Helped France win the World Cup by scoring 0 goals lol. But apparently his world class link up and hold up was instrumental in the players that actually made a difference. I remember many games where he barely touched the hall or had any reasonable impact whatsoever.
I’m sorry but the praise Giroud gets at times is outrageous. Once you start praising your first choice striker for doing everything but score goals then you know you’re really reaching.
Look, I don’t like him so much that I will defend his zero goals tournament.
I am merely pointing out his resume which will indeed show him as an active member of a world cup campaign; goals or no goals.
You wanna fight about his contribution, I am not the guy.
btw
If the outcome is winning the world cup, do anyone really fucking care?
I’m sorry but no. Arsenal was playing much better football when RvP was here, and RvP’s talent was part of that. Clearly a different calibre compared to Giroud.
He was decent but inconsistent.
His most consistent, with us, was when he broke the record for an Arsenal striker not scoring in consecutive games with fifteen clean sheets in a row, which is great for a GK, but not so good for a starting striker for a top European club.
He managed this incredible record playing in front of one of the the best midfields in the PL.
Yeah? You might have to remind me of the exact composition of that midfield, because in my head our midfield has been pretty bloody dysfunctional for years.