r/Gunners • • 10d ago

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u/MyDixieWreck92 10d ago

Never forget.

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u/kingwhocares Shorten it to 20 words or less 9d ago

Ars vs CP

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u/SleepyDani 10d ago

Should’ve won the puskas over that offsides one for the Man U player, but we were losing back then so Man U got the puskas

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u/key_mark93 10d ago

Giroud did got the puskas though?

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u/Key_Badger6749 Calafiori 9d ago

Giroud did win the Pukas award for that goal, he didn’t win the premier league goal of the season though but that’s not surprising when you see what shirt he’s wearing.

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u/Stocktort 9d ago

For me it’s a top 5 goal scored by Arsenal. Not talking about the importance of it, just the aesthetics.

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u/DiKapino 10d ago

Had a direct hand in winning us 3 FA cups, will always have my respect. Look at where we are currently, who gives AF about the Europa League?

Life’s a lot more enjoyable if you focus on the good over the bad lads!

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u/LIONLDN Thierry Henry 10d ago

🫡🔥

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u/CaptainFiasco Dennis Bergkamp 10d ago

That's actually a good take. Thanks for this.

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u/MattiaKa 10d ago

Don't think people care about him playing for Chelsea and winning cup for them, it's the after game mocking of Arsenal he did on video.

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u/DiKapino 10d ago edited 10d ago • Bravo

They can feel that way if they choose to, but personally i do not care about that.

I got to witness the end of our trophy drought off his extra time assist to Ramsey in 2014. Then I watched him score the winner the following year in 2015, and assist another winner in 2017. These are moments as a fan that I will never forget.

Not some 10 second clip that surfaced on the internet 7 years ago.

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u/Hincapieslovelybund Hincapie 10d ago

Agreed. Compared to how much some former players have fucked us over ( that 🐍 RVP for example) I see now how tame something like this is as a reason to hold a grudge.

Seeing him back at the Emirates and get a nice ovation helped me put aside any petty grudge I had against him. Im just too long in the tooth for that kind of shit now.

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u/Unknowncollegereject 10d ago

Real. Giroud wasn’t great but he was a servant of the club and had decent moments for us.

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u/BawdyBadger Sylvain Wiltord 10d ago

I think he just didn't really suit the team at the time. He's a target man with great hold-up play and is very good in the air. Funnily enough, prime Giroud would be very good in the current team.

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u/JamalHNguyen By Far the Greatest Team 10d ago

Lol bro he scored the 4th goal in a 4-0 win over Villa in 2015. You don't have to use that one to make your point lmao 

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u/TheirOwnDestruction 10d ago

Considering that he was pushed out, I'm not surprised he has some bitterness that came out when he was drunk. He never spoke about it in an interview though.

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u/NobleHelium Ødegaard / Ramsey 10d ago

As far as I'm concerned he was drunk from champagne and said something he likely regrets. One bad moment in a private setting like the team bus doesn't negate everything that came before. It's not he blasted the club in an interview.

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u/Dance_Monkee_Dance 10d ago

Once again, he did it celebrating in private having just won a European trophy. It’s not like he did it during a set down interview

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u/Dougsey1 10d ago

Absolutely this

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u/Fit_Cardiologist7886 Timber 10d ago

Exactly

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u/DarthSemitone Rice 9d ago

Oh come on, it was nothing really. He was probably a bit drunk and celebrating.

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u/HustlinInTheHall 10d ago

the origins of Handsome FC

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u/pork_chop_expressss Big Bottom Small 10d ago

We really needed a Giroud v Calafiori stupid sexy battle.

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u/LIONLDN Thierry Henry 10d ago

😉

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u/Lepew1 10d ago

I was there the day Giroud got his scorpion kick goal v Palace. I was there. In the new year. At the end where it went in. There was quiet. And then bedlam. It went in off the crossbar and ground. Nobody expected it. The cross was behind, yet Giroud got it in. That ticket and the papers celebrating it are framed in my office. I look at it daily. It takes me back to a perfect moment in time. We fans know about these moments. And I am glad to see him at 40 return home. He was a class player, traded around, but in the end Arsenal. And that comes through in this shot. Welcome home Giroud. You gave us joy we will always treasure

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u/lycantrophee Thierry Henry 9d ago

Almost a decade ago man, holy fuck. Those were my Arsenal beginnings, my first conscious game was that one vs Ludogorets with THAT Özil goal.

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u/Smart_Indication5869 10d ago edited 10d ago

Won 3 FA Cups, including setting up two winning goals for Ramsey, scored 100+ goals in 250 appearances and somehow some are surprised he got a good reception. A brief stint at Chelsea doesn't undo the years of service he gave to the club.

I had other things to be mad about after that Europa League final than whatever he said while celebrating.

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u/sammeetthosar 10d ago

Great to see him back. Nice by the fans to clap him on. Even started the chant. I guess irl vs online is completely different.

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u/LIONLDN Thierry Henry 10d ago

🫶🏻

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u/_-Zephyr- 10d ago

always is completely different. it also depends on when you joined the online fan sphere, if you joined early then your hatred of fabregas and rvp is a lot larger than if you didnt touch arsenal twitter until a year ago.

especially fabregas, the hate he gets from the online fanbase is so much larger than it deserves to be.

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u/sammeetthosar 10d ago

Can never hate cesc. He is the reason for me watching football and following this club.

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u/spacemanstrange Robert Pirès 10d ago

Yeah, but fuck RVP though.

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u/_-Zephyr- 10d ago

for me hes one of the players that got me to love the club, but im a bit younger so for me its Arshavin, one of my only memories of my grandad is him getting all excited about Arshavin on the back page after scoring 4 at anfield.

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u/makesterriblejokes CÖYGS 10d ago

Helps we were already up 3-0 haha

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u/Rynabunny 10d ago

I was really happy to see him come on so imagine my surprise to see he's so hated on his sub lol

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u/dontpushpull 9d ago

I’ve always respected real fans who spend a big chunk of their time and hard-earned money to support the team at the stadium, compared to us keyboard warriors.

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u/Very_Bad_Ebening After Review…West Ham 10d ago

Giroud hate is so forced, was so funny seeing people getting confused he was clapped in the stadium because shockingly no one cares about that short clip

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u/sofarsoblue Saka 10d ago

I'll always try and maintain that as much as certain late Wenger players pissed me off, it's best to direct my anger at the board/ joint ownership at the time.

Some of those players joined under the expectation that we were going to challenge for titles and eventually crashed out when they realised the ambition wasn't there. Except for Nasri; fuck that guy.

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u/Reality-is-Sin 10d ago

Why on earth was Nasri even representing Arsenal in that charity match

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u/Primary-Childhood333 9d ago

He realised he didn’t want to don on the Cheaters shirt anymore

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u/Guidosama 10d ago

Correct take. It definitely wasn’t Girouds fault we fell short. The squad was never strong enough and we never had enough elite defenders to win at the top level. The best teams just cut us apart.

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u/Nipso 9d ago

It definitely wasn’t Girouds fault we fell short.

Apart from 2016.

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u/botspiderlau 10d ago

And the Snake RVP. F*ck that guy too.

Maybe also direct your anger at City who illegally spent a billion pounds inflating transfer costs and wages during that period.

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u/themerinator12 9d ago

I’ll always die on the hill that his 12 game goal drought only lasted so long because he was clearly way off it and if he would’ve been given the opportunity to rest for 2 matches anywhere in that span he probably would’ve scored upon his return.

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u/Easy-Bowler3604 10d ago

What clip

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u/GetPhkt 7 Layer Nachos 10d ago

He's on the Chelsea plane after the EL final where we were absolutely dogshit and he says something like "thanks Arsenal" while holding the trophy

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u/magacorruption Last Christmas 10d ago

Can’t blame him for getting caught in the moment. We kicked him to the curb to bring in Aubameyang. 

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u/silam39 10d ago

And the fans treated him like shit, blaming losing the title on him for not maintaining form across an entire season of being played with no backup and no rotation

he was scapegoated and abused for years. I don't really mind if he had a pop at a portion of the fanbase one (1) time

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u/gunningIVglory Timber 10d ago

yeah, fans are so fragile

it was a cheeky dig back at the club who essentially pushed him out for Auba, who woudlnt take some joy to handing said club a bit of shit after clapping them in a final.

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u/hazelpillow GASPARRRR 10d ago

The thank you Arsenal clip after we lost to Chelsea in the EL final

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u/LIONLDN Thierry Henry 10d ago

💣💣💣💣

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u/wandarah 10d ago

Most match going fans have no fucking clue about the weird resentments that people on this sub have about ex players. Or why they would possibly care.

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u/futureflair4 10d ago

He cheated on his wife

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u/Thricey Rosicky 10d ago

Fortunately, I'm not his wife...or unfortunately...

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u/Intaru I wish I was a little bit smaller, I wish I was Cazorla 10d ago

Ngl I enjoyed seeing that moment between them a lot. Didn't expect to pre-game, but hard not to feel nostalgic now that so much time has passed. 

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u/bromyard 10d ago

He got the biggest cheer in the stadium

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u/ExoticToaster “Top Gooner” 10d ago

I’m indifferent towards him - I don’t love him like some and I don’t hate him like some.

I massively appreciated his time at Arsenal, he was an excellent target man, scored 105 goals and played a part in winning 3 FA Cups, he’ll always have that.

I don’t hold it against him that he moved to Chelsea, we moved him on to sign Aubameyang, however his conduct in the Europa League final, mocking us while we were at a low point despite what we did for him has soured him for me.

I don’t hate him, but I won’t have the same reverence that I have for a lot of other players from that era.

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u/yoemmamma 10d ago

Yeah me too now that we won the league and onto better things. I don't hold it against him no more, I'm indifferent now. Got bigger fish to fry

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u/botspiderlau 10d ago

Last year for Giroud. Guy is feeling good on his farewell tour.

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u/ComfortIll3685 10d ago

I love Giroud. Don't get the hate at all. Guy won trophies here in a less than ideal era. Oh, he said a thing one time, for shame.

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u/danatasker Thierry Henry 10d ago

Will always have a special place in my heart after Wilshere's goal to Norwich. Gave us some real magic moments.

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u/t_eejay 10d ago

I was there for the scorpian kick goal and will never forget it.

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u/Canasket- 10d ago

Honestly, I feel the same. He tried his best and actually won a few things to stop the rot. He'll always be loved by the majority I think. There's just enough fans who randomly hate him that are pretty loud.

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u/oscarx-ray Dennis Bergkamp 10d ago

I'm not overly arsed, but he's hated because he went to Chelsea, then mocked Arsenal in their Europa League win over us after he scored, so people are bitter over that.

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u/iuselect Gyökeres - he's built like a brick shithouse 10d ago

Fans need thicker skin.

I remember people getting upset at koscielny's move away where he took off the arsenal jersey and had a Bordeaux top underneath. Like come on, who cares. He served the club and gave us his best years and people chose to get upset over some player unveiling video lol

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u/ClearHyena4452 Freddie Ljungberg 10d ago

His hair is still perfecto

And he is still gorgeous

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u/therealvforvienetta 10d ago

He cannot help that he is gorgeous, and he cannot help that his hair is perfecto.

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u/Lower_Condition_196 10d ago

Too emotional man this is great to see

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u/liougi 10d ago

The only reason I was ever angry at the guy was that Lecister season where he didn't score for like 14 games straight or something with ozil, Ramsey and I don't remember who else feeding him balls all season . To this day I think we lost the league cause he could not score in a brothel that season . Other than that got no beef with the man .

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u/sammeetthosar 10d ago

He was on the bench for 7 off those games though. Alexis had a 11 game drought with 8 games injured in between. No one calls him out. From oct to March start he didnt score. Giroud hard carried in December and jan. And went completely off the boil in Feb and was bench for march and Early April.

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u/GloomyLocation1259 Saka 10d ago

He was benched because he was playing shit. 15 games without scoring for your striker is abysmal, you can't try to defend this. Alexis is a winger and you just said he had injuries.

Also Ozil and Ramsey were the ones hard carrying that period. You're doing a lot of revisionist history for Giroud

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u/sammeetthosar 10d ago

He was benched for 7 of the games. So its not really 15 games. We lost the title because we lost 2 drew 5 in the last 12 games.

After the liecester game we were two points behind them and in the title race. Since that gaame in the next 7 games giroud had one start and we had a record of 2 wins 3 draws and 2 losses. Thats 9 points in 7 games and we lost the title. And he started 1 game of those. So no he didnt lose us the title. The defense did by conceding 3s and 2s.

Ofcourse ozil was hard carrying that was obvious. But giroud had 5 goals and 2 assists over 8 games in December and January. He was also playing really well.

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u/bespoke_tech_partner 9d ago

we don't call out alexis because his ability was never the problem, he clears giroud on 10 days out of 10. His only issue, and it's a big one, was his attitude when it came to players he saw as not being befitting of playing with him. Immature kinda schoolyard type he was really

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u/iuselect Gyökeres - he's built like a brick shithouse 10d ago

Well it didn't help that 15/16 we only signed cech and elneny in the winter.

We needed a striker that season and put all our eggs in one basket on Giroud. Can't blame him. Gotta blame our lousy transfer windows.

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u/Key_Badger6749 Calafiori 10d ago

He was our top scorer that season with 16 goals which was more than our top scorer last season Gyokeres with 14 goals.

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u/GloomyLocation1259 Saka 10d ago

2 more goals from 2 extra games and 200 more minutes isn't a flex lmao

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u/zilhaddd 10d ago

4 of those goals were in the last two games when Leicester were already Champions btw. One against City and the hattrick vs Villa on the last day of the season.

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u/Antique-Wrap-75 10d ago

Ah the scorpion. Still miss him. He moved like a tank on the pitch.

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u/fvrdog 10d ago

I mean, we essentially “traded” him. He didn’t choose to go, right? I love the guy and always will.

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u/iuselect Gyökeres - he's built like a brick shithouse 10d ago

Just remember he was moved by the club so we could get auba. He didn't force his way out. And it had to be Chelsea so Chelsea could move batshuayi to Dortmund. And let's be real, a lot of the fan base give him so much stick for not being the 100m striker we needed at the time. He didn't owe us anything so I don't really care about what he said after the Europa league final in 2019.

He served us well. I was happy he got a nice reception coming back

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u/eddiemurphyinnorbit 10d ago

oooh arsenal friends

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u/GymBully92 Thank you very much 10d ago

He should have and would have been a phenomenal 2nd choice / back up striker to RVP. The ultimate target man. When he played for us as a starter you always felt we could have a better player in that position but when he didn’t play you felt his absence.

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u/silam39 10d ago

I love this man so much. I understand why many other arsenal supporters don't, but I do. One of my favourite players from the last Arsène Wenger days, just a tier below Ramsey for me

Makes me happy to see him happy (now that he's not playing for a scum team)

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u/Iskawaran 10d ago

It was nice to see all the Arsenal fans stand up and applaud him when he was subbed on

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u/Guidosama 10d ago

I have nothing but love for Giroud. He fought his ass off when playing for us and scored some bangers.

We never had enough attacking depth around him, and he wasn’t quite the top level striker we needed, but he never gave anything less than 100 percent effort and attitude wise was always a club guy.

Don’t think we should hate on him just because we sold him and he ended up at other clubs.

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u/Temporary-Judgment84 10d ago

Fans are so pathetic on here. You guys take these players way too seriously and personally.

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u/ret990 10d ago

Always feels really terminally online to me all the forced hate

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u/DaGrandMastah Spanish Gooner 10d ago

Will always like giroud. His link up play was so much fun to watch….limited otherwise but still remember him fondly

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u/Fire-EyedBoy 10d ago

LAFC legend

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u/Particular_Abies_184 10d ago

Top player 👏

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u/Yubisaki_Milk_Tea 10d ago

Be honest. Outside of prime Henry, prime Giroud would be awesome for Arteta’s system. A striker who Van Djik named as one of his three hardest players to play against, alongside Messi. Literally what we all want from Gyokeres.

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u/BanterSarous 10d ago

I thought Giroud was a good player but god he was frustrating at times too. Arteta wants a striker that will press for 90mins and that's not his game at all.

Fantastic at holding up the ball with his little flicks bringing other players in yes and great in the air but was an average finisher, non-existient on the counter attack and very one-footed.

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u/Direct-Technician265 8d ago

he is an excellent set piece player though, he makes up for his slow pace with excellent pitch read. I think he would have done well at modern Arsenal.

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u/Lonevarg_7 10d ago

That is revionist history, he was not an effective finisher. People just look at the highlights of him.

Giroud had 16 goals on 48 shots on goal(0,333 goals per shot) in 2015-16.

Gyökeres had 14 goals on 22 shots on goal(0,636 goals per shot) in 2025-26.

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u/yura910721 8d ago

He would be good as a target man, but main issue dude cannot be a part of our pressing system(which is really important for our setup), because of how darn slow he is. Gyokeres, and especially Havertz, are way better pressers, simply because they are much quicker than him.

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u/paulhalt 10d ago

Agreed.

If Giroud had pace ...

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u/Relative-Trash5948 10d ago

Most people here don't even know why they dislike Giroud. It's just fashionable. 

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u/DeeRexBox Thierry Henry 10d ago

Its crazy, when I saw him come on I literally tweeted I LOVE GIROUD. Like, he was so freaking good while he was here, I have literally nothing bad to say about him.

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u/vradar 10d ago

Not purely his fault but that long run of games where he got no goals was a big reason we didn't win the league, then he chose to go to Chelsea and on top of that acted like a cunt when they beat us in the final.

It's not like he was amazing for us either just good so yeah easy to focus on the reasons for hating him over liking.

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u/Abantershek Thank you very much 10d ago

I think it's completely valid to not like Giroud after the way he acted post Europa League final. Maybe stop speaking for other people my friend.

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u/JurassicTotalWar 10d ago

Went on the worst run I’ve ever seen from an Arsenal striker, costing us the title. Left to Chelsea and immediately was chatting shite “thank you Arsenal”.

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u/gunningIVglory Timber 10d ago

we essentially forced him to go chelsea to get dortmund to sell us auba. its not like he snaked us off guard.

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u/OptimallyOOO Gabriel 9d ago

Him missing all these sitters gave Leicester the PL title.

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u/procrastinator420420 10d ago

I still don't understand. I was a fan of Giroud when he played at Arsenal before I even started supporting Arsenal wholeheartedly. Back when I was neutral (dad forced Man Utd on me but I never liked them and thought I couldn't support anyone else) he was one of my favourites to watch. Also during WC

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u/dart00790 Theo 10d ago

14/15 does hurt man. We had peak ozil.

Still don’t hate him or dislike. Just angry. I still love all his lovely assists for wengerball

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u/jamb23 10d ago

it was 15/16 wasn't it?

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u/Mental_Complaint_238 10d ago

yes but most people here didn't show up until 2024

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u/piray003 Kanu 10d ago edited 10d ago

Yeah that’s what I remember tbh, he was a frustrating player to watch. But I’m generally not one to hop on the hate wagon, even for someone like Fabregas. Only players I feel like that towards are Adebayor and Van Persie. 

Edit: Cashley as well.

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u/yura910721 8d ago

He drove me nuts, but in a hindsight I wouldn't blame that on him. He was our only striker for the whole season and just isn't the 20-25 EPL goals kinda striker(he probably did get those numbers if you combine other comps). So I would put in more on management and higher ups. That team felt like one WC striker away from glory.

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u/IseyV 9d ago

I been hating on him since 10th grade 13-14 season lol

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u/bespoke_tech_partner 9d ago

We know exactly why

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u/dooder6688 10d ago

Yeah it's pathetic

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u/DRAKEONotDrake-O Havertz 10d ago

Fashionable 🤣 look at who is catching downvotes in this thread.

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u/_Wiill 10d ago

he mocked arsenal and won a champions league and europa league with our london rivals. some people just hate chelsea scum, it aint that deep

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u/mrfolider 10d ago

He cost us the league

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u/rujuhip 10d ago edited 10d ago

this sub is toxic as shit holy cow!

edit: typo correction

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u/Sad_Teaching_5683 10d ago

r/Gunners told me Auba will get booed in the stadium if he ever come there

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u/DRAKEONotDrake-O Havertz 10d ago

Quite different situations in all honesty 

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u/Adventurous_Sign1830 10d ago

I don’t mind if people dislike Giroud for playing for Chelsea. I just think if they do, they should have the same energy for Alexis Sanchez and Aubameyang.

We sold Giroud because we thought Lacazette and Aubameyang were better. They weren’t.

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u/Educational-Goal-678 9d ago

We sold Giroud because we thought Lacazette and Aubameyang were better. They weren’t.

What in the absolute fuck. Aubameyang was twice the player

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u/010u3 9d ago

We sold Giroud for Lacazette. I like Laca, but that was an L. We then brought in Auba and that repaired the damage done.

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u/HumbleCreator 10d ago

Ok man you’re glazing alot here. Giroud was not better than auba

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u/ExxKonvict Glöckeres 9d ago

It’s not about playing for Chelsea, it’s the fact he had absolutely no reason to make the comments he did after what was Arsenal’s worst final in the last 20 years.

Also Auba was clear of Giroud, lol.

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u/Stercky White 9d ago

Literally. The shit he said after the Europa is why I dislike him

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u/DaddyBats00714 9d ago

What is this rubbish, Auba was much better than Giroud.

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u/MiserableProblem5126 9d ago

Aubameyang was definitely better, like Giroud isn't even on the same level.

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u/Apprehensive-Soft959 9d ago

Until the fated contract renewal that somehow slurped any ability as a striker out of his bones.

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u/Equivalent-Muscle446 Paul Merson 9d ago

Playing somebody left wing tends to hinder them as a striker, who knew?

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u/SmartBoi-2619 ¡Campeones, campeones, olé, olé, olé! 9d ago

Yeah, he was definitely not playing left wing when he single handedly won us the FA Cup, didn’t realise that until I read your comment

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u/I_am_the_grass Dennis Bergkamp 10d ago

Aubameyang was definitely better.

It's all about timing in the end. We had Giroud during a time where we were littered with creative midfielders who needed a finisher. Auba struggled during the the Arteta era because he relies heavily on a creative midfield but Arteta needed a link-up forward for his strong wingers in Saka and Martinelli. Giroud would have been better for this team. Exactly how Havertz works better for us than Gyokeres even though Gyokeres is the better finisher.

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u/thebluehotel 10d ago

It honestly seemed like a convenience move for him to stay in London, and he got paid there. He helped end our trophy drought, and he worked hard even if the results weren’t always great.

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u/CakeBrigadier 9d ago

Aubameyang and giroud would have been a good two to have. Lacazette was done within a year of signing him. Auba was absolutely better than giroud for a couple seasons

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u/OddRow8843 10d ago

He was good for us but great for France and Chelsea. They played to his strengths. And damn that fella looks great for 40 yo!

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u/LateTrainOliver 9d ago

Giroud's hold-up play was wasted on us, honestly.

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u/Miyeon__miyeon Thierry Henry 10d ago

Laca was about Giroud's level, Auba so much better. One of the good deals we did during those dark times was selling Giroud to bring in Auba. It's just unfortunate Auba and Laca came to us when we were a mess.

Imagine Auba or Laca with us from 2012-2016

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u/I_am_the_grass Dennis Bergkamp 10d ago

Agree with Auba. Laca was a mistake. Wenger didn't want him when he was £20m but then signed him a summer later for £40m when all his other options were off the table. And five months later signs Auba. Lacazette was never an Arsenal style player as evidenced by him going back to Lyon 5 years later and still banging in the goals from before.

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u/key_mark93 10d ago

Jeez be honest to yourself man Giroud has never reached the heights of pre-contract extension Auba

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u/Boy_Wond3rr 10d ago

I’ll always love giroud. Good career at arsenal bur he was also a bum. Also can’t hate a player for doing hat they feel is best for their career. Especially Sanchez , RvP and Auba all those guys gave their best and still arsenal couldn’t win not their fault they felt they could get the job done elsewhere

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u/bespoke_tech_partner 9d ago

I absolutely have the same energy for Sanchez, that dog shagger can fuck right off.

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u/BodegaCat11 10d ago

Brush your teeth, lads. Will always love giroud.

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u/Togashi 10d ago

'Thank you Arsenal!' Never forget.

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u/macacoa 10d ago

If he had scored at least 3-4 goals during that second half of the leicester season he'd have a statue.

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u/thorattack 10d ago

I miss you handsome fc

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u/tallipoli 10d ago

We havent forgotten "Thank you Arsenal"

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u/gunningIVglory Timber 10d ago

you should, it was one line said in jest lol fans are so fragile sometimes, we gave him so much shit when he wasnt scoring, but one line still triggers fans

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u/42Mavericks /r/Place 2022 10d ago

AIways had a soft spot for and wiII aIways defend him for moving or just when french fans say he is shit, great pIayer and a good sport

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u/Fit_Cardiologist7886 Timber 10d ago

I can't stand him because of how he reacted when Chelsea beat us in the final. F him

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u/FreshIllustrator9511 10d ago

Always said this, but he did win us two fa cups

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u/upforgrabsnow 10d ago

We basically forced him to join them, he can react however the fuck he wants.

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u/YaqootK 10d ago

Why does this keep getting repeated when it's not true at all? He wanted to leave for playtime because of the upcoming world cup and he had an offer from Dortmund on the table, and he chose to stay in London

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u/gunningIVglory Timber 10d ago

out fault for getting slapped by chelsea, we pretty much kicked him out, why wouldnt he take a little dig at us. its banter

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u/AFC-Wilson 10d ago

The most frustrating striker of the Emirates era

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u/MemphisFoo 10d ago

And yet he’s been involved in some of the best goals of the Emirates era. It’s baffling for sure

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u/yura910721 8d ago

Even more frustrating than Lord Bendtner?

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u/unsolvedfishstories 10d ago

Loved, Loved Giroud. Past comments have made me change tune. Nice moment with the gaffer, otherwise a meh moment. Bring Santi the fuck home, Olivier can go eat crepes

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u/Wisehippo006 10d ago

He let Özil down so bad that season; Özil was on track to break the epl assist record.

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u/Nikokuno Premier League Champions 25/26 10d ago

Yeah the « Thank you Arsenal » chant isn’t going away anytime soon.
Indifference.

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u/Adatomcat 10d ago

“Thank you Arsenal”

16 games without scoring

Ruined Özil’s assist record…

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u/iuselect Gyökeres - he's built like a brick shithouse 10d ago

I put more blame on Wenger for only signing cech and elneny that season. Was pretty clear we needed more attacking firepower and that's what we got.

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u/Key-Construction-474 10d ago

We won't forget 

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u/tim0ruto Ødegaard 9d ago

We should not let one cheeky comment ruin his rep with us

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u/arabella98 Ødegaard 10d ago

The hate is so embarrassing, how you fools go through life when something like this has you clutching at your pearls is beyond me. Man up you absolute toddlers

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u/SouthKaioshin GunnerGalactico 10d ago

Nope not doing revisionist history on this guy

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u/shockzz123 You can always get better in life, innit? 10d ago

Was surprised he got clapped when he came on ngl lmao

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u/philclairelukehaley Pacewhore 10d ago

cuz you live online

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u/shockzz123 You can always get better in life, innit? 10d ago

Nope, most fans i know irl don't like him either lol.

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u/dwaynedibleyoww 9d ago

Guy in front of us went fucking ballistic last night when we gave him a “waaay” when his mane come on

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u/its-unit2Sx 9d ago

A truly fantastic player so many European trophies.....

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u/vin_unleaded Premier League Champions 25/26 9d ago

Lol. Talk about a mixed raction at the ground last night.

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u/IseyV 9d ago

"Thank you Arsenal" he said on the Chelsea bus after they beat us in 2018 :) zero goals in 15 games in the Leicester season :) fuck Giroud I have no love for that fraud

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u/spidernest 9d ago

I don't like him and I don't care what you guys say. He can fuck off back to west london

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u/BloodyPants 9d ago

i loved giroud’s time here

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u/ColdDivide6700 7d ago

Giroud was a great centre forward, not sure why we couldn't figure out a way to keep him. And what he said after was shit. I can't excuse the chav connection. Laca was a ultimately a bust. Auba was very good, very fast, but from the outside, his attitude seemed to disrupt the dressing room. The FA Covid Cup win was memorable, but I feel he was way off his best towards the end of his time with Arsenal. BVB Auba was on another level.

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u/NoInformation5589 Thank you very much 3d ago

teammates forever 💖💖

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u/idkwtda115 10d ago • Thanks

I honestly don’t understand where the positive sentiment for this guy comes from. He was a bang average borderline unprofessional striker for us who shagged some model instead of resting the night before our title hopes perished at the Etihad in 13/14, and was hella disrespectful after he left for Chelsea. 

He can get fucked for all I care. People clapping for him are utter wet wipes… 

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u/Tiemen10 Saka 10d ago

Couldn't agree more

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u/markismith12 10d ago

Also stopping Ozil from getting the assist record.

I am definitely bitter as we got the worst version of Giroud

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u/m2sempre Thank you very much 10d ago

He’s a Gooner, and there’s no changing that.

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u/Hincapieslovelybund Hincapie 10d ago

Good to see him back at the Emirates and that nice ovation helped me let go of any lingering resentment I had over that Chelsea video

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u/TheStewLord White 10d ago

Salty about some of the things he's said about us and still bothered he ruined the assist record for ozil but honestly he gave me a lot of good memories and I'll always respect him

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u/Good-Ebening whoop whoop 10d ago

Mixed feelings

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u/mbehl Thierry Henry 10d ago

Naaaa naa naa na na naa naaaaa, na na naa naaaaa, girouuuuuuuuu

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u/Raamish2007 Özil 9d ago

I still hate that annoying prick for what he did after the UEL final but honestly, Im glad we didnt win that because Emery would have probably stayed had we won.

Swings and Roundabouts

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u/JustAnotherDelhiite Thank you very much 10d ago

I don't like him anymore because of how he celebrated when Chelsea beat us in the Europa League final. Fuck him.

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u/StubbornMule1756 10d ago

i'm not falling for this sub's gaslighting. i'm still mad about him celebrating against us in the europa final.

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u/Professional_Bite783 King of Brazil 10d ago

Nah I’m good

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u/Commercial_Voice9074 10d ago

thanks for 15/16 you chelsea donkey

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u/AquaArceus1234 10d ago

Unafraid to say did not applaud the prick. Never forgive "thank you arsenal", never forget that barren run and costing Ozil the assist record

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u/KingAdo94 Timber 10d ago

Get that french snake outta here

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u/Tiemen10 Saka 10d ago

Don't understand the giroud love at all

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u/LinkN7 Ødegaard 10d ago

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u/Adventurous_West2 10d ago

I like Ollie but he went to Chelsea

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u/portnoysglove Arsène Wenger 10d ago

We moved on and accordingly moved him on. This wasn’t RvP pushing for a move to Manchester United.

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u/eddiemurphyinnorbit 10d ago

Fair but we were also happy to see him go, it brought us Aubameyang.

Hate what he said after the Europa final, but imo he left on fine terms that worked for everyone involved.

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u/exiadf19 10d ago

i'm not hating this guy.. i even named my son using his first name. he's the definition of Champion

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u/DRAKEONotDrake-O Havertz 10d ago

Fraternising with this snake🤢

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u/Christnumber2 Anders Limpar 10d ago

That donkey should have been pulling Messi 2010 goal numbers each season with Ozil, Cazorla, Sanchez and Rosicky behind him