Country: England
Sick player. Can’t wait to seem him next season.
I’ve never seen someone who’s so good at dribbling in tight spaces and have such poor control over the ball. It's like those women who are amazing kissers but don't know how to use their tongue when it matters.
Giroud is that whale you settle for at the end of the night and there’s nobody else left.
You’re not even lyingThat's usually the one that gives you the best ride. Let's hope that's not the case on the 1st.
He scored 22 goals for Lille last year, but 9 of those were penalties. He also got 11 assists. So take away the pens and it's 13 goals 11 assists in 38 games. This year it's 7 goals and 8 assists in 37 games.
So i'm pretty sure he can improve on those numbers hopefully having settled and playing in a better team under Arteta next year. And so far he's not the main penalty taker, but maybe that's something he could take on at some point in the future, he's clearly good at them.
Giroud is that whale you settle for at the end of the night and there’s nobody else left.
I hear you but it’s a little more complex and nuanced than that. You are right that work ethic and endeavour are core to British culture. It’s heavily influenced by post war rise of working class and frankly, the climate.
But things have changed with globalisation, in particular with football and ideas about how it should be played here.
I’m old but unlike when I grew up watching football and all you had was MoTD / Football Italia + all British managers and 10% foreign players, the mindset has evolved drastically.
The funny thing is the very best players with longevity often do also actually work the hardest. Fans want both talent and hard work. It’s not a mutually exclusive thing.
If you grew up watching MoTD and Football Italia, you ain't that old ;-)
He scored 22 goals for Lille last year, but 9 of those were penalties. He also got 11 assists. So take away the pens and it's 13 goals 11 assists in 38 games. This year it's 7 goals and 8 assists in 37 games.
So i'm pretty sure he can improve on those numbers hopefully having settled and playing in a better team under Arteta next year. And so far he's not the main penalty taker, but maybe that's something he could take on at some point in the future, he's clearly good at them.
Hopefully I’ll be ‘nobody is safe’-ing this thread soon. As things stand absolutely nothing in our team is catered towards him, Arteta doesn’t even allow to have an overlapping fullback, one of the most basic attacking tactics in football. The numbers he’s gotten pretty much all stem from individual quality which means there’s loads of room for improvement. But why even bother.
Came on against Villa, had a decent performance, whipped in more dangerous crosses than anyone else had prior to him coming on (think Eddie hit the post from one? gets a few players booked and commanded a double team every time he received the ball.
The above performance actually ended up with him getting more criticism than anyone else. Most of you have all made your mind up, clearly.
Hopefully I’ll be ‘nobody is safe’-ing this thread soon. As things stand absolutely nothing in our team is catered towards him, Arteta doesn’t even allow him an overlapping fullback, one of the most basic attacking tactics in football. The numbers he’s gotten pretty much all stem from individual quality which means there’s loads of room for improvement. But why even bother.
Came on against Villa, had a decent performance, whipped in more dangerous crosses than anyone else had prior to him coming on (think Eddie hit the post from one?) gets a few players booked and commanded a double team every time he received the ball.
The above performance actually ended up with him getting more criticism than anyone else. Most of you have all made your mind up, clearly.
Hopefully I’ll be ‘nobody is safe’-ing this thread soon. As things stand absolutely nothing in our team is catered towards him, Arteta doesn’t even allow him an overlapping fullback, one of the most basic attacking tactics in football. The numbers he’s gotten pretty much all stem from individual quality which means there’s loads of room for improvement. But why even bother.
Came on against Villa, had a decent performance, whipped in more dangerous crosses than anyone else had prior to him coming on (think Eddie hit the post from one?) gets a few players booked and commanded a double team every time he received the ball.
The above performance actually ended up with him getting more criticism than anyone else. Most of you have all made your mind up, clearly.
So Adams knew already last summer that Martinelli, a kid from the Brazilian second divison and Saka, a 17 year old, were going to turn out how they did?Massive respect for Tony. Even more now!