Match Reaction - Dortmund

Bendy was often good at powering in last minute headers for us. Would often get 10+ plus goals for us as back up. Important goals as well. It makes sense for Wenger to throw him on. If we’re serious about competing, then a better second striker would mean someone better than Giroud and pushing him on to the bench.

Bendy hasn’t done himself any favours with all the loan spells. He’d have played more games and helped his development if he had stayed with us. But when you see rubbish players like Chamakh in front of you….well…..

We need a top class striker IMO, Giroud's done pretty well and comes up with some nice touches but I'm not entirely convinced with him in front of goal, someone of real quality up front would finish us off, thought I'd personally sign another CB as well.

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Originally Posted by Özim

We need a top class striker IMO, Giroud's done pretty well and comes up with some nice touches but I'm not entirely convinced with him in front of goal, someone of real quality up front would finish us off, thought I'd personally sign another CB as well.

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This is the balance though. We have Giroud, and get goals by the way he brings everyone else into play.

If you rely on an out and out striker, who doesn't do what Giroud does for our midfield, you find yourself relying on one player, rather than a cohesive unit.

Not saying there's not better players at other things, but doing what Giroud does? He's about the best at bringing others into play in the world right now......

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Originally Posted by LDG

This is the balance though. We have Giroud, and get goals by the way he brings everyone else into play.

If you rely on an out and out striker, who doesn't do what Giroud does for our midfield, you find yourself relying on one player, rather than a cohesive unit.

Not saying there's not better players at other things, but doing what Giroud does? He's about the best at bringing others into play in the world right now......

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That's a serious exaggeration. He's doing good but let's not go overboard.

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

That's a serious exaggeration. He's doing good but let's not go overboard.

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I'm gonna quote Maccy (sorry Maccy), just so you don't think my comments were rash....hopefully you'll respect him more than you do me ;)

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Well simply I don't think there is currently anyone better at linking the play in the way Giroud does out of any current striker; those other strikers might be more likely to score multiple goals consistently but I also think there's a good chance we'd lose the effectiveness of utilising our midfield, which is clearly our stength. It's not so simple as better striker = better team.

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Furthermore. Everyone wnated us to sign Lewandovski (sp), but if the other night is anything to go by, I know who I'd pick!

It’s the way we play and the way we use our strikers. They all get involved with the act. We’ve never had a first team striker that wouldn’t assist with the build up. Henry, Ade, RVP….even little Eduardo was encouraged to be smart around the edge of the box. Heck, Chamakh was helping with the link up play so badly he was neglecting his shooting duty.

Man Utd play a different brand of football but if we had either RVP or Rooney, we’d be even more of a threat. As long as we have a striker that’s constantly working and looking for the ball, we’d get that team work. Wenger gets the best out of strikers.

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Originally Posted by LDG

This is the balance though. We have Giroud, and get goals by the way he brings everyone else into play.

If you rely on an out and out striker, who doesn't do what Giroud does for our midfield, you find yourself relying on one player, rather than a cohesive unit.

Not saying there's not better players at other things, but doing what Giroud does? He's about the best at bringing others into play in the world right now......

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I agree with the crux of your post. However, the last para is quite a bold statement. I like Giroud and the influence we brings upon our style of play, but there is no way he is as exceptional as you claim.

There isn't a striker in the world that doesn't help with link up play in some form but link up play demands ability & a footballing brain - we had it in abundance with the likes of TH, DB & RVP. It was obvious the likes of Adebayor & Bendtner do not have it & never
will do, neither of them could make a difference in shit teams like Spurs & Sunderland. Giroud has shown he is a clever player & he can only get better but we have to have clever players in all positions to get the most out of the football we play & we have to add another clever player upfront. Bringing Bendtner on in CL football is laughable. He may score goals for Denmark but they play long ball into the box where he can beat a little Itie in the air - we don't do that, our game is about quick movement around the box & intricate passing which he's fucking useless at.

Syn must be drunk as he reported his reply rather than posting it on here.

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Lewandowski is very overrated. He's probably a little better than Giroud but we should aim for better. Unfortunately summer 2013 was the window where all top strikers were on the move. Now it's going to be difficult.

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Syn :lol:

Awlful drunk