Sentences with phrase «as main striker»

Griezmann will be looking to fill the void left by the absent Karim Benzema and weather he is playing as a main striker down the middle, or out wide, Griezmann is capable of scoring plenty of goals.

Due to his constant injury problems, Sturridge fell down the pecking order in Klopp's side as the German boss picked Roberto Firmino as his main striker and false number nine.

It seemed like the wrong option for Batshuayi as he struggled to replace Diego Costa as the main striker last season, but scored the all - important goal against West Brom which clinched the Premier League title for the Blues.

Since 2012, they have been looking to Olivier Giroud as their main striker to lead their title challenge, while # 159 million in cash reserves currently sits in the bank.

Groeneveld wasn't offered fresh terms by PSV, and NEC Nijmegen were quick to swoop in for the midfielder who is comfortable playing on the either flanks or as the main striker.

Speaking with a more rational head on, Schick is a versatile attacker that has played as a main striker, a second striker and a no. 10 in his twelve months at Sampdoria under Marco Giampaolo.

And to this day I believe Utd should have shipped Rooney out and not caved, we wouldn't have missed a beat with Berba as the main striker

For Dinamo he tends to play as a number 10 or almost as a second striker as their main striker, Angelo Henriquez often drops deep and runs the channels.

Olivier Giroud has now emerged as the main striker target for Chelsea, and they are close to agreeing terms with the both Arsenal and the player.

The point Alan Pardew was making is that in his role as the main striker, there will be times when the opportunity will arise for a bit of rest and recovery during the games.

Wenger is such an idiot that Spain had to use Fabregas... a player he wanted in DM... as their main striker in the WORLD CUP, which they won.

The midfield will likely consist of Alex Song, Cesc Fabregas and Aaron Ramsey while Eduardo should start as the main striker with support on the wings from Samir Nasri and Tomas Rosicky.

Wenger has options as well, with Giroud having featured in both of the games for France during this international break, so with Mourinho missing two first choice centre backs in Chris Smalling and Eric Bailly as well as their main striker, should Man United fans be very worried about what the Arsenal attack will do to them on Saturday?

Also i know Messi wasnt played as main striker for a fair few seasons as he looked more a midfielder until barca came up with that false nine role.

Do fans here really believe we will challenge for big trophies with giroud as our main striker?

he has been used as a main striker, used on the right and also on the left, yet he hasn't proved himself.

Arsenal have managed to get to the top of the League table at the halfway point in the campaign and it seems that Thierry Henry has finally become convinced that the Gunners really can win the title with Olivier Giroud as their main striker, after famously stating during the summer that it was impossible.

I think Thierry Henry statement of «Arsenal can not win the Premier League title with Olivier Giroud as their main striker» has spurned on Giroud to hit greater heights.

In my opinion if we maintain Giroud as our main striker then we are not serious about challenging for the EPL.

What exactly did Giroud do for us in 41/2 seasons?If Wenger was so confident in him why did he continue to sign alternative strikers such as Lacazette and Welbeck?Why did he prefer at times to play Sanchez and even WALCOTT FFS as the main striker instead of Giroud?Why did he desperately try to sign Suarez from the Scousers?

Just that he is playing as our main striker and we can all see he is not performing as well as a first choice striker for Arsenal should.

Olivier Giroud has grown into his role as the main striker for Arsenal, and this season he finally broke the jinx that stopped him scoring against the big teams.

IMO, his only chance of a stay of executuion is to win the Europa and with Welbeck as our main striker and Mustafi and Xhaka likely to start in first eleven, only a fool would back us winning it.

It's the same guy who's fielded a player who has only once in his career scored more than 20 goals, as our main striker for 4 YEARS.

Now, Theo: I won't say Wenger should start him as our main striker against MUFCkers, I'd go with Welbeck in the middle, flanked on either side by Theo and Sanchez.

We should play sanchez as our main striker, his movement and relentlessness makes him a bigger problem for defenders than either giroud or benzema.

All you guys fretting about player labels / tags and «natural» playing positions would have hated the Invincibles; Lauren, Toure and Cole all converted midfielders / forwards, Henry a converted winger, Silva a converted CB, DB10 most of his prior years as main striker and debuted as a winger etc etc..

After promising Theo Walcott that his future lies as a main striker in an effort to get the Englishman to sign a new contract extension, Le Prof could give Theo a big vote of confidence by starting him in this crucial match, but will he rely once again on Giroud proving that he can bounce back once again?

Wenger plays Giroud as the main striker the whole season afterall.

Also, Giroud can only play as the main striker and to maximize Lacazette's scoring ability we should play him as the main striker.

There is no point in Ozil staying at Arsenal when you have Giroud as your main striker, it looks as if Wenger is interested in Giroud's career rather than Arsenal's season.

Play Welbeck, drop Giroud Before the first leg, I suggested Wenger played Welbeck as our main striker.

I feel like I'm the only one who wants to give this kid a decent run as the main striker.

I think that if Campbell was acting as main striker with Sanogo as a false no 10, it would've benefited both players and the club.

but he scored over 20 goals, for once since Van Persie left, of course we had OG as our main striker then.

He has spent the whole summer reading about how Arsenal were trying desperately to sign his countryman Karim Benzema, and how much Theo Walcott wants to replace him as the main striker for the Gunners.

now he was brilliant scoring goals and assists throughout the season with giroud as main striker, that's what no 10s do they change big games

A club with ambition wouldn't have OG as our main striker, only at Arsenal you'll find the manager, and most of his players to be so incompetent and lack ambition, and still don't feel any shame

I would like to see a player like Lukaku as our main striker and perhaps a player like Bony as back up.

In as much as we want Perez to start but I won't be surprised if Wenger starts with Sanchez as our main striker..

We have been here before with Olivier Giroud, the worst mistake we fans will make again will be to allow Arsene Wenger keep Giroud as our main Striker.

But is it really fair on the club and it's supporters and even Sanogo to play him as the main striker now.

Was it the boards fault to keep Giroud as our main striker for four years?

Chelsea have done it more than once with Drogba as their main striker, and he usually didn't score that many in a season — most of the time no more than Giroud scores for us now.

He 100 % a quality player & a big chance of him becoming world class in the future but I don't see him as a main striker and like I said we've got many players to play on the wing and I honestly believe the likes of the ox and Gnabry could Oslo become world class.

Giroud as main striker again.

not forgetting his not signing a new contract, Walcott could be our Ole Gunnar Solsjaer, those of you who don't know who i'm talking about Ole use to play for Man - U he was very successful sub player he would come on in around the 70th mnt and almost always scored a goal, many clubs wanted him as their main striker but Ole was happy at his club, position and terms, i think with Walcott's pace and being fresh around the 70 mnt he could do well for his club, but we all know he wont except that role

You can not be shouting winger - out and want to retain Giroud as the main striker

Against Man City, Wenger played Alexis as the main striker, when the Chilean is not in his best form and only scored once this season.

Giroud won't win us league as our main striker.