Which "promising striker" is doing well in French league?

[skipper]

There is no doubt that Arsenals next striker will be whoever has a good season 2012/13 in France, as past signatures of absolute shite that are Chamakh, Gervihno and Girourd are proving to be the case...worring pattern emerging there. And for the record, I was at the game today and Gervihno is ABSOLUTE SHITE and so is Girourd.

So who is doing well in Ligue1 atm, apart from Zlatan, who we "cannot afford"?

[Top Londoner]

Ask Baba. He's the man in the know. Nudge nudge, wink wink

[SteveO 35]

Don't forget Park with his whopping 11 goals in a season for Monaco.

I think Moussa Sow was the other one season wonder from last year wasn't he. No doubt our world class scout Grimandi will be finalising his report for Lord Wenger to make a €15m swoop for him in January.

Of course, if in the 15 years of Wenger building his much lauded ficticious top class academy we'd actually produced a single home grown striker worthy of the name we'd have no need to keep Lille, Montpellier and Monaco afloat

[1989]

Gomis and Remy. I'm surprised he hasn't gone for Remy actually. Cheap average French-African, right up Le Fraud's street.

[DarylAFC]

There is no doubt that Arsenals next striker will be whoever has a good season 2012/13 in France, as past signatures of absolute shite that are Chamakh, Gervihno and Girourd are proving to be the case...worring pattern emerging there. And for the record, I was at the game today and Gervihno is ABSOLUTE SHITE and so is Girourd.

So who is doing well in Ligue1 atm, apart from Zlatan, who we "cannot afford"?

[SteveO 35]

http://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/classementButeurs

Take your pick for the June 2013 new signing

Wissam Ben Yedder - Toulouse
Alain Traore - FC Lorient
Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang - AS Saint Etienne
Jonathan Pitroipa - Stade Rennais

Never heard of 'em - check
Never won anything - check
Cheap as chips - check
Never likely to win anything - check

I'd offer no more than 2/1 on any one of them joining us

[skipper]

There is no doubt that Arsenals next striker will be whoever has a good season 2012/13 in France, as past signatures of absolute shite that are Chamakh, Gervihno and Girourd are proving to be the case...worring pattern emerging there. And for the record, I was at the game today and Gervihno is ABSOLUTE SHITE and so is Girourd.

So who is doing well in Ligue1 atm, apart from Zlatan, who we "cannot afford"?

Seen him twice 'in flesh' this week, couldn't outrun any of Coventry defenders (that's League One) and as for his inability to hit the f***ing target from 5-10 yards out, well that's just lack of an basic geometry skills...

[kite]

This Ibrahimovic guy looks promising..

[DarylAFC]

There is no doubt that Arsenals next striker will be whoever has a good season 2012/13 in France, as past signatures of absolute shite that are Chamakh, Gervihno and Girourd are proving to be the case...worring pattern emerging there. And for the record, I was at the game today and Gervihno is ABSOLUTE SHITE and so is Girourd.

So who is doing well in Ligue1 atm, apart from Zlatan, who we "cannot afford"?

Seen him twice 'in flesh' this week, couldn't outrun any of Coventry defenders (that's League One) and as for his inability to hit the f***ing target from 5-10 yards out, well that's just lack of an basic geometry skills...

I wont repeat myself.

How come we have one thread for the anti-Wenger threads but we can have two "Giroud is useless" threads?

[SteveO 35]

There is no doubt that Arsenals next striker will be whoever has a good season 2012/13 in France, as past signatures of absolute shite that are Chamakh, Gervihno and Girourd are proving to be the case...worring pattern emerging there. And for the record, I was at the game today and Gervihno is ABSOLUTE SHITE and so is Girourd.

So who is doing well in Ligue1 atm, apart from Zlatan, who we "cannot afford"?

Seen him twice 'in flesh' this week, couldn't outrun any of Coventry defenders (that's League One) and as for his inability to hit the f***ing target from 5-10 yards out, well that's just lack of an basic geometry skills...

Agreed pal. He was fucking desperate against a team held off the bottom of League One by goal difference. I have no doubts at all that come 2015 the guy will be trotting around in the French 3rd division. His second touch is a tackle

[Top Gun 49]

Surely the warning signs with Giroud were there in the summer at the Euros when he couldn't get a game for a poor French side.

I thought thing were bad last season with Chamakh, now we have 2 of them just as bad as each other

[franksav63]

Surely the warning signs with Giroud were there in the summer at the Euros when he couldn't get a game for a poor French side.

I thought thing were bad last season with Chamakh, now we have 2 of them just as bad as each other

From Wiki....

....Giroud spent the 2007–08 season on loan at Istres in the Championnat National, the third level of football in France..... so just 4 seasons ago he was plying his trade, at 22, at this low level... Hmmm.... he reminds me of a French Ray Hankin but without the snidey spite!!!

[hugh jardon]

Can we make this thread a sticky for the season and rename it "Knee jerk reaction thread" so people can add to it after every defeat?

[DarylAFC]

Can we make this thread a sticky for the season and rename it "Knee jerk reaction thread" so people can add to it after every defeat?

Or a "He didnt become RvP right away so he's shite" thread?

[armchair]

Can we make this thread a sticky for the season and rename it "Knee jerk reaction thread" so people can add to it after every defeat?

Good idea.
Actually should have been a sticky for about 8 years now. An 8 year knee-jerk reaction - now that is something.