Why chase Benzema then? If you only need a player that can finish, why chase such a well sought after player and pay so much more for the playmaking abilities of a striker when you don't need them?
A player that drops deep, dribbles and looks for the killer pass is the last thing that we need. Most of Giroud's creative play aren't even flick ons and knockdowns. It's that he's a very polished player with his feet. We already have sooo many of the player you're describing. We have Alexis, Cazorla, Özil, Wilshere, Rosicky etc. If we were to sign a striker, he would have to be a 'killer striker' as Jose Mourinho calls it. Absolutely ruthless in front of goal.
Why chase Benzema then? If you only need a player that can finish, why chase such a well sought after player and pay so much more for the playmaking abilities of a striker when you don't need them?
A player that drops deep, dribbles and looks for the killer pass is the last thing that we need.
Benzema is very good at linking attack to midfield
Half of those games were difficult away games, where we weren't high enough to play that way in the box. The Hull performance was one of the best away performances i've seen in years.I would not define this as a creativity. For me, creativity means that player can do things the opposition doesn't expect, he sees thing others don't see. Everybody can see Wilshere running to the box. Passing the ball to him is the most obvious thing to do.
Biggest problem of ours is getting the ball and players into the box and making a better use of counter attacks. At the end of last season, Giroud was often criticized for not scoring goals. I made a little graphics to show what I personally noticed
Giroud - Album on Imgur
You can see that in some games, he barely has any touches in the box. This may be down to him not moving so clever, but to me its clear that we can't unlock the defense even with the midfield we have. We are often too static, and that's why we need a winger and striker who will move more and help open the defenses. I'd also prefer playing Ramsey over Santi in CM position, because he can make runs that can disrupt oppositions defense. Santi I'd prefer in AM spot with Ozil benched (I'm not his biggest fan tbh).
Isn't Benzema a ruthless finisher?
Why chase Benzema then? If you only need a player that can finish, why chase such a well sought after player and pay so much more for the playmaking abilities of a striker when you don't need them?
I'm just going to copy and paste my last post here with bolded text.
Pretty much all world class strikers link attack and midfield very well.
Apologies for any misunderstanding. What I meant is that any striker we sign should be with the criteria to be pacey, clinical and posess some sort of dribbling ability. For those 3 reasons, Benzema would offer alot more to Arsenal. Giroud is just a very good strikers who's a decent finisher and he can link defence to attack well. Benzema is a 'killer' in front of goal, possess some pace and he can run at players.To the same extent and in a similar style to Benzema?
I also think that your asessment of the goal was very harsh. Giroud had pressure from defenders and his back to play, has to time the pass and apply the right weight to keep it onside. If that's so obvious, why doesn't every striker do it? Most strikers would have laid it off at that position.
Apologies for any misunderstanding. What I meant is that any striker we sign should be with the criteria to be pacey, clinical and posess some sort of dribbling ability. For those 3 reasons, Benzema would offer alot more to Arsenal. Giroud is just a very good strikers who's a decent finisher and he can link defence to attack well. Benzema is a 'killer' in front of goal, possess some pace and he can run at players.
No shout for Walcott? I rate him though others seem to disregard him :S
We've done it before. They've never beaten us at the Allianz. Bayern are the favourites, however I'm confident that we can top the group. If we beat Zagreb and Olympiakos home and away, then sneak a result against Bayern, we could top the group. This is a much stronger Arsenal team than Bayern last faced. I think that we will sign a player by deadline day. Football agent Muzzi Ozcan has claimed that Arsenal are working on a great signing and Arsene Wenger is expecting one. We are the deadline kings.Don't see us beating Bayern at home or away tbh.
We've done it before. They've never beaten us at the Allianz. Bayern are the favourites, however I'm confident that we can top the group. If we beat Zagreb and Olympiakos home and away, then sneak a result against Bayern, we could top the group. This is a much stronger Arsenal team than Bayern last faced. I think that we will sign a player by deadline day. Football agent Muzzi Ozcan has claimed that Arsenal are working on a great signing and Arsene Wenger is expecting one. We are the deadline kings.
We've done it before. They've never beaten us at the Allianz. Bayern are the favourites, however I'm confident that we can top the group. If we beat Zagreb and Olympiakos home and away, then sneak a result against Bayern, we could top the group. This is a much stronger Arsenal team than Bayern last faced. I think that we will sign a player by deadline day. Football agent Muzzi Ozcan has claimed that Arsenal are working on a great signing and Arsene Wenger is expecting one. We are the deadline kings.
So you are saying if we get 15 out of 18 points we should win the group?
We've done it before. They've never beaten us at the Allianz. Bayern are the favourites, however I'm confident that we can top the group. If we beat Zagreb and Olympiakos home and away, then sneak a result against Bayern, we could top the group. This is a much stronger Arsenal team than Bayern last faced. I think that we will sign a player by deadline day. Football agent Muzzi Ozcan has claimed that Arsenal are working on a great signing and Arsene Wenger is expecting one. We are the deadline kings.