The people v Gilles Grimandi

[roz]

Responsible for signing one of our greatest RBs of all time in Sagna.

 

[Riou]

I’ve always rated him, got a terrible time from you lot. Seem to remember winning trophies and finishing in the top 4 fairly regularly.

He was a good player for us...just reminding everyone though that when Giroud was bad, he was REALLY bad!

 

[Lidl_Reed]

He was a good player for us...just reminding everyone though that when Giroud was bad, he was REALLY bad!

I remember when Sanogo and then later Welbeck came in and actually improved us during some of those stretches.....

 

[roz]

I remember when Sanogo and then later Welbeck came in and actually improved us during some of those stretches.....

Welbeck was a fantastic squad player to have, would have improved any team.

 

[say yes]

I’ve always rated him, got a terrible time from you lot. Seem to remember winning trophies and finishing in the top 4 fairly regularly.

Its a big no from me in the poll. Giles come home

The only trophies we won during Giroud’s time at the club were FA cups, in which he barely featured for us.

Giroud started just one game when we won it in 2014, with Sanogo instead being trusted to lead the line against the likes of Everton and Liverpool.

He started just two games in 2015, with both of those games coming in the early rounds against lower league opposition. Welbeck was our cup CF that campaign (that Old Trafford night ) and it was Walcott who was given the starting CF role in the final when Welbeck got injured.

In 2017 he featured in just 3/6 games, and was dropped for Welbeck in the final.

In fact, the only campaigns Giroud actually started regularly in were the two campaigns we didn’t win during his time here: 2013 (beaten at home my Blackburn), and 2016 (beaten at home by Watford).

 

[Riou]

I remember when Sanogo and then later Welbeck came in and actually improved us during some of those stretches.....

We had so many playmakers in our team from 2012-2016 that it suited us having a faster striker most of the time.

Danny was a legitimate decent player though, unlike Yaya...not a great one, but Dat Guy had some very good qualities about him...Sanchez loved playing with him due to Welbz relentless workrate.

 

[roz]

The only trophies we won during Giroud’s time at the club were FA cups, in which he barely featured for us.

Giroud started just one game when we won it in 2014, with Sanogo instead being trusted to lead the line against the likes of Everton and Liverpool.

He started just two games in 2015, with both of those games coming in the early rounds against lower league opposition. Welbeck was our cup CF that campaign (that Old Trafford night ) and it was Walcott who was given the starting CF role in the final when Welbeck got injured.

In 2017 he featured in just 3/6 games, and was dropped for Welbeck in the final.

In fact, the only campaigns Giroud actually started regularly in were the two campaigns we didn’t win during his time here: 2013 (beaten at home my Blackburn), and 2016 (beaten at home by Watford).

Didn’t feature much as Wenger knew saving him for the league was more important to finish in the top4.

Also surely Sanogo deserves an honourable mention (as does Giles in turn) for his part in ending our trophy drought.

Yeah Welbeck was a really nice option to have, always felt the team played better when he started.

 

[Trilly]

These are the Golden Years.
We've got a shiny new Stadium, playing in the best League in the World, and we're in the FA Cup Final again, with a multitude of International Superstars gracing the shirt.


What more do you want?

The hell is your problem?

 

[Trilly]

We had so many playmakers in our team from 2012-2016 that it suited us having a faster striker most of the time.

Danny was a legitimate decent player though, unlike Yaya...not a great one, but Dat Guy had some very good qualities about him...Sanchez loved playing with him due to Welbz relentless workrate.

All we needed was a half decent striker that could run and I think we might have snuck the title that Leicester won.

Our only mobile strikers were absolute donkeys/injury prone so Giroud would always find himself back in the team.

 

[MD3 Gunner]

Do you think Grimandi rated Vicente?

Don’t know. I’m certain our previous scout before him did though

 

[Riou]

The hell is your problem?

He's Swiss aswell, just to make it weirder

 

[MD3 Gunner]

Welbeck was a fantastic squad player to have, would have improved any team.

True I honestly never had a problem with Welbz. For 16m not a bad buy

 

[Rex Stone]

I voted no on worst of all time solely because Steve Walsh exists. Built himself up at Leicester as a super scout but when he left they continued to excel at signing hidden gems.

Meanwhile when he went to Everton as sporting director he was then responsible for this incredible work.

First year not terrible. All the big money signings were flops but Gueye and Calvert-Lewin were smart buys as was Lookman even if they sold him very cheaply.

Then came the infamous 2017 window.

Roughly 180M spent on utter dross with maybe only one successful signing who was a huge overpay at 45M.

 

[MD3 Gunner]

I voted no on worst of all time solely because Steve Walsh exists. Built himself up at Leicester as a super scout but when he left they continued to excel at signing hidden gems.

Meanwhile when he went to Everton as sporting director he was then responsible for this incredible work.

First year not terrible. All the big money signings were flops but Gueye and Calvert-Lewis were smart buys as was Lookman even if they sold him very cheaply.

Then came the infamous 2017 window.

Roughly 180M spent on utter dross with maybe only one successful signing who was a huge overpay at 45M.

Evertons recruitment has probably been worse than ours. £130m spent on Iwobi, Pickford, Walcott and Kean loooool

 

[Football Manager]

No he joined Nice as their technical director and was sacked a few months later:

Sacked him after a few months, that’s not very nice, aren’t they?

 

[Oxeki]

Evertons recruitment has probably been worse than ours. £130m spent on Iwobi, Pickford, Walcott and Kean loooool

As long as they keep buying our cast-off, who's complaining?

 

[Riou]

Love a bit of Welbeck propaganda...


...my mum really loved him too...after his hattrick against Galatasaray she told me I was renamed (real name is Daniel) I was now her "White Danny" with Welbz being her "Better Danny" ...she got me there

 

[Oxeki]

We probably would have had more success if we throw darts at random names in wall blindfolded

 

[MD3 Gunner]

As long as they keep buying our cast-off, who's complaining?

Why not offer them Guendouzi for £35m ?

 

[Macho]

Welbz was alright by me, at least he tried and was professional. Came with the odd clutch goal as well if my memory serves me correct.