blrgooner
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Agree. Giroud is actually good at what he does and is will score goals. But like many others in our team should be more of an option which we can use rather than a sure starter. Same goes Gervinho as well.outlaw_member said:Giroud is a difficult topic to discuss. He will score many goals as long as he receives the right type of service. However, other than last season, we have never designed a system around feeding a striker like him. His signing was definitely an opportunistic capture, rather the right one. I keep saying it, but we've always excelled with having a speedy front man. The number of times Norwich had left space in behind, but Giroud came short to receive rather than spinning in behind was staggering. Arteta and Cazorla were constantly facing the play, but had little final third movement to pick out. Our lack of width and pace will continue to hurt us against stubborn opposition.
Furthermore, we need to become more direct and turnover possession a lot more against stubborn sides, so that they can attack and consequently open up counter-opportunities for us. Also, it's utterly pointless having a 3rd midfielder on the pitch when you are lacking offensive penetration. Keeping Ramsey on in our 4-3-3 shape was just poor management. Gervinho is also not a wide forward, and he's pretty cack as it is. Lastly, we performed in this exact blunt manner only a few weeks ago against Chelsea. It's quite obvious Wenger is not doing enough to prepare his players for the challenges that await. The personnel continually change, yet the same problems remain.