himself without the help of his teammates.
Lacazette is a great finisher, but he can't create goal scoring chance for himself.
Look at Suarez for instance, a couple of step overs or elasticos will position himself into a goal scoring position. Or take Lukaku as an example, he can just bump off a few defenders to achieve the same.
Lacazette on the other hand would struggle to do the same. He'll only get 2-3 chances in big games. I'm sure with his finishing quality he will have no problem bagging in 1-2 of them. But Lukaku could easily score as much by taking more shots.
In PL, a lot of teams are using a system of zonal marking+deep defensive line. It's very difficult to drag defenders out of position with just pace+movement. In order to be a top class attacking player, a combination of (skills/body strength)+pace+movement is needed.
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