Sentences with phrase «challenge on their strikers»

He wants to get in an early challenge on their strikers to show them who is boss.

Not exact matches

This team is so close to challenging to major honours, but we lack a world class striker to ease the burden on Giroud and a quality partner for Koscielny.

Bring on William Carvalho / Vidal, and a really top class striker, and we will be challenging very strongly indeed for the title, and for the ECL.

(3) formation flexibility — it took 20 years for Wenger to return to a back 3 and now he can't seem to choose anything but that formation... the teams in the premiership and those we could face in the Europa will present vastly different tactics and we need to have a manager who can prepare this squad for this eventuality and have the fortitude to make the necessary adjustments throughout the season... I have seen nothing in the past 6 - 7 years to suggest that he is the man to take on this challenge... I can't even remember when he changed formations when he would replace a small, pacy striker, like during the Walcott experiment, with the lumbering Giroud... of course this is exactly why there is no other manager in the world that plays more players out of their natural positions (square peg in a round hole)

With their Swedish centre forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic injured it is likely to be the young English striker leading the line at Old Trafford on Saturday, so is he the main danger man and does Wenger need to take special care to stop him hurting our title challenge once more?

In a disappointing start to the defence of their crown, the Blues twice surrendered the lead at Stamford Bridge and also finished the game with ten - men as goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was shown a straight red card following a challenge on Swans striker Bafetimbi Gomis early in the second half.

Focus will definitely not be on getting Sterling but players like Schneiderlin or a Giroud - like striker (but better) to challenge Giroud.

Borussia Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowksi has intensified speculation that he is on the verge of leaving the club after admitting he is looking for a new challenge according to Bild.

When you offer someone a two year contract then you tell the fans yet again we will challenge even though you haven't come close to challenging since our season collapsed when Eduardo was injured, yes Eduardo so that's going back four, five, six strikers ago... fans aren't stupid, most of us spend time reading up on transfers and players available, and I'm saying that's a a daily routine imbedded in us like having a morning coffee..

Bring in a striker that will net us 1 goal every 2 games, and we will challenge on multiple fronts until the very end.

If we don't sign a striker I can only conclude Mr Wenger must be willing to gamble on players who are unproven to score goals and challenge for trophies.

The sooner Wenger gets the fact that we cant challenge for major trophies with OG as our main attacker the better, for now it seems as though Wenger and the club is caught in two minds and dragging their feet on securing a striker.

It could also mean a start for in - form Tottenham striker Harry Kane, who is challenging Sturridge for a place in the team alongside Wayne Rooney for England's European Championship qualifier against Lithuania on Friday.

giroud, lecoq, are gud backups to hve in the squad but not a first team player for a team wanting to challenge for epl.coq has got to improve slightly on the ball but off the ball he is gud.everyone knows about giroud and I don't think a gud striker is enough for us.we need a very clinical guy not a guy who will be going through dry patches coz thats guaranteed from a gud striker.gibbs is tricky he is a gud option to hve on the bench but if we scout someone younger and better than him then I think we can sell him for both the clubs sake and himself coz he hasn't progressed as a player.what I find shocking is bellerin back up is jenkinson worth a team challenging for epl?I don't think so and we should find an able guy there than fool ourselves and next season we pay for mistakes again.

The team is strong enough now to be able to challenge for the title but to actually win it and do well in Champions League, we need a world class goal scorer (either a winger or a striker depending on the plan for Walcott).

OT: It looks like many of you on here believe that ST position is well equipped if walcott decide to stay and play as ST... Well let me put it like this WALCOTT is not a striker (maybe striker under study) what he has is pace and finishing that's all... we need a well established ST and not only a hot prospect... I can't see us break the like of Chelsea, RM, Barca, and Bayern with Giroud / Walcott unless we get a proper striker, all round one with good finishing and positioning with fair pace and dribbling skills... EPL title and CL challenge need that... Get real and don't overrate our players

Arsenal spent quite a lot of money on bringing the 29 year - old Lucas Perez into the squad at the end of the transfer window, and everybody (the fans anyway) thought that he was to be challenging Olivier Giroud for the central striker position, but it would appear we were all wrong!

Flopcao is drogbas replacement, drogbas was almost the third choice striker so I excpect to see flopcao spending most of his time at Chelsea on the bench.most importantly we have got cech, mourinho having nightmares about this.he knows we are the strongest team to challenge them.

Our club have actively been on the look - out for a player to challenge the former Montpellier striker for a first - team role at the Emirates for the upcoming season, but having failed in bids to land a number of targets, are now claimed to be willing to offload Giroud in order to strengthen.

The rain started beating us the moment we watched as our rivals spend big thinking that Wenger guarantees top4 trophy, we are now languishing at 6th on the table, but are now spending two top strikers signed breaking our transfer record twice that's a positive and may it continue.you also notice that new players take some time to adapt we are now started swing the best of lava and auba.After finishing 5th last season there is no instant coffee solution it will take time and effort to challenge for top honors

Am really optimistic with this team this season every player seems knowing his responsibility the defenders were upto the challenge throughout the game and I can dare to say that we won the game there, the manager now can focus on our offensive part of the game by bringing in one proven striker someone like benzema could do the job I think!!!

But we need a top striker to get us 35 + goals every season, giroud would be a great sub to have on the bench, him and welbeck can fight it out.giroud is a good striker and I'm a huge fan but he alone is not enough for a title challenge.

Then you fill their places with a CDM player a goalkeeper with height and présence And in my view not a single striker on wengers pay rollen can challenge Oliver giroud Get that overal 25 + goals striker.

Liverpool's strikers were able to challenge our CB's one on one on several occasions... when that happens it means there is a lack of defensive duty in the midfield.

A top class striker and dm to compete with coq and we def have a squad ready to challenge for the tittle come on wenger splash the cash and make us prem league champions again we want the glory years back!!

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

In turn, he's been one of the most sought - after strikers in Europe for years, and there could be a real transfer battle ahead next summer if he does indeed go through with his plan to move on to accept a new challenge.

Am I the only person who is really hope we bit only sign Coquelin up to a new contract but also CHUBA AKPOM!!? This kid has the potential to be our next Thierry, from what I've seen of him he deserves to be ahead of Sanogo on our squad as a striker and dare I say challenging Welbeck.

Having 27 players doesn't mean we are good enough to challenge, the quantity doesn't count the quality does and we need quality on the striker front

Come on you Weneger, get a worldclass striker, a solid DM to support and challenge Le Cock, and maybe another good keeper (if Shezzi wants to leave).

On this ground I still insist we need another striker and CM to challenge cos when one is injured or is not performing we use the other.

We are believed to be working hard on trying to sign a top striker to challenge Olivier Giroud for the sole striker role this season, and have already endured a number of setbacks along the way, such as being turned down by Jamie Vardy.

But why an earth would he want to stay at a club where he isn't getting game time built on the basis that he was originally going to challenge Arsenal's current strikers for a starting position in the team.

Giroud is a great option coming on as a sub from the bench to change the game but we really need another main striker who can get us 20 league goals in the 38 games so we can challenge for the title!

I'd say Elneny, another CDM / DMF and a cover for Ozil are essential, one top class defender to challenge the BFG would be nice, a striker to challenge Giroud would be nice, since Wallcot showed us he is the best on the flanks.

During Coquelin's absence I remember him letting Willian run through our midfield which in turn got Per sent off even though Per didn't help with his tackle on Costa, missing a sitter with his karate move which could have earned us precious points at this stage, bombing forward like he's a second striker, making reckless challenges time after time and was lucky not to see red in our last league game, and the list goes on.

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The Arsenal legendary striker Nwankwo Kanu has been interviewed in his native Nigeria about Arsene Wenger's woes and the failure of Arsenal to make a serious challenge for the Premier League title, and he is adamant that it is unfair for the Arsenal fans to blame everything on Wenger because he has been in charge for so long.

benzema would be fine cz his track record speaks for itself at exactly a goal per two games for real madrid and he would also be an upgrade to giroud but i don't know why but am still not convinced by him... i think we should challenge man utd for muller who has a better all round game and a very good opportunist in the penalty box and rarely gets injured... the ball actually finds him most of the time if you notice and he never lets you down on one on ones... i dare wenger to sign the younger and more efficient muller and end this boring chorus of striker, striker, striker in like the next seven yrs

The boos rang around the stadium for Mr Haywood as he was blamed mainly for the lack of action taken for the challenge on Clough which left the young striker in a heap and unable to continue.

Tottenham striker Harry Kane might have suffered a similar fate, in Elliot's opinion, for a challenge on Florian Lejeune which left the defender on crutches but cost him only a yellow card.

Supporters have a great chance to win a pair of tickets to our home match against Manchester United on January 31, plus 500 Euros to put towards travel, by playing Tottenham Hotspur Striker Challenge!

This season's version of Tottenham Hotspur Striker Challenge, the exciting interactive mobile game, is available to download for free by fans on Google Play and the App Store.

Celtic skipper Scott Brown had earlier been booked for a foul on Louis Moult and then had to come off for treatment to his face after a challenge by the Motherwell striker and there were occasional signs that the game could boil over.

PARIS: Marseille boss Rudi Garcia admitted Wednesday that Olivier Giroud would be the perfect goal scorer for the French club but believes the Arsenal striker has his sights on a bigger challenge.

Those who watched the game against Birmingham on the weekend would have seen Jack Wilshere's badly timed challenge on Birmingham striker, -LSB-...]

Arguably the best chance of the half fell to New Zealand International striker Chris Wood; the Kiwi couldn't make the right connection on a header from Stephen Ward's left - flank delivery, resulting in a goal - kick for the Terriers; characteristically great work from Christopher Schindler to use his presence and challenge Wood ultimately had a hand in keeping Town level.

Three minutes later, his wild challenge on the Leicester striker brought a penalty for the home side.

Mario Balotelli dented Spurs» title challenge back in 2012 when he scored the winning penalty at the Etihad, and I wouldn't put it past the former AC Milan and City striker to score on his Liverpool debut at White Hart Lane, with the Italian striker available at 5/1 to score first or last at Betway.

Referee Michael Oliver gave the striker his marching orders after an attempted recovery challenge on Collin Quaner just inside the home side's half.