Sanogo was brought in as a future prospect, but what does Park do? Is he here to keep Diaby company?
Yes He's shit.
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Sanogo was brought in as a future prospect, but what does Park do? Is he here to keep Diaby company?
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What is adequate for our needs though?Originally Posted by Fist of Lehmann
Ye saw him in the Under-somthing world cup last summer and i werent impressed and that really says it all, most youngsters who become something have always bossed the youth cups, like Pogba and a few others from the French side did.
He's a good squad player but should never have been our first choice.
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What's odd is that the manager admits he has the best finisher he has ever seen sitting on the bench yet he doesn't find a way to utilise him effectively in the striker role. You'd think that would be the first thing he'd do.
This is what he always does. He has his first 11 + 1 or 2 subs he trusts and that's it. He never manages to utilise his squad and keeps flogging things until he has no choice but to change it up. It took being knocked out of everything for him to play Koscielnly and Rosicky reguarly last year.
We definitely need a world-class, first-choice striker to come-in - that's been the case for a couple of years now, and it hasn't changed - but I wouldn't get rid of Giroud? He was doing really well at the start of the season, but the longer the season's gone on, and the more players have dropped around him (especially Ramsey and Walcott) the more he's started to flag - if you ask me, I think he needs a rest more than a P45, and someone to share the load with...
This. Giroud's performance (as it often is), was made worse by the fact that we have a gazillion (supposed) playmakers but rarely any runners for him to lay off to - and this was compounded last night by the fact that Giroud was surrounded by 5 players every time he had the ball. However, this does not excuse the fact that he is simply not reliable enough to bury the rare chances he gets. RVP showed that even world class strikers can miss gilt edged chances, but with Judas this is an aberration. With Giroud its par for the course.
However, I lay the blame for Giroud's profligacy firmly at Wenger's door. His bids for Suarez and Higuain show that he is well aware that a title challenging team needs a top striker - but he either won't make sure we get one - or his executive team are too inept to enable us to do so. Personally, I think its the former. He would rather throw the league (as long as he thinks he can get 4th) than pay a penny more than his own skewed valuation says a player is worth. Neither will he change the way his team plays and give us some fucking width to allow Giroud more room in the box.
Secondly - he's flogged Giroud to death, so that the player cannot even maximise his (competent rather than world class) potential.
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Controversial, but Giroud is probably one of the worst strikers we’ve had leading our line. Right now, he’s playing the sort of football that had everyone berating Chamakh and Bendy. It’s that bad. A poor touch, missing loads of chances whilst remaining immobile and not getting inside the box. It’s like a fusion of both Chamakh and Bendy to create this lump of shit on our pitch. It drives me mental to see him constantly coming towards the ball instead of making runs into the box. He always comes short but what makes him worse than Chamakh is that he’s always coming in with a heavy and clumsy touch. He loses possession a lot when he tries to come short. He’s dispossessed easily and his passing statistics aren’t good enough for him to keep coming deep. We’re talking 50/60% pass completion. We don’t need him coming short all the time just to flick it to the opposition. It’s not intelligent play. He needs a bench.
He's had two terrible games in a row, highlighting the obvious point we are a top striker short of winning something this season.
But he's not even close to the shit levels Chamakh dropped to.
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