Sentences with phrase «attacking options this year»

«I'm content with our attacking options this year... Walcott not a striker Giroud has his moments but just not good enough Campbell never plays Chamberlin doesn't score enough Ozil never shoots Santi shoots but rarely scores Ramsey....

Not exact matches

But if we are going to compete next year we need two quality attacking options... that's a minimum of 60m so need to sell the whippet Campbell and Ramsey... And Rodriguez for Gibbs is the right thing to do that's another 10m so if we can get 60m for our three that's good business

Still, the Express now state that Chelsea are unwilling to pay the 24 - year - old's release clause of # 43m, which is perhaps a lot for the club to be spending considering they already have so many top class options in attack as it is.

The North - East side are now tenth in the table but still only nine points from the drop zone so O'Neill will not be getting complacent and though he saw Frazier Campbell make a successful comeback on the weekend, scoring at home to Middlesbrough in his first game in over a year, Sunderland could still do with more attacking options.

In year one at Florida, Mullen made the most out of having a veteran passer in Chris Leak, and in year two, started to work in freshmen Tim Tebow and Percy Harvin to boost the run game and create the kind of option - oriented attack the Gators ultimately wanted.

A bid of # 25m is expected, and it looks like the 29 - year - old could be a great buy for Diego Simeone's side as they look to improve on their current attacking options with the view to mounting a more serious title challenge in Spain next term.

Will Walden's triple - option offense, the nation's 11th - best rushing attack last year, be enough to save his job?

His arrival at the Etihad Stadium will further boost the club's brilliant attacking options as the 24 - year - old will be expected to form a frightening trio alongside Sterling and David Silva behind lone striker Sergio Aguero.

The Old Trafford side are ready to make an offer for 25 year old Bayern Munich star Thomas Muller as Louis van Gaal looks to improve his attacking options.

Arsenal could well do with the arrival of the 26 year old German international as Arsene Wenger looks to beef up his attacking options but the Frenchman is apparently amenable to Koln's demands in relation to not publicizing the transfer as the Gunners boss has clearly been on the wrong end of player exits himself in recent seasons.

PSG have no shortage of attacking options at their disposal and Di Maria is likely to find himself out of the first - team for periods this year as he competes with the likes of Julian Draxler and Neymar.

Jose Mourinho is ready to offload both Juan Cuadrado and Mohamed Salah and will look to 28 - year - old Spanish international Callejon to boost his attacking options.

Whilst the 24 year old has been a flop since moving to Merseyside over the summer but there seems little to be gained by offering the # 16m signing to another club on a temporary deal, not when Rodgers has precious few effective attacking options of note.

Looking at our bench yesterday, one would be forgiven for thinking it was a capital one cup game, only one attacking option, a 19 yr old.Yet wenger won't sign anyone because Welbeck (who hasn't kicked a ball since March last year) is returning from injury.

not selling walcott would be massive mistake as he has proven over 8 years plus that he cant take himself or this club to next level so cash in (might get 16 - 20m if lucky) and bring in a real quality attacking option..

The 22 - year - old has made just four Premier League starts, but he could be set for a more prominent role in Milan with Montella looking to bolster his options in attack with Deulofeu potentially joining compatriot Suso at the San Siro.

And the Gunners have been strongly linked with a transfer move for the 27 - year old, but with Arsene Wenger seemingly happy with his attacking options, at least for now, and the squad desperately needing cover in the areas of central midfield and defence, it was widely believed that any move from us for Cavani would not happen until the end of the season.

clearly we need another top class attacking option if we are going to match man utd... if wenger cant see that he is going to deliver another frustrating year to the fans... he should be camping outside griezmans bedroom at the euros till he signs up

Football like life is uncertain... What is certain however is that following the same failed strategy year after year and expecting a different result is a sign of ineptitude if not madness... Our best 11 ain't up to it largely because it doesn't threaten and unthreatened teams also mean there is more pressure on our defence as well... So a bit of tinkering in the middle of park ain't going to deliver titles that is for sure... Draxler plus a mobile striker is needed... So unless the idiote grenouille is willing to shelve out 80m can kiss titles goodbye now... He can recover 30 - 40m with obvious sales of mediocre attacking options so not too onerous but at this rate it's déjà vu all over again

The 20 - year - old arguably fared best in a «false 9» striker role last year, and could be used there again due to the vast options in attacking midfield now with the signings of James Milner and Roberto Firmino.

sell sell sell... with walcot and gibbs as well... we can buy a top quality left back plus two attacking options... and ready to compete in a way more demanding epl than last year

Better at attacking than Gibbs and as good as Monreal tracking back... should be a no brainer... Gibbs sold ageing Monreal a good back up and can ease this guy in to EPL... Net cost maybe 10m... but as far as I can tell wenger believes most of his business is done with Shaka jap as holding option for welbecks return wilshere and santi back and «revitalized» giroud and Ramsey like new signings... But anyone basing next years EPL on this euros is beyond football redemption... All the poor performers last year have upped their management and squads... So far the only non mover..

I would sell him without hesitation but don't see that happening... I just hope that wenger doesn't use it as excuse not to strengthen attacking options... That's what he did last summer in DM position with his silly talk of Diaby being like a new signing... it cost us challenging for the title this year and history sadly might well repeat itself with predictable consequences

With a release clause of around # 18m, the 23 - year - old looks a tempting option for Liverpool and City as they both look to improve in attack next season.

The winger has shown to be a great talent for club and country in recent years, and is way too good to be playing a bit - part role for any side, but the wealth of attacking options at Paris at present is mind - boggling.

I don't think we are doing badly but our only attacking option is on the right with Sanchez we need pace on the left, I love corzola but either play him in the middle or bech him, Arteta is doing well although I'm not a fan Giroud is an excellent 2 nd choice striker Eg would he get in Chelsea, City or even utd side NO I WILL PREDICT IF WENGER DOES NT SEPND IT WILL BE 3rd / 4th again every year we are promised and wel fall for it, Sign Reus, Carvalio, and a decent young CB and we can do it

have to say i thought monreal was our most consistent player and deserves a 6... the rest were 5 or less with mert ramsey and ozil (and i love this guy) all on 3 wqalcott gets a 2 for showing up which is all he did (not bad days work for a 140 grand)... as most have been saying for 3 years or more a quality attacking option and a quality DM are essential in next 2 weeks... 60 m at least needs to be put down on the table

It has been obvious for 2 years or more that giroud Walcott ox Campbell were not good enough attacking options to challenge for titles... wenger added Sanchez and took a failed punt on welbeck... 2 weeks to go and it's the same thing... Le prof of denial had better put his hands in his pockets and buy mahrez and another striker or season will just repeat the disappointments of the lost decade

10 years is enough thank you... Should have been sold two years ago before his bubble burst and other teams realised his true worth... Not even lpool would be interested now... Sell him to whoever will take him at 140 grand a week and bring in a quality attacking option..

Nevertheless, it seems to be a pretty ambitious plan from Mourinho who is undoubtedly keen to bolster his attacking options ahead of next season as that was a real problem area for his side last year.

No matter how you slice it, you can't run an uptempo offence with Giroud on the pitch and that means sideways soccer and an over-reliance on crosses into the box, thereby negating many of the very reasons Lacazette was on your radar in the first place... we simply aren't clinical enough from wide positions to continue with that approach, which is why many fans have been clamoring for a viable alternative to Giroud for several years... once again this isn't an attack on Giroud, he clearly has some tangible skills, but his mere presence on the pitch greatly impacts your tactical options... Giroud's weaknesses are simply highlighted by the way in which our offence now moves in a more horizontal than vertical manner, which allows most teams ample time to regroup defensively before a scoring opportunity even arises... a player of Ibra's or Benzema's ilk would have been far more effective as they had size, speed and the first touch capabilities required to for intricate link - up play... once again square peg in a round hole

Wenger has brought in Alexis Sanchez and Danny Welbeck this summer to increase the Gunners attacking options but it seems that Arsene Wenger still considers Giroud to be part of his plans for the future once he recovers in the New Year.

anyway the sooner elneny is integrated the better and gabriel needs to start... ox should be farmed out on loan, walcott sold to whoever will take him... should have gone a year ago at an inflated price wont get much for him now as people have seen through the hype other than wenger... and a quality attacking option brought in asap which is difficult but not impossible...

City are in need of some home - grown players to ensure they meet the quota for players developed in England, while Liverpool want the 22 - year - old to bolster their attacking options.

The 20 year old has netted eight goals in 14 domestic league appearances, of which half were coming from the bench, and his record for the Under 21 national team has been equally prolific and Rodgers is keen to bring in the youngster as he seeks to strengthen his attacking options whilst also planning for the future.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

Brendan Rodgers is looking to bring in further attacking options having already signed Southampton veteran Rickie Lambert and the 21 year old is said to be available for a fee of around # 10m.

Given they've scored 70 goals in 27 league games so far this year, it wouldn't appear as though there is an immediate need to bolster their attacking options.

However, it's seemingly being suggested that he may last only one year in Paris, with United keen to bolster their attacking options in a bid to catch rivals Man City next season.

Giroud is just an average footballer and with Walcott or welbeck or Campbell as strike partners even with Sanchez in mix there is simply no way we can win anything with current attacking options... The fact that wenger has refused to acknowledge this over last 4 years is astounding even for the 8m a year man... And we thought Phillip green was overpaid... Shameful stuff which can only be justified if he brings in two quality strikers... I reserve judgement til September but not optimistic

The Reds need to improve their options in attack for next season, with Brendan Rodgers still on the lookout for new players to help fill the void of last year's departing star Luis Suarez, who joined Barcelona after scoring 31 goals in 2013/14.

Now it gets difficult, Santi Cazorla, his injury probably ended our title hopes this year, we missed his incisive passing and quick feet in midfield this year, once he was out of the side every attack seemed so slow, laboured and uninventive, there will be rumours all summer about him returning to Spain, and the sale of Santi would go some way to pretty much pay for Xhaka's transfer, the only thing that would go against him is his defensive contribution is not as great as our other options.

We need a starting attacking option at the level of Sanchez to seriously challenge foe EPL and cl... And have for 5 years Iwobi giroud Walcott vs Willian costa hazard is easy to see the gap in class but it is there even with Nolito aguerro sterling..

It's added that Wenger has been impressed with Zaha this season and is willing to offer a straight cash deal too to bolster his attacking options next year, regardless of whether or not Alexis Sanchez stays as the Chilean is another player with a contract that runs for just over 12 more months.

We have a relatively short span of 2 - 3 years window until we need to pay Trubisky big bucks so any championship dreams will be an option only if we attack now.

and chamakh and park and eduardo (bit unlucky) and sanogo... bottom line rotating mediocrity will give you a 4th place finish year in year out... want to see a quality attacking option in this window

Kel, I think the point is, for the first time in a few years now, we look competitive, we have more options in attack, and fingers crossed look to have players to back up when someone gets injured.

Although it would be amazing if the 18 - year old forward could stay in the French capital and get playing time alongside some of the game's greats, he appears ready to play serious first - team minutes and going on loan is his best option, especially given the incredible attacking talent PSG already has and will likely add to this summer.

The 28 - year - old free - kick specialist could be an attacking option who could prove his worth in the absence of Payet.

This signing will of course excite many Spurs fans should these reports have any truth to them, as Spurs have been trying to bolster their attacking options for a number of years, and are now looking for somebody to share the workload with Harry Kane.