What else is he really supposed to say?
What else is he really supposed to say?
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Originally Posted by Douglas Reynholm
We won't be signing a new striker to replace Giroud. Wenger will use the Euro 2016 performance as justification.
He could just laugh.
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Pre-season tour. The real action will begin in a month.
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The sad thing is, it's probably not too far from the truth! Doesn't necessarily mean that Giroud is the world's best striker - could just mean that there's nothing but over-hyped, over-priced shit on the market right now?@johncrossmirror
Arsene Wenger tells French TV there's no better strikers out there than Olivier Giroud...
https://twitter.com/johncrossmirror/...45194279505920
FFS GIROUD!
Still, beggers can't be choosers and all that - we can't go through a whole season with Giroud as our only (useful) CF option...
I think that's the statement he's trying to make. It all links back to value in the market. He could have just said Giroud is a quality player and left it at that.
There are plenty out there better than Giroud and more suited to our style but clubs are unwilling to sell unless they are paid a ridiculous fee that's hard to turn down.
This isn't speculation though. Bif has had his chance and he's delivered to a degree that we know just isn't good enough if you want to compete at the very top. Whether he's a good, bad or non-striker doesn't really matter much. All that matters is he hasn't delivered what we need, which is not to say he hasn't delivered at all. Just not enough. So we need an upgrade. These are the simple facts and Wenger either knows this or he's so stubborn or blind that he's counterproductive.
Certainly though, watching the overhyped shite pub it up during the Euros, it's going to be a difficult task to find an upgrade. Then again, we supposedly have a top manager and he gets paid a fortune to do a job, and we are supposedly a top London club. So nobody can say it's impossible to find the player we need. What we can say though, is Wenger won't pay over what he decides is the value of a player. And sometimes that's exactly what you need to do to make the deal happen. So he handicaps us badly in this respect.
Let's look at the reality. Utd don't have one of those coveted CL spots, they aren't based in London, yet they seem to do just fine attracting and signing the players they need. We, on the other hand, struggle and never compete head to head with the top clubs for players. We always seem to have to find an angle or land players in last minute scrambles so nobody else can trump us. It's like we're the standby passenger of the transfer market. Maybe we get lucky, if not then we go without. But no way are we guaranteeing a seat by reaching deeper into the wallet.
As such, maybe it's true. Maybe Giroud is the best we can get given the constraints Wenger places on himself. Therefore I suppose it is convenient for Wenger to see Giroud as the answer to our problems. Convenient and cheap.
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Oh dear, it's not looking good for the signing of a striker now that he thinks Giroud is a worldy, this is Wenger all over, Giroud will probably convince him he doesn't need another striker, Wenger seems to have a memory that lasts about 3 games, so he'll have forgotten all the terrible performances and horrible misses last season.@johncrossmirror
Arsene Wenger tells French TV there's no better strikers out there than Olivier Giroud...
https://twitter.com/johncrossmirror/...45194279505920
FFS GIROUD!
Last edited by Özim; 04-07-2016 at 09:53 AM.
Or wait for it say somethng like, he's done well in the Euros and is a good striker, might be more realistic. If someone see's your watch (a good Casio watch) you don't go and tell them there's no better watch out there because you'll sound delusional as clearly there are, plenty.
Last edited by Özim; 04-07-2016 at 10:11 AM.
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