DiamondGooner wrote:GoonerAlexis wrote:I seriously don't get why you resent the idea of bringing on Giroud for like 20-30 minutes when all else isn't working
I don't if we truly need him but the whole point is how is Sanchez going to become our no1 choice ST if he can't adapt to being in the box when needed, that goes for our whole front 3-4 tbf.
TBH I think they can, and they showed it by the end of the game.
We shouldn't have to revert to certain personnel to execute a switch of tactics, what if like Sunday Giroud is not available?
I'm also saying it did work, we just didn't switch to it early enough, reverting back to Giroud is not the solution, if we tried crossing earlier and the offense couldn't get on the end of the ball, then I'd be calling for Giroud myself.
You want a target man in the box when you bombard it with long passes and crosses from deep against a static bus parked team. If we had units across our team, we could maybe get away without a target man, but hoping on our midgets out jumping/muscling defenders in the final minutes is a poor strategy.
It was literally a miracle that the ball dropped in the perfect place for Theo to nod on, the goal was circumstance more than intention and we were damn lucky to walk away with 3 points. Sanchez didnt win one header iirc against Burnley, to actually keep going on that basis if any one of our 6ft strikers were available would be neglegence.
I get you hate Giroud, but making a case for a team of midgets throwing themselves at PGs wet dreams just isnt realistic. Burnley will probably be the only time that works this season if we are in the same position again imo.