Olivier Giroud

[Fernando 6,463]

Perfect super sub. He has been like that for Arsenal and that is what we have been missing. 

[the wes 7,212]

 

[Special Juan 27,429]

1 minute ago, Fernando said:

Perfect super sub. He has been like that for Arsenal and that is what we have been missing. 

I can see the thought process here but I am actually thinking with Morata's current situation, and he has 3 situations going on. 1. He can't finish, 2, his back injury and 3, His sheer lack of confidence that Giroud could actually bench him. I'm ot saying he will but if Morata doesn't improve there is no reason what so ever to say he continues to start.

[Special Juan 27,429]

Breaking | Total agreement between Arsenal & Chelsea for the transfer of Olivier Giroud. £19m fee, 18 month contract with the option to extend by a further year, according to L'Équipe

[The Skipper 20,593]

12 minutes ago, the wes said:

 

Azpilicueta to Giroud automatism cross should be quite fun to watch. 

[Pizy 18,368]

10 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

I can see the thought process here but I am actually thinking with Morata's current situation, and he has 3 situations going on. 1. He can't finish, 2, his back injury and 3, His sheer lack of confidence that Giroud could actually bench him. I'm ot saying he will but if Morata doesn't improve there is no reason what so ever to say he continues to start.

Agreed. In fact, once Giroud has a few training sessions under his belt I think Morata may actually be eased back into the side rather than immedietly starting once he's fit again. Can see Giroud being our first choice for at least a couple weeks.

[Artandur 939]

14 minutes ago, the wes said:

 

Funny how close Morata already came though 😃

[coolhead23 1,146]

Food for thought:

Will Giroud be the 3rd player to win the PL title after Cole and Fabegras? 

[manpe 10,861]

Tbf, thinking about it, this makes more sense than Džeko taking consideration their demands also. It felt as though Džeko was after his last big contract and nothing else, there were no reports of him actually wanting to come here, on the contrary it was said he'd prefer to stay but the club was the one pushing the deal for money reasons. Giroud on the other hand I think is happy just to stay in London and have a similar role to what he had at arsenal. As a target man I think he is better too, hated going against him.

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[Barbara 15,149]

Tbf, thinking about it, this makes more sense than Džeko taking consideration their demands also. It felt as though Džeko was after his last big contract and nothing else, there were no reports of him actually wanting to come here, on the contrary it was said he'd prefer to stay but the club was the one pushing the deal for money reasons. Giroud on the other hand I think is happy just to stay in London and have a similar role to what he had at arsenal. As a target man I think he is better too, hated going against him.

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He seemed to always have a goal saved for us for a while.

[Special Juan 27,429]

15 minutes ago, manpe said:

Tbf, thinking about it, this makes more sense than Džeko taking consideration their demands also. It felt as though Džeko was after his last big contract and nothing else, there were no reports of him actually wanting to come here, on the contrary it was said he'd prefer to stay but the club was the one pushing the deal for money reasons. Giroud on the other hand I think is happy just to stay in London and have a similar role to what he had at arsenal. As a target man I think he is better too, hated going against him.

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Dzeko's wife had the final say in this whole transfer, she did not want to leave Rome.

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

9 minutes ago, Barbara said:

16 minutes ago, manpe said:

Tbf, thinking about it, this makes more sense than Džeko taking consideration their demands also. It felt as though Džeko was after his last big contract and nothing else, there were no reports of him actually wanting to come here, on the contrary it was said he'd prefer to stay but the club was the one pushing the deal for money reasons. Giroud on the other hand I think is happy just to stay in London and have a similar role to what he had at arsenal. As a target man I think he is better too, hated going against him.

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He seemed to always have a goal saved for us for a while.

He played 14 times against us and scored once, that was in the stoppage time of the game when we were 3-0 up. He was arguably one of the easiest forwards our defence had ever had to deal with. Feck me weve had more problems with Jonathan Walters.

Slightly better than Batsuhayi but still a donkey. We are spending 20 mil on a player only to give him a 1-year contract. And it gets even more depressing when you realize that Arsenal bought Aubameyang basically from the money that they got by selling two donkeys Giroud and Walcott.

[BMox81 193]

I can appreciate people saying that it's a bargain, but lets be honest - it's a crap signing at the end of the day. He's only coming because he's surplus to requirements at Arsenal.

If they didn't sign Auba, do you really think he'd have left Arsenal? No way.

So we're now in the game of buying old cast-offs.

[Barbara 15,149]

He played 14 times against us and scored once, that was in the stoppage time of the game when we were 3-0 up. He was arguably one of the easiest forwards our defence had ever had to deal with. Feck me weve had more problems with Jonathan Walters. [emoji3]
Slightly better than Batsuhayi but still a donkey. We are spending 20 mil on a player only to give him a 1-year contract. And it gets even more depressing when you realize that Arsenal bought Aubameyang basically from the money that they got by selling two donkeys Giroud and Walcott.

Really, I seem to remember him scoring in a few goals in a row...
Sorry for the mistake, my memory is as reliable as Morata's feet these days...

[OneMoSalah 8,778]

16 minutes ago, Dingus said:

I can appreciate people saying that it's a bargain, but lets be honest - it's a crap signing at the end of the day. He's only coming because he's surplus to requirements at Arsenal.

If they didn't sign Auba, do you really think he'd have left Arsenal? No way.

So we're now in the game of buying old cast-offs.

Crappy signing? He has 105 goals in 253 games for Arsenal. That's pretty decent and in terms of his age he's an ideal age to be a back up. Financially its not really that much of a big fee, sure hes surplus to requirements as you say but, really is it more because of Arsenal or his desire to play in which why hes wanting to move? Arsenal would probably keep him if they could, its so obvious Wenger rates him and has done for years but I think its more Giroud wanting out than Arsenal wanting him out. 

[Special Juan 27,429]

14 minutes ago, Dingus said:

I can appreciate people saying that it's a bargain, but lets be honest - it's a crap signing at the end of the day. He's only coming because he's surplus to requirements at Arsenal.

If they didn't sign Auba, do you really think he'd have left Arsenal? No way.

So we're now in the game of buying old cast-offs.

Chelsea is a different beast these days, people must start understanding this. Cast-offs middle of the road players, call it what you like but this business model has changed hugely.

[y10edn 185]

He will do better than Drogba 2nd coming and Falcao and if he beats Etoos time that will be great.

[BMox81 193]

3 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

Crappy signing? He has 105 goals in 253 games for Arsenal. That's pretty decent and in terms of his age he's an ideal age to be a back up. Financially its not really that much of a big fee, sure hes surplus to requirements as you say but, really is it more because of Arsenal or his desire to play in which why hes wanting to move? Arsenal would probably keep him if they could, its so obvious Wenger rates him and has done for years but I think its more Giroud wanting out than Arsenal wanting him out. 

And therein lies the problem. People more than happy to accept "decent".

Of course its because of Arsenal. If Giroud wanted out because of his supposed desire to play, he could have gone to Everton in the summer when they were wanting him. But he and Arsene/Arsenal have been happy to sit on the bench because it was convenient for them both. And now he'll do the same here.