Arsene Wenger has continually stated that he has three strikers at his disposal, namely Giroud, Walcott and Sanchez, but none of them are yet to have struck form, although Theo scored twice for England against the minnows of San Marino in midweek. But who should be centre-forward today?
Charlie Nicholas, the former Arsenal striker, wants to see Theo Walcott start against Stoke City rather than the out-of-form Olivier Giroud. Nicholas is probably not the first and definitely not the last to say so. The Frenchman has been in wretched form and is struggling to prove that he can lead the line for the Gunners.
The International break too wasn’t kind to the scoring boots of Giroud. He looked a lost figure in French colours turning up for the national team against Serbia. The fans even booed him to show their displeasure. It looks like there is no end to the scoring woes of the French striker.
In seven appearances for the club and country so far this season, he has found the back of the net only once. This is enough to tell how bad his current form is. And, Nicholas thinks that the striker must find a response. He said: “Giroud hasn’t been in good form and that’s why I’d pick Walcott ahead of him against Stoke”
It looks a simple but yet very constructive measure from Nicholas. Arsene Wenger defended his inaction in the summer transfer market and the absence of a new striker to ‘lack of options’. But, in reality, Wenger is confident that Walcott can step up in his new role and ease his problems.
Giroud is a proven goal scorer although the jury is still open on his ability to lead the line or take the performances to an altogether new level. He will definitely find an answer to this slump and start scoring goals. However, Wenger can bank on contributions from Walcott and Alexis Sanchez with his midfield wizards scoring often.
The debate around Giroud will not be settled this season; in fact, it will not be settled ever. He may get plaudits for getting his teammates into play and be a ‘team man’. But, a striker needs to be little more selfish for the greater good of the team. Look at any striker in the world and you will find them to be selfish. Form or not, Giroud is too nice to selfish. He may lead the line well but he will always have question marks on his ‘real impact’.
Sridhar
Sanchez Giroud Walcott should be our attacking line. Give these three a 10 game run.
Either 1 injured we are finished….we got no back up
Especially Sanchez…..we rely too heavily on him
I agree with you, Rahman. But I think. We should go witH Chamberlain on the left, Theo on the right with Sanchez in the middle.
yeah i too would like to see sanchez in middle for 5 games , .the rest would need to change the way they play bc sanchez would be told to not do a giroud and stand in one spot.
My preferred team:
Cech
Bellerin – Mertesaker – Koscielny – Monreal
Coquelin – Cazorla
Walcott – Ozil – Sanchez
Giroud
Subs: Ospina, Debuchy, Gabriel, Gibbs, Ramsey, Arteta, Ox
Scoring goals is a team effort. The rest of the team don’t chip in with enough goals..The midfielders couldn’t hit a cows arse with a banjo..Relying on Walcott to be the main striker is not my idea of heaven but once again Wenger”s lack of off season transfer business returns to haunt the Arsenal.
Same old same old.
“The midfielders couldn’t hit a cow’s ass with a banjo”, LOL!!! Now I just feel like doing that, it won’t mean a thing to the cow.
dropping Giroud would be a mistake, it would get to his head. Im sure Wenger will see him through, if he gets a goal and eventually gets subbed off for Theo who then gets a goal I will be the happiest man in London. COYG p.s watch Boss have Shaq in his back pocket
mental health of arsenal > mental health of giroud.
if we lose/tie games bc of giroud: it gets to the head of everyone.
only sanchez will get 20 goals.
the rest lets just be real.
this epl was ours for the taking but the old man refused to buy cavani./benzema
faith in average players wont get you the title….world class players get you the title
I REFUSE TO BE FOOLED BY THE STUPID OLD MANS WORDS.
AT ARSENAL WE TALK ALOT…wenger,the players..
on the field???? wait and see flops like giroud.
We hav no option but to win this game today…we shd score clean goals and not be reliant on owngoals!
winning this game is surely not an option.we must win.our attackers need motivation so a goal or two for them will do them good.
for me, if Walcott was given the same chance GIROUD has had, he would have been a terrific striker, play Walcott for 10 straight games as a striker and see what would happen, Giroud for me should come in when we want to keep a lead like we did against Chelsea this season, he should be our plan b when we want to play long balls, Giroud will never win my heart cause of his sluggish style of play