re: Arsenal 2013/2014 Season Long Thread

it wouldn't be good by any means, but i'm not sure it'd be a death knell (so long as it wasn't a long-term injury). we have some interesting options to deploy if Giroud ever went one. the more obvious and conservative ones would be to play Poldi or Theo up top, which may work better than it has in the past with Ozil. especially Theo now that we seem to be leaning a little more towards the counterattacking side of things. there is another option though which kind of intrigues me, especially after watching the first half of Germany-Ireland the other day: Ozil as the nominal false 9. it was only Ireland, but he worked well at that position, plus it gets Ozil and Santi both on the pitch in central, if free-to-roam, roles.