Every team should have a big lump of a striker.
Olivier Giroud
Even Liverpool?
Yeah buddy.
That poor horsie's reputation has really suffered since it started getting mistaken for Andy Carroll.
If he's here to be 2nd choice, I guess that's alright. But underwhelming as ever though and he's taken a while to produce a single good season in pretty poor French league.
I think he's a late bloomer more than anything. He played in Ligue 2 just two years ago.
I'm sure he is, I'm just never going to get what I want in this or any transfer window really (ie. A top quality, relatively proven player).
Klaus wrote:That poor horsie's reputation has really suffered since it started getting mistaken for Andy Carroll.
I can't stop laughing at that "he smells blood" post that you wrote a few weeks ago.
Hilarious.
Don Pacifico wrote:I'm sure he is, I'm just never going to get what I want in this or any transfer window really (ie. A top quality, relatively proven player).
Poor Podolski, never gets a mention cos he signed up too quick!
Hope this guy could be the technically acceptable strong-ego'd Chamakh we never had, or the Bendtner with a first touch we never had. He looks it.
If so he'd be a great asset. We really need a proper forward who can come off the bench and work his socks off to make an impact when our regular options have a bad day. A target man who can jump and strike the ball, with a bit of cunning and scrappy-goal-iness would be ideal, but confidence, ability and work rate are the essential traits.
I see for some reason he's been linked on a few sites today with QPR.
I think not.
I'm jumping on board this left foot army we're building.
According to RMC Sport France we are about to enter into negotiations for Giroud with Montpellier -offering them Chamakh will be part of the deal (seems that would only be a loan though).
This story has done the rounds before but maybe there is something in it.
http://www.rmcsport.fr/editorial/265484/arsenal-va-negocier-avec-giroud/
only a loan? f*ck.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/arsenal-agree-13m-fee-for-france-872547
Mirror reporting on reports that this had been agreed. Annoying that we had to wait until after the.......
Oh.
Don't know what to think of this.
He'd be a great replacement for Chamakh, but knowing this is Arsenal we're talking about, he's more likely to replace Robin.
Well, if the rumours of Chamakh going in the opposite direction are anything to go by, there's a big indication of the thinking behind this move.
And on that basis, I'd be behind it.
i just want change for change's sake. the management have eroded any enthusiasm i had left over the past few windows.
least it'll be a new face to moan about eh?
L'equipe are mentioning it as well: http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Arsenal-pense-a-giroud/290550
According to them, negotiations haven't started though.
He's a good player. You'll all get to see a glimpse of what he'll offer over Chamakh in the latter parts of today's match.