Olivier Giroud: Au Revoir Cher Ami

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Another start... another misfortune.

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

Very good today with little support. Think he will get his starting spot back very soon!

 

[Sniper Mik]

In case you didn't know our Handsome French Bastard's goal against Palace has made the final shortlist of the Puskas Award for 2017. If you wish to vote for him, you can do so here:

http://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/puskas-award/index.html

 

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voted for Mandzukic

 

[say yes]

Giroud's goal should be disqualified because of his celebration against Bournemouth.

 

[Brown Gooner]

Most Underrated Striker in Arsenal and Premier League History.

 

[Tywin]

Didn't he once go 18 games in a row or whatever without scoring and lost us the league title?

 

[karl]

If we had a few more players that scored 99 goals in 5 years, the team might be a bit more successful. In a time where Wenger has been let down by so many players he nursed through lean times, I am grateful for Giroud accepting a squad role. There are quite few players come though this team recently that have ideas above their station, but he is not one of them.

 

[Jury]

Didn't he once go 18 games in a row or whatever without scoring and lost us the league title?

That stat is a bit skewed to be honest. A lot of those appearances were as a sub if I remember correctly. Also, do you know how many chances he missed in all that time? Let's just say the service wasn't exactly 5 star

 

[Tywin]

That stat is a bit skewed to be honest. A lot of those appearances were as a sub if I remember correctly. Also, do you know how many chances he missed in all that time? Let's just say the service wasn't exactly 5 star

It came up to close to 900 mins without a goal. I don't know how you can blame the service when he had Özil who does nothing else but create chances feeding him. No revision required here he was so brutal at one point that he was dropped for Sanogo in a few key matches.

He's a squad level player everyone agrees on that. Happy to have him on the bench but put him in the first team for a prolonged period and he will show why he belongs on the bench.

 

[Lookin' for a new Baby]

In case you didn't know our Handsome French Bastard's goal against Palace has made the final shortlist of the Puskas Award for 2017. If you wish to vote for him, you can do so here:

http://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/puskas-award/index.html

I voted for him, the sprint up the pitch to get on the end of that is worthy of merit, I've never seen him run so fast. Whatever possessed him?

 

[Lookin' for a new Baby]

It came up to close to 900 mins without a goal.
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I'm only just getting over that drought and his reaction to the goal he scored that broke it, when we were out of everything by then.

 

[tcahill]

It came up to close to 900 mins without a goal. I don't know how you can blame the service when he had Özil who does nothing else but create chances feeding him. No revision required here he was so brutal at one point that he was dropped for Sanogo in a few key matches.

He's a squad level player everyone agrees on that. Happy to have him on the bench but put him in the first team for a prolonged period and he will show why he belongs on the bench.

Probably doesn't help that he's a target man by trade, and we're probably the worst team style-wise for a target man to play for.

 

[Lookin' for a new Baby]

Probably doesn't help that he's a target man by trade, and we're probably the worst team style-wise for a target man to play for.

Not the Bendtner was any good, but he suffered from the same thing.

 

[Sniper Mik]

Didn't he once go 18 games in a row or whatever without scoring and lost us the league title?

It was actually Wenger's inability to sign a great striker to share the goalscoring burden with Giroud that cost us the title. Giroud probably did the best he could in terms of his capabilities.

 

[Sniper Mik]

I voted for him, the sprint up the pitch to get on the end of that is worthy of merit, I've never seen him run so fast. Whatever possessed him?

The little flick in the buildup was great as well. Opened up the pitch in front of Iwobi to run into.

 

[Rain Dance]

Didn't he once go 18 games in a row or whatever without scoring and lost us the league title?

If anyone ever bothered to look at other players goal tally that season, Giroud and Sanchez scored over 50% (54% if my memory still recall 24 goals & 17 goals respectively), and Walcott our third highest top score only got to 9 goal all competition.
https://www.transfermarkt.com/arsenal-fc/leistungsdaten/verein/11/plus/0?reldata=&2015

Wenger inability to provide another player to rotate with Giroud and Sanchez in goal productivity is more to blame.
Culminating in this season Sanchez clearly fed up having to carry every season, and wanting to leave

 

[blaze_of_glory]

:bounce::bounce::bounce:

 

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Happy 100 to the big guy up front!

Cheap ass pen tbh but never looks like missing from the spot, OG.

 

[say yes]

Congrats on the big 100 Oli G.

Played really well tonight.