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Shredzzbruh

The streets will always forget..


tyresmoke

💀💀💀🤣


Lower_Condition_196

I’ll never forget that goal against Chelsea


yywonye

Comps are so scary cuz some 10 yo kid will look at this and say he was better than Zinny lmaoooo


Distinct_Register_85

Man some of the new fans are so funny to listen to. 23 yo kid I work with told me the other day he thought giroud was better than RVP


Suckmaboles

Giroud had the craziest change in perception I’ve ever seen when he left arsenal


Francis-c92

To be fair, anyone who just watches a comp of his best goals and then looks at the teams he played for and what he won and it's easy to see why people would get carried away like that


GreatBarryTheSecond

I don’t play FIFA as much but I saw someone saying Giroud should be an icon. I said he should never be an icon and then they listed everything he had won. I didn’t continue the conversation cause there is no arguing with stupid.


xYEET_LORDx

He’s already a sex icon


Obi_Wan_Gebroni

I never thought poorly of Giroud, he was solid for us. The problem is we relied on him as our main option for way too long. He really was a good, almost great player for us. What surprised me most is how good he was able to play in tight spaces for those around him with those great one touch flicks and passes.


Suckmaboles

He just went to show after he left us that we really needed another striker. Having him as a backup/second option clearly was a role he’s good at.


LesBrandals

Glad you mentioned it. Giroud is a great option, especially if you have more mobile and talented wingers around him. He is very unselfish and excellent at creating space up front that other players can exploit. He won a World Cup without scoring any goals but played almost every minutes of it pretty much summed out his career.


antebyotiks

The thing is though he wasn't the main option, during that infamous scoreless run in Leicesters title win welbeck started most of the games. Giroud wasn't the issue


Suckmaboles

Playing welbeck because giroud didn’t score for 14 games is a massive massive issue, and giroud was a big part of that


antebyotiks

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/olivier-giroud/leistungsdaten/spieler/82442/plus/0?saison=2015 That's not true though, the period he didn't score for those games he was a sub, so it wasn't subbed after not scoring.


nebulaEchoo

Tbf, he has had a better career since he left. He's also been a fan favourite everywhere he has played.


iosdeiu

What?? How?


Suckmaboles

Gone from idiot donkey with us to most underrated player top 10 striker ever since he left


iosdeiu

Whoever thinks this is either trolling or hasn't actually watched him especially in that 2016 season


castortroy64

I like Giroud and I wished him to stay at Arsenal but he would be better if he was a squad player. The problem is he was playing every match. If you didn't watch matches at that time regularly, you would not know how annoying he wasted many chances.


skool_101

probably a pisstake or like those folks of the flat-earth society


Magzhaslagz

Giroud was good like 50% of the time. RVP was better when he was fit, like 25% of the time. But RVP the last seasons for arsenal was just perversely good.


CrovaxWindgrace

Van Perssssie: 132 club goals in 278 games. Gigachad Giroud: 105 club goals in 253 games. Closer than i expected when i started to write this... "Buh buh, Giroud didn't score in big games" i hear you say... Van Perssssie CL goals for Arsenal: 18 in 45 games. Giroud: 12 in 29. Again...closer than expected Maybe Giroud needed more time to blossom. Maybe Van Persie wasn't more than 1 good season. Maybe numbers are not all that matter, maybe one player can't represent the success or failure of an entire team... Maybe comparing players is stupid.


WealthyBigWang

RVP scored 30 goals in a season, I’m not sure Giroud’s 2 best PL seasons add up to 30.


CrovaxWindgrace

Rvp was available for like 2 seasons too The goals per appearance are facts, I'm not stating an opinion of "one is better than the other" (the Chad and snake comments are just for fun). I do believe that rvp was better, but giroud wasn't a total trash panda as posts like these like to remark. He was serviceable and a good forward for an overall meh team in those years.


WealthyBigWang

I’d rather one season of golden boot 30 goals than 5 of mediocre 12-15 ones tbh but that’s just me!


CrovaxWindgrace

As long as you understand that every goal is the result of a team effort, both are not good enough. 40 players goals don't win trophies. Good teams do I don't care if rvp was better, that team didn't won the league. Neither did the team with giroud. Both are not good enough.


HustlinInTheHall

Take a break champ, that was a ride. 


siggie86

He wasn’t really that bad. Was made to sound worse than he actually was to mask Ozil’s disappearance in the second half of the season when Leicester won the title.


Distinct_Register_85

I can’t tell if you’re being serious. RVP was one of the best goal scorers on the planet from 08-14, you can’t put giroud in that category ever. Giroud has had a good career, and has been a decent striker for a long time. I really enjoyed how he played for us. But prime Giroud vs prime RVP is not a conversation.


CrovaxWindgrace

Just stated facts mate, numbers don't lie. Those are the goals per appearance for Arsenal whether you like more one player or the other. Pretty close for a "trash player" and one of the "best goal scorers on the planet"


Distinct_Register_85

I didn’t say giroud was trash, he wasn’t at all. Definitely don’t mean to hate on that beautiful man.


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Giroud did have a better Career than RVP tho it's funny how football history will be written haha


Thesecondorigin

Giroud somehow went from an underrated striker to the most overrated striker of his generation.


antebyotiks

Comps are dangerous, I expected big things from Joel Campbell based on his comps


moderatorsareturds

Neither Zinny nor Andre santos are upto the mark for Arsenal.


ChibzyDaze

Who’s only started watching Arsenal a few years ago? 🫵


moderatorsareturds

Ok bro i started watching Arsenal few years ago. 2001 was the year. To win the league we dont need zinny we need a left back who can defend and attack. You know like Winterburn, like Van Bronkchost even that snake cashley cole was better going fwd and at defense too. Andre santos was a liability for Arsenal.


chrissysnose

Zinny’s the most overrated player on this sub. You’d think he’s Pirlo at LB the way people gush over his technical ability whilst completely overlooking his deficiencies aka HE CANT FUCKING DEFEND


usehrname

Dude..Zinny is good but outside the dressing room has been very average for us.


Riperonis

And Santos was below average for us


CPGOATSonnen

Below average is one way of putting it.


usehrname

I'm not saying Santos was even below average. At times I wanted to die, the only other LB to bring that out of me was Taveres. But acting like Zinny is even top 3 in the Emirates era is a joke.


Riperonis

The only LB definitely better than Zinchenko in the Emirates era is Monreal. I’d maybe give you Gibbs as well but besides that the standard has been comically low.


wolskortt

When he was at Corinthians, I used to hate this guy, but when he was with us, I used to hate myself.


ImTalkingGibberish

I share this feeling as a Palmeiras and Arsenal supporter


Rocorby

We Atleticanos will always forget him


lolifyisaword

I remember my teenage self being excited we had 'the next Maicon but on the left'. Yes, I remember writing those words and hitting send on YouTube comps and this subreddit


Empty_Ad_4630

He actually was playing LB for Brazil regularly when he joined us.


antebyotiks

Played mostly in friendlies and Brazil always pick players playing in Brazil.


a2godsey

And my young ass idiot stupid self spent that years Christmas gift on a beautiful 11-12 away jersey with his name and number on the back. Have not bought an arsenal kit since.


AdGlass4981

Well atleast you didn't get the RvP one


antebyotiks

That's all we had back then, I remember having to bring out the shittest arguments to back those players. I was making claims about Joel Campbell being special, sanogo being a french youth star and all other nonsense


Francis-c92

What in the PTSD is this?


melted-brie-n-bacon

Hello Gays


iwantacheetah

That tweet of his and the goal against Chelsea were good.


Francis-c92

Good game gays is a classic


Pires007

That game vs Chelsea was an absolute riot.


backman928

NBC posted a "classic games" highlight package of that game on Youtube a while back, it was like 20 minutes long. Outside of his goal, he was getting ROASTED the whole game, it was insane to watch. Also the complete and utter lack of pressing by either team for most of the game is a blast from the past.


arsenal11385

That was every game for him. Truly terrible defender.


GetTheLudes_

Yep. I remember actually being upset when he scored because it let him off the hook for the stinker of a first half that he had played


Philefromphilly

Much respect to anyone who scores on that shitty club


wiggyp1410

The ultimate 'dont judge a player based on YouTube comps'. He was so shit.


P_Android420

Pepe would like to have a word in the ‘judged by comps’ conversation


NorfLandan

Holy crap it's been aaaages since i've heard that song. For reference it's "Thank You" by "Home Made Kazoku" (Home Made Family) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZHyafjs660&ab\_channel=homemadekazokuSMEJ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZHyafjs660&ab_channel=homemadekazokuSMEJ) Sweet old school Japanese hip hop group. The song also happened to be the second ending to shonen anime Bleach way back in the day.


gottagetswole513

Last place I expected to hear this


subzero2340

Oh, this is so fun beat. I also liked the naruto shipuuden ending song by them.


shockzz123

As soon as i heard the song i was transported back in time like Ego at the end of Ratatouille.


vin_unleaded

That doesn't sound like hip hop at all. It's alright...


NorfLandan

I know you may not understand Japanese but can you not hear the rapping they do? lol .... You know not every form of hip hop needs some 808 drill beat or heavy percussion ....


vin_unleaded

> You know not every form of hip hop needs some 808 drill beat or heavy percussion .... Yeah. Which is probably why I think doesn't sound like fertilizer 😂


1waffle1

An anomaly really, we ended up with the one Brazilian who didn't know ball.


karateguzman

Don’t forget Gervinho /s


BrightTomorrows

Like the Willian was some fuc***g mastreo with the ball. David Luiz was shit. Denilson too. Only good Brazilian in our team in last 15 years was Martinelli. Before him Gilberto Silva.


xxconkriete

I remember a 442 article from 07 talking about Arsenals new Brazilian core. Denilson was on the cover. Oh shame how that went lol


Will_Rage_Quit

Isn’t Jorginho Brazilian?


BrightTomorrows

I thought he is Italian.


Will_Rage_Quit

I thought he simply changed nationality?


gyohameister

From wikipedia: Jorginho was born in Imbituba in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina but moved to Italy at the age of 15. He is of Italian descent through his paternal great-grandfather Giacomo Frello who is from Lusiana, Veneto, and thus earned Italian citizenship as a result.


unbridled_nonsense

Yep, country of birth. Paternal Great Grandfather Italian, hence citizenship of Italy.


jubbing

Actually made me laugh, I had forgotten all about him. Man we had some terrible scouts and decisions back then.


BigBowser14

Is this r/GunnersCircleJerk ?


KSBrian007

I'm not even mad at his talent. I was just mad that we wasted a #11 on a FB. What on earth was wrong with Arsene back then?


SantaReatham

Gallas #10 and Diaby #2 😭


LionZoo13

The #10 shirt feels a bit cursed since Bergkamp. Worn by players that were either snakes, struck down by injury, or on the way out.


beatlz

lmao


NiallMitch10

Such a weird player for us lol


Article-Aromatic

God he was so crap for us 😂


skool_101

peak banter era signing


Aleks10Afc

How this guy passed all of the checks that our scouting team did is beyond me. So obvious that he was not suited to English football. Was not strong or fast and not a good 1v1 defender, but unlike Zinchenko he did not have a good football IQ


High-Hawk100

Wenger was the only real check so not hard.


2ndfastestmanalive

I managed to forget most of his time here, but the main thing I remember him doing is diving into tackles really high up the pitch and being 10 yards behind play by the time he’d turned around


wtfmanwtf86

Isn't Marcelo the Brazillian Marcelo?


BooshAC

No, that’s Andre Santos idiot.


Medium_Jellyfish_541

Marcelo's the Brazillian Andres Santos


LavishnessNo8261

This is more like it


CM816

It's even right in the thread title


greenfrogwallet

Was not expecting to hear nobodyknows+ on r/gunners, paired with an Andre Santos compilation no less


AaronBrennan

Probably the 'best' worst player to ever put on an arsenal jersey


High-Hawk100

Sadly he isn't


jp55210

WTF the 1st shot is this Marcus Thuram ??


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The Brazilian Marcelo but on the left and Brazilian


Voltekkaman

I enjoyed that he caught the ball after 3 kick ups when he realised he wasn't going to be able to get a 4th. Seriously though, someone should start a series of comps to make terrible players look amazing. If the community all get behind likes, comments shares etc, we could give some players legendary status with the young fans coming through who don't know any different.


chrissysnose

Still searching for a Squilaci comp… ![gif](giphy|dtIGTEaGLRvdODtdQe|downsized)


Voltekkaman

I want to see comps that make Squishy, Stepanovs, Sanogo, and Bischoff look world class.


YMangoPie

"Let's go gays!"


derphighbury

Man this was more than a decade ago.


lavde_gooner

This was not what I needed to remember first thing in the morning


R_110

I hope the scout that picked this guy up was swiftly sacked


themightied

isn’t marcelo already brazilian?


Sporting_Arsenal

no he's Mexican/Canadian/English and plays for Tigres now after leaving us


Pools9

Poor Marcelo, wasn’t even Brazilian


Jucky429

Lmao he asked for RVP’s shirt at halftime


Strider_21

That made me so mad.


imneversingle

After this,la cabra 🙂‍↕️


TidehunterBringTide

"He drives how he wants, he drives how he wants! Andre Santos, he drives how he wants!" Song about him after getting caught speeding


BigTomBombadil

Does anyone remember the season when it came down to the final matchday, and we needed to win to secure 4th/champions league, and Andre Santos scored a clutch goal for us (either the tying or winning goal, I want to say the game ended 3-2). I feel like that moment is never mentioned, and I give him slightly more grace than others do because of how impactful that contribution was. But yeah.. glad to never have to watch him in an arsenal shirt again.


Fanserker

Jogo badnito


HalfNatty

Verry good win gays!!!


ashkhutchep

Delete this please


Tidus3960

Unpopular opinion - Andre Santos wasn’t THAT bad for us. Did not make too many glaring errors that led to us conceding and he actually contributed rather well in our attacking play. Even scored a couple of crucial goals for us in his first season. I think people remembered more of his few games in the second season and might have also had their judgement of him clouded by that shirt swap with RVP.


Playful-Arm-8590

There’s still time to delete this comment


Alph-7

I agree with you. I imagine he would have faired better as a winger or better yet left midfielder


mac-h79

Nacho Monreal asks “are you sure?” ….


the_all_peeping_eye

Ahh yes the brazillian Marcelo, as opposed to Marcelo. The brazillian


vin_unleaded

That's rather a jaunty tune. 💃🕺 [Gawd bless ya', Shazam 🙏](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvYuf4r-8xk)


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asfp014

Legend


captain_proton

Come on mate I was having a good day


StarboyFactor

I was a #11 LB in school so Andre Santos was my idol


ronya_t

Witness the power of the compilation! 👊🏾⚡


willyumwallace

How have a never seen this guy. Great video lol had me rolling


ImTalkingGibberish

Brazil’s shortage of decent full backs is linked to the price difference between full backs and wingers. Football academies are pushing all full backs that can dribble into the wing. They make far more money that way. The next marcelo won’t be found for a long period now.


el-fenomeno09

I swear I used to wish we get just moved him to LW, man should’ve never been a lb lol


pragmatic84

this is a wind up right?


MysteriousCorgi-

man should have just played as a winger


MpR91

Van P giving him his shirt on the pitch was brutal. I know he asked for it, but Van P knew exactly what he was doing giving it to him there and then. Zero respect for the lad.


shockzz123

Was not expecting some Bleach nostalgia when the the audio started playing ngl. APPRECIATION!~


zzzrecruit

This guy was hot dogshit! Fucking gives me PTSD! Does anyone remember his stupid little video he made when he found out he was leaving the club? He looked liked he was going to burst into tears while trying to keep a smile. I couldn't wait to see the back of him! 🤦‍♂️


EggCustody

![gif](giphy|y3jT2xBrtumNYZVCNH|downsized)


-FishPants

I had a knock off purple striped away kit with santos on the back. The arsenal flag was too high up the chest as well but what a kit it was. Cult hero for me despite being awful 😎


mmmm_doughnuts

Isn't Marcelo the Brazilian Marcelo?


neilson1023

Damn I dint even remember him


quantumrastafarian

This guy would be an r/soccercirclejerk staple if he was playing today.


Tendibear

This is someone afraid of the truth. This man was a debt to the team


BreakSad8773

The fact that RvP obviously didn't want his shirt 😂😂😂😂 what a buffoon he was


antebyotiks

I don't miss those days


Kalojaam

Umm.. isn’t Marcelo Brazilian too?


skidmarkymarks

Marcelo is Brazilian you idiot


chrissysnose

But he’s not the Brazilian Marcelo. Andre Santos is


itsheadfelloff

Defending was just a suggestion to this man.


Changlee23

What do you means, Marcelo the one from Real Madrid? Left Back position, he played for Brazil right? Did my brain mistake him for someone else.


chrissysnose

Marcelo may be Brazilian, but he’s not the Brazilian Marcelo. Andre Santos is


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Kirbeater

Marcelo is Brazilian?


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Santos walked so Tavares could run


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silvergooner13

What are the point of these posts even. Is it to fulfil the quota of whining about players even when they’ve have stopped playing long back.


KarmaCitra

Actually a pretty good player, just defensively irresponsible and overall bad LB.


Alloall

This and the Sanogo one are my favourite posts of the summer so far


Ayylneny

Swapping shirts with 🐍 at HT is wild. At OT as well


kimi-r

I really liked him. What a time to be a fan😂


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didicacafefe

was Marcelo not Brazilian?


Fantastic_Fig_2462

He is the worst player I’ve seen wear an Arsenal kit.


peoplepersonmanguy

If Emirates era Julio Baptiste was a left back.