I bloody love Giroud. Deserves to start against West Ham

[Monty92]

67 times in two matches he has given the ball away. Top ten players, my arse

I don't know how those stats compare with other strikers. Is it a total anomaly for a player of his ilk to give the ball away so much? Could it be skewed by the fact that he is often trying to create for us and therefore eschews 'safe' passes?

Also, what were his stats in the two previous games when he was, by all accounts, fantastic?

[Luis Anaconda]

I don't know how those stats compare with other strikers. Is it a total anomaly for a player of his ilk to give the ball away so much? Could it be skewed by the fact that he is often trying to create for us and therefore eschews 'safe' passes?

Also, what were his stats in the two previous games when he was, by all accounts, fantastic?

They are terrible by any measure - if you can't see it by watching him and ignore the stats, you probably should get another hobby, tbh. You are ****ing clueless about football.

[Monty92]

They are terrible by any measure - if you can't see it by watching him and ignore the stats, you probably should get another hobby, tbh. You are ****ing clueless about football.

Maybe I don't. I guess this is also why no decent clubs have any interest in signing him

[Luis Anaconda]

Maybe I don't. I guess this is also why no decent clubs have any interest in signing him

He's a good player - he is not one of the best ten players in the world. You argue like a child

[Monty92]

He's a good player - he is not one of the best ten players in the world. You argue like a child

How dare you?*

*He is so ner.

[Luis Anaconda]

How dare you?*

*He is so ner.

He is still very frustrating though. Surely you would admit that

[Monty92]

He is still very frustrating though. Surely you would admit that

I dunno, it's weird, I can see the stats are terrible, but I honestly can't say he ever frustrates me. I have no obvious reason to defend him any more than any other player, but it seems to be a blindspot. I get infinitely more frustrated with, say, Bellerin, who I sometimes think has managed to con the entire football world into thinking he's anything beyond average.

I just think Sanchez is fúcking great. Whilst not a like-for-like comparison at all, he's the closest thing we've had to Henry in terms of being able to do lots of things very, very well, with the added benefit of being absolutely insatiable in his desire.

[Peter]

He's a good player - he is not one of the best ten players in the world. You argue like a child

I think he would probably be even worse in a better side. City dodged a bullet there. THey absolutely do not need him.

[redgunamo]

I think he would probably be even worse in a better side. City dodged a bullet there. THey absolutely do not need him.

Oh, I think they certainly do need him; apart from Kun, their first change is not as good as Alexis. They want to compete with Manchester United, Bayern München, Barcelona and Real Madrid too, after all. PSG as well.

[Pat Vegas]

They are terrible by any measure - if you can't see it by watching him and ignore the stats, you probably should get another hobby, tbh. You are ****ing clueless about football.

even if he creates 'one moment of magic' it's not worth all the possession he loses.

it's like if I played in a 5-a-side (non awimb won) and my team loses 10-1 but I score the tremendous 1 goal.