Bendtners Drinking Buddy wrote:It is not Girouds fault he isnt RVP...who is?
He has done well in my opinion...the system doesnt suit him, its his first season in the prem in a new side and his return is decent considering he doesnt start every game. He DOES work hard for the team...his prescence in the box defensively is invaluable at times.
Is he someone a team should rely on? No, not solely - but he is good enough to play for Arsenal and i like the fact he does care about the team as well, thats the sort of player we need. if he had support up there and we played a system suited to him he would be even better. I think we will hit 15 league goals this year which is a very good first season.
It astounds me that people support players that let the club down in terms of appearances, performances yet get on the back of someone that is doing his best.
We need a striker, we all agree...but this lad has been a good addition to our squad, and frankly the critiscm ive read is lazy....he should not be made the scapegoat of others failings.
Oh, and i will sing his song if i want too....you pay your money, you do what you want!
No miserable bastard around me will change that!
Nobody is saying its his fault he's not RvP.......Christ, I must have made that point 20 times or so. Is it Ramsey's fault he isn't Cesc Fabregas, or Fabianski's fault that he isn't David Seaman, or Walcott's fault that he isn't Thierry Henry. Nobody with half a brain is comparing him to RvP - only the people defending Giroud are bringing up that point.
I contest the point about working hard for the team. He's been a lethargic lump in a lot of the games I've watched - again, admittedly not the only one guilty of that, but people use this as a defence for the guy and I don't think it applies at all. When we're playing in big away games he goes missing, he doesn't work nearly hard enough and is not physical enough for his size. In the first half at Stamford Bridge he was awful - no work rate at all. Every time the ball was played in to him he lost out to his marker. He made one run where Walcott put it on a plate for him, produced a woeful finish and went missing. That isn't the only game. In the cup game against Swansea I watched him closely and again he did nothing for an hour. His movement is appalling and as the lone striker that gives the team a serious issue
Nobody said you couldn't sing his song either. If you're referring to my point its aimed at people sat around me who were giving the bloke dog's abuse and then started singing it when he scored. I've always hated that with any player as its hypocritical. If you've always been there supporting him that's fine, but when someone has been calling him shit and a donkey and then starts the 'na na na na.......Giroud' business that is hypocritical.
He's good enough to play for an Arsenal side that sees a top six finish as success I agree, and that's what we are. Similarly Victor Anichebe is good enough to play for a side that will finish top six and I wouldn't want him either.
Look, I'm sure he does give his best. I bet Almunia, Eboue, Ramsey and Vela give/gave their best too. The question is whether their best is good enough and in my opinion its not.
