Mesüt wrote:DiamondGooner wrote:Callum wrote:DiamondGooner wrote:Tbf that's about as good play as we would of got from any striker we could have bought bar the likes of Messi, Suarez, Ronaldo etc who we'd never fork out for anyway.
Count ourselves lucky he made the adjustment to the classic Arsenal false no9.
When has Giroud scored a hat trick? once in 5 seasons if that?
Sanchez 1st season up front, already a hat trick.
You're arguing against nobody here DG. No-one thinks Giroud is even close to Alexis' level, and everyone agrees that Alexis as our striker is when we play our best football. Giroud is a good plan B for when we're need to try something different.
I'm advocating people stop clamouring for Giroud just because we don't score 10 goals by half time.
As I've repeated many times here, Sanchez's early season performances showed us what we're capable of if we keep the faith.
A-F among others constantly call for Giroud at half time, I'm just saying he's only useful if we go full r***rd hail mary to nick a last minute goal.
(That's not a dig at A-F or whomever, we've had these convo's already)
Sanchez is certainly capable of anything at any moment but for a long time in this game we looked weak and toothless with no real plan or presence up top. In the end we smoked em with some lovely goals and got a nice looking scoreline but it doesn't suddenly mean Sanchez works up front in every game. I also still think he can do just as well from the wing.
Rather Wele than Giroud but he's not even close to the squad for the last 4 months so Giroud was the one mentioned.
I actually agree with you. It's always important to consider the opposition and other such factors. Alexis was completely anonymous at Old Trafford and struggled badly against Spurs. In both instances, those teams crowded the middle of the pitch, and pressed our two CMs to cut off the supply line forward.
West Ham, not only press Xhaka and Coquelin, but they defended with a high line, with 3 at the back. It honestly felt at points in that game that a bunch of their players had taken a bung to throw the match. That pitch, and the lack of atmosphere at that stadium v The Boleyn suited us to a tee as well.
I'm still concerned how reliant we are on Alexis to conjure up bits of magic like he did for that 2nd goal. Until that point I was fearing we'd concede an equaliser. After that, an already poor opponent (Noble - wtf?) took more risks in attack and left even more spaces in defence.