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Originally Posted by Brother Leon
I give him a month before Giroud out plays him and sends him to the bench. Don't get why Arsenal fans disrespect Giroud so much.
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That might happen as it seems Giroud is not quite as good when he has no competition for his place.
Giroud is criticized by me for many things. Where do I start? . He's horribly inconsistent; he went almost four months without scoring in the Premiership this season. He scored two against Liverpool on Jan 13th then didn't score again in the league till 8th May. Just a few days short of four months. Would you not criticize a striker if he put up those numbers? Meanwhile while he was failing to score Leicester were winning the league. If he'd scored as few five goals in that time Arsenal may have won the league? Who knows?. Giroud played in every single Premiership match for us last season. He didnt start them all but he got on the pitch at some point in every match and during that time produced, up till the last few weeks of the season, 13 goals. I'm trying hard to discount his hatrick against a relegated club on the last day of the season. Too little too late from him. Arsenal last year led the league in chances created with Ozil on his own braking the league record for chances created for other teammates. Giroud scored the same number of goals as Jermain Defoe while saving Sunderland from relegation.
Putting all of that aside , I just think he is one of the most frustrating players to watch. Its the histrionics and play acting that get to me. The hands on the head, the hands on the hips or the beating the ground when he misses a chance. And he misses plenty. When Sanchez misses a chance he goes running after the ball Giroud on the other hand will be beating the floor like he's so unlucky. It was not down to bad luck why he went 4 months without scoring.