Sentences with phrase «as a lone striker in»

He won't last as a lone striker in our system.

I remember him chasing down when he played as the lone striker in his second game, he was absolutely hustling the opposition player, he looks behind him and his team mates were jogging around the half way line, he was so bemused he was encouraging them to close down like he was..

But almost all of them will struggle as a lone striker in the EPL.

The enigmatic Italian is likely to be asked to operate as a lone striker in the absence of Sturridge.

Villas - Boas has been quick to praise Defoe's contribution this season and the diminutive striker was again impressive as the lone striker in Spurs stunning 3 - 2 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Its true we all want wenger out or he shld change (change in transfer dealins, find solution to injury probs which is d main issue, and probably change of mentality in sm games), bt I will not be a part to d giberish of sm fans on wenger hatred for pd10, I don't tink wenger hate him, he bought him and has givn him lots of chances to prov himself, we all can not hide frm d fact dat pd10 workrate is apaulin nd dat he thriv as a lone striker in arsenal formation, yes he can shoot acurately bt dat is far below expectation of a lw, fotbal shld be a balance game btw ofence nd defenc nd most esp a winger shld be able to suport lefbak in defendin.

Diego Simeone matched Zidane after controversially playing Griezmann as a lone striker in the November derbi — this time, the Frenchman had Diego Costa next to him.

Tottenham have been searching for a quality star who can support Harry Kane upfront or play as the lone striker in the absence of the England international.

The United graduate has primarily featured on the left side of the attack this term, but he showed his versatility during the tail - end of last season, where he played as the lone striker in Zlatan Ibrahimovic's absence through injury.

Having assessed the various intriguing options for Wenger when it comes to playing Vardy, it seems clear that playing him as a lone striker in a 4 -2-3-1 would be the best choice.

Not exact matches

henry 12 i would swap sanchez and poldi sanchez is more devastating on the wing and while i do nt think podolski works as a lone striker i think he would do well in a double pairing,,,, bullets flying from outside the box!!!!!

first he need to solve his injury problems to prove himself like a good player to take in the squad and not a wate of space, leave that «best winger» thing... finally, he even want to play as winger, so he never would be that best winger and probably we do nt need him because he cant play like a lone striker.

And Sanogo doesn't start instead of him, we have done this LP as a lone striker thing to death, he ain't ever playing up top on his own — Sanchez or Welbeck are starting ahead of him in the wide left berth.

Sevilla signed Gameiro from Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint Germain 18 months ago and, despite a relatively prolific debut season in La Liga that saw him plundered 15 goals, he has largely been a substitute this season as Unai Emery has preferred Carlos Bacca in the lone striker role.

In a lone striker role, Manchester City's Edin Dzeko stole the show upfront this weekend with two superb goals for his side as they came away with a 4 - 2 win away to Hull City.

And please Sanchez in a 4 -2-3-1 should not be use as the lone striker, he is a wing player that should be given total freedom to move where he sees weaknesses a bit like Ronaldo at Madrid.

lst season at stamford bridge, was the first time i saw that 4 -1-4-1 formation being used, and for some weird reason i feel a very strange negative vibe and well all know the outcome.the manager has come back with this formation and its not yielding result, but he still sticks with it.i do nt know much about formations dear friends, but if you are playing a slow dm in arteta and a very very slow cb, then you are toast against quality teams with sound tactics.wen playing wellbeck as a lone striker, i think 4 -2-3-1, will work better, but if we have a big player like oliver (boooos), thn we can try the 4 -1-4-1, thingy cos he can hold the ball for our midfielders to run in.but on the overall, shame on wenger for not giving our defence a good cover DM.NO BODY PLAYS A SLOW DM / CB AND EXPECT TO B REGARDED AS CHAMPIONSHIP MATERIAL.IT HURTS GUYS, REALLY HURTas a lone striker, i think 4 -2-3-1, will work better, but if we have a big player like oliver (boooos), thn we can try the 4 -1-4-1, thingy cos he can hold the ball for our midfielders to run in.but on the overall, shame on wenger for not giving our defence a good cover DM.NO BODY PLAYS A SLOW DM / CB AND EXPECT TO B REGARDED AS CHAMPIONSHIP MATERIAL.IT HURTS GUYS, REALLY HURTAS CHAMPIONSHIP MATERIAL.IT HURTS GUYS, REALLY HURTS.

i think if we by any chance got griezmann that would be awesome, against bus parking teams like norwich we could play with a top 2 with griezmann and giroud they can play very well with eachother and griezmann could get on to girouds flicks and knockdowns and griezmann does play in a top2 at atletico and against the most teams griezmann could play as a lone striker, but anyway i do nt think he will leave atletico

He can be spotted as a lone striker occasionally but let's be honest WBA weren't in it to tackle yesterday.

22 attempts and 8 on target... Oh please, please someone enlighten me as to why we do nt need another CF and how Giroud is a good one when he got bullied by a 16 year old debutant who forced him to go out wide as a lone striker, That defence too my god people were talking about how Koscielny and Metersacker were the best pairing at Cb no were not... and today proved why there were a few times metersacker overcommited when payet was dribblng left a gaping hole in that defence and if westhams strikers were on the ball this would have been a much larger margin.

Rosicky... Yes, Tomas Rosicky played as a lone striker for us in that game.

I'd be happy to be proved wrong however Theo has a very poor injury record, if he is a striker than he hasn't been replaced in the wide area and he has big issues in general as of now on the lone striker role

Aleksandar Kolarov and Samir Nasri were the scorers in the 2 - 0 victory at Goodison Park, but it was Silva who stole the show as he once again pulled the strings in midfield as he was operating in his favoured no. 10 role just behind the lone striker.

Poldi has not fit in as a lone striker but does very well as a winger or 2nd striker.

Playing a lone striker in that environment is just about the dumbest thing you could do... he would become isolated very quickly, the threat of an aerial ball against Stoke becomes almost comical, Stoke have height in spades — attempting to beat them in the air sounds just about as stupid as attempting to out pass Barcelona.

Walcott thinks that few matches make him a permanent fixture in the squad where he values himself as a lone - striker which is stupid and considers the internal competition as adequate.

Its true that Ronaldo hasn't played great as a lone striker but the kova - kroos duo ahead of the CBs will offer us a lot in defending.

As for the hosts, Vincent Janssen is on the bench as Mauricio Pochettino goes with Harry Kane as his lone striker, while Dele Alli returns to the starting line - up to join Eric Dier, Victor Wanyama, Christian Eriksen and Erik Lamela in midfielAs for the hosts, Vincent Janssen is on the bench as Mauricio Pochettino goes with Harry Kane as his lone striker, while Dele Alli returns to the starting line - up to join Eric Dier, Victor Wanyama, Christian Eriksen and Erik Lamela in midfielas Mauricio Pochettino goes with Harry Kane as his lone striker, while Dele Alli returns to the starting line - up to join Eric Dier, Victor Wanyama, Christian Eriksen and Erik Lamela in midfielas his lone striker, while Dele Alli returns to the starting line - up to join Eric Dier, Victor Wanyama, Christian Eriksen and Erik Lamela in midfield.

Only in Wengers deluded mind Sanchez can play as a lone striker, I bet he plan these schemes to show how good is OG and that he is right....

Meanwhile, an inability to operate as a lone striker places the England man behind Oliver Giroud in the attacking pecking order too.

Against stronger teams I'd go for our standard formation — Either Welbeck or Giroud as lone striker, Alexis on the left, Walcott or Ox on the right, Cazorla / Özil in the middle, Ramsey as box to box and Arteta / Flamini as holding midfielder.

Twice before Rooney has led the line as a lone striker, twice managing 34 goals in the process and while his advancing years and shoddy displays suggest that a similar return may be a fantasy this season, he can still do a job for the team.

Another formation is the Ox in lone striker, not CF. Vermaelen in DM / CM, Podolski slightly on the left as CF, Ozil and Cazorla behind the Ox and Wilshere to roam at CM.

Calleja's 4 -2-3-1 lineup was much as we expected, with Rukavina replacing suspended Jaume Costa, and Dani Raba between Chery and Casti in the threesome behind lone striker Bacca.

Here, Cherchesov lined his troops up in a 5 -4-1 with Smolov as the lone striker.

or would that mean Zabaleta returning to wing back with a reliance on the previously suspect Noble / Kouyate combination in the centre; does he start with Javier Hernandez, Hugill or Antonio as the lone striker?

As the lone Olympiakos striker, Uros Djurdjevic could have leveled with a header in the 41st but goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny managed to get his left leg in the way.

Zaza did put in some effort (at least in the first half) but looks wanting as a Premier League lone striker; did he have the ball under control at any point in the game?

I believe that he can be good in a system with 2 forwards but as a lone striker, he is going to struggle.

You may say that there is no change in system, but it saw Soldado play as a number ten, but also helped out Adebayor or Kane up top, so effectively, we saw a 4 -2-3-1 formation, sometimes changing into a 4 -4-2 when Soldado chose to join the lone striker up top.

During the match, he was impressive in nearly everything that he did and worked hard to support Son Heung - min as the lone striker.

Abu Danladi started as Minnesota's lone striker, but was subbed off in the 29th minute after a slight hamstring strain reduced his mobility.

As you can see from the above team news, Olivier Giroud has now failed to score since early January, a statistic that almost confirms Welbeck's inclusion in the lone striker role.

The danger is that his strength in the air becomes our one and only tactic (other than trying to win a free kick) and although he can be effective in the right setup I don't believe that is as a lone striker.

Zenit was undefeated in the league until Terek beat them in St. Petersburg, and with Ailton Almeida as the lone striker Terek proved just exactly how effective their counterattack based style can be when they hit the day.

Paulo Di Canio has lined his previous sides up with Danny Graham as a lone striker, but here he went for Conor Wickham playing just off him in a 4 -4-1-1.

Entirely isolated as a lone striker and completed just seven passes in the first half, three of which came from each of the kick - offs.

Mario Balotelli — 6 (Markovic 45 ′) Came on in an unpreferred role as a lone striker, but still managed to link play up and pose the occasional attacking threat.

Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney struggled during the early weeks of the season featuring as club's lone striker, but since the arrival of Anthony Martial has now seen the United skipper gets back to his more skilled role as the 29 - year - old suits has been better in form and given the lack of coverage the Gunners midfield offers the team's defence, Rooney will be able to find a lot of space and play his best of the season so far.

Playing Falcao as a lone striker and putting Adrián in behind has worked wonders.