Sentences with phrase «as a central striker»
It is a tribute to the youngster's attitude that he has settled down into his role, keeping his ambitions of playing as central striker aside.
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When used as a central striker in the latest premier league season, he scored 8 times out of 13 appearances.
But the reality is he hasn't played consistently as a central striker for a number of years.
Just putting it out there but I would like to see the Ox given a go as a central striker sometime during the season.
And then we still do not know for sure if he will excel as a central striker.
He is also versatile, and would be an option for both clubs on ether flank or down the middle as a central striker.
Eight goals isn't too bad a return for the number of games he played, a lot of which he wasn't playing as a central striker.
Louis Van Gaal has stated that he let Danny Welbeck leave Manchester United as he was not up to the standard required to be starting as a central striker for the Red Devils.
With Giroud as central striker, to his left we can have Walcot / Welbeck to fill in for Sanchez and on the right, we have Ox / Ramsey / Wilshire.
In fact, the England forward has proved that he also has the ability to play as a central striker with some success and that is not something Pedro has in his locker.
Also, in a widely expected move, manager Arsene Wenger has chosen to start Theo Walcott as the central striker over Giroud.
Welbeck is fantastic, he only played 13 games as central striker last season and scored 8 times.
This sometimes meant Bale was used as the central striker when Ronaldo wanted the flank.
Able to play on the left flank as well as as a central striker, Lookman could well be encouraged by the recent progress of a series of young talents at White Hart Lane should Spurs make a formal offer for his services.
Arsenal are reported to be preparing Alexis Sanchez to play as the central striker against Liverpool next weekend.
He had problems to adapt to Wenger mediocre gameplay and little ambition... He showed his best during the first half of the season as Central Striker untill guess who changed him back to the wing... yes «Marvellous knows it all» Arsene Weneger.
In order to allow both Aubameyang and Lacazette to play as central strikers Wenger would have to revert to an old fashioned 4 -4-2.
It seems typical silly Wenger to me to keep experimenting with different players as central striker when your best central striker (Sanchez) was available.
There are doubts over Olivier Giroud against the top teams [Daily Telegraph], while Theo Walcott and Danny Welbeck have never played as a central striker on a regular basis and it remains to be seen whether either player could lead the line for potential title contenders.
The young playmaker, who can operate in the hole or even as a central striker, has netted ten goals in 42 appearances for the Amsterdam club this season.
Chelsea are considering playing Andre Schurrle as a central striker in Sunday's trip to Manchester United after Loic Remy joined Diego Costa on the sidelines, with the pair struggling with groin injuries.
Ever since the arrival of Welbeck at Arsenal he has been deployed as the central striker in the conventional 4 -2-3-1 formation.
These are certainly valid points as the starlet spent much of his time in United's youth set - up as a central striker and is likely to need to make the move back to a central position soon if he doesn't want to end up as a makeshift winger for the rest of his career like the disappointing Theo Walcott.
Also, don't forget last season Sanchez scored most of his goals as a central striker until Wenger moved him back to the left wing when his goals understandably dried up a little bit.
Walcott had been asking for more minutes as the central striker, so this should help with contract negotiations, as well as we don't really give up anything since Sanchez, Walcott and Welbeck are all going to end up switching positions throughout the match anyways.
Rooney needs to do more as the central striker in this game, he's behind the play too often today.
There has already been talk about Benitez using Ronaldo as his central striker but after their first game of pre-season it became clear that it is the Welshman that could occupy this role.
Top of the priority list for Schmeichel is to play Anthony Martial as a central striker.
Walcott just backtrack from his wish of playing as central striker Confidence is one the most important trait for a good striker.
Anfield legend John Aldridge has stated that if Jurgen Klopp decided to play Sadio Mane as the central striker, Liverpool would have the Premier League's strongest attack force.
Makes absolutely no sense to not start Lacazette as our central striker.
If he is, I think he should start as our central striker ahead of Alexis.
Giroud, on the other hand, has amassed 27 goals after 60 appearances, and that is in his natural position as central striker.
I would love to see what he could accomplish as a central striker at PSG, and even more so at Arsenal.
He was second fiddle to Zlatan Ibra at PSG, and was forced into playing in a foreign position on the RW all season where previously at Napoli and earlier he was bred and groomed as a central striker.
Or how about putting the Ox on the wing and putting Alexis as central striker after his wonderful hat - trick this weekend?
«He can play [as a central striker], we've also got Theo coming back and we've got Sanogo on the bench, who has improved so much.
If we do sign him does that mean we've given up on Welbeck and Perez as central strikers?
Campbell or Lukas as central striker has never been and never will be a workable proposition.
The 26 - year - old is undoubtedly one of the top attacking players on the planet right now, having scored 91 goals in 182 appearances for Atletico and lighting up La Liga with his exciting displays in a variety of attacking midfield positions, or up front as a central striker.
The Frenchman has been superb in his time with Atletico, scoring 86 goals in 170 games for the club from a variety of positions, including as a central striker or wide - forward.
Welbeck is dramatically improving as a central striker and no - one else seemed to notice.
ie out of every 10 90 - minute appearances as central striker he is scoring 8 goals.