Sami Khedira

[Power n Glory]

He’s spent half of his career playing in the 2nd division of French football and he even spent a season in the 3rd division. It’s going to take some serious work to get him up to the sort of level we need. I just don’t think he’s capable. Off the bench, he’s fine. Besides his questionable finishing, his link up play isn’t that good because his pass completion rate is always almost 50/50.Something noted during the World Cup for France and it took the sting out of their game. Add that to his lack of movement, which Wenger has warned him about twice already, I’m worried that even with Sanchez and Walcott on the flanks, we’ll be playing in front of defenders with the front three isolated or running into packs of players.

[AFC Leveller]

Most of us judge players on what we see..... sometimes the stats will back up what is there for us to see and sometimes they won't.....at least ostensibly.

That stat above seems to work in Giroud's favour and yet you cannot discard the fact that last year Rooney got 17 league goals and Giroud got 13/14. That is just off the top of my head so anybody is welcome to correct me. If you are talking about a push for the title then that stat works in Rooney favour.

I cannot stand the fat ginger twat, concur that his time at Manure has probably passed and it may be down hill from here on, but I am in absolutely no doubt whatsoever that Rooney is a better player than Giroud. Whether or not he would work better for this team is debatable but Giroud is certainly behind him imho.

I agree with AFC Lev that Bony is a better player too. I just don't see that if Bony was in this side that we would be any less effective than with Giroud and he would take more of his chances.

Bony would be a fantastic signing for us. That header agsinst us at the Emirates last season was incredible!

His goals tend to be cleanly hit, precise finishes.

[AFC Leveller]

He’s spent half of his career playing in the 2nd division of French football and he even spent a season in the 3rd division. It’s going to take some serious work to get him up to the sort of level we need. I just don’t think he’s capable. Off the bench, he’s fine. Besides his questionable finishing, his link up play isn’t that good because his pass completion rate is always almost 50/50.Something noted during the World Cup for France and it took the sting out of their game. Add that to his lack of movement, which Wenger has warned him about twice already, I’m worried that even with Sanchez and Walcott on the flanks, we’ll be playing in front of defenders with the front three isolated or running into packs of players.

Agree completly.

[Penguin]

I'm surprised at how many people think that Giroud's better than Rooney.

Based on form alone I could understand, Rooney has been awful for the last couple of seasons. But in terms of ability Rooney is lightyears ahead of Giroud. The 'old' Rooney was a much more influential player than Giroud has ever been. Overrated as fuck but still a great player.

He’s spent half of his career playing in the 2nd division of French football and he even spent a season in the 3rd division. It’s going to take some serious work to get him up to the sort of level we need. I just don’t think he’s capable. Off the bench, he’s fine. Besides his questionable finishing, his link up play isn’t that good because his pass completion rate is always almost 50/50.Something noted during the World Cup for France and it took the sting out of their game. Add that to his lack of movement, which Wenger has warned him about twice already, I’m worried that even with Sanchez and Walcott on the flanks, we’ll be playing in front of defenders with the front three isolated or running into packs of players.

Yeah I agree about Giroud's link up play. It's supposed to be one of his strengths but he loses the ball or the chance too much. In the first 7 or 8 games last season all of his little flicks were coming off but the rest of the time he was painfully wasteful. He also needs to learn when it's better to control the ball and turn rather than knocking the ball on first time every time.

[selassie]

Giroud is not a ruthless striker and that's what sets the best apart, but he's far from shit.

Yep, this.

Giroud is very firmly in the 2nd or even 3rd tier. He's not an "elite" or "soon to be elite" striker and that is what we need to really progress as a team. Giroud is comfortably the worst starting striker of any our fellow top 4 rivals.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Eggsakly.

I dont think he has the mentality to be the best, he lacks that aggression and ruthlesness to be a top guy for us. Its bad enough that he is average but The amount of times he moans everytime a defender touches him is frustrating and then keeps complaining to the ref.

He can't perform for France



AFC Leveller

[AFC Leveller]

He can't perform for France



AFC Leveller

Wow. Im convinced now, scoring in a meaningless friendly against Norway is as good as it gets.

[BOBN]

@Blackburngeorge Jul 18
Giroud's goals directly earned more points than any other striker in the league last year. I bet you didn't know that?


AFC Leveller

Is this because people like Sturridge and Suarez were too busy blowing teams away that their 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th in a match didnt count as "directly earning points"?

Worst stat ever

[fakeyank]

He had that at the world cup, he was shit.

Final straw for me.

He barely got enough minutes! How can you say he was shit based on that? Again, I'm not saying he is a Suarez but he is not the worst striker in the world as made out to be. Anyone who scores 20+ goals and about 10 assists a season is a good footballer. Yes, his shoulders dropped and he looked lazy (tired?) towards the later half of the season but he is a good striker to have. I have confidence that he can and will get better with better players around him.

[Injury Time]

Anyway back OT Wilshire to move into a deeper roll to replace Arteta according to some rag...unless the fags and booze have helped him improve his tackling I can't see it myself