Some teams use zonal and have specific man marker for a dangerous player... shearer, Carroll etc who did or can excel
at putting the ball in the back of the net from a corner.
Rather than rightfully punish the act and counsel the striker, these entities and a handful of writers supported him on the basis that he's good
at putting the ball in the back of the net.
It was only a couple seasons back that he was hopeless
at putting the ball in the back of the net.
Not exact matches
RvP was only a bit player for us for many years due to injury yet he turned into the player we needed, top quality and knew how to
put the
ball in the
back of the
net, a youngster developed
at Arsenal after we bought him.
He hasn't been as prolific as he was
at Madrid, but we don't have Ronaldo to
put the
ball in the
back of the
net for every chance he creates, so
of course his assists aren't going to be as good, but here's an interesting stat:
Claudio Ranieri's reputation for being a «Tinkerman» continued as he brought on Shinji Okazaki for the second period, and the Japanese international responded within two minutes as he danced his way through the Spurs defence before
putting the
ball in the
back of the
net at the second time
of asking.
What I sincerely want Olivier Giroud to do as one
of his fans, is, let him wake up from his goal scoring slumber and starts
putting the
ball into the
back of the
net at Watford as the Boss starts him
in his rotation starting XI.
No matter what you may think
of them, and personally I see the modern forward as something close to a ballet dancer with father issues, any team with hopes
of trophy success needs
at least one star man up front to
put the
ball in the
back of the
net.
HAVE YOU EVER WATCHED SUAREZ, HENRY OR RVP PLAY
AT ALL??! They needed 3 - 4 chances before
putting the
ball in the
back of the
net, the difference between them and average strikers is that they ALWAYS get chances.
The Swans are just struggling to
put the
ball in the
back of the
net, just as they were
at the start
of the season.
Arsenal took on Middlesbrough on Monday night football
at Riverside stadium and it turned out to be a very competitive game where Arsenal took the lead just before half time thanks to Alexis Sanchez goal
in 42nd minute but Middlesbrough hit
back just after the half time when Alvaro Negredo
put the
ball in the
back of the
net to make it 1 - 1 on the night.
Benzema played one
of his best games
of the season
at the weekend as Real Madrid beat Girona 6 - 3 and although he didn't
put the
ball in the
back of the
net, he was involved
in 3
of their goals.