Giroud has been pretty poor in the first half of matches just recently, and then seems to up his game a bit in the second half.

I didn't think he was that awful last night. The one he blasted over was annoying, as he should have hit the target, but the lay back ball wasn't on for him, so it was a difficult angle, where you need to get power behind the ball.

He was unlucky with the two "open goals" as there was some astonishingly good defending for both to get the toe in.

He's not Henry, he's not Bergkamp or RVP. He was 12 million quid, and with 17 goals, that represents pretty good value for money.

We do need better. We need world class. But he's not "shit". Just unlucky that he plays for a team that has been graced with superhuman strikers for 20+ years in Wright, Henry, Bergkamp and RVP.