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Olivier Giroud's Injury: How Will Arsenal Cope in his Absence?
Goodison Park. The same ground were the Gunners were thrashed resoundingly in April.
The first half performance against Everton was shambolic. The Ox had some half chances but the erratic defending that allowed Seamus Coleman to get that kind of space was mind-boggling. Arsenal fans may complain that Per Mertesacker was fouled by Romelu Lukaku, Calum Chambers shouldn't have lounged in for a tackle that wasn't successful, the defense went to sleep, or that Steven Naismith was offside but at half time, the Gunners were on the brink of another shameful defeat and Arsene Wenger had to respond.
What did the Arsenal manager do? He took off his £32m marquee signing and brought on Olivier Giroud! I'm sure some fans were exasperated. He had a torrid outing against Besiktas, could he fare any better on Saturday evening? He latched onto an Oxlade-Chamberlain dinked ball and launched a shot into orbit from point blank range. Arrrrgh, typical wasteful Giroud! On the turn he fired a Jack Wilshere pass just wide off the mark.
When was he going to score? How many more chances does he need before he finds the back of the net?
Mesut Ozil attempted a through ball that was intercepted but it kindly fell to Giroud's path but he lashed the ball straight at Tim Howard. With seven minutes to go, Santi Cazorla threaded a neat drilled pass that was poked home by Ramsey. 2-1. Game on!
Right at the death, Giroud's moment of glory arrived – an inch-perfect cross from Nacho Monreal was headed home by the Frenchman to give the Gunners an equalizer. The much-maligned forward scored yet another crucial goal for Arsenal but a certain faction of the fans do not believe that he's good enough to lead the line for the Gunners.
|Games Played
|Goals Scored
|Result-Changing goals*
|First Goals
|Olivier Giroud
|Luis Suarez
|Daniel Sturridge
|26 (3)
|Yaya Toure
|Wayne Rooney
|27 (2)
|Sergio Aguero
|20 (3)
*The table above shows some stats from last season, comparing the "terrible" Giroud with the rest of his peers. Result changing goals are goals scored that gave the team a win or a draw, regardless of the order they were scored. The points reflected on this table are generated from the player that ultimately gave his team a win (3) or a draw (1). Yes, when comparing strikers' performances last season, Giroud won more points for Arsenal than these other individuals for their respective teams.
In the Premier League last season, Giroud single-handedly gave Arsenal all three points against Tottenham (home), Southampton (home), Newcastle (away) and West Brom (away). He scored crucial goals against Fulham (away – match opener), Sunderland (away – match opener), Crystal Palace (away – match winner), Aston Villa (away – match winner), Southampton (away – match opener) and Sunderland (home – match opener).
Despite all these, the Frenchman isn't fully appreciated by a faction of the fans. They are quick to point out how he has failed to score against the so-called "big teams", and now he has become a lightning rod for vitriolic abuse when things aren't going on well on the pitch. Funnily enough, even the great Luis Suarez failed to score against Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City. These are part of the "so-called big teams" Giroud couldn't score right? This is a striker that has scored more goals than
Wayne Rooney Shrek since he joined the club in 2012. A striker that has been very integral to Arsenal's attacking style of play.
Giroud's role is not that of an out and out goalscoring striker. He is not Thierry Henry, he is not Robin van Persie and he is not Ian Wright. He scores goals, and reasonably impressively too if you look at them objectively. 40 goals and 24 assists in 101 appearances is enviable. Van Persie was a goal in 2.09 games kind of striker and Giroud is a goal in 2.5 games kind of striker. – North London is Red.
However, there is a saying that you don't know what you have until you lose it, Arsene Wenger has expressed his concerns over the fitness of the French forward,
"It is a big game on Wednesday, we hope we can recover. I hope we have not lost Giroud in the final minute. It's a stretched ankle. It doesn't look good."
While we hope for Giroud to pass a late fitness test for the crucial Champions League qualifier against Besiktas and possibly the Premier League clash against newbies, Leicester, before the international break, the Gunners will have to explore the possibility of playing both games without the forward.
Looking at other alternatives, Yaya Sanogo has deputized in Giroud's stead this season but he has had injury problems to contend with and I have major doubts about his fitness for the aforementioned games. Lukas Podolski is a player that had featured in a handful of games as a center forward last season but he failed to make his mark in that position. Podolski recently rejoined the team from his extended break but he has been heavily linked with a move out of the Emirates this summer and he took to Instagram to release what seemed to look like a farewell note,
"Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out. Opportunities don't happen, you create them! #StayFocus #NoExcuses #FightForYourGoals #BeStrong #Champs #Victory #Glory #Poldi #aha"
This leaves us with two more plausible alternatives – Joel Campbell and Alexis Sanchez.
Joel Campbell came to the limelight following his performances at the World Cup and he was a shining star at the Emirates Cup but the fans wondered when he was going to get a chance to strut his stuff at the club. With the Gunners trailing in Goodison Park, Arsene Wenger handed the Costa Rican forward his debut for Jack Wilshere and he didn't put a foot wrong in his cameo performance. Will the manager risk playing Campbell through the middle in a crucial game like Besiktas? I think not.
That leaves us with the final option – Alexis Sanchez.
Alexis, as he preferred to be called, played predominantly on the right flank in Barcelona, largely due to the presence of the mecurial Lionel Messi that occupied the center forward position. Nonetheless, he scored 47 goals in 141 appearances for the Catalans with 21 of those goals scored last season, which made his arrival at Arsenal to send the fans into party mode.
After a couple of preseason encounters, Alexis created an assist for Laurent Koscielny in his competitive debut against Crystal Palace and he was a driving force in the first leg against Besiktas in Turkey, showing off his work rate and creativity, even though Giroud, unfortunately, wasn't in the same wave length.
However, Sanchez had a below-par performance against Everton and he lasted on the pitch for just 45 minutes.
Sanchez failed to influence the game the way he would have liked and he drifted away from his deployed position, giving his team no focal point in attack, something Giroud would never do. The fact that a creator-in-chief like Mesut Ozil was deployed on the left didn't help his cause either. According to Squawka, Alexis only completed 63% of his passes, the lowest of any Arsenal player on the day, and he failed to create any chances either. He also only completed one take-on, which is a disappointing return for a player of his calibre.
However, Arsene Wenger stated that he has no worries about Sanchez' early season form and believes that he would regain his confidence as the campaign progresses. While we still wait on the team's medical staff to provide encouraging info about Giroud's ankle, Arsenal is more than capable in finding a forward that would do well in his absence.
In my honest opinion, that forward is Alexis Sanchez.
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Olivier Giroud: Reviewing the 20 Goals Scored by the Striker this Season
"I enjoy my stats because when you are a striker you think that we are looking for the stats and assists as well. I am OK with my stats but I know the team will need me again for the last [four] Premier League games. So I need to score again and again." – Olivier Giroud
Down the years, Arsenal has always had its fair share of attacking talent that have wowed the fans, thus epitomizing the club's attractive style of football. While the likes of Ted Drake and Cliff Bastin scored for fun in the days of old, modern day Arsenal fans were honored to watch Ian Wright decimate opposition defenses before the baton was passed to Dennis Bergkamp and Thierry Henry, two of the finest foreign acquisitions the club has ever made.
With the Henry era reaching its climax, Arsenal unleashed goalscoring machines like Emmanuel Adebayor and Robin van Persie to the fold and just when we thought that the club it had its predatory clinical finisher in the form of Eduardo da Silva, injury robbed him off his confidence and his career plunged downwards before Shakhtar Donetsk came around and offered him a way out.
With van Persie opting to join Manchester United, Arsene Wenger keep the faith with his new recruit from SC Montpellier Herault and in 91 appearances thus far, the French forward has smashed in 37 goals, with 20 of them coming this season. Despite his frailties and criticisms, scoring 20 goals in your second season at a top-level club like Arsenal is a good return from a center forward. With four games left, I don't expect Giroud to reach the 30-goal mark but scoring 25 goals could be a realistic target for the French striker.
In a somewhat chronological order, Gooner Daily wants to relive those splendid moments from Giroud that proved that he's still the club's alpha-dog in attack.
Goal No. One against Aston Villa at the Emirates
The home side went off to a flyer when a Rosicky through ball located an unmarked Ox that bore down on goal before picking his spot and locating the red-hot Olivier Giroud. As you would expect from a striker on form, the Frenchman's one-timed shot eased past Brad Guzan to send the Emirates into raptures.
Goal No. Two against Fenerbahce in the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium
Arsenal drove a nail in Fenerbahce's coffin when Kadlec fouled Walcott in the box. Giroud stepped up and sent the keeper the wrong way with a well-taken spot kick. That turned out to be his last contribution as he was withdrawn for Lukas Podolski
Goal No. Three against Fulham at Craven Cottage
the breakthrough arrived when Olivier Giroud showed great improvisation as well as a cool head after blocking Aaron Ramsey's shot to slot the ball past Stockdale in goal.
Goal No. Four against Tottenham at the Emirates
After some good work in midfield from Aaron Ramsey, the Welshman found Rosicky on the right and the Czech maestro wasted to time in sending Walcott through in behind the Tottenham rearguard. Walcott looked up and fashioned a chance for an onrushing Olivier Giroud whose finish was sheer class. An exquisite deft touch that was more than enough as it skipped past Lloris in goal.
Goal No. Five against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light
Arsenal's opening goal arrived in swift fashion as Kieran Gibbs dinked a ball into Ozil's path. The German schemer saw an onrushing Olivier Giroud with those orbicular eyes of his and he cushioned a first time pass that was finished aplomb with a neat one-timed shot from Giroud.
Goal No. Six against Napoli at the Emirates
Arsenal doubled their money when Giroud latched unto a loose pass, teed up Ozil and continued his run into the box. The German schemer used his first touch to give himself some space, went to Napoli's byline and squared the ball for Giroud. They rest they say, was history.
Goal No. Seven against Borussia Dortmund at the Emirates
Following a good Bacary Sagna cross (after a plethora of erratic crosses), Giroud showed his predatory instincts to capitalize on a defensive gaffe between Neven Subotic and Roman Weidenfeller to blast in a free clear-cut chance at goal that leveled the contest before halftime.
Goal No. Eight against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park
Right on the death, Giroud instigated a counter attack with a neat flick to Ramsey that went on a run and waited for the right moment for the Frenchman to arrive at the box. With Giroud in sight, Ramsey gently cushioned the ball above a defender to the path of Giroud that nodded his effort in to put the game beyond doubt.
Goals No. Nine and 10 against Southampton at the Emirates
The match opener arrived in a rather hilarious fashion as Clyne supplied a simple back pass to his goalkeeper and with Giroud closing down on Boruc he decided to invoke the spirits of Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi to attempt a futile effort of dribbling Giroud. The Frenchman robbed the Pole and slammed the ball into an unguarded net.
Jose Fonte wanted to exchange jerseys with Mertesacker in the box leaving the referee no choice but to point to the spot. Giroud took responsibility and sent the keeper the wrong way to make it two.
Goal No. 11 against Newcastle at St. James Park
The match clincher arrived when Giroud latched onto Walcott's perfectly-timed cross to head the ball home.
Goal No. 12 against Aston Villa at Villa Park
While the Gunners were basking in the euphoria of getting the game's opener, Wilshere robbed Delph off the ball and clipped a diagonal pass to Giroud. The Frenchman shoved the threat Lowton posed and fired a shot past Guzan to make it two goals in less than a minute for the Gunners.
Goal No. 13 against Coventry City at the Emirates
Giroud latched on to Kieran Gibbs cut back to make it three while Cazorla fired in the icing on a well-baked cake late on.
Goal No. 14 against Southampton at the St. Mary's Stadium
Lacked supply from his teammates in the first half but he helped his team defensively. He also scored a very improvised finish in a difficult situation.
Goals No. 15 and 16 against Sunderland at the Emirates
Giroud lingered in the box when he attempted to pass back to his keeper and the Gunners striker clinically slid the ball past the exasperated Vito Mannone in goal.
Santiago Vergini, deputising for the suspended Wes Brown, chose to send a tame back pass to Mannone.His return ball to Mannone, however, was woefully under hit, allowing the predatory Giroud to pounce and roll the ball beyond the goalkeeper.
Goals No. 17 and 18 against Everton at the Emirates
Giroud came off the bench to score a lovely brace that saw him fire one-timed shots into the net. His first arrived when he timed his run well to hit Sagna's drilled cross and his second was served on a platter after Ozil's pass put him clean on goal.
Goal No. 19 against Swansea at the Emirates
Giroud showed good movement to reach Lukas Podolski's inch-perfect pass before firing a shot past Michel Vorm in goal.
Goal No. 20 against West Ham at the Emirates
The French striker hit the 20-goal mark when he controlled Vermaelen's pass impeccably before blasting the shot through the goalie's legs.
I hope you enjoyed the review.
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Thoughts on Giroud's Recent Decline in Goalscoring Form
Arsenal is a team that is widely renowned for its exciting brand of entertaining football and the current squad is blessed with a plethora of football technicians that have given their all for the team's cause as the season progresses.
Arsenal, like every other team in the Premier League, has had some great predatory forwards that smashed in goals with consummate ease. I wasn't born when Cliff Bastin wowed the Highbury crowd but I was fortunate to see Ian Wright break Bastin's long goalscoring record of 178 goals by sealing a hat-trick against Bolton in September 1997.
Just when we thought that Wright was Arsenal's greatest center forward ever, a certain Thierry Henry popped up and broke Wright's record of 185 goals against Sparta Prague in October 2005 and went on top the club's goalscoring charts with 228 goals. At the frantic pace Robin van Persie scored goals for fun for the club, he was touted to at least match Ian Wright's record but he couldn't add to his 132 goals for the club as he departed for greener pastures.
Replacing a striker of van Persie's quality was no mean feat but Arsenal swooped for Ligue 1′s top goalscorer in the 2011/12 season, Olivier Giroud, and the club also signed Lukas Podolski from FC Cologne to share the goalscoring workload. As you'd expect from players coming in from a different footballing culture, Giroud and Podolski had their struggles in one of the toughest football leagues in the world and a return of 33 goals between them was appreciated by the manager, their teammates and fans alike.
At the start of the new campaign, the manager acknowledged that a new striker was needed and the club were heavily linked with moves for Gonzalo Higuain and Luis Suarez, two players that were sure to displace Giroud off his perch. With the striker needed to prove his worth to the team, he smashed in five goals in his first six games, which was an amazing return for the Frenchman.
He went on to score goals against Napoli (home), Dortmund (away) and Crystal Palace taking his tally to eight goals this season but now without a goal in each of his last six games. It's also what noting that Giroud has scored in one of his last 11 Arsenal appearances. That was the game against Southampton where Artur Boruc gifted him the first goal and he smashed in a penalty afterwards.
10 goals from 24 appearances is a good return from a striker but when you live in a world where the Sergio Agueros and Luis Suarez's are decimating opposition defenses in the same league, you have to at least expect more from your alpha-dog in attack.
In Arsenal's 6-3 mauling at the Etihad, Giroud had two quickfire chances he failed to capitalize on. The first was a brilliantly flicked ball from Jack Wilshere that was skied by the Frenchman while the second was a header that was glanced wide from a peach of a cross from Bacary Sagna.
In Arsenal's last game against game against Chelsea, the game was locked at 0-0 when Aaron Ramsey noticed an unmarked Giroud on Ivanovic's blind side. The Welsh phenom dinked the ball to Giroud's path on his favorite left foot but the forward wasted the golden opportunity.
It was truly a terrible miss from the forward and he was going to miss another clear cut opportunity when Gibbs worked hard with Rosicky to square the ball to Giroud but his shot was parried by Cech. For a striker that was anonymous in front of goal all game long, these two quickfire chances presented him with a chance to write his name in Arsenal folklore but as expected, he was found wanting.
According to WhoScored, Giroud has scored seven goals in the Premier League from 57 shots and he averages 3.6 shots per game. Giroud has some strengths that have been on show this season (dominance in the air, lovely linkup play, amazing work rate) but his lack of pace and poor finishing shows that he can't be fully relied on when the chips are down.
I really hate to compare him with RVP because of their classes apart but when I think about the fact that the Flying Dutchman was Arsenal's get-out-of-jail-free card, it hurts to see that a talented forward like Giroud needs to get four to five chances before he converts one. There are games, like the one against Chelsea, where you can only be afforded one chance and you need to grab it with both hands.
From another perspective, Arsenal needs a new striker to offer stiff competition to Giroud. When he knew that his place was under threat in the summer to the likes of Higuain and Suarez, Giroud stepped up his game to prove to the manager that he was right to keep the faith with him. Now he can only look at Nicklas Bendtner as his backup striker and of course, he knows that Wenger would always favor him above the Dane.
Giroud's fitness is also a key issue for his recent dip in form. For those that don't know, he has played 24 games already spanning across four playing competitions and he's starting to burn out. He was afforded a breather against Hull as Bendtner played in his stead but that was the only time he could afford to be rested.
The likes of Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Ozil and Jack Wilshere have shared the goalscoring load with Giroud but Arsenal needs Nicklas Bendtner, Theo Walcott and Lukas Podolski to step up their games to provide support to Giroud. It's a team game after all.
Podolski is a much better finisher than Giroud, but doesn't offer much more than that, and was pretty much anonymous when played up front on his own last season. Walcott's brace against Manchester City showed what he's capable of but he was a peripheral figure against Chelsea. Bendtner hasn't still gotten a run of games to prove his worth and many believe that his future lies elsewhere.
The Gunners are without a win in four and face a West Ham side that has secured two great results against the Gunners' rivals, Tottenham, in their home turf, so they certainly won't be pushovers.
Arsenal needs Giroud and co. to get in on the scoring act and some goals against the East Londoners would be highly welcome.
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New Deal for Mertesacker and Thoughts on Giroud's 'Fatigue'
Following the 8-2 mauling in the hands of Manchester United, Arsene wiped the dust off Arsenal's cheque book to sign five players that had their impacts on the team in one way or another.
Mikel Arteta was instrumental in the box to box role alongside Alex Song, Andre Santos deputised well in Kieran Gibbs' injury absence, Yossi Benayoun came into the fold in the tail end of the campaign, Park Chu-Young went into oblivion and lastly, Per Mertesacker brought his calmness and composure to a defense manned by the hot-headed duo of Thomas Vermaelen and Laurent Koscielny.
After some early season struggles as you'd expect from a player coming from another footballing culture, Mertesacker found his feet and started putting some stellar performances but an ankle injury suffered in the aberration of a pitch called the Stadium of Light brought his debut season with Arsenal to an abrupt end and it almost affected his participation for his nation in Euro 2012.
Last season, Mertesacker found a new lease of life and blossomed as he became synonymous with first team action and he excelled admirably alongside Vermaelen or Koscielny as his calmness, coordination and composure was supplemented by their agility, grit, anticipation and determination which became instrumental in Arsenal's surge for a fourth placed finish last season.
With Mertesacker signing an initial four year deal worth 65,000 pounds per week in 2011, he was going to have a year left on his contract at the start of next season. Lessons from the past (a la Clichy, Van Persie and Nasri) has thought Arsenal what could happen when a player has a year left on his deal so the Gunners are keen to take swift action, as they are bracing themselves to speak with Mertesacker's representatives over a new bumper contract.
Irrespective of the fact that he's going to have one year left at the start of next season, Mertesacker has been one of the success stories of the 2013/14 season and he was sorely missed in the recent defeat at Old Trafford. Thomas Vermaelen has reiterated his desire to fight his way back to first team action but I don't see him displacing the Big Friendly Giant anytime soon but he'd definitely get his chance as the season progresses.
With 94 caps for Germany, Mertesacker is just six games shy of joining the elite set of footballers that would notch up a century of appearances for their nation. Only Philip Lahm, Lukas Podolski, Miroslav Klose and Bastien Schwiensteiger have reached the 100-club in the current crop of Joachim Loew's squad.
Moving over from defense to attack as Arsenal has done so efficiently this season, Olivier Giroud has come into the spotlight recently, in the wake of his run of games without a goal. His last strike for Arsenal came in the narrow 2-0 win over Crystal Palace but in the Gunners three consecutive fixtures against Liverpool, Dortmund and Manchester United, Giroud has fired blanks, even though he gave the match-winning assist to Aaron Ramsey in the Signal Iduna Park.
His performance at Old Trafford didn't inspire any confidence as he looked out of sorts and off the pace most times. Nicklas Bendtner was summoned to ameliorate the situation but he didn't fare any better. Bendtner's national team manager, Martin Olson, has urged the player to leave Arsenal but he hasn't threatened to drop him from the squad if his first team opportunities don't improve.
In the wake of Giroud's lethargic performance against Manchester United, his best buddy in the team, Laurent Koscielny, has stated that the French forward, hasn't been on the goals recently and with Giroud featuring consistently week in week out, he clearly feels that he's 'fatigued' and could do with some rest.
Sadly for Giroud, that can't happen anytime soon. Starting a game with Nicklas Bendtner is like waiting for a time bomb to explode and he's currently on the edge with the fans as he has also become a lightning rod for vitriol and abuse from the fans.
Giroud also has a crucial 2014 World Cup qualifier to contend with as he has been preferred to Kazim Benzema in the French setup recently. The French national team lock horns in a two-legged affair with Ukraine with a place in the World Cup up for grabs.
It's fair to say that Giroud has featured in a lot of games this season and could be entering the ill-fated 'red zone' but the injuries suffered to Theo Walcott and Lukas Podolski coupled with Arsenal's failure to recruit a center forward (no disrespect to Yaya Sanogo) has made Giroud's situation rather precarious.
Arsenal has key fixtures against Southampton after the international break and this will be followed with games against Marseille, Cardiff, Hull, Everton, Napoli, Manchester City, Chelsea, West Ham and Newcastle before the New Year and I don't expect Giroud to play every game, because the last time I checked, he's not a cyborg.
In Walcott and Podolski, the Gunners have lethal finishers but the problem remains that they can't bring their midfielders into the game like Giroud if they start at the center forward position. They also lack the aerial prowess to dominate opposition defenders and they can't hold up play like Giroud.
Arsene Wenger will have to sort things out in January but till then, the Gunners will have to make with what they have.
Giroud's Goal Scoring Form: Can He Win the EPL Golden Boot this Season?
Olivier Giroud began his career at Ligue 2 outfit, Grenoble Foot 38 and made a handful of appearances before going further down to FC Istres, a National outfit (Third Division).
His eye catching performances in FC Istres prompted Tours FC to get a signature. A move that saw him smash in 38 goals in 69 appearances in just two seasons.
Montpellier Herault SC came calling with an even bigger challenge but Giroud helped his team to a 14th place finish in his first season at the club scoring 14 goals in 43 appearances. In his final season with the French outfit, Giroud contributed immensely to his team's cause with 21 goals in Ligue 1 and four other goals in Cup competition. His 21-goal haul in Montpellier played a vital role in their maiden Ligue 1 win and it was expected that Giroud among others would find new suitors that summer, and Arsenal came calling.
In Giroud's first season in North London, he had a knack for scoring all his goals in the capital city and it was really strange to know all his 11 Premier League goals last season were scored either scored in the Emirates or against London-based sides like Fulham, West Ham and Tottenham. He also scored in other competition totaling his goal count to 17 in his debut season.
Giroud had a great preseason by his standards, especially when Arsenal was heavily linked with forwards like Gonzalo Higuain and Luis Suarez all summer. After a joint combination of seven goals in the Asian Tour, Emirates Cup and the friendly against Manchester City in Helsinki, Arsenal began their Premier League campaign with an embarrassing defeat to Aston Villa but Giroud scored the match opener after some good work from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
In Arsenal's two-legged European qualifying affair with Fenerbahce, Giroud registered his name on the score sheet with a well-taken penalty in the away victory at Istanbul. When the Gunners visited Craven Cottage to take on Fulham, Giroud's Premier League London scoring habit continued as he showed some improvisation to stop Aaron Ramsey's shot before slotting it past Stockdale in goal. The much anticipated North London Derby against high-spending Tottenham arrived just before transfer deadline day and all it took was a Giroud finish to make it One-Nil to the Arsenal.
Following the acquisition of record signing, Mesut Ozil, Giroud was a beneficiary of his inch-perfect assists as he latched on to the German's pass before slotting the ball past a hapless Westwood – his first Premier League goal outside the capital.0
In the wake of Arsenal's Champions League curtain raiser against Olympique Marseille, the Handsome French Bloke has set his sights on winning the EPL Golden Boot after his blistering start to the campaign,
"I must have a chance [to win the EPL Golden Boot]. I feel good and, with these players giving me chances, it has to be a possibility.
"That is something I aimed to achieve when I joined Arsenal. Now that we have Mesut Ozil, it can get even better".
When you have a teammate that created a goalscoring chance for Giroud and plethora of chances for Theo Walcott, you can only be confident that more chances will come in the future. Many Arsenal fans have been quick to voice their frustrations and lash out on Walcott's bad day at the office, but this brilliant article by Arsenal Arsenal, backs Walcott and has urged the fans to give him a chance.
…It wasn't Theo's best day in front of goal. In fact he was about as clinical as a bowl of bacteria. But he has shown us repeatedly that he can finish well in one-on-ones and there is no reason to think he has lost that ability overnight. – Arsenal Arsenal
Giroud may have scored four Premier League goals in his first four games but he has to be mindful that he's in the best league in the world with a vast array of top quality strikers scattered across the 20 teams. Like Arsenal, the traditional top four teams boast of a lot of attacking talent and other teams in the league have their star forwards that score goals on a consistent basis.
The first name on everyone's lips to win the EPL Golden Boot again is Robin van Persie, that has won the prestigious award for the past two seasons with 30 goals and 26 goals respectively. This season he already has three goals and he will be odds on to score more as the season progresses. Manchester United also have Shrek, that hasn't been on the goals lately but he opened his Premier League account against Crystal Palace.
At Chelsea, new signing, Samuel Eto'o, hasn't got off the mark yet but his pedigree speaks in volumes as he has won the Pichichi in Spain and was only beaten for the Golden Boot in 2011 despite scoring 21 goals, as Antonio Di Natale scored 28. Fernando Torres no longer inspires fear in opposition defenders but in his debut campaign in the league, he was the second highest goalscorer after Cristiano Ronaldo.
Liverpool has an emerging Daniel Sturridge that has already netted four goals so far in the league and last season's goalscoring predator, Luis Suarez, will soon be back with a
bite bang. At Manchester City, Sergio Aguero, Edin Dzeko and Alvaro Negredo are massive goalscoring threats, and the likes of Christian Benteke, Roberto Soldado, Romelu Lukaku and Miguel Michu will punish you if you blink.
I really like Giroud and I pray he scores a lot of goals but if he wants to win the EPL Golden Boot at the end of the season, all he needs is consistency. At Arsenal, there are a lot of players that can create more chances than the guns owned by rebels across Africa but these chances need to be finished by the likes of Giroud and Walcott to put games beyond doubt.
The season is still young, but I wish Giroud all the best in his bid to become the alpha-dog in the Premier League.
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- Publisher: Hyperion
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- Publication date: 12 October 2010
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Comprehensive, informative, and engaging, "Nigella Kitchen" offers feel-good food for cooks and eaters that is comforting yet always seductive, nostalgic but with a modern twist--whether super-fast exotic recipes for the weekday rush, leisurely slow-cook dishes for weekends and special occasions, or irresistible cakes and cookies in true "domestic goddess" style. Nigella Kitchen answers everyday cooking quandaries--what to feed a group of hungry teenagers, how to rustle up a spur-of-the-moment meal for friends, or how to treat yourself when you're home alone--and since real cooking is so often about leftovers, here one recipe can morph into another . . . from ham hocks in cider to cidery pea soup, from "praised" chicken to Chinatown salad. This isn't just about being thrifty; it's about being creative and seeing how recipes evolve. With 190 mouthwatering and inspiring recipes, including more than 60 express-style recipes (30 minutes or under), "Nigella Kitchen" offers plenty of choice--from clams with chorizo to Guinness gingerbread, from Asian braised beef shank to flourless chocolate lime cake, from pasta alla Genovese to Venetian carrot cake. In addition, Nigella presents her no-nonsense kitchen kit must-haves (and crucially what isn't needed) in the way of equipment and magical standby ingredients. But above all, she reminds the reader how much pleasure there is to be had in real food and in reclaiming the traditional rhythms of the kitchen, as she cooks to the beat of the heart of the home, creating simple, delicious recipes to make life less complicated Gorgeously illustrated, this expansive, lively narrative, with its rich feast of food, is destined to be a twenty-first-century classic.
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Problem with stove top espresso maker
I bought a stove top espresso maker and when I first began using it things were great. But after the first few weeks it stopped brewing all of the water through the coffee. I did some searching on the web to see if I was doing anything incorrectly. I had been using a high heat setting, and had been waiting for all of the gurgling noised to subside, which seemed to be the only iffy actions I could change. But I still am having problems. Now I have lowered the heat and open the lid to see how the brewing is going. I seem to have to cut the heat totally off and turn it back on to get the brewing process to complete. But still have times where the brewing doesn't complete.
The pot is not a Bialetti. Any ideas on what is going on?
re: Becca Porter
I have changed the heat to medium. And based on internet research which said the gurgling signaled readiness I thought that would work, but it hasn't fixed the problem. Many times now the water is gurgling, but only about a fourth of the coffee has brewed into the upper chamber. That is when I tried turning the heat off then back on. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.
re: katspjs
Could it be that you are over filling the chamber? I think in the past, my husband has filled it with water above the indicator hole thing, I have had that same problem.
re: katspjs
Do not press down the coffee when you fill it. just level off. Some coffee is harder to brew than others.
If I grind the beans too fine and tap the basket or press down on the grinds with really fresh beans I get the same result. Lots of noise and no happy juice.
re: chipman
Thanks for all the replies so far. I did read the instructions about the overflow valve and do make sure the water is not above the hole. I also read on the web about making sure the top and bottom are screwed tight. So I do try to make sure the connection is tight.
re: jaykayen
Do you mean what grind of beans? I drink decaffeinated. The first coffee I used was from the grocery and was Medaglia D'oro and it was pre-ground. I didn't have any problem with this coffee. The second coffee I used was from a local shop and was whole bean that I had them grind for a stove top maker. This is when the problem started. I went back to the Medaglia D'oro and am still having the problem.
So if it is the coarseness of the grind, what should I use?
re: katspjs
Your grind is probably too fine. It should be slightly coarser than for filter and much coarser than for espresso (yet further proof that moka pots are not espresso machines). See www.ineedcoffee.com/03/coffeegrind -- your grind should probably be somewhere the first and second pictures. My guess is the shop ground for espresso.
Coffee starts going stale within minutes of being ground. Grinding beans yourself, even with a cheap whirly blade grinder, will give more flavourful results than using pre-ground coffee. An inexpensive grinder will also give you some control over the coarseness (if not the evenness) of the grind and let you experiment and determine the exact grind that works best with your pot.
re: carswell
I've heard it should be finer than filter, coarser than espresso grind.
re: jaykayen
Yeah, some people -- including reputable people like Sweet Maria's ("fine - but not powdery, about the same as a fine filter drip grind") -- say so, but my experience is that coarser than for drip is what works best, at least in my pots. That looks to be true for another hound, too: "I used the medium grind (marked as plunger). I was actually worried that this would be too coarse, but it magically worked out fine." http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/5574...
In any case, it seems likely that the original poster's current problem is too fine a grind. What the best grind is for his/her particular pot, only s/he can determine, probably by trial and error. Having a small grinder at home would make experimenting easier as well as produce fresher-tasting brews. And the coffee saved would probably cover the cost of a whirly blade grinder (vastly inferior to a burr grinder but vastly superior to stale pre-ground).
Sweet Maria's tip sheet for moka pot brewing:
re: carswell
I'm going to try a coarser grind and see how that works. Thanks for the suggestion as that is the only thing I have not tried yet.
re: katspjs
I also use a coarser grind than for drip, in between drip and press pot.
re: katspjs
may I suggest that for a grocery store, preground brand - Lavazza Rossa is the best I have found.
How full are you filling your coffee basket and how tightly are you tamping it?
Here is an excellent page on how to use a moka pot: http://fantes.com/espresso-stovetop.html
re: Mawrter
As the link you posted stated, you do not want to tamp the gounds when using a moka pot.
I think chipman is on the right track. This has nothing to do with the grind or brand of coffee. A properly functioning espresso maker will empty the bottom bowl even if there's no coffee in the basket. Sounds like a problem with the rubber seal between the top and bottom bowls. Take it apart and have a look at the gasket. Is it charred? Are there imbedded coffee grounds preventing it from sealing properly? If the gasket is ok, has the safety valve (the little button on the side of the lower bowl) blown out? You can tell if you see steam coming out when you brew or if you scald your finger if you put it over the valve when brewing (not recommended). If all else fails, beat it severely with a hammer and swear not to buy that model ever again.
re: Zeldog
The pot is brand new, so the gasket is brand new. I clean the pot and gasket after each use so make sure the grounds have been removed from the gasket after each use. I have not seen steam coming from the valve or from around the connection between the upper and lower chambers. So I think the valve is ok and that the chambers are screwed tight enough.
I have tried a coarser grind and had the same problem. Tried twice today to brew a cup of coffee and was unsuccessful. The coffee started brewing, but stopped with only about a third of the water used. I will make another effort with an even coarser grind, but I am beginning to think I may have gotten a dud coffee pot. They are such simple pieces of equipment for heaven's sake.
re: katspjs
New gaskets need seasoning, as it were, to become properly seated. The first 5 or 6 pots should go down the drain or be used to water some acid loving plant. After that, things should be fine. I don't tamp, I round over gently. I have two one-cup pots that I use regularly, a stainless steel Bialetti that I've had for about 10 years and a cheapo moka-style aluminum that's probably not that old--I've burned up a few in the 28 or so years I've been making mud, as my father calls it, a habit I picked up having a Cuban-born roommate in college.
I use Cafe Bustelo or Cafe Llave in the green bag, when I can get it. I also unscrew the chamber and leave it to dry after each use, especially with the aluminum pot, to keep things nice and fresh. Enjoy your cafe; I like mine very sweet, Cuban style.
I'm having a similar problem and I think it's because of my gasket. here's what doesn't make sense: the gasket seems to have enlarged and now there are gaps where it doesn't fit exactly flush, so coffee gets stuck and the pot doesn't seal properly. has anyone else experienced this? obviously I will just buy a new gasket, but it's not even a year old. is there something in general I should be doing differently?
re: Sophia.
anyone still reading this post- please help
my moka pot gets some coffee grinds in the top chamber- which gets into my cup as it would be in the greek coffee making technique, as well- there is black slime leftover in the top chamber- after the coffee is poured out-
is this normal???
re: carswell
many thanks carswell.
i buy lavazza( i think arabica), pre grind. never ground coffee myself
how do i do that- i have a coffee grinder- but do not how how to judge the grind
or shuld i go to a grocery shop- and use their machines- would u know which number on the machine..
re: scubadoo97
motivated by the above suggestions)(thanks to all)- i tried this and it worked.
1. flipped the seal around- did not need to change it as it was not cracked/worn out
2. set a timer to 10 mins. med stove heat- and turned off after; that as the gurgle begins
3. did NOT tamp the coffee, just tapped it
Carswell- many thanks for increasing my grinder vocab.. i had to look up the different kind of grinders- LOL
whirly blade is what i have ( just getting started), do recommend one that I should invest in the future.
Sorry this is soooooo late, but I've just searched for problem similar to mine. I have a Sur La Table unit which did well for a year then began leaking despite new gasket. Got new unit as gift, which has never NOT leaked.
I realized that I had changed grind....I do think it was the grind too fine, because when I changed back to coarser grind I returned to full output volume of coffee.
What did you ultimately find in your situation?
I'm having a similar problem with my Bialetti Moka pot. We got a 12-cup and use it every morning until we wore out the gasket. So we bought a new gasket (brand name) and filter plate. After installing them, the pot doesn't work. (Same coffee-Bustalo, same stove, same methods.) What happens is that the liquid does not come up the stem as it used to; now it comes out sputtering, superstrong and burnt. When you open it up, the coffee is wet.
Here are the things I have tried: screwed the pot down really hard; put in only 6 scoops of coffee with 1 cup water; used old filter plate; gave it multiple tries (maybe up to 10-15 now); ran with just water (it works fine); cleaned out the filter and basket really well to see if they were plugged.
I'm really stumped! Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. We've been drinking drip for a week now and starting to get a bit cranky.
re: wkndchef
Are you just lightly adding coffee, not tamping? I just fill it up to the top. The grind is a bit coarser than for drip. Make sure there are no grounds on the rim, or on the gasket. Fill the water just at the water indicator bubble thing. Med-high heat.
re: Becca Porter
Yes, I'm just lightly adding coffee and filling to the line. When I just put in 6 scoops, the coffee didn't even fill the basket. The coffee comes pre-ground by Cafe Bustalo and is the same coffee that worked like a charm for several years before we replaced the gasket. ???
re: wkndchef
"... So we bought a new gasket (brand name) and filter plate. After installing them, the pot doesn't work. (Same coffee-Bustalo, same stove, same methods.) ..."
It sounds like maybe the new filter plate is causing the problem. Have you tried the new gasket with the old filter plate?
re: wkndchef
I had the same problem after I replaced the gasket, but not the filter in my Bialetti 6-cup. I also ran it through my dishwasher. I wonder if the dishwasher soap could have done something. I've tried cleaning eveything thoroughly, but it's only helped slightly. I've also tried an old filter, but it's about the same. I've ordered a new filter and gasket. Did you ever figure out what your problem was? Can the holes in the basket get clogged? I've tried boiling it in a vinegar/water solution and also running vinegar and then plain water through it. I've changed the filter once and the gasket about 3 times previously, without any problems.
re: amethiste
Also trying to resurrect this as I'm having the exact same problem with a new gasket and filter. Anyone have any luck? Thanks!
re: ClippyZ
Use a toothpick to clear all the holes in the flat plate. This isn't fun, but occasionally necessary.
If you have the white rubber gasket, try and order the new clearish gasket. They do wear out like the white ones. They work much better!
re: Becca Porter
It was actually a new filter, so that wasnt it, but i think i figured it out: there are different gaskets for stainless steel and aluminum; i bought aluminum ones assuming they are the same but they are thinner.
re: wkndchef
Same thing is happening to me!! Just replaced screen and gasket in my Bialetti 6 cup. No I only get steam up through the valve unless my grind is EXTREMELY coarse. Please let me know if you get to the bottom of this pull-my-hair-out problem. Thanks!
re: toughguytimmy
For me, the problem was that I had purchased regular gaskets and I needed special ones for my stainless steel pot.
Americas test kitchen did a piece on the biagletti coffee
they tested on how much to fill ,pack etc...
good information.
- tony p
I posted on this thread a couple years ago. I thought I fixed my problem by cleaning, but I think it was actually by tightening the pot more, which makes the gasket conform to the basket. Apparently this is caused by a dented basket. Mine doesn't seem to be dented, but does seem to be a slightly loose fit in the water chamber, I think from age and use. I wrote to the company that distributes Bialetti in the US. I got the following reply after 15 minutes!
When this happens it is usually a dented or out of round coffee funnel. If you have banged the funnel to get grounds out, dropped etc it will not hold pressure. Because the old gasket was formed to the defects in the funnel it worked but now the new gasket is stiff. So, look around the edges of the funnel, there should be a nice curve that holds it up on the water chamber and if it is straightened out the pressure will leak.


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I, like everyone else in the game's industry, likes Valve. The passionate team over there has produced some of the finest games ever crafted, and Steam has almost singlehandedly made PC gaming relevant in an era of console and device gaming.
But Greenlight proves the company is not infallible. I'm don't doubt the good intentions behind the project in the slightest. Giving the community the ability to vote for the games they would like to see appear on Steam is noble. But boy did they get the launch wrong, in almost every single way.
At a technical level, discovery became an issue mere hours after the project launched, and this was Valve's first misstep. Every indie with a game immediately leapt at the opportunity to have their game thrown into contention for Steam visibility. And why wouldn't they? The exposure that Steam offers is not dissimilar to Apple picking a game to include in its weekly "New and Noteworthy" wrap up. Or in other words – it could literally launch a career, and that's not an opportunity any halfway savvy businessperson would allow themselves to miss out on.
But, because a game needs a fair few votes before it can get accepted through this program, what has quickly happened is that so many games got listed that it became difficult to find ones that you actually wanted to vote for. Or in other words it became like listing all the Apple App store games by release date and hoping to find one you wanted to play. Valve just recently introduced a $100 fee to list a game on Greenlight to ward away the genuine "troll" game listings, but $100 isn't going to deter enough indie developers to stop this discoverability issue.
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Instead, Valve has decided that it will decide what is and isn't offensive, and Greenlight has become guilty of the corporate moralising that it was always meant to argue against. And so that noble idea of what Greenlight was meant to stand for has just come crashing down.
Considering the value that independent producers bring any creative field is its capacity to be transgressive in a way that the mainstream could never achieve, Value really should have stood up for the right for material of a questionably offensive nature to appear on Greenlight. The community has the power to down vote material that they find offensive, and given how many people are offended by sex it would seem to me that sex games would find themselves quickly voted into oblivion. And, if these games do get approved, then who is Valve (or anyone else) to say that it's even offensive content in the first place? The masses have spoken and they decided they wanted the game, after all.
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Looking back it seems like a lot of mega projection, especially when at the time her wardrobe changed, and she was into fitness. I'm all but certain looking back that she did have an A then. Will never know, and more importantly don't give two snaps and a fuck if she did.
The cruel, the unkind, those without honor, feast on the tender heart...
We separated after the second DD with OW #2, and three days ago while cleaning out an old bureau drawer, I found a woman's business card from 5+ years ago with a the name and address of a hotel in another city, handwritten on the back. He had it hidden in his desk drawer.
Back to my saying: Liars Lie. He would never confess his A with OW#2 until I put the photo proof in front of his face. He wants me to think he's a good guy and insists he is not a serial cheater. It was "just those two", and only "because I was frustrating him."
WH swears this was the only time; that the only thing close to it was a friend's girlfriend kissing him (another drunken chubby blonde, exactly what I'm not).
I don't believe him. Too many things don't add up. He always had the means. We kept money separate. He always had the opportunity. I didn't mind nights out with the guys, and I used to work weekends and would travel alone at least twice a year to see my parents out of state.
Means, opportunity... I just didn't believe he had motive. Until D Day.
Now that I know that he's capable of being unfaithful I have no reason to believe he was ever faithful.
I'm still here because I believe people can change if they want to change. If he doesn't want to change I know I'm free to leave.
My WH claimed to only have one affair. What he is doing now he does not consider an affair. He very involved with another woman at this point in time. I say affair. He says not because she is his future.
The answer may lie in what he considers an affair. To me this line is clear, any emotional, or physical relationship I am not a part of.
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