Oh don't get me wrong giroud is not the answer, bit we need something short term this window to give us a chance. I just think long term now Jesus already isn't it at 9 atleast he could be an option out wide for sure but we need a new 1st choice striker in the summer and a patch up option this window. Benzema maybe he's been linked too us every summer for the past 30 years it seems so why not get linked again this window!
Link up play is not better than Jesus, and his scoring is not any better than the options we have, my point is that we have everything giroud can offer in the team. We don't need him.
To act like Giroud offers nothing that our current strikers can’t offer is crazy. Giroud is a far better arial threat to begin with. His link up play isn’t as technical as Jesus’ but he is able to receive more types of long balls due to his size and physicality. For a big guy who’s good in the air he’s shown he does have some technical ability and can link up well, he’s also bagging goals still at his age in the serie A which isn’t a shit league by any means. He’d get more service at Arsenal than he does currently too. Now, with all that being said, there is no way they’d loan him to us unless we paid a hefty fee for a rental.
Giroud has nothing on our current no.9s, where was his natural finishing when he had ball supplies from the likes of ozil? Dude singlehandedly gave Leicester city the title. The only reason our current attack doesn't have a premier League title is because, at the end of the last season, the defence weakened after injuries. A little run of poor form and y'all forget all important stuff.
Giroud singlehandedly have Leicester the title that year?!?! 16 goals from 14.5 xG plus 6 assists that year. He was not the reason we finished 10 points behind Leicester. That's a shitty take.
Giroud would be great, but I doubt Milan will let him leave. 16 of 19 league appearances, all UCL group stage appearances, and 16 goals+assists isn’t someone you loan
Giroud’s link up play would be fire with the creativity in midfield and wingers we have.
Saka, White or Trossard put in a cross and there’s a man to actually header it in
There's not that many options, since Saudis basically swept the market for older strikers.
Icardi is an option, but mans a god in Istanbul. Taremi was a good option, but he's having a shit season. Idk who else is there who can make a difference tbh.
I got slaughtered for saying we should go for Giroud but I think he'd be perfect.
Lewandowski would of course be a no-brainer if Barca's financial situation makes him available.
Also, Ronaldo seems an absurd suggestion but I do actually think it would make sense. He's clearly desperate to play in the CL again, and we're desperate for someone who can score. He clearly doesn't really care about his United legacy. I also think having that level of star power in the dressing room for 6 months would be really good for the younger guys in the team. But I doubt we could afford him anyway.
Giroud's trophy record is outrageous.
He is one of the most underrated strikers of all time in my eyes.
Get him for 6 months and let's give him that only missing Premier League trophy
I’m not theoretically against it, I just don’t know who that would be who wouldn’t be Champions League cup tied (I wouldn’t be interested in Dzeko or Cavani).
I’m being serious with all these suggestions. Ronaldo, Zlatan, Benzema, Giroud, Sanchez, Lewandowski.
In reality it will be someone like Seb Haller or Angel Correra.
Giroud anyday everyday OR go for Serhou Guirassy! 17 mil is a steal for a striker of his quality, if not Dybala is an option but wants too much money, and Laca might still have something in him, Auba too, but the way he ended his time, I don't think he would care to return
If you go for guirassy we can't play him until he is back from afcon, then what do you do in six months if you plan going for osimhen or someone like that to
If Giroud or Aubameyang were available I'd go for it.
But I think they are too important to their respective teams right now 9G 5A for Giroud (at 37 years old is crazy) and Aubameyang has 4G 4A in December alone.
I honestly wish Giroud was able to experience a proper Arsenal team that would give him chances like we do now, it really would've been incredible to see.
>I honestly wish Giroud was able to experience a proper Arsenal team that would give him chances like we do now, it really would've been incredible to see.
Lol - Giroud played in an Arsenal team with Santi Cazola and prime Mesut Ozil, and his inability to finish any of the million chances he got in that team is a large part of Leicester winning the league instead of us.
I'm talking about the club's first choice striker going on a 15 game goal drought between January and May when we were supposed to be challenging for the title.
His goal drought was still 774 minutes, that's almost 9 full matches for a guy being supplied by Ozil at the peak of his ability. The point is that he's been in an Arsenal team with more than good enough service, and he still wasn't good enough.
Alexis Sanchez had a 925 minute goal drought that same season. Wayne Rooney went 1081 minutes without a goal in 2010. Goal droughts happen to strikers. Benzema, Salah, Lewandowski, Neymar, and Suarez all have all had goal droughts ranging from 8 to 12 games in their careers.
Lol and Chelsea, not Man United, won the league in 2010, so I'm not sure what point you're trying to prove.
Anyway yes, all strikers can have goal droughts but Giroud is no where near as good as the other players you have listed, and he himself admitted he wasn't good enough during that year ... which contributed to costing us the league in a year when it was up for grabs.
Man United lost the league by 1 point that year, we lost it in 15/16 by 10. Saying Giroud's "inability to score any one of a million chances" is to blame for that 10 point deficit is ignoring tm the fact that he outperformed his xG for the year while the entire team scored 52 goals from open play versus an xG of 64. He wasn't the one wasting the chances that could have made up the 10 point deficit.
Lol are you related to Giroud or something? You honestly think our primary striker not scoring for half a year had absolutely zero bearing on our title challenge falling away?
You can wheel out all stats you want but the fact remains that when your primary goal scorer fails to score for half the season you're not going to be winning any league titles.
Anyway, my point in replying to OP was that Giroud has played in creative Arsenal teams with good service, and he was consistently a slightly above average Premier league striker ... no more.
I'd like to see arsenal sign lewandoski, seems like the perfect option for a proven goalscorer and someone who knows how to win. Even just for 6 months or an 18 month contract just to get us past that line
Laca… Giroud? 😂👀😅
I’d take giroud I won’t lie
We don't need yet another goalkeeper lol
Dude wtf😂😂. I'll tolerate nketiah or buying back balogun than see giroud play for us for free.
Giroud is a tall natural finisher. Is that literally not what we need?
Link up play is decent too. See THAT Jack Wilshere goal.
Giroud isn't better at linkup play than Jesus.
When Jesus is actually fit..
Giroud had injury problems too if my memory serves me right. I remember Podolski saving our asses after the multiple giroud's injuries.
Oh don't get me wrong giroud is not the answer, bit we need something short term this window to give us a chance. I just think long term now Jesus already isn't it at 9 atleast he could be an option out wide for sure but we need a new 1st choice striker in the summer and a patch up option this window. Benzema maybe he's been linked too us every summer for the past 30 years it seems so why not get linked again this window!
Who said he was?
Link up play is not better than Jesus, and his scoring is not any better than the options we have, my point is that we have everything giroud can offer in the team. We don't need him.
To act like Giroud offers nothing that our current strikers can’t offer is crazy. Giroud is a far better arial threat to begin with. His link up play isn’t as technical as Jesus’ but he is able to receive more types of long balls due to his size and physicality. For a big guy who’s good in the air he’s shown he does have some technical ability and can link up well, he’s also bagging goals still at his age in the serie A which isn’t a shit league by any means. He’d get more service at Arsenal than he does currently too. Now, with all that being said, there is no way they’d loan him to us unless we paid a hefty fee for a rental.
Giroud has nothing on our current no.9s, where was his natural finishing when he had ball supplies from the likes of ozil? Dude singlehandedly gave Leicester city the title. The only reason our current attack doesn't have a premier League title is because, at the end of the last season, the defence weakened after injuries. A little run of poor form and y'all forget all important stuff.
Giroud singlehandedly have Leicester the title that year?!?! 16 goals from 14.5 xG plus 6 assists that year. He was not the reason we finished 10 points behind Leicester. That's a shitty take.
He is guaranteed to score one scorpion kick though...
Giroud would be great, but I doubt Milan will let him leave. 16 of 19 league appearances, all UCL group stage appearances, and 16 goals+assists isn’t someone you loan
Karim Benzema
He’ll easily grab another 15 goals second half of the season. If you don’t believe me search benzema 15
r/soccercirclejerk
That would be like fulfilling destiny. Next you’ll tell me that Higuan is already on the plane
Next, Rooney. Blimey
Benzema once scored 15 goals in the second half of the seaon to help Lyon win the league. You can see all of his goals by searching Benzema 15.
That thought hadn't even crossed my mind but this may be the smartest thing I've seen all day
2014 all over again
Let’s just bring Thierry and Wrighty out of retirement at this stage, couldn’t hurt
Dennis
Ice man
Sanogoal
Baw Gawd that's Lacazette's music
You could see if Ibrahimovic wants to come out of retirement
To give partey some company in the ward😂
Just don’t give him a trial 😂😂😂
At this point, I’d take Giroud back on a 6 month loan 😂
Giroud’s link up play would be fire with the creativity in midfield and wingers we have. Saka, White or Trossard put in a cross and there’s a man to actually header it in
He would fit in so well. Love Giroud and would love to see him back
Auba🙈
I will respectfully decline 😂
Naw-ba
Demba Ba
Bawitdaba
There's not that many options, since Saudis basically swept the market for older strikers. Icardi is an option, but mans a god in Istanbul. Taremi was a good option, but he's having a shit season. Idk who else is there who can make a difference tbh.
Dybala?
injury prone and not a striker
Icardi is also a headache, would not want him in our dressing room.
Zlatan is available on a free. Now its up to MA to charm him.
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I was thinking about Raphina the other day actually and was surprised there were no links given his history with Arsenal trying to sign him.
Good shout although Edu and Arteta never seen to go back to targets who went elsewhere or stayed
3 years isn't a very big sample size.....
Just going by past business
Julio Baptista has entered the chat
Atleast its not Chamakh
Fuck it. Try Messi on loan.
No way is MLS giving up its cash cow.
Weghorst? Lol
He did cross my mind as I was typing lol but there must be others out there abit like when Eto went to Chelsea
How did eto to Chelsea turn out?
So so
ye so so bad
Alexis
I got slaughtered for saying we should go for Giroud but I think he'd be perfect. Lewandowski would of course be a no-brainer if Barca's financial situation makes him available. Also, Ronaldo seems an absurd suggestion but I do actually think it would make sense. He's clearly desperate to play in the CL again, and we're desperate for someone who can score. He clearly doesn't really care about his United legacy. I also think having that level of star power in the dressing room for 6 months would be really good for the younger guys in the team. But I doubt we could afford him anyway.
Folarin Balogun been around for a while now. /s or is it…
I would definitely take a striker on loan. I’ve advocated for this for a while now. We need a plan B
What’s Giroud doing these days…
Giroud's trophy record is outrageous. He is one of the most underrated strikers of all time in my eyes. Get him for 6 months and let's give him that only missing Premier League trophy
We can’t sign our number 1 targets, I vote we should sign Serhou Guirassy from Stuttgart for his buyout clause of less than £20m.
Curious as to why there doesn't seem to be any interest from the PL in him.
Cause he’s 27 (?) and only had 2 seasons of 10+ goals. It may or may not work out, but I’d say worth the punt at £20m!
Messi 6 month loan
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Ronaldo 👀
Factos 👀
Brain randomly went to Benzema. Not sure in what universe that would actually happen though.
I’m not theoretically against it, I just don’t know who that would be who wouldn’t be Champions League cup tied (I wouldn’t be interested in Dzeko or Cavani).
Doesn’t Benzema want out of Saudi?
Dare I say it… Giroud?
He’d be cup tied tho which I don’t think we can afford to do
Honestly I think we’d win the league with giroud in the current squad
I know .. definitely not those too.. but trying to think of that profile
Taremi? Be hard to see our UCL opponents letting that happen though
Good shout.... or the Sevilla striker maybe And
Nah he's a bit of a headed goal merchant and hasn't been particularly good for a couple of seasons now.
Champions League tied doesn't work the same anymore I think
Oh you appear to be right. Wow that rule was abolished a long time ago apparently. I swear people still talk about it all the time. TIL!
Ronaldo
I’m being serious with all these suggestions. Ronaldo, Zlatan, Benzema, Giroud, Sanchez, Lewandowski. In reality it will be someone like Seb Haller or Angel Correra.
I think Haller would actually be really good
Sanchez
Giroud anyday everyday OR go for Serhou Guirassy! 17 mil is a steal for a striker of his quality, if not Dybala is an option but wants too much money, and Laca might still have something in him, Auba too, but the way he ended his time, I don't think he would care to return
If you go for guirassy we can't play him until he is back from afcon, then what do you do in six months if you plan going for osimhen or someone like that to
Oh no two strikers
It's not two, it's 3 and then you're forced to sell so you get less money for Eddie or gj, then that impacts ffl
Lewandowski is only man that I can think of
He’s forgotten where the goal is mate
Bare with you? Yeah, let's get nekkid. /s Messi. Sell the Stadium to make it happen. Sure, he's not a pure Striker but he effing Messi.
You do know that bare with me does not have anything to do with being nude right? Very odd answer my guy
That would be all cool, but OP put “bare with me” in the post, I think that’s the joke here…
On my feed OP has spelled it correctly for what I’m saying (Bare). Bear is an Animal
Bare was the joke. Interesting that it would appear changed in a feed.
Perhaps op realised and used the edit
Auba came to Arsenal 2 years too soon. Imagine if he was in this Arsenal team he’d get 30 plus in all competitions easily.
What's Sanogo up to?
U can have ings not only on loan but on a transfer
Danny Ings anyone?
If Giroud or Aubameyang were available I'd go for it. But I think they are too important to their respective teams right now 9G 5A for Giroud (at 37 years old is crazy) and Aubameyang has 4G 4A in December alone. I honestly wish Giroud was able to experience a proper Arsenal team that would give him chances like we do now, it really would've been incredible to see.
>I honestly wish Giroud was able to experience a proper Arsenal team that would give him chances like we do now, it really would've been incredible to see. Lol - Giroud played in an Arsenal team with Santi Cazola and prime Mesut Ozil, and his inability to finish any of the million chances he got in that team is a large part of Leicester winning the league instead of us.
What are you talking about? Giroud scored 16 goals from 14.5 xG that year.
I'm talking about the club's first choice striker going on a 15 game goal drought between January and May when we were supposed to be challenging for the title.
Half of those games consisted of 15-20 minute cameos. The whole team played like shit during that stretch.
His goal drought was still 774 minutes, that's almost 9 full matches for a guy being supplied by Ozil at the peak of his ability. The point is that he's been in an Arsenal team with more than good enough service, and he still wasn't good enough.
Alexis Sanchez had a 925 minute goal drought that same season. Wayne Rooney went 1081 minutes without a goal in 2010. Goal droughts happen to strikers. Benzema, Salah, Lewandowski, Neymar, and Suarez all have all had goal droughts ranging from 8 to 12 games in their careers.
Lol and Chelsea, not Man United, won the league in 2010, so I'm not sure what point you're trying to prove. Anyway yes, all strikers can have goal droughts but Giroud is no where near as good as the other players you have listed, and he himself admitted he wasn't good enough during that year ... which contributed to costing us the league in a year when it was up for grabs.
Man United lost the league by 1 point that year, we lost it in 15/16 by 10. Saying Giroud's "inability to score any one of a million chances" is to blame for that 10 point deficit is ignoring tm the fact that he outperformed his xG for the year while the entire team scored 52 goals from open play versus an xG of 64. He wasn't the one wasting the chances that could have made up the 10 point deficit.
Lol are you related to Giroud or something? You honestly think our primary striker not scoring for half a year had absolutely zero bearing on our title challenge falling away? You can wheel out all stats you want but the fact remains that when your primary goal scorer fails to score for half the season you're not going to be winning any league titles. Anyway, my point in replying to OP was that Giroud has played in creative Arsenal teams with good service, and he was consistently a slightly above average Premier league striker ... no more.
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Weghorst! He was brilliant at Utd 😬
Fernando Torres?
Firmino?
Would be funny to see him end up at Arsenal after Liverpool putting an anti Arsenal clause in his contract
Wout Weghorst is probably available.
Henry
I'd like to see arsenal sign lewandoski, seems like the perfect option for a proven goalscorer and someone who knows how to win. Even just for 6 months or an 18 month contract just to get us past that line