He's imperfect but don't think he's the reason we're a bit goal-shy this season - the issue is our lack of creativity.
Clrnc
I don't think that was too bad, but yeah he's not the most aware of his surroundings. There was one last week I think where he was clearly offside but stole it off Ode's feet anyway.
He can serve a purpose off the bench though, adds a directness when things are not going too well. But really needs to learn to take up good positions in the box.
Qwiss says more about the state of our CF play that this clearly mid-to-low table premier league player is as productive as any other arsenal CF. arteta, do foggin better.
FEBravo thats sort of the level I see him at too. Which is why I'm comfortable with him as a squad option.
Meatwad yeah says something about our options but it says something about our supply to those options too. Don't think we are doing well by our CFs.
Is he better than Watkins or Calvert-Lewis or one of those strikers on these other teams? Genuine question. I think he’d do well at that level with more space, able to use his pace and not face packed defences.
FEBravo he'd be great for Palace or West Ham.
If you are shit at least make yourself useful.
Terrible sub performance, shit body language and couldn’t hold the ball up properly.
What use does he have when he doesn’t score? Any striker the from promoted teams can ‘work hard’.
He’s not a bad player but he’s not great. We need a great player up top to be where we want to be. He’s also a bad fit stylistically and therefore he’s erratic.
He can fill that Ivan Toney shaped hole at Brentford
no he can't. brentford need a striker that can hold the ball up.
He has so many of such matches where he has no meaningful touches or pass. Arteta is so ruthless in positions that don't even have a problem, not sure why we are persisting with him
Giroud used to make us long for the days of Henry. Nketiah makes me long for the days of Giroud.
Burnwinter Giroud was incredibly underrated.
Burnwinter
I always say the grass isn't always greener. We were greeted with David Luiz after Mustafi.
I used to moan about Adebayor, and then slow paced VP came along who I never liked despite being an exceptional finisher and technician. Then Giroud came and made me pine for VP. Then came Lacazette who wasn't an upgrade on Giroud and following him is Jesus who is arguably the most talented of the lot but may be the lowest scoring of the bunch.
I’d rather Lacazette
He brings absolutely nothing to the team at the moment. No where near good enough for Arsenal.
On track for another 4-5 league goal/season
Gunner89 he's actually on track for an 8 goal season unless something big changes.
Qwiss Not by you and me, though, but by everyone else more or less.
Don’t think Giroud was:is underrated. He was rated exactly as he should be. His trouble was he wasn’t always the best fit for the style we tried to play at various points in his time with us and he wasn’t in the bracket we’d ideally see line up for us. Henry, Bergkamp, RvP…
lorddulaarsenal
Don’t think he was that underrated with us, at times he was a shower of shit - ie 2nd half of 2015/2016 when he didn’t score a single goal or that dreadful game v Monaco when he couldn’t score in a month of Sundays.
However, since leaving us he improved big time and is a big game player. His CV and career highlights since leaving us really speaks for itself.
Giroud was incredibly frustrating. He was good when he was on form but abysmal when he wasn't. There would be long periods of the season where he'd spend half the game on the floor appealing for a free kick after being outmuscled. There were other periods where he's holding defenders off and popping off lovely first time passes.
Whether you underrate him or overrate him depends on which of those phases of the season you remember.
