[NOT HAPPENING] Olivier Giroud

https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/olivier-giroud-wife-everton-transfer-sam-allardyce/

Wants to move to North Watford

 

He could probably afford a very nice semi-detached in Kings Langley.

 

He probably would prefer Bushey Mill Lane.

 

nah....this is more fun.

 

http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co....s/sam-allardyce-reveals-olivier-giroud-979494

 

Is this a joke? 'North of Watford' is a phrase. It refers to Watford Gap, not our Watford.

 

Would be great on loan, to keep his match fitness up before the World Cup and a move to a bigger club.

I can dream, can't I?

 

You think Fat Sam would know that?

But on a serious note, any fringe player from Arsenal should not be completely dismissed out of hand. Location is important to some players. Fat Sam made reference to Giroud wanting to stay close to where he lives now. Radlett I think.

Coming to Watford is not so far fetched. He'll play every game in the Premier League. A bit like Wilshire to Bournemouth. At the time that also seemed ridiculous.

I'm not saying I'd think this would happen, certainly not as a permanent deal, but if there was a chance, do you think Watford would be uninterested?

 

Wiltshire to Bournemouth was a little strange location wise as I heard he lives in Stevenage, however unlike the old days when players mostly lived close to their clubs, these days players and even Managers don't think anything of spending a few hours per day in their Ferraris and Bentleys, some even have their own chauffeurs!

A Giroud loan move until the end of the season would be good in everyone's interest as others have said!

 

I would wet my pants if we could bring in Giroud, even if only on loan to the end of the season, I have always rated him and never understood why he is not a regular starter for Arsenal.

 

He's currently injured but also Wenger has said he wants him to stay and will play him more. I'm a big fan of Giroud but can't see this happening.

 

Yeah so would my wife, but possibly for a different reason.

 

We'll get Walcott before we get Giroud.

 

No this is soul destroying

 

Let's hope so. Walcott would be perfect for us. Like Gray with ability.

V doubtful this will happen though.

 

Yep - I think he's a really good player.
But when I start wetting my pants you have permission to shoot me.

 

How many Premier League clubs are physically located between Arsenal and the Northamptonshire Watford? So it looksa nailed on certainty to me.

 

I'm not convinced your permission will hold up in a court of a law. For anyone armed and interested I would advise caution.

 

I don't think that's right. I've never understood or heard it to mean north of the Watford Gap.

 

He obviously lives near the training ground hence why Big Sam said North of Watford. He probably lives in Radlett or something, clearly doesn't mean Watford Gap.

 

Not sure the "reported" title is strictly correct !

 

I'm pretty sure this is where the phrase comes from, although it has now come to be used to refer to both Watfords. Watford Gap has been seen as the north/south divide for 2,000 years due to its topology and the need to travel through to get from north to south. For this reason, it's approximately where accents change from northern to southern (which happens quite suddenly as you go further north).

 

Yeah I think the point Sam was making was that Giroud’s wife wouldn’t leave London.

I’m not sure she’d be all too happy in Northampton or Luton...

 

The cobblers and the scum will be distraught.

 

The Watford in Northampton is a tiny village which gave it's name to the Watford Gap service station. Officially it can be considered as a North South divide. However more recently the phrase clearly means north of our town in a sense that is where civilization ends and the M1 takes one north. Our country is now so London centric that anything beyond the M25 barely matters. Clearly nonsense but a view endlessly peddled by the elite, the media and others.

 

Had to check this but Swansea looks, by eye, to be on exactly the same latitude as Watford.

Make your mind up, Madame Giroud.

(Almost she may wish to keep her powder dry & see if Ipswich make a second half season promotion thrust.)

 

Ray, I couldn't agree more but when we come to dig the moat, let's make it's on the outside of the M25.

 

Was he the mystery 'Third Footballer' that one of us spotted in Radlett en route to work recently?

With Hughes & Watson, cradling cups which may have contained coffee.

 

2000 years!

This will have IBB thumbing through her Tacitus.

 

Matron!

 

It did, unintentionally, come out that way.

Hopefully, a satisfactory addition to the euphemistic canon.

 

Anyway, I’ve just spent an hour frantically fingering my Horace.

I’m afraid I can’t shed any further light on the issue.

In fact, I’m afraid I can hardly stand up.