Sentences with phrase «be the main striker still»

Giroud was always going to be the main striker still, throwing Perez in when he's clearly not ready was unfair, having him try and forge an understanding with Ox and Theo so early in a big match was an iffy call.

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goodness i can't believe it people will still defend him.You know something when Giroud misses many chances like at Monaco i did not criticize him even based on that you know why?its because he has always not been clinical.The only way a team can improve is by indentifying its problems and solving them.Arsenal has Giroud as the main cf and Welbeck as backup to him.Giroud has done well scoring some goals some too important but collectively he does more harm than good.Do not use moments to judge a player judge him based on content.Giroud does not excel in many games than he excels in games.As a main cf you need to be consistent.I see people here saying Giroud can not dribble he cant do this he cant do that but its a bit crazy to criticize him for that because every player has his own style.Giroud limitations as a player costs arsenal and will cost us a lot.Most importantly his poor finishing which has cost us several times.Not good enough.His style of play is ok for us but a striker who can take on players and run behind defences very well would make us very strong and also should be clinical.For Welbeck he needs to works on his finishing and composure by doing the basic things right.He rushes infront of goal too much.For now he is just above average.However he can excel if he works on improving.Giroud and Welbeck will always be a pain in arsenal's neck for most part.Some will call me stupid but hey at least i want to analyze the problem.People may support Giroud or Welbeck to lead the line next season but as the saying goes if you fool me once shame on you but if you fool me twice shame on me.Will you let Giroud and Welbeck fool you again?

Playing with 10 men and specially when your main striker is sent off at stamford bridge and still qualify for QF.

now add ManU, I don't even know if Martial or Rooney is their main striker... Liverpool??? We are close to City in that we can still at least spread the goals If there is really a top top striker available, u'd expect Man U / Man city to swoop him

I even thought top clubs were in for him.Some three or 2 seasons back many here were debating why he should be our main striker.As soon as you mention any other strikers name people would come out with stats and many things defending him.Even Wenger has defended him blindly in the past.People say Wenger's stubborn yeah.But don't we know that there's a reason why everything happens?Honestly speaking he's the reason why Arsene Wenger has failed to sign a top notch striker because he still believes in him.The funny thing is we signed Welbeck at that time who to me did nothing before to be the main man here.People keep saying Welbeck is hardworking and that he works his socks off.But the question is was that our reason for signing him.Welbeck being signed to challenge Giroud tells me a lot about Giroud's quality.Even Walcott (no offence to him) who has zero CF qualities was even chosen over him for a string of games and all in all I think he did well but has too many defeciencies for that role.We've compromised as a club and it'll come back to bite us.

Though Theo has shown a glimpse of what he's capable of as our main striker, he can still give the majority of that playing as an inside forward on the right.

Surely our main striker is still Giroud.

It's officially August and we still have made only 1 key signing... I HOPE wenger does spend more money and get the striker we need and DM... DM6 there are still a few out there that we can get either Bender brother recently been liked with Busquets but my main concern is the striker out targets have all said they are staying at their current clubs....

@Goonster, you are absolutely correct my friend, what we see as the priorities are not Wengers priorities, we see this season after season with Ozil being probably the worst case, we all know a striker and a dm were more urgently needed.Some will say Wenger knows best but clearly he doesn't because our progress is so slow we appear to be standing still.Sanchez came in did well, but we still finished further away than last year.An Giroud still doesn't have any real competition upfront, im not a believer in Walcott as a main striker, if we do get a top striker like a Benzema it will most likely be a last minute deal after every1 has made their moves

Man City are still without their main striker Sergio Aguero and Edin Dzeko as well and they might not even be back in time to face Arsenal on January 18th.

We have ONLY one main striker and if he's not in the form that he should be (because he's not the striker we need to win the PL) then we have no one who can really seek out the oppositions net, The last two games we have been mediocre at best Im still NOT convinced that Wenger still has the magic he once had despite a massive improvement in form

So when you see links to mediocre / washed up strikers link Bony be afraid be very afraid as wenger can say he made the purchase in the position we asked for whilst still keeping Giroud as his main man!

Still Alexis and Theo seem to be our main strikers so far and they'll be key in our title charge.

Although Giroud is generally still considered as the club's main striker (with Alexis primarily a converted winger), Welbeck also has to battle against the re-positioned Alexis, the competition from Lucas Perez and of course the form of Theo Walcott and Alex Iwobi on the wings.

If Wenger still believes that Welbeck can be our main striker one day, he should loan him out to a mid-table team, where he can as much as he's able to, and build up routine and confidence.

Off topic we have Welbeck the striker that never score and some Arsenal fans still think he's a good but because he works hard no he's a flipping striker his main objective is to score goals, Giroud without having half the pace Welbeck has will always be a better striker than Welbeck and the sad thing about buying Welbeck is that I don't see another striker coming in until Wenger leaves.

Still do not think we should be relying on Alexis to be our main striker for the majority of the season.

You'd really have to ask yourself if he'd still be here if he wasn't French.Wenger has every right to sell Giroud.If we were very ambitious we would've sold him long ago.We're treating him as if he's a crucial player.The lesson will only be learnt when Lacazette goes out with a long term injury.We will then see how good the back ups are.To me he's not a super sub as he's the kind of striker who requires service.Being a super sub is not enough because remember he's the next in line if anything happens to Lacazette.Giroud was Arsenal's main striker for a reason.Last season 99 % of the matches he scored coming of the bench were matches he should have started to give us that aerial presence but Wenger shockingly started Sanchez.It's a shame fans will blame him next season again for his short comings.The guy is just not good.It's not good enough to be strong in aerial battles alone and weak in almost every other aspect.I expect Arsenal and Arsene to do better.He must be sold.

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

Ospina has been less prone of real threat after coq playing as DM and Kos being back from injury, while our defense was just sh $ t in the beginning of season and hence Szczesny got exposed... I still see Szczesny being a top class keeper and I think he need a loan spell somewhere (just like chelsea did to courtois) he gets less pressure (from fans)... Let Cech be our main GK (you can't deny his talent above all our GK's) and Ospina as backup GK... But before the GK and even before the DM, we need WC striker, please don't tell me they are not available

don't think people wanted him to be no. 1 when the transfer window was still open, people had no choice after Wenger says we have enough quality to win the league, and OG is the only main striker, and the transfer window closes with no panic buys

It still begs the question that if this is the main issue would he not suit a change of formation perhaps playing off another striker?

Walcott is still 28 years old and Giroud is France's main striker.

Despite not having European football this season the youngster, who impressed against Rovers out of position just behind the main striker, believes that cups are still on offer for the Blues.