Olivier Giroud

[DiamondGooner]

My memory of giroud is being beaten by Phil Jones to the ball. Giroud running at full pelt. Jones on hands and knees

The only Arsenal player slower than even Arteta.

[Pat Rice in Short Shorts]

Giroud is f***ing shit get out of here

Rose tinted glasses. He was average and fell on the floor a lot. His hold up play was shite.

The posters calling for his return are the same shite fans who helped saddle this club with mediocrity which is what got us in trouble in the first place.

The same fans who didn't call time on Wenger's career before it got to rock bottom and we missed out on getting Klopp.

The same fans who back the players we have as idols who wouldn't even get into a Leicester first team.

Some of our fans are truly the biggest jokes in world football, imagine pinning for a striker who can't even get a start for Chelsea and who has scored less than a handful of goals for them.

The same player who had a 10+ game goal drought at the very club he was backed to the hilt by his uncle Wenger.

Not true (in my case) at all. My point was that if Auba was being sold in January he would be a natural fit under Arteta for the remainder of the season. Now it seems Auba is staying and everyone is happy.

How this all devolved into Giroud hate is weird and quite sad really.

[Pat Rice in Short Shorts]

My memory of giroud is being beaten by Phil Jones to the ball. Giroud running at full pelt. Jones on hands and knees

The only Arsenal player slower than even Arteta.

So would you take Theo over Giroud?

[DiamondGooner]

My memory of giroud is being beaten by Phil Jones to the ball. Giroud running at full pelt. Jones on hands and knees

The only Arsenal player slower than even Arteta.

So would you take Theo over Giroud?

Yes I would, different positions but even as a striker Theo did just as well as Giroud when Wenger tried him out up front, tore Newcastle to pieces.

As for the Giroud hate, usually with everthing I'm measured and apply common sense but with Giroud I hate him with every bone in my body, for some reason he incites an un-typical response from even me.

Mainly due to the fact I hate the type of striker he is and what Wenger "tried" to make him into, that budget Ibrahimovic type striker .......... when I grew up on Wright, Smith, Anelka and Henry ffs.

Then there was Wenger's twisted loyalty to a fault with this guy, he knew he needed better which is why every season he refused to buy a striker but would test out first Podolski, Gervhino then Walcott up front but always even if they did well he'd bring Giroud back.

When he finally bought a decent striker in, with Lacazette probably because we were starting to slip down the ranks as a club he even then benched Laca as he just couldn't upset little Giroud.

The guy even tried to block Mislinslat and Gazidis from buying Auba because he knew with Laca and Auba, Giroud would driven out of the club.

[Ach]

Imagine Giroud being our manager....

How would you feel?

That's how it is with most Arsenal fans and Arteta.

[Pat Rice in Short Shorts]

Imagine Giroud being our manager....

How would you feel?

That's how it is with most Arsenal fans and Arteta.

What percentage exactly? Surely you can backup your assertion about our fans views on Arteta.

[Pat Rice in Short Shorts]

My memory of giroud is being beaten by Phil Jones to the ball. Giroud running at full pelt. Jones on hands and knees

The only Arsenal player slower than even Arteta.

So would you take Theo over Giroud?

Yes I would, different positions but even as a striker Theo did just as well as Giroud when Wenger tried him out up front, tore Newcastle to pieces.

As for the Giroud hate, usually with everthing I'm measured and apply common sense but with Giroud I hate him with every bone in my body, for some reason he incites an un-typical response from even me.

Mainly due to the fact I hate the type of striker he is and what Wenger "tried" to make him into, that budget Ibrahimovic type striker .......... when I grew up on Wright, Smith, Anelka and Henry ffs.

Then there was Wenger's twisted loyalty to a fault with this guy, he knew he needed better which is why every season he refused to buy a striker but would test out first Podolski, Gervhino then Walcott up front but always even if they did well he'd bring Giroud back.

When he finally bought a decent striker in, with Lacazette probably because we were starting to slip down the ranks as a club he even then benched Laca as he just couldn't upset little Giroud.

The guy even tried to block Mislinslat and Gazidis from buying Auba because he knew with Laca and Auba, Giroud would driven out of the club.

But Theo is fast so would make a better manager than Arteta presumably according to some.

Giroud is gone, Auba staying so perhaps it is simply time to reflect on the 100 plus goals he scored for us...some spectacular.

[UFGN]

Watching Giroud play as Arsenal's principle striker for five years left me a shell of a man tbh

That c*** is slower than a bus in traffic

[Pat Rice in Short Shorts]

Watching Giroud play as Arsenal's principle striker for five years left me a shell of a man tbh

That c*** is slower than a bus in traffic

So that is what is wrong with you?

Sorry, cheap shot.

[Ach]

Spurs have also made contact with Chelsea's France striker Olivier Giroud, 33, over a possible move. (90min)

Please let this happen

Has any player flopped at the big 3 London clubs?

[Zenith]

[Rockape]

Funnily enough I liked Giroud, despite his deficiencies. However that changed when we were losing at home and he scored an equaliser.....to then spend five mins re-enacting his scorpion kick goal (from a previous game) rather than picking up the ball and getting the winner. Said a lot about him I felt!

[Phil71]

I think during his time with us he had the highest number of one touch finishes in the PL.

[starmandb]

Spurs have also made contact with Chelsea's France striker Olivier Giroud, 33, over a possible move. (90min)

Please let this happen

Has any player flopped at the big 3 London clubs?

Gallas was detestable at Arsenal
Should never have played for the club again after sitting down at Birmingham
Took Wenger 9 months after that to strip him of captaincy after making himself unavailable for a trip to stoke and subsequent public criticism of his team mates
Have time for most that wore the shirt but him and adebayor are exceptions

[starmandb]

Funnily enough I liked Giroud, despite his deficiencies. However that changed when we were losing at home and he scored an equaliser.....to then spend five mins re-enacting his scorpion kick goal (from a previous game) rather than picking up the ball and getting the winner. Said a lot about him I felt!

That was at Bournemouth mate when we came from 3 down to draw
Nice ball from xhaka for giroud's goal