General Mirth wrote:evoh wrote:When did Arsene ever change his ways to fit a player he just signed? Did it with Cesc and haven't gone back since and I can't see us doing it for a player bought in the last dash for player that we are on now.
He's not really changing his ways though, is he? Wenger's always preferred the more rounded players to be forwards. If anything signing Giroud last summer and playing him as a target man shows Wenger being willing to change the way we played for the benefit of the new guy.
Playing Giroud as a target man is no different to playing Arteta in front of the back 4. Its not a change in plan its a change in personnel, Giroud is lobbed in to play in a free flowing attacking set up and that what he is doing he isn't going in for 20 headers a game and he isn't holding up the ball. Wenger doesn't change he just throws people in at the deep end and sees what sticks.