Sentences with phrase «choice striker on»

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This could be the finest opportunity for Jimenez to shine as first - choice striker, and the pressure will be on his shoulders to deliver the goals.

I thought he was goin 2core 3mo until he (makeshift striker) was taken off n the first choice came on 2successfully complete his 8games with out a score by the way walcot had a good number of shorts on target as well MOTM.

100 % true King Henry was correct, Giroud must be 2nd choice striker to come on when we want to change our game plan, he's not good enough to lead us to the EPL because a premiership winning team always has a 20 league goals striker in their ranks!

Benteke would offer quality support to first choice Chelsea striker Diego Costa, perhaps even keeping the Brazilian born Spanish international on his toes.

If we signed Lukaku he would instantly be first choice striker (no matter what Wenger says about Giroud being first choice) because if Wenger spends # 40 - 50M he's not going to leave that person on the bench.

Bambi on ice as our first choice striker??!! Don't make me laugh!!

let's use your same arguments... GIROUD is a great SUB and yes indeed a Game changer, for WENGER was his first and only choice striker... if Giroud did not injure back then, he would not have bought Welbeck and by the way he was not planning to buy anyone, someone on the board made the last minute decision for him, while he was receiving the blessing from the Pope and giving thanksl for the great job he has, were he is not being held accountable.

But it is the choice to field two out - and - out strikers in Aubameyang and Lacazette that is earning Wenger particular praise on Twitter right now as Arsenal fans drool at the prospect of the pair playing together, hopefully for a full 90 minutes.

Given that Alexis has been firing on all fronts as a striker, it's difficult for Lucas to therefore be integrated as a first choice striker at the current moment, so perhaps the Spaniard will have to find his break at Arsenal on the wing instead.

Anfield boss Brendan Rodgers is ready to give up on first choice striker target Christian Benteke in favour of a move for in - form Zenit man Rondon.

Perhaps the best striker to ever pull on a Chelsea shirt, Didier Drogba is an obvious choice up front in Lampard's dream lineup after so many memorable games for the London giants.

When you go by minutes his goal contributions are actually pretty damn tidy... Serie A — 2777 mins, 15G, 13A La Liga — 981 mins, 10G, 1A Champions League — 1461 mins, 8G, 6A Euro's — 3 goals in 4 apps... And these numbers (recent spain performances aside) he's put up as the clubs 2nd or 3rd choice, and hasn't really been given a consistent run to find the form and confidence that strikers run on.

Quick notes on arsemal team 1 - paulista is not good as i though 2 - coquelin is essential in arsenal midfield to give stability but he can't hold the ball in his feet or give the right pass in the right time so we can't dominate teams anymore especially with santi absence 3 - ramsey = horrible, just a headless chicken running everywhere 4 - ozil could have easily 30 + assists by now 5 - Olivier Giroud the handsom french guy shouldn't ever be a big team first choice striker 6 - where are the 4 world class strikers that wenger said we had i didn't se anyone of the yet

With Lucas Perez now on the team and Alexis Sanchez grabbing the goals as a converted striker, I think Giroud needs to really step up his game and realise that if he isn't careful, the likelihood of ever being Arsenal's first choice striker again may soon be falling out of his hands.

When Wenger sent Akpom out on loan I thought that he did that so that Iwobi could move up to third choice striker this season.

On that basis Giroud doesn't have much competition and so on paper he should be listed as a first choice strikeOn that basis Giroud doesn't have much competition and so on paper he should be listed as a first choice strikeon paper he should be listed as a first choice striker.

Arsenal have already sold Afobe and sent out Podolski, Sanogo and Campbell out on loan, so there is probably room for another striker if none of those come back, although Danny Welbeck will probably have to drop down to being third choice for the centre - forward spot.

everyone here is hell bent on selling Walcott and replacing giroud as our first choice striker which im also for too, but for me, if we're serious about winning the league ramsey must not be seen anywhere near the first team..

I don't mind us maintaining OG as our 2nd or 3rd choice striker guaranteed we get an upgrade on him.

He signed him on loan as a 3rd choice striker.

When fit, Welbz was our first - choice striker, although he was still on the upward curve in regards to returning to 100 % condition, and was left out of a number of starting line - ups in favour of Olivier Giroud.

You want a Sanchez a like striker, then go spend 50m on Cavani and not 16m on a young English man who was the 4th choice manure striker.

The ideal is that we bring a new striker that can hold up play and has some pace to lead our line and stick withe walcott on the wings or as a sub striker and giroud as second choice striker if walcott play on the wings

The champions who already have a better squad than we do improved on theitr 3rd choice striker and that's a good thing for Arsenal.

I believe Wenger will say that Giroud has proven himself as our first choice striker after the four goals scored in the last two matches of the season, and with Welbeck out for «only» 9 months, we can rely on Walcott (who will sadly not leave the club) and Akpom

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.

Indeed it seems that the Scot sees the former Ajax man as his first choice striker and whilst a pairing of Andy Carroll is used for some Liverpool fixtures the season Dalglish has looked to play Suarez up front on his own and taking advantage of the goals he can now hope to see coming from his new midfield signings such as Charlie Adam and Jordan Henderson.

Bendtner scored 47 goals in 171 appearances for Arsenal, but after failing to establish himself as their first - choice striker, he moved on in pursuit of success elsewhere.

Giroud, who has been our first choice striker for at least the last four years, seems to have disappeared so far this season, with a contribution of many combining factors sealing his fate on the team.

Even if Higuain comes in, I will start him on the bench for the first few months with Theo as first choice striker.

Can we just let the topic go already, not as if we have any other choice now so why beat it to death, or is going on and on a about it going to materialise a new striker out of nowhere?

If you want to keep him as second choice striker it may be a good idea to show him you care and keep him on board.

people are going on about the number of goals he scored or lack of them more precisely but morata for the majority of the season was used as an impact player / sub, also like the writer mentioned as both RM&JUVE he was overshadowed by great players / stars so if if he were to sign for us knowing that he is the 1st choice striker he could flourish and surprise us all!!

my preferred choice would be lacazette because of his age and and on top of his goals & he has a good few assists, i watched lukaku yesterday and the guy is no team player i understand that to be a good striker you have to be a bit selfish & self confident to a certain degree but he took it to far you could see de bruyne wasn, t happy with lukaku and when he had the chance to give lukaku the ball he didn, t and lastly he will be cheaper and might have a good chance to get him cos he wants to move to the pl but to a bigger team than west ham, spuds..!!

Tubby, you called it mate, we have the most fickle fans on the planet, last night doesn't mean all of a sudden were crap, what it does mean is certain players need to take a long hard look at themselves as Arsene is taking serious heat by showing his loyalty to them namely, ozil and per, just not good enough and as for welbeck he should never been given an arsenal shirt, Giroud had a mare but he has proven this year that he is a great squad player but can not be our first choice striker, gooners keep the faith and hope that Monaco try to play ball in second leg cos if we turn up we could still hammer them.

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

I think I would prefer Welbeck up front rather than Akpom (if Welbeck is fit), if he isn't fit there is not much choice (Campbell is not a natural striker, Podolski and Sanogo on loan).

I say if wenger doesn't strengthen the squad by mid july he should go because if anyone hasn't realize we are going 12 years without the premier league and untill us fans wake up and see that wenger is done we will end up like Liverpool pathetic and holding on to past glory get that specialist in failure out soon like come on we are short on bloody first team players and we will be going in next season with coquelin as our first choice cdm and Walcott as our striker lol pathetic

I never understood why Wenger signed him in the first place, and then kept on as first choice striker for another 4.5 years, after that first season, when you could clearly see he didn't suit Wenger's own system.

Forget about it, they will not sell on top of the fact that Lewandowski does not want to leave now he is first choice striker.

I personally don't see Wenger buying 2 strikers in the same window but if 1/2 mentioned above feels that it's time for him to move on for various reasons then he'll probably have no choice more so if the club is able to get between 15 - 20m which is exactly how much Arkadiusz Milik & Vincent Janssen would cost.

I, like you, am not completely sold on him — but 3rd choice strikers for South American national teams are not always quite as tragic as it may first appear.

With Arsenal having signed another option up front in the shape of the Spanish striker Lucas Perez before the summer transfer window closed, the pressure is on Olivier Giroud and his position as first choice centre forward for the Gunners.

Martinez looks great on Youtube (I watched too) but fact is that he is only third choice striker behind Falcao / Bacca in the Colombia lineup — so to the expert he may not be that great.

How long will it be before he's above Welbeck on the list of choice for the striker position?

Lacazette is sure to be Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger's, first choice striker in the Europa League when the Gunners take on CSKA Moscow in the quarter - finals — given that Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang is cup tied.

@almostawinner I totally agree with you we are good at creating chances we reach very good positions but giroud is less than average he won't even play at some mid-tables teams beleive me he can't dribble he rarely take long ranged shots he is not the best at movement I don't understand what do arsene wenger see in him to rely on him as our first choice We were going to get a striker three years ago (higuain) but the deal failed in the last second because wenger prefered to get ozil so what did giroud do to prove that he deserves his position can anybody tell me I really get mad when some arsenal fans tell that he is a good player because he is not!!

With a view to offering a strong option to keep first - choice striker Diego Costa on his toes the Premier League title holders are readying a move for Lyon forward Alexandre Lacazette, despite the fact that the French international has only recently signed a new contract with the Ligue 1 club.

Arsenal came back in style against AC Milan last night, despite only having our third / choice striker, Danny Welbeck, on the pitch.

Why do we aways dump on Giroud his France's first choice striker.