We need a more flexible forward. Giroud is useless without service. Get this guy in for 3 seasons. Price is irrelevant. We all need to stop adopting the gaffer's spendthrift mentality. I'm guilty of that thinning as well

Since Giroud is useless without service, the reason you want to sign Cavani is his solo goals? He doesn't score more than 3-4 goals a season that doesn't require service, I reckon. Price surely can't be irrelevant to getting those extra goals when other parts of the team also need strengthening.

Every striker needs service. Cavani is bloody lethal though. That's why he scored so much for a Napoli side where only Hamsik tried to pass the ball forward. All it took was one or two chances. His movement around the pitch is pretty amazing.

With Quincy, that those who don't like Giroud for not fashioning his own chances won't find Cavani much better at it.

Cavani's lowest scoring season in the last 5 years with significant time on the wing is equal to Giroud's highest.

Anzac wrote:

Shady Shakes wrote:

Care to expand on this? 

Which part in particular?
Our style or the reliance upon a specific type of Cf to make it work?

Your thoughts on our style becoming inhibiting, and generally what you make of our attacking play.

MistaT wrote:

With Quincy, that those who don't like Giroud for not fashioning his own chances won't find Cavani much better at it.

That's true but Cavani has a great shot on him. Truly fantastic. You give him a sniff he'll bury it.

Not to mention his mobility which would totally open up space in attack for the like of Sanchez to attack. We'd be a lot more fluid.

We have one bona fide world class player in our front three. You can get by with one merely 'good' player there, but not two. Not if you want to win the league anyway. Either we get a world class striker, or we get a world class wide forward. If Alexis picks up an injury, then we will struggle for goals from day one I think.

Shady Shakes wrote:

Anzac wrote:

Which part in particular?
Our style or the reliance upon a specific type of Cf to make it work?

Your thoughts on our style becoming inhibiting, and generally what you make of our attacking play.

Essentially the style inhibits because it requires such a precise specialisation to work effectively.
It won't work properly without a Giroud type at CF, and it likewise requires ball players to play off him around zone14.
Because of the reliance on that pattern the midfield essentially becomes the attack, and the attack supplements/supports the midfield = IMO the roles are back to front.

As an attacking style it's entertaining to watch but because it is so specific and 1 dimensional IMO it struggles to be effective against both any team that is organised & disciplined in defence, or any team that is of like quality, because it relies heavily upon the technical quality to create scoring opportunities.

Lastly because we have ball players getting into better created scoring positions we are not so efficient at converting those opportunities as if we had a forward / goal scorer in those same opportunities.

Rex wrote:

We have one bona fide world class player in our front three. You can get by with one merely 'good' player there, but not two. Not if you want to win the league anyway. Either we get a world class striker, or we get a world class wide forward. If Alexis picks up an injury, then we will struggle for goals from day one I think.

Let alone if you are going to rely upon your attack to compensate for the defence, so that you don't lose even if you concede as we did v Swansea.

@lorddulaarsenal wrote:

Think it's time to take a punt. Giroud needs serious competition for his spot anyways and we need an alternative to Olly.

Cavani / Benzema / Higuain / Mandzukic / Benteke
other than Higuain all offer size, movement & strength,
and all offer goals.

Rampage wrote:

banduan wrote:

yeh, but do he do this?

That was better than I expected looking at the video title. I used to be very frustrated by Giroud but he's a quality footballer. I have no qualms with him leading the line for us next season.

I like Giroud but was still surprised by how good he looked in that compilation.
My issue is the lack of competition in times like now when his scoring touch has deserted him.
Welbeck, i suppose, was bought for this reason when Wenger realised how technically deficient Sanogo was.
Giroud responded by improving to a higher plane but we have still fallen short so, i think, we still need a Cavani/Morata/other added to mount a serious title challenge.

One last concern for Cavani, is that you would think he and Giroud will decline at similar times (age and size) and that could leave us needing two new signings.

Morata may be the better bet as i worry that the Cavani of PSG has lost his confidence and apart from the odd decent goal, here and there, he has not looked impressive.

And yet he scores more than Giroud, despite mainly playing on the flank. Can you imagine how he would do if he got his confidence back from being the main man again? Cavani would be a massive upgrade on Giroud in my opinion.

Reckon there's a chance Wenger might take a punt on Draxler. He could become that striker with the all-round game and 'x factor' that Giroud doesn't have. He'd take a lot of work to get there though.

Real can buy Morata back for _£22m. I could see them doing it to appease the fans. And if they can't, then Juve would be mental to sell. He's quality and Tevez is long in the tooth.
Cavani is a good alternative to Giroud because of his energy. He's able to play in a much broader area of the field and can run. If you're a defense with some combination of Ozil, Ox, Cavani and Sanchez bearing down on you, you'll poop and give up. I watched him a lot more in his Napoli days and he was truly fearsome in open play with Hamsik and co. Giroud doesn't have that. Even peak Adebayor had it.

I agree with you completely regarding Cavani Claudius. Problem is we already brought that type of striker last summer in Welbeck. They both have similar style and are quick, strong with immense work rate.. the only difference is one is a footballer and the other is not. Can anyone see Wenger flogging Welbeck/Walcott and signing a better striker? I personally can't which makes me kinda pessimistic about our summer dealings.