I would say that's a problem of Giroud not being good enough rather than the gameplan being wrong. The reason why we get this tippy tappy back and forth is because that's the only way Giroud knows how to play. There's no variety to his play, he'll always knock it back to the closest midfielder with his first touch. If he mixed it up a bit by taking a touch and turning a defender he would automatically get more room because the defenders would be scared of that. But he doesn't so they get as tight as they want to him.
That takes me back to my second paragraph above. Basically we need a more complete striker rather than specialists with big weaknesses or gaps in their skill-sets.
True. I do actually want to see Theo get a run in the team. He's a breath of fresh air after having to watch Giroud for so long.Quote:
We can't get any of those so the next solution is to develop a player. If we won't use Sanchez in that role, then at least give Theo a shot and sharpen him up. You may get the games like Newcastle or Chelsea this season but you may also get the other Newcastle results where he scores a hat trick or the West Brom game. It's better than nothing and as Wenger said himself....
And that's how they played. It was compact and tight but we created chances and it's encouraging to hear that he's seeing things differently or trying something new. Theo was finding the little pockets of space and that's something we won't get from a striker like Giroud. Giroud's role is to hold the ball up so players like Ramsey, Ozil, Cazorla and Wilshere find the small pockets of space. But when those guys are firing blanks or looking for Giroud to find space we get this tippy tappy back and forth. We can't really sacrifice a striker just in hope that players like Ozil and co will find their shooting boots. Even Ramsey is getting deployed on the right simply because Wenger wants him find space to get a shooting opportunity. He makes smart runs but there has to be another way.