With the PL run-in and a cup final to come it wasn't helpful for a club legend to start slagging the striker we'll be relying on to bag goals in crucial games. Hopefully Bif uses it to his advantage rather than let it get to him. He's worked hard enough and delivered enough goals this season to earn a bit of respect. Sad to see Henry becoming a pundit.
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When Henry spoke on Sky, I immediately thought of his outburst before the Spurs game.Originally Posted by The Emirates Gallactico
I don't think he's said anything we haven't said on here and I think he's being genuine. We really need to make some changes in how we prepare for a season because our slow start has hampered our chances of winning the title. It was the same last season. We need to do better in the summer and stop making excuses for ourselves.
Henry said Giroud has been good and fine striker but he's not going to win you the league. That's on the money. His record in big games isn't up to par and it's never a case that he's been an absolute thorn in the oppositions side. He needs to really up his performances against top opposition. If not, we need another top player to step up where Giroud drops off.
Henry said the same applies to a lot of the players. Ozil is another example he used. He needs to come out firing next season because he's another one that hasn't done the magic for us on the big stage. Maybe next season we'll see more from both players, Ozil especially, because he seems to be finding his stride whilst Giroud is in the form of his life. It's not impossible to win the league with a striker like Giroud, but we need another player to step up with the goals. We really missed Theo's goals and assists this year along with Ramsey's crazy form from last year. Imagine if we had that.
Which is where Henry was saying we need the players to step their game up if we're not going to buy in the summer. We also need our medical team to keep players fit for the season so they can stay in form, another point Henry made. There isn't anything he said that hasn't been said on here before and if we carry on in the same way, won't be saying again in 6 months time.
Ahh... and Diego Costa vs Giroud. I won't argue on the stats but I've never been convinced that Costa is the answer to what we need up front. That was before moving to Chelsea and I still hold that same opinion. If we'd have signed him it wouldn't have been the end of the world but I'd prefer someone with a little more magic to their game.
He works for Chelsea because they play that direct style, they're more defensive and not a team that dominate possession or need players that need to find an inch perfect pass in the tightest of spaces. Just thinking of his games for Spain and he seems like a fish out of water with that tika taka style.
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We criticise our own in the company of other fans. Would we do it with the likes of Souness, Carragher or Redknapp in the room? Or if tens of thousands of dirty chavs were watching? I wouldn't. I'm not sure either how feasible it would be to rip out the goalkeeper, Merts (because I guess that's who the new spine defender would replace), Coquelin or Ramsey (ditto) and Giroud then hit the ground running and get a fast start. Wouldn't we have to learn how to play as a team all over? It's taken the best part of a year for the latest lot to show signs of being a team.
Anyway, Henry will always be forgiven and he's probably trying to win at being a pundit just as he wanted to win at everything else. At least he's not Alan 'Wanker' Smith.
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fabregas was fucking awful on sunday. Just seem to ghost around and not want to get involved.
Apart from diving to try and cheat arsenal into conceding a penalty
and then our fans clap the diving snake off.
Yeah why is Alan Smith always so anti- Arsenal when he is a pundit/commentates. I do like Niall Quinn, the pundit version and not you, though seems always fair and rational and only small bit of pro-arsenal about him.
I do like Niall Quinn, the pundit version and not you
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early signs are that Henry's post-Arsenal career will go the same way as Sol's. He's been embarrassing so far. Ex-Arsenal players generally haven't been good. Keown's the only one that talks sense and is worth listening to, who would've thought that...
Boring game to watch. Don't know why Wenger's coming into criticism here, it's fucking hard to break down such a negative team and his players didn't take their chances. Ozil fluffed his chance at the end to nick a 1-0, other than that there's not much that can be done. Defensively they're absolutely brilliant when they're on their game and they were on Sunday.
These aren't the games you need to win anyway, these are the games you can't lose, as Mourinho knows well. Our big game record has improved since the Tottenham defeat. A big test at Old Trafford to come, as well as the FA cup final. Avoid defeat at Old Trafford and win the FA cup and it's our best season since 2005 no matter what way you look at it. If Chelsea turn up and buy 92 points to win the league like they will here there's not much else you can do.
Finally watched the highlights last night and yeah, nice to see he's picked up the Chelsea cheating philosophy.
And, of course, the commentator said there was contact. Yes, there was, the tiniest brush, and he went down quicker than your mum. Don't bother mentioning that.
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