Match Reaction vs Everton

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Agreed the goal tally could be higher, he's stuck on the same number as RvP and Rooney right now. But he's been immense in his overall game, from the corner of our own box where he defends excellently, his link up play which is tidy and often decisive, and some crucial goals on top. I didn't rate this guy either, initially, but he's come on very well in his second season and deserves some credit for his hard work. He's not Suarez, nobody would argue that, but names like Llorente keep getting thrown about and I really don't see how he would give us any more than Giroud. Chances are he'd give us a couple more goals but a lot less in other areas of the pitch. I'm happy with Giroud as the main striker, of course I;d like to see a decent backup brought in in January. Hard call though, finding a quality player who will be a squad player and is not cup tied already.

I agree he deserves a degree of credit and that Llorente is not better than him.

My issue is we need to transition from "we need to buy back up" to "we need to get the best striker we can get regardless of whether they mesh well with Giroud". Giroud has not done enough to be the undisputed number 1 striker at the club, and even if he was its dangerous thinking because we did that with RVP and got lumbered with the pretty mediocre and not cheap Podolski soley because "he can play on the left and then fill in when RVP is out".

Lets just get the best bastard our money can buy and let the two scrap it out.