otfgoon wrote:
Forget about comparing him with Giroud, the issue with Higuain is that he's supposed to be a proper goalscorer, that's pretty much his sole function, yet 18 league goals is his best output in three seasons. Forget Giroud, I have a difficult time believing Theo, with a run of 37 games as our lead striker, couldn't manage better than that. I mean in 1 game he got 17% of the way towards matching Higuain 😆
It's just bang average return for the type of player he is. If he perfermed the function that the likes of Benzema or Giroud play in their teams then fair enough. But he doesn't.
I was certain he'd be a success here two years ago when we nearly signed him, but his time in Italy has been underwhelming.
Welbeck did the same, it's one game, nothing to by. Different when you have to play up front for 50 games, Theo can't manage to stay on his feet for a couple of games, let alone over a whole season.
Goal return doesn't even matter much, if he scored as many as Giroud here, chances are we'd still improve as a team because we actually have a striker who can move and make defenders think twice.
In his "underwhelming" seasons at Naopli he scored more than Giroud ever has managed, but you say it's underwhelming? I'd love to see people's reactions if Giroud managed to score 29 goals in one season "world class", "Real can fuck off, Ronaldo or nothing", etc.
He managed something like a goal per start in his last couple of seasons for Real. The guy is a machine.
