Sentences with phrase «as a central striker for»

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.

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With his doubles against Sunderland and Burnley, the 25 - year old has bagged eight goals in those six games and for a player that does not even play as the main central striker, it just shows you how good Alexis is and the fantastic form he has found since swapping La Liga for the English Premier League.

It would make more sense, like at Barca, for Arsenal to have a top striker in the center (Higuain or Aubamayng) and Sanchez on the right wing or to play Sanchez as a nr 10 in a 4 -4-2 type of style where he can play of a more physical central striker.

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.

I am not sold on him as a winger, and I think he has a LOT of work to do to be a central striker, but I like him and I hope he plays well for someone.

I hope someone reminds him he plays for Arsenal as a central midfielder and not a striker

Same for Laca, I love his finishing ease and love him as a central striker, I like him less out on the wing.

«In most of the games we had 70 percent possession, but that makes it difficult for the strikers because there is less room and less freedom as well as most of the time people play with central defenders.

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.

With the signing of Draxler it is believed that Wenger will be happy with the number of wide forwards at his disposal for next season which will include Welbeck, who Wenger feels needs more time before playing as the teams main central striker.

For strikers giroud and welbeck are great backups and for wingers walcott and iwobi are also good enough deputies as chamberlain wants a more central «gerrard» type roFor strikers giroud and welbeck are great backups and for wingers walcott and iwobi are also good enough deputies as chamberlain wants a more central «gerrard» type rofor wingers walcott and iwobi are also good enough deputies as chamberlain wants a more central «gerrard» type role.

Wenger will be letting go of both Podolski and Campbell to make room for a «special talent», a player who is capable of playing on either wing or as a potential central striker, Wenger made Draxler his priority after Borussia Dortmund rejected any advance for their star striker, Aubameyang, who would cost Wenger over # 40 million, instead Wenger opted for the cheaper yet equally talented Draxler for # 28.7 million.

The problem as i see it is that we need a top striker and central defender to challenge for the league and to show players such as ozil and sanchez that we have ambition.

Here's my take on Walcott; the typical English hype got to him and he over estimated his own abilities in recent seasons, wanting to play as striker without first establishing himself as a world class winger forgatting that even Henry, Ronaldo and even Messi had to first prove their undoubted abilities on the wing befroe going central, Wenger let him suit himself, he hit rock bottom when he wasn't even selected for the Euros and has finally decided to dust himself up and work his way back up, why cant we see that and just give him the necessary support?

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.

but when he first got to Dortmund - he wasn't even viewed as good enough to play as the central striker & lead the line - shifted out on the wing - much like Walcott for us.

News of a rejuvenated Olivier Giroud will not be music to the ears of Danny Welbeck who, since signing for Arsenal in the summer transfer window, had hoped to be deployed as the north London club's central striker has been relegated to a wide berth to accommodate the lanky French striker.

While the Gunners manager believes Welbeck is performing well out wide, it is sure to be a bugbear for the England international who left Manchester United for a chance to play as a regular 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.

At least 2 top strikers are needed, as well as a world class central defender and backup for the defensive midfield position.

Walcott has been crying for years to be used as a central striker but have only been given very few games at that role.

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.

If like the last two seasons we are going to go for a single world class player then we could possible go for Pogba, but that would still leave potential problems in central defense and striker positions and possibly Goalkeeper as well.

Lille Saloman Kalou has rejected the opportunity to play for West Ham after being told that he won't be played as a central striker.

He certainly has potential but it is way too soon to say, but not for Merson who picks him over the prolific and proven Olivier Giroud as the central striker.

«With Danny it's been «he's not prolific enough for a man who plays as a central striker, and never gets the number of goals he should».

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.

Regarding him not getting into the french team it's clear that the manager preferred a big central striker for the euros and he took Giroud and even Gignac as back up

It is clear that if we go for Sterling, he is head and shoulders above the ox on the wings, which means Theo plays as central striker and we will thus not get a new striker - which I was hoping will be Higuain.

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.

As for the last 8 seasons no recognised striker nor central defender.

Unfortunately for them, a certain Theo Walcott was started as central striker.

Despite lining up in a central midfield position in Quanjian's Best XI for the season, Rooney was generally deployed as a striker with 21 of his 30 appearances coming up front and the remaining nine in midfield.

He played as the central striker against PSV and did ok but he's a player as much for now as for the future.

As for possible set - pieces, Laporte began his career as a striker before working his way back to central defencAs for possible set - pieces, Laporte began his career as a striker before working his way back to central defencas a striker before working his way back to central defence.

Shayne Lavery took his place as the main central striker with Jose Baxter in just behind him and, in a first half of few chances, it was Baxter who created an opportunity for Grant to unleash a shot.

Capable of operating on the left of a front three, or leading the line as a central striker, Keke has proved his ability in the both positions for the U18s this season.

A fourth option, with Zlatan Ibrahimović continuing to struggle with injuries since re-signing with the club last summer, is to utilise Sánchez as a central striker, deputising for Lukaku when the # 75million Belgian is unavailable or rested.

Both of the central strikers for Real Madrid also picked up knocks but they are not as serious.

Maybe we need support for our central strikers in the box as well.

The central midfielder, who can fill in as a striker, is also of Turkish descent and remains illegible to play for the Turkey national team.

I am still holding out for another striker to join the squad and would like to see another central midfielder like the rest of the gunner world, but I do have faith in AW and the club as a whole.

United had led for 76 minutes following a fantastic early volley from the returning Memphis Depay, who was restored as a central striker in the absence of Wayne Rooney and Anthony Martial.

Son is expected to deputise for injured teammate Harry Kane as the central striker in Tottenham's upcoming match against Chelsea and he started as a lone forward in Poland before South Korea switched to 4 -4-2 in the second half.

In the thirty appearances he amassed for The Super Whites, Jennings was capable of playing on the flanks or as a central striker.

Ferguson has already earmarked Jonny Evans and Chris Smalling as long term replacements for Vidic and Rio Ferdinand, while he claimed last week that Bebe, the Portuguese winger, is now being moulded into a central striker to provide competition for Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov alongside Welbeck, Javier Hernandez and Federico Macheda.