Sentences with phrase «choice strikers for»

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.

Mr.Wenger stated in may that Olivier Giroud was the 1st choice striker for the coming season.

He's been undeservedly the first choice striker for 4 seasons straight.

Top class clubs like bayern do not go after players like giroud or use them as first choice striker for 4 years straight.

Olivier Giroud has slowly surrendered his place as first - choice striker for Arsenal and France this season, and seems to have totally lost his confidence in front of goal.

He was fourth choice striker for untd but we are expecting him to score > 20 goals.

Olivier Giroud has been Arsenal's first choice striker for many seasons now, assuming the role left behind from Van Persie's departure in 2012.

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.

OT: Have everyone here made peace with the fact that OG will be our 1st choice striker for next season as well?

what a difference ive been callin him a third choice striker for the first two seasons

having giroud as ur first choice striker for 2 years leads to some side effects.

We remain in this bizarre situation where Oliver Giroud is preferred to Lacazette by Deschamp, with our record signing still 4th choice striker for France.

Now 37 years old, Didier Drogba is showing his age as he struggles to look convincing even as third choice striker for Chelsea.

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.

We are not saying that Lacazette (for example) should come and be first choice striker for Arsenal.

Summary: Giroud is not a first choice striker for a team which has title winning ambitions but then he not the worst either; AS a second choice striker he is pretty good

With Diego Costa and Loic Remy currently unavailable due to injury, Drogba has become the first choice striker for Jose Mourinho and proved he still has the knack for scoring in the big games by grabbing the all - important equaliser on Wednesday night in the 3 - 1 win against Leicester City as the Blues took a giant step towards lifting the Premier League title for the first time since 2010.

Just that he is playing as our main striker and we can all see he is not performing as well as a first choice striker for Arsenal should.

Harry Kane, who is the favourite to be the topscorer next season with Premier League betting odds of 3/1 according to bet365, is the first - choice striker for the North London outfit at the moment and will continue to be so, but the England international needs a back - up.

Milik may once again be the first choice striker for the Italian giants come the 2017 - 2018 season if Mertens finds the exit door.

Iheanacho is now third choice striker for City behind Gabriel Jesus and Sergio Kun Aguero, a situation which made him miss out on the matchday squad for some games last season.

Not exact matches

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.

Edinson Cavani will likely be the number one choice in attack but, whether as a partner or a second - choice striker, there's no better time to stake a claim for a key role in the Uruguay squad.

While I agree that he is not good enough to be our 1st choice striker, especially with his goal - scoring draughts; I still don't think its fair for him to be blamed for our failure to win the league.

Foy then controversially sent off Jose Bosingwa for a last - man challenge and was left with no choice but to dismiss Blues striker Didier Drogba for a two - footed lunge.

For a striker, he prefer choice to pass rather than to shoot, what an odd.

Add that to the fact's that he is only looking for a striker because of Danny Setbeck's longterm injury and that Giroud will be our main striker next season, So the answer to this equation is» Don't expect much» (Start looking for a fourth and fifth choice?)

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.

Eduardo was a great shout for second choice striker, wouldn't mind a fit Eduardo now to be honest.

Potential wildcard: Giroud — WC year, cant be 2nd choice striker Bellerin — pines for a return home Ox — wants 1st team assurances @ a position of strength @ Arsenal.

If Akpom was # 1 striker and pissed off when the 2nd choice striker was injured, well that wouldn't fly for me.

west ham are in talks with Valencia for negredo would love us to go for him if we can't have any striker he would be a good choice & please don't tell this that he is similar to giroud he is way better than giroudless

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.

If he did Sanchez won't be our choice as top striker and he wouldn't have subbed Sanchez for Giroud in the Chelsea game.

Wenger's 1st choice striker is out for most of the season (this is probably the main reason, had OG been fit we wouldn't have signed him people).

The Mirror add that AC Milan striker Carlos Bacca had indicated that he would be open to a move to Atleti as he looks for Champions League football next season, but the Colombian international remains second choice behind Costa.

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.

I would not go for the big name strikers, i like the columbian Ibarbo, a lot of pace and very good with his feet, but believe it or not MY choice would be Welbeck he loves making runs behind the defense with his pace, a hard worker and would fit arsenal to the TEE.

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.

However, Lukaku, who is EPL proven, also 23, has a much better scoring record, and would be of similar price to Morata, is my choice for striker.

Chelsea may not be quite as desperate for Destro's signature since bringing in Diego Costa and Loic Remy this summer, but with Didier Drogba considered to be past his best Jose Mourinho will be wanting a third choice striker at some point.

I feel for Ozil and Alexis because they must be banging their heads against a wall when they see that Giroud is our first choice striker.

The Premier League is back this weekend and there are some interesting choices to be made with regards to picking your team, none more so than who to fill in for Diego Costa upfront as the Chelsea striker starts a three - match suspension.

Whatever the reasons for Wenger's choice it was a very astute one, and I have a feeling that Giroud may find it harder to be the automatic first choice striker from now onwards, but after this performance from Welbeck, Wenger will probably play both his strikers against Monaco as we need goals, goals, goals to produce another historic result in France.....

And they are their club's first choice strikers, so it would be difficult for the clubs to sell first choice strikers so late in the transfer window, as it is hard to replace them.

Real Madrid is supposedly the most likely destination for the frontman and they will unsurprisingly probably be the striker's preferred choice.

Wenger activiting Vardy's release clause, just goes to show that he isn't looking to sign a top top strike, So wheres the logic in looking at WC striker's now, when Wenger's first choice was a mere gap filler for Welbeck?

Were there no other classy strikers available for the boss to make his choice and sign another striker after he signed Alexis Sanchez?

Lucas perez wasn't even wengers 5th choice for striker targets and to go back and sign him after rejecting him in july, speaks volumes that completely flys over head!