Sentences with phrase «as second striker»

Eto'o suddenly started being put out as a second striker by Martinez in place of players like Barkley or Naismith in what seemed to most fans like a degree of desperation by our Spanish manager — almost as if he was trying to put a team of players out in the hope that it would come off for him.

«Bruno Genesio called me — he asked me if I wanted to join his team as a second striker or number one forward «B.» I said to myself, «It's Lyon, each year they're in the Champions League.»

This versatility immediately jumps out, because with Adnan Januzaj leaving for Borussia Dortmund on loan, and Javier Hernandez sold to Bayer Leverkusen, Martial will give United options in different attacking positions, whether on the wing or as a second striker behind Wayne Rooney.

Roma switched to a 4 -3-1-2 and Iturbe found himself in a more central position, as a second striker of sorts.

In the magnificent 3 - 1 win at home to Inter, meanwhile, van der Vaart played so close to Peter Crouch that he was effectively being used as a second striker in a 4 -4-1-1.

Maradona played as a second striker in most of the 70s and 80s, can be seen very clearly in 1982 World Cup matches.

Prolific at youth level for Barcelona and Spain, he slowly began to inch towards the goal for Arsène Wenger's side and during his brief spell as captain was most effective when deployed as a second striker behind Robin van Persie or Emmanuel Adebayor.

He has spent most of the season playing as a second striker, but with his troublesome hamstring, Blackpool's high line and no designated holding midfielder in the Arsenal side, he dropped into a deeper «quarterback» role, dictating the game from there.

In Teramo I played as a second striker.

We could have best used bendtner as second striker, not the main one because he lacks pace and if he had to drop that deep to get the ball, there was very little chance he could have done anything with it that is very good.

As well as playing just behind the front two, Mkhitaryan can also play as a second striker, as well as in a flat midfield four in the middle.

Dudu's a natural striker, but might need some help up front, and Shava's natural position is as second striker.

Perhaps as a second striker in a 442, but I'm a bit doubtful he has the «snap» which would warrant a significant outlay on him.

You make good points Ttg, if all three lost their pace who I will pick will depend on where I want them to play in my team, they will probably all be useless as wingers so I would pick Theo to play as a second striker in a 442 because Theo consistently makes the kind of short runs Townsend and, to an extent, Lennon can only dream of but if I must use them as Wingers then I'd pick Lennon as he is more two - footed and passes better than the other two.

If he keeps cutting in to play as a second striker, it will only create a bottle neck in front of their box.

At 5» 9 he isn't the tallest strikers around, but he's a formidable physical presence in the box nonetheless and can be played upfront or be deployed as second striker.

He's pretty much playing as second striker.

His vision is well above average, and he can play as a second striker and send quality through balls to his teammates.

Unfortunately our midfield is too weak to release someone to play as a second striker.

Gervinho played as a second striker off Giroud (to great effect), while Rosicky and Cazorla buzzed around on either wing.

Michu has said that he does not think his position is that danger because he has the ability to play as a second striker as well.

Versatile as well as skilful, Roberts can play either in midfield or as a second striker and he showed a glimpse of his talent when he scored a stunning solo goal against Juventus for City's EDS team.

He plays with me as a defensive midfielder and as a second striker and adapts to the needs of the team.»

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.

He looked equally attuned to Ruben Loftus - Cheek on Tuesday, and Conte was impressed with the young Englishman's potential as a second striker: «In defensive situations he became a midfield player,» he noted, «and when attacking he became a forward.»

Gerrard has played much of his career in the centre midfield role but has also been used as a second striker, holding midfielder, right back and right winger.

Yannick Ferreira Carrasco can also play as a wide forward or even as a second striker in a pinch.

In our desperation for a new striker we might end up signing the wrong guy for a transfer fee he's not worth, this Lacazette is not all that and there's a reason why no big teams are after him even despite his 48 goals in Ligue 1, even though I'm not a fan of Giroud I would rather stick with him with Sanchez as second striker like Griezmann for France than sign Lacazette

Özil as the second striker.

In 2012/13 season, he was almost playing as a second striker.

I know ozil always play as a second striker anyways so it's not new.

Even though Louis van Gaal has given the England forward his vote of confidence and even moved him back into his favoured role as second striker, Rooney is woefully out of form.

The problem Wenger has to resolve is whether he can play there alone or needs to be operating as a second striker.

Infact, Giroud is ready to play as a second striker, he is ready for the competition..

In the big games I say bench Ozil and put Alexis as the second striker with Ox and Campbell in the wings.

Chelsea look for their magic and trickery from Hazard coming inside as a second striker and to assist and score on a regular basis.

Sanchez played as a second striker for Udinese and continues to do so for Chile.

I think we area wry close to where most fans wants us to bee, challenging for the PL, sign Schneidelin experience and quality 25m Sign Stones a good upcoming CB and home grown 20m Sign Lacazette as a second striker who will mature 25m We will be sorted for years to come Will be hard to replace Corzola though in a couple of years

My four man defence is Debutchy, Martesacker, Konsienly and Flamini (Yes Flamini in the LB position instead of Monreal who had a nightmare outing against Lukaku last season) Middle, Chabers as DFM, Ox as AM and Ramsey as second striker operating from the advanced midfiled position, Sanchez is my RFW, Campbell in the LFW and Giroud / Sanogo in the center to form a 3 forward unit... i would predict 2 - 0 for gunners with such a line up

In reality he plays as second striker in Madrid (Ronaldo is the first)... For real Ronaldo is the target man... Benzema will score more goals with Arsenal for sure...

Mkhitaryan can even be deployed as second striker.

we might score 3 goals but we will conceed 4 the best formation is the old 4 -4-2 gk cech df bellerin le boss mustaphi monreal / saeed md ozil wilshere as deeplying playmaker ramsy mikki attack lacazette as a second striker and auba as center forward

He tracks back maintaining width but doesn't get within a million miles of the whitewash in the opposition half — effectively employed as a second striker.

Aguero is another player I love but he is no Giroud replacement in my opinion, nearly always plays as a second striker and is where he is best.

We need to keep Giroud as a second striker but at tops not pay more than # 45m for Higuain.

Don't be deceived... playing welbeck on the right is more like playing hm as second striker... he 4gets he's a winger and confuses giroud upfront.....

Podolski has been used as a second striker for Germany and was average.

He is hardly versatile nor industrious — the only place he can feasibly play is in that wide - ish left slot — we don't even play a system to utilise his undoubted best use as a second striker.

At the moment I still few his better off playing on the wing or as second striker.

3) Theo had historically played effectively as a second striker and did well with his 20 + goals — but someone else has turned up who has taken a liking to being a wide second striker with a taste for 20 + goals — Alexis.