I guess. He used to be more mobile as few years ago. These days he just doesn't move around, that's what Griezmann would give us.

Antoine Griezmann scored his first international goal for France only for the midfielder Víctor Cáceres to do likewise and earn Paraguay a 1-1 draw with an 89th-minute header in Sunday’s World Cup warm-up in Nice.
The Real Sociedad winger has impressed since recently breaking into the Franceteam and, coming on as a substitute, put them ahead in the 82nd minute with an assured finish, curling the ball into the right-hand corner after collecting it on the left side of the penalty area.
France had the majority of possession but the Arsenal forward Olivier Giroud missed several chances and failed to add to his international tally of seven after scoring twice against Norway in a 4-0 win on Tuesday.

He's a proper goal scoring winger.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/01/antoine-griezmann-france-paraguay-world-cup

"but the Arsenal forward Olivier Giroud missed several chances"

Surprising

Gurgen wrote:

I guess. He used to be more mobile as few years ago. These days he just doesn't move around, that's what Griezmann would give us.

I'd worry that though Griezmann has done well recently in Spain he's not quite athletically powerful enough for the premiership.

I'd want someone who is nimble but with better technique or a beast physically like Cuadrado

evoh wrote:

"but the Arsenal forward Olivier Giroud missed several chances"

Surprising

He had a good game. Remy was poor though. Cuadrado would be an excellent plan b to Di Maria.

I'd take Griezmann over Remy, especially if Remy's going to end up out on the left wing here.

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I've changed my mind now, I want him. The more I've seen the less he looks just a functional player that can find the back of the net and the more he looks like a player with good touch, awareness, speed and combination play, with a few outstanding attributes; his finishing, movement and acceleration. Think he'd give us more than Podolski next season

I'd take him ahead of Podolski too but not sure the upgrade is worth the hassle especially if he is going to cost 15 or 20m. Wonder what he'd be like as a striker.

Well judged Ricky
Looks like Ribery may not make it to the WC so we may get to see a lot more of Griezmann.
So far it doesn't appear that he's been out of his depth when playing for France.

Of course he'd give us more than Podolski, but that's not saying much.

Some serious underating of podolski going on here.

Don't want Griezmann. Flash in the pan flavour of the month. Payet mark deuce

Valbuena is the guy to get from that French team

Valbuena is a 29 year old midget who doesn't score.

Unless you meant sign him because it'd boost Cazorlas confidence by feeling taller than someone. If thats what you meant then its a genius psychological ploy.

@lorddulaarsenal wrote:

Some serious underating of podolski going on here.

Don't want Griezmann. Flash in the pan flavour of the month. Payet mark deuce

Valbuena is the guy to get from that French team

valbuena is chit mate. one paced manlet, sif we need more of that nonsense.

admit it - you hate griezmann because he kind of looks like marco reus

Valbuena is a whiny , diving little self-centered midget . No way

He's top drawer. Excellent set piece delivery

I'd defo take him here. Best French attacker at the World Cup bar Ribery

Griezmann is a decent player. Good movement and link up play and he can score goals. However, I think we should aim higher. With Walcott on the right and Ozil in the middle, we lack "dribblers" up front. Players who can make things happen on their own. The best thing would be a player like Sanchez; good link up player, but can also create things on his own.

Still not that impressed, too similar to Podolski for my liking. Would rather keep the German if this is the case.

Griezmann is 23 and still with a lot of improvement ahead of him while Podolski is 29 and at his peak. Honestly, I'd take the 23 year old Griezmann over Podolski right now, since I think he is better suited to us, and the younger player will easily surpass Podolski's best.

Griezmann is nothing like Podolski either. He is a lot pacier, much better 1v1, links play better, is a lot more mobile, and is a lot more willing to make runs in behind the back 4. Podolski has a better shot and is the better finisher, but it isn't like Griezmann is a poor finisher by any means; it just means that Podolski is an exceptional finisher.

We have a Griezmann "type" wide player in Walcott and Podolski, we don't however have a wide player who is a powerful dribbler, which is why we should go for either Di Maria or Cuadrado or players like that.

:o

Valbuena does score a few but he makes things tick and would provide great service to and will get the best out of Giroud.

He's been great for France these past few games and I expect he'll be the best French player at the World Cup.

Experienced too. Would be a good addition to the squad certainly better than Griezmann.

Anyways it's by the by. If rather we go proper and get Pedro Di Maria or Sanchez.

Giroud will be the best french player at the World cup imo.

Rayman wrote:

We have a Griezmann "type" wide player in Walcott and Podolski, we don't however have a wide player who is a powerful dribbler, which is why we should go for either Di Maria or Cuadrado or players like that.

Yeah a Gervais but better. Someone who can reliably take on their man.

evoh wrote:

"but the Arsenal forward Olivier Giroud missed several chances"

Surprising

he actually played really well and i am not a big fan of his.

i'm a massive fan of snooping around di Maria. how many times have you watched him and said "there's the best player on the field" when Madrid are playing? it's almost always one of Ronaldo, Ramos or him

Saying Podolski is the same type of player as Walcott is utter rubbish. This is the second time today I have to wonder if everyone on here actually bothers to watch our games! Walcott is unique in this squad, and we need another player like him so we are less reliable on him IMO. Of the players we have who regularly get game time on the flank I'd say Chambo is the one closest to Walcott in style, but he doesn't try to get in behind the back 4 as often as Walcott, and he doesn't really score from there.

We should get a striker who can get in behind the back four and sign a better wide player than Griezmann.

Rex wrote:

Saying Podolski is the same type of player as Walcott is utter rubbish. This is the second time today I have to wonder if everyone on here actually bothers to watch our games! Walcott is unique in this squad, and we need another player like him so we are less reliable on him IMO.

I think absence makes the heart grow fonder in the case of Walcott. He can be a pretty frustrating player. He's well capable of outrageous misses in front of goal too, not unsimilar to the ones we've seen from Giroud this season. If he's not on a scoring streak he offers little to the team, and in that sense he's similar to Podolski.

You'd have both of them around for the sheer end product, and in Walcott's case for the added threat of that world class pace, but they shouldn't be certain starters. I think we need someone with a similar goal threat who offers more to our overall game.

The two closest players I can think of who would be available without fuss this summer are Cuadrado and Cerci.

Konoplyanka n Bernard too

Ricky1985 wrote:

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I've changed my mind now, I want him. The more I've seen the less he looks just a functional player that can find the back of the net and the more he looks like a player with good touch, awareness, speed and combination play, with a few outstanding attributes; his finishing, movement and acceleration. Think he'd give us more than Podolski next season

Really don't see anything there apart from hard work and persistence.

Think I'd rather try n polish the rough that is Bolasie

Bernard is a pretty good shout. Must be dying to get out of Ukraine.

Sounds like a hipster random shout to me.
What do you think of Griezmann Klaus?

Klaus wrote:

Bernard is a pretty good shout. Must be dying to get out of Ukraine.

Yep hugely talented guy too. Has that magic about him. Will give brazil that spark when needed.

y va marquer wrote:

What do you think of Griezmann Klaus?

I think he looks like a good signing. Close to Walcott in style as far as I can tell. I would go for someone who's a bit more dribbly and better at stretching the field personally.

Klaus wrote:

I think absence makes the heart grow fonder in the case of Walcott. He can be a pretty frustrating player. He's well capable of outrageous misses in front of goal too, not unsimilar to the ones we've seen from Giroud this season. If he's not on a scoring streak he offers little to the team, and in that sense he's similar to Podolski.

Also while Theo's crossing is good he isn't really a player who will help create a lot otherwise. When teams sit deep it does negate a lot of his attacking threat and generally not really involved in build up play. Partially why I'm indifferent to Griezmann as well right now, very similar in how his great runs and pace are his main asset.

Think even if the player offers less goal threat we might be better served with a top class dribbler on the left for us.

Klaus wrote:

y va marquer wrote:

What do you think of Griezmann Klaus?

I think he looks like a good signing. Close to Walcott in style as far as I can tell. I would go for someone who's a bit more dribbly and better at stretching the field personally.

Ah, ok.

I'd say one of our biggest problems last season without Walcott, and a proper striker, was that defenses were not at all afraid to push up to minimize space between themselves and their midfield. They did that because they pretty much knew we were not in the least bit threatening them in behind. Podolski does absolutely nothing to change that, whereas Walcott with his pace and willingness to get in behind does exactly that.

A byproduct of this is that the center where Özil, Cazorla and Wilshere in particular like to operate gets congested, they are all less effective then, and we end up losing the ball way too often there. Lots of us complained last season that we had problems keeping sustained pressure on opponents; IMO a lot of that comes down to what I have outlined above. We simply couldn't push teams far enough down the pitch.

Saying that Podolski does anything at all to help with this is just bogus IMO, whereas Walcott is crucial for it. Podolski has decent pace, but 8 times out of 10 he wants the ball to feet, just like the rest of our lot. IMO Walcott is unique in our squad in that he mostly wants the ball into space, and he runs to make it happen. His involvement in our general play in this respect is either here nor there, because his runs keep defenses honest regardless. We desperately need another runner in our front line, and Podolski certainly isn't it.

Completely agree about teams pushing up but as long as we sign a reasonable nimble striker they won't be able to do that. Without theo we have a worrying lack of pace up top in our team. I think that is why we should look to sign a quick LW as well this summer. Thought unfortunately can't see us signing 4 first team players in one summer