Posted on Friday, 15th June 2012 by Taaza
Olivier Giroud – does the name ring a bell? If it hasn’t, it should. He’s been all over the sports pages in the past couple of days – this largely due to his Ligue 1 form from last season, form which led to the 25-year-old bagging 25 goals for French champions Montpellier.
Europe’s elite were put on high alert after his goal-scoring exploits. Many are rumoured to be chasing Giroud this summer, but Montpellier coach Rene Girard believes the French striker’s next destination is The Emirates.
Arsene Wenger is thought to be keen on bringing Giroud to Arsenal this summer, and it has been reported that he is a long-term admirer of the French forward.
It is understandable as to why Montpellier are reluctant to let go of their star striker, but Girard recently admitted that Giroud is likely to move to Arsenal, if they can agree a deal with the French champions.
Girard told French radio station RMC:
‘Arsenal are very interested and Giroud wants to play in England, if Arsene [Wenger] agrees with the president [Louis Nicollin], he will sign for them.’
Well I for one can’t wait for the transfer window to officially open.
Giroud has really been causing a ruckus in the football world recently, and I do hope we sign him.
He is currently with the French national squad in Poland and Ukraine, but the player is expected to make a decision on his future after the tournament like many others. The Gunners are so keen on Giroud that reports suggest the north London club are trying to get the striker to withdraw from the France squad to finalise a deal.
But if we do sign him, what will Wenger exactly do with him?
Well, in my honest opinion, I think he would be a starter, playing upfront.
Wenger seems to be in love with his current 4-3-3 formation, and if he sticks with this system next season, then I see Wenger playing Giroud as the lone front man. Giroud is a complete striker, a lone man, a player who may struggle to play in the wider positions of the attack.
I of course make this assumption with Robin van Persie’s Arsenal future still in doubt.
Giroud could well be a replacement for the undecided Dutchman this summer. So assuming RVP leaves our front-line would consist of Lukas Podolski, Oliver Giroud, Theo Walcott and/or Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
If Van Persie stays then I think Giroud would be used more as a sub – unless maybe Wenger plays a front three of Podolski, Giroud and Van Persie. On paper, this looks lethal, whether or not we will see it remains undetermined.
What do you guys reckon Wenger will do with Giroud? Where will he play the French striker if he manages to sign him?
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June 15th, 2012 at 6:08 pm
If any Arsenal player seems undecided about wether they should stay or go (RVP) then a replacement should come in to help them on their way. Sorry Robin, if you can’t make a simple decision ( or maybe you have)then, thanks for all the fish!
Giroud up front. Podo,Ox,Gerv and Theo alternating up front left and right. Simple.
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TonyS Reply:
June 16th, 2012 at 11:56 am
What fish? RVP has never provided us with any fish.
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June 15th, 2012 at 6:18 pm
Is better for RVB to decide his future,so dat we can start prepare for other alternative players
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June 15th, 2012 at 6:22 pm
transfer window is open either that or both man utd with that japanesse guy chelski with hazard an us with poldolski r in a spot of trouble
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June 15th, 2012 at 6:34 pm
U see i for one dont see robin staying but if he does stay den i dont tink signing olivier giroud n dumping him on bench is good instead let him be. Bt if he does come then we see wat arsene wil do. Gooners 4 lifeHello,
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June 15th, 2012 at 6:46 pm
Since we’ve got such talented middielders with m,vila we could create a unvreakable midfield this is the squad i believe could challenge for the title.
4-3-1-2
Schezz
Sagna—kosh—vernaleen–Gibbs
————— M’vila—————–
Song———————–arteta
———–whilshere—————
–rvp/giroud—–podolski
The reason i put whilshere behind the strikers is that he is a playmaker,a great dribbler like iniesta and before we put him defensive mid for reserves he played behind the striker and scored 13 goals in 18 games.
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wattz Reply:
June 15th, 2012 at 7:01 pm
i think we can still play both RVP and Giroud…..4-4-1-1 comes to my mind immediately. but this can only happen if we get a proper box to box midfielder…say mvilla, one who is sound defensively and to be partnered by an Arteta orWilshere as the attacking mindef CM. then we have RVP in the hole n Giroud/Podolski upfront. walcott,chambo,gerv can play on either wing. what do u think…..we prettu much have a straigjt foward line up in the defensive dpt.
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June 15th, 2012 at 6:48 pm
i think we need 4 defenders 2 strikers but Giroud can be sub with Podolski or podolski can be sub with giroud.
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June 15th, 2012 at 6:49 pm
i think we need 4 defenders and 4 midfielders 2 strikers but Giroud can be sub with Podolski or podolski can be sub with giroud.
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June 15th, 2012 at 7:12 pm
4-2-3-1 formation.giroud as the lone striker and rvp behind him dat is hopeful he neva leaves.wings:poldi and theo.mid:arteta and songinho
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Saga Sphinx Reply:
June 15th, 2012 at 11:42 pm
Really? What your saying is ‘we should play 4 strikers in the starting eleven’? I shudder to think how our already poor defence would get exposed if you were the manager!
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June 15th, 2012 at 7:52 pm
I think Giroud is a good signing.. Van Persie can play behind him or on the wings provided he doesn’t leaves plus it is an addition to the squad depth which is lacking in Arsenal.. Gunners 4 life.
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June 15th, 2012 at 11:59 pm
A change from our current formation will never occur unless 1 of 2 things happen. 1- We buy wide midfielders capable of defending to the standards required in the premier league. More emphasis will be put on defence in a wide midfield role as opposed to a winger role. Think of Ray Parlour and Freddy Ljungberg. 2- We either drop the creative midfielder roll (Arteta, Wilshire, Ramsay) and employ another defence minded central midfielder to sit next to song, leaving all creativity to our wide midfielders, who now have more workload from defensive duties. Which of our current wide midfielders fit this criteria? None! So a change in formation is more than likely a no go.
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June 16th, 2012 at 12:33 am
Hey Guys i think RVP will stay, he is just looking out for the greater good of the club by demanding better players come in as we all want that to happen, well i think Wenger will have to change back to 4-4-2 so RVP can play together with Giroud then podolski on the left side of our midfield. We will definitely do better with both strikers on the same time. Up gunners…
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June 16th, 2012 at 2:35 am
szczney
sagna when he gets back kos vermaelen gibbs
arteta song wilshere/risicky
wings theo podolski
rvp giroud
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June 16th, 2012 at 3:51 am
Monin gonners i think according 2 ua argument u dont recogonize the presence of gervinoh who am certain will be fighting hard 2 b a starter pliz put him into consideration
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June 16th, 2012 at 6:52 am
I think this might be better
………………………..szscesny
sagna koscielny vermaelen gibbs
……..m’vila/song song/arteta
…………………wilshere/rosi
walcott/ox……………………….poldi/gerv
…………………..rvp/giroud
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June 16th, 2012 at 7:55 am
I think he will use him as lone striker with RVP behind him in a 4-2-3-1. That would be the best.. With podolski on the left and ox/theo on the right.. Song and wilshere marshalling the mid field and RVP gets competition from Arteta and Ramsey..
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June 16th, 2012 at 8:46 am
4-4-2 is an outdated formation that nobody uses anymore! It leaves you open in midfield. Cast your mind back to the 5-2 win against spurs. Redknapp knew he made a mistake with that formation and tried to change it at half time,but the momentum had already swung arsenal’s way and spurs couldnt cope. Giroud is rvps replacement,anyone who thinks otherwise is deluded! No way we can start with rvp giroud and podolski in attack. I for one dont think arsenal will miss rvp,giroud and podolski are capable of converting the numerous amount of chances we create. Rvp scored so many goals because they were laid on a plate for him,not because he is some out of this world player like messi. We bought rvp for 2 million pounds,dont act like he is irreplacable. He’s only played 1 full season for us in 7yrs,we’ve managed without him, so this nonsense about us losing rvp being the end of arsenal are wide off the mark!!!!!
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June 16th, 2012 at 4:43 pm
Dat a nice one dere if VP is going let him decide so we can plane 4 de future .4 4 3 giroud poldi and RVp if he stays.
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June 16th, 2012 at 5:53 pm
Who would want RvP after these Euros? He’ll stay;)
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June 17th, 2012 at 11:16 pm
if RVP wants to go let him go and Theo too. ARSENAL is not one man team, never has been and won’t be ever! I know that’s almost impossible for us but i wish we’d bring services of Marco Reus and Mario Götze at Emirates. The way they are playing and the class of them are amazing and so fit for ARSENAL.
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June 18th, 2012 at 11:44 pm
If Giroud comes then his role will depend on what happens with RVP. If Rvp stays then he will be a sub and a starter against teams like reading and southampton. It may be RVP will be fully rested for cup games until latter stages. This is because Wenger will know that there is no guarantee that RVP will stay injury free this coming season. Let us be clear though RVP knows what he is doing and where he is going to be for the next few seasons. If that is not with us that will be a shame but we will survive it Henri and Viera leaving were supposed to be the end of us but we are still in champions league still challenging for things if not winning them and it will be the same if RVP goes. I think with podolski arriving Walcott will have a challenge to start with both Miyachi and yennaris or even gervinho pushing for starts, Yes I have nto mentioned Chamberlain that is because I believe most his appearances will come from subs bench but in the cesc role rather than wide. Personally if the club signs two or three quality players then RVP will stay. Last season was a strange one for us and some mixed results cost us being in a challenging position come end of season. We will be closer than this season.
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