Olivier Giroud

[nav007_2000]

Herc said we done a deal for Giroud. Should we stop worrying that we might not sign a striker?

I'm happy we got a target man in who offers us something different to Moura

 

[mos5679]

Giroud not good enough for us....? We don’t have anyone to play up top. Ridiculous from our fans - is he past it? Far from it. The guy can hold the ball up and bring others into play. Would be a very shrewd signing and I for one would welcome him to the club.

 

[WiganSpur]

⚠⚠⚠Don’t ask us questions, please!!!

His legs, which I see as quite an important part of football, are gone. Look at who he has scored against in the past 3 years, he is long past it. One exceptional game - against Arsenal, doesn’t mean he still has it. In the league, for Chelsea, he averages a goal every 500 minutes. You lot can sugar coat this shit link all you want. He’s wank now.

But you need to accept that JM wants a target man and we aren't getting anyone decent. I don't rate him highly but if it's a choice between him, Slimani, Benteke or bringing Llorente back I know who i'm choosing.

 

[HildoSpur]

I suppose I have overlooked that as it is a big need, but we're also really struggling to score goals in general so we really need both.

True but my thought is that Giroud will make our attack work much better as a unit and although he may not be banging the goals in he will enable others to be more effective.

 

[Bobby TwoShots]

He's no one's first choice, but we need someone to cover for Kane over the next few months. Then go for a younger, better player in the summer (or hope that Parrott's ready by then).

 

[Buster18]

Giroud not good enough for us....? We don’t have anyone to play up top. Ridiculous from our fans - is he past it? Far from it. The guy can hold the ball up and bring others into play. Would be a very shrewd signing and I for one would welcome him to the club.

This. I genuinely wonder what standard people are expecting. It’s not as if any club is going to sell their top CF in Jan. We can only pick from what’s available.

 

[Danny1]

I believe there is better out there, however, think of how Mou sets us up and generally Giroud would be a good striker for that role

 

[Spurrific]

He never had any pace in the first place. How can something that was never there in the first place be gone?

“Legs” doesn’t mean “pace”, what on Earth is your logic here? He is not good at playing the game of football anymore. I desperately hope we don’t sign him, because I’m right and I’m already an insufferably smug **** - I don’t need another reason to rub it in.

 

[he is you know!]

Herc said we done a deal for Giroud. Should we stop worrying that we might not sign a striker?

I'm happy we got a target man in who offers us something different to Moura

He hasn't said that. He's said it's a possibility.

 

[synththfc]

He hasn't said that. He's said it's a possibility.

Maybe he's from the future coming back to tell us of future ITK

 

[Railwayspur]

He hasn't said that. He's said it's a possibility.

I thought he said in response to someone saying giroud has played for 2 clubs i hate the most "soon to be 3".

I take that to mean West ham

 

[matty74]

Do people on here really believe cheksea would sell giroud to us?? I would be absolutely amazed if they did .

And even if they did they would take a huge fee on it much like they tried with michy bat ( what ever his name is) last year. Something that would only happen over levy’s dead body

 

[richard_gleeson]

I think everyone is forgetting that Mourinho said the striker has to be for now and for the future. Giroud is not for the future...

 

[buttons]

Can’t see Chelsea selling to us, maybe they’ll string us along right to the deadline and then kill it, so we can’t sign anyone else!

 

[he is you know!]

I thought he said in response to someone saying giroud has played for 2 clubs i hate the most "soon to be 3".

I take that to mean West ham

Happens or not OG talk is spot on! Don’t bank on it though, as couple others we are talking to in the equation.

 

[Japhet]

I like him as a player, personally. Can score all types of goals.

'Infrequent' ones being his speciality for the past few seasons.

 

[mos5679]

This. I genuinely wonder what standard people are expecting. It’s not as if any club is going to sell their top CF in Jan. We can only pick from what’s available.

Self entitlement. We really do think he isn’t good enough for us. Give me Giroud over nobody and I’ll be very happy.

 

[sausage]

'Infrequent' ones being his speciality for the past few seasons.

Stats are misleading really - he's not had that many minutes for them. Not hugely different to how we (mis)used Llorente.

 

[Spurrific]

Now I really want it to happen. Some of the little toerags on here that think they know better than me (ME) deserve to endure this.

 

[topper]

I thought he said in response to someone saying giroud has played for 2 clubs i hate the most "soon to be 3".

I take that to mean West ham

That’s my take on this too