Re: Arsenal-Everton Match Thread

by Michael Foster Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:20 am

FOR FUCK SAKE!!!!!!

by Jason Morrison Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:20 am

Christ how did we not score there!

by Michael Foster Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:22 am

FUCKING HELL GIROUD!!!!!

by Michael Foster Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:28 am

something has to give...

by Jason Morrison Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:32 am

guess we have to settle for a draw, top 4 no longer in our hands

by Michael Foster Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:32 am

why the fuck did you not hit it!!!!! FUCKING HELL MAN!!!

by Michael Foster Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:33 am

4 mins to bag this!!!

by Michael Foster Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:38 am

fuck it!!!!

by Jason Morrison Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:38 am

FUCK OFF!! SO FRUSTRATED RIGHT NOW!

by Jenks1981 Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:16 am

Thought a point was a fair result, we might have edged it but ultimately Giroud was not at the races today and showed once more for me why he would be a great second choice striker, but not a first choice in this league.

by Marko Maksimović Wed Apr 17, 2013 9:26 am

Jenks1981 wrote:Thought a point was a fair result, we might have edged it but ultimately Giroud was not at the races today and showed once more for me why he would be a great second choice striker, but not a first choice in this league.

It's his first season in the world's toughest league, cut him some slack!

by Jenks1981 Wed Apr 17, 2013 9:31 am

I'm allowed to give my opinion, you dont agree and have a different one, thats fine.

by John Foxall Wed Apr 17, 2013 9:45 am

No doubt about it, we're still looking for that striker who can be relied upon week in week out. There are question marks over all our forwards and the biggest question mark against Giroud concerns his feet. No big sides have a striker who isn't first and foremost a very good footballer. Giroud seems to need more time than he'll get in this league. I hope that he will improve but almost a season into his Arsenal career he's not convinced quite enough. We've bought so many forwards in recent seasons though, it's getting boring. We need the one player who we can rely on above others to score goals, we had one who we sold knowing that we couldn't replace him with similar quality.

by Hisham El Mawan Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:35 am

John Foxall wrote:No doubt about it, we're still looking for that striker who can be relied upon week in week out. There are question marks over all our forwards and the biggest question mark against Giroud concerns his feet. No big sides have a striker who isn't first and foremost a very good footballer. Giroud seems to need more time than he'll get in this league. I hope that he will improve but almost a season into his Arsenal career he's not convinced quite enough. We've bought so many forwards in recent seasons though, it's getting boring. We need the one player who we can rely on above others to score goals, we had one who we sold knowing that we couldn't replace him with similar quality.

Yeah, I miss Henry too.

by Vanig Bostanian Wed Apr 17, 2013 3:36 pm

Hisham El Mawan wrote:
John Foxall wrote:No doubt about it, we're still looking for that striker who can be relied upon week in week out. There are question marks over all our forwards and the biggest question mark against Giroud concerns his feet. No big sides have a striker who isn't first and foremost a very good footballer. Giroud seems to need more time than he'll get in this league. I hope that he will improve but almost a season into his Arsenal career he's not convinced quite enough. We've bought so many forwards in recent seasons though, it's getting boring. We need the one player who we can rely on above others to score goals, we had one who we sold knowing that we couldn't replace him with similar quality.

Yeah, I miss Henry too.

I was thinking RvP while reading that post.

by Mike York Wed Apr 17, 2013 9:22 pm

I like Giroud. He is an easy target as (a) he isn't a typical Arsenal player, he is more direct and physical and (b) he is unfairly compared with RvP when only a handful of strikers in the world can compare to RvP right now and all would cost 30M+. But whilst he hasn't shone this season he also hasn't failed. 17 goals and 13 or 14 assists so far in his first season is very good and he has started better than a lot of others including RvP and Henry who took more time to settle into this league. I like having him in the side for his hold up/link-up play, his work rate and aerial ability. I'm happy with his first season and I think he will be better next season but saying that I do think we need another striker to rely on when he is having an off day.

by Jenks1981 Thu Apr 18, 2013 12:59 am

I agree completely Mike

by Meshaal Thu Apr 18, 2013 1:16 am

As far as the Champions Leagues spots go, we need Fulham to do us a favour tonight, if Chelsea drop points it stops too much pressure building on our players as well.

The match last night - over the 90 minutes we were the better team but lacked just that little bit of quality needed to get a goal.

As far as our four strikers are concerned, Giroud, Walcott, Podolski and Gervinho are all decent players and can win us games on a good day but Wenger needs to make a tough decision this summer and bring in a striker (at the expense of one of those 4 possibly) who guarantees goals.

Gervinho has shown flashes on and off but remains a very frustrating player and Walcott hasn't been great since signing the new contract.

Quite pleased with Giroud in his first season, though over the course of the season, he could have gotten us a few more points.

Out of the four, Podolski strikes me as the most clinical but needs to get more playing time.

by Hisham El Mawan Thu Apr 18, 2013 1:55 am

Vanig Bostanian wrote:
Hisham El Mawan wrote:
John Foxall wrote:No doubt about it, we're still looking for that striker who can be relied upon week in week out. There are question marks over all our forwards and the biggest question mark against Giroud concerns his feet. No big sides have a striker who isn't first and foremost a very good footballer. Giroud seems to need more time than he'll get in this league. I hope that he will improve but almost a season into his Arsenal career he's not convinced quite enough. We've bought so many forwards in recent seasons though, it's getting boring. We need the one player who we can rely on above others to score goals, we had one who we sold knowing that we couldn't replace him with similar quality.

Yeah, I miss Henry too.
I was thinking RvP while reading that post.

Yeah, that was the joke...

by Samritpal Singh Thu Apr 18, 2013 2:01 am

I agree with Mike. Couldn't say it any better.

by Marko Maksimović Thu Apr 18, 2013 9:56 am

Mike, you posted exactly what I didn't have the energy to type Very Happy

Oh and LOL at the dig at RvP, why couldnt his drought go on some more!?

by Vanig Bostanian Thu Apr 18, 2013 3:58 pm

Can United still win the league at the Emirates?

by Jason Morrison Thu Apr 18, 2013 6:00 pm

Vanig Bostanian wrote:Can United still win the league at the Emirates?

They can, but only if they beat both villa and us in their next two games.

by Vanig Bostanian Thu Apr 18, 2013 6:07 pm

Jason Morrison wrote:
Vanig Bostanian wrote:Can United still win the league at the Emirates?

They can, but only if they beat both villa and us in their next two games.

Fuck, so they will.

by Jonathan Prendergast Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:46 pm

Samritpal Singh wrote:I agree with Mike. Couldn't say it any better.

Me too

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