I don't think that kind of goal can be intentional, he reached out for it but there's no way he reached it and was aiming for the goal, he just caught it and it went in it wasn't planned that way.Originally Posted by Letters
I think Giroud's was intentional...he'll never do it again though
With all due respect to him, he's no Zidane and even if someone like Zidane did it you'd have to question whether he meant it.
Believe at the time other players were saying he'd done it or tried it in training, I think he meant it. Like Nayim from the half way line "meant it". Never do it again though.
It's an instinctive reaction. Happens in football all the time. He had no time to think about it, just react. Giroud is really good at that. A fluke but intentional if that makes sense.
The ball was behind him and he did what he he could to send it towards goal. A one in a million effort but definitely intentional.
One thing I like about Giroud is that he has the audacity to try things most players wouldn’t, his thought process is completely different. You could argue that’s also a flaw but he has done some spectacular things for us, acrobatic goals, flicks and clever crosses to combine for goals, awkward headers etc. He’s not a great goalscorer but more a scorer of great goals.
He's a great plan B. Someone to bring on to change the game.
As a plan A. No thanks.
What he said.
I preferred the build up to the actual goal. The goal was a great piece of improvisation, undoubtedly a deliberate attempt at a 1 in 100 chance. But the movement from back to front at pace and with rapid, accurate passing, that was fun to watch. We used to do that all the time. And goes to show we could still do it if a certain bloke was so inclined.
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He’s a good player so long as he’s being used properly. Plan A, Plan B….it makes no difference if being used incorrectly. Seen plenty of occasions where Wenger has brought Giroud on for the wrong sort of game as seen against Watford recently. He’s the sort of player that needs better coaching and needs to a certain set up around him because he’s the sort of striker that needs service. He has limitations but how we doesn’t help him at all. He’s slow but that scorpion kick was scored on a counter so it’s possible get more out of him in those sort of situations instead of always trying to lump the ball up to him.
To me, his biggest flaws are that he never plays on the half turn or attempts to shimmy his way to a goal scoring opportunity when close to goal. He’ll always play a flick to the side or back in the direction he’s facing with his first touch. It’s as if we work the ball to get into a dangerous area and he just plays it back out of the danger area. Also, he’s not moving around enough to link up play with the players around him. Way too static and far too much time wrestling defenders back to only receive the ball and lose it with a flick or play it back out of the area he’s fighting to gain ground on. It’s senseless.
Would love to see Giroud played with Lacazette, Welbeck or Theo up front. He needs a complimentary partner and someone else to work off to buy him more time when in the box. God knows why we have’t tried this especially since we’re now playing 3-4-3. That can easily turn into a 3-5-2.
He's a good squad striker. Trouble at this place is it's either/ or. Wenger has no sensible rotation or substitution policies. And we don't play to strengths. Why can't we play with 2 strikers against some opponents, for example? Have to say Bif has managed to carve himself out a surprisingly significant profile, especially at International level, while playing for a club on the decline and, more recently, being benched at club level. And he hasn't complained about it, he just gets on. Second tier, then again so are a lot of so-called top tier hype merchants, but a good pro.
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Exactly. I can’t make any sense of it. Giroud’s best moments come when he’s combining with another player with quick passes. Look at the overhead kick he scored the other day or that goal he set up for Jack. When isolated, Giroud is pants. Why not look to get him combining with more players instead of starting him up front as a solo striker and being isolated for most of the game?
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