Sentences with phrase «effective as a striker»

That's in part why I think he was effective as a striker, he was stimulated to have to be more creative and also got more quality finishing chances.

While he has been effective as a striker, especially during the end of the previous season, he still has a long way to go as demonstrated during the recent game against Newcastle.

Not exact matches

It's also great that he's content with playing as either a striker or a winger, but in my opinion, with Iwobi and Walcott proving effective so far this season, why would it be right for one of them to be dropped so Alexis can move back out wide for the French forward to regain his place upfront.

Of course he's proven effective with his goal tally, but with Giroud not getting as involved in the build up play (based on the amount of touches he gets) suggests to me that a lot of the time, the striker position is being wasted in front of goal.

Giroud forgets that his role as a striker is to score goals.His hold up play is excellent, but a striker should be concentrating on scoring.He needs to change his game so he can loose his marker and play a more effective role for the team.

Can't you see, he killed our game today, because he couldn't run, nor take on one or two players, gave Sanches, and monreal a lot of work to do, valensia was just free, we need someone who can run and driddble someone who is effective in every position, maybe isco, payet, Reus.Giroud is very good, ilike him, as a back up striker, but we deserve a player who scores atleast 25 30 goals a season, someone like Auba, Dembele, lewa, Aguero, kane, I think we deserve more than what we're getting,

City has been quite effective playing Jesus and Aguero as double strikers in a two - upfront formation.

Until we get a new striker such as Lewy / Kane or someone who can play as a false 9 we wouldnt know how effective it will be..

Nice to say our wise and great leader writer but whether it translates on the pitch is another matter altogether.The problems in arsenal honestly is more than 2 signings however those two signings are coming to the position where we need them the most so we will take it so.But is he really going to do that as from his actions it implies we do not need a new dmf but for a striker i think it crosses his mind at times.He just needs to do the right its like he has lost control or something.I just do not get him again.Imagine dropping Ox who is currently our most effective and best player right now as he is in form.Then he puts Gabriel on the bench for who.He is kidding.He then keeps players who should be released or sold and plays them.This is nonsense.

Since moving to south Wales from Dutch side Vitesse Arnhem in summer 2013, Bony has established himself as one of the most effective strikers in the Premier League.

And you can not play Fabregas as winger or striker (out of position) and then criticizing him for less effective.

And modern football requires dynamism as those kinda strikers will sometimes face parked defences and their running behind will be useless thus making ozil less effective....

Giroud always does well as a sub, but he doesn't seem to be half as hungry or effective when he starts a game, and so it proved again last night, as he doesn't play so well as a lone striker.

It's maybe because the team has not been as effective away from home, because when you are a striker you depend a little bit on how much your team pushes forward.

What Khabib demonstrated in R2 & R3 was that he has improved as a striker and is beginning to develop an effective jab.

I think the main problem with AMs on the wing is that they are reluctant to get in the penalty box, that's what makes Ramsey so effective, he is one of the only ones in midfield these days who has no pace but knows when to run in the box as support (resulting in goals, freeing up the striker, or just getting an awkward defensive position to take advantage of.

The only effective place Walcott can play is on the wing where he contributes with more goals, many more goals than he does as a striker — despite his refusal to track back and defend like Sanchez does.

He can play as a striker (but I would rather Welbeck in that case) but more effective as a winger.

If Arsenal don't sign another striker then I expect Akpom to stay at the club as another option should Giroud and Welbeck not be fit or effective.

He made a total of one tackle, six interceptions and 11 effective clearances as he had to deal with the strength and pace of Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku and previously before that Divock Origi.

The danger is that his strength in the air becomes our one and only tactic (other than trying to win a free kick) and although he can be effective in the right setup I don't believe that is as a lone striker.

Aguero is a sniper of a striker but if he hasn't got his chief bullet loader David Silva in the City line up he's not nearly as effective.

Zenit was undefeated in the league until Terek beat them in St. Petersburg, and with Ailton Almeida as the lone striker Terek proved just exactly how effective their counterattack based style can be when they hit the day.

He can also play as a striker so that can offer the chance to play a more 4 -4-2 formation if the 4 -2-3-1 is struggling to be effective.

Having forked out a hefty fee to sign Lukaku from Everton last summer, playing Sánchez as a striker is likely to be regarded as little more than a plan B, but a viable and potentially effective one all the same.

This would remove the option of fielding Sánchez as a No. 10, but could see the Chilean even more effective in a wide role due to the increased space opened up by the lack of a central attacking midfielder behind the striker, allowing him to roam inside at will.

Our midfielders and strikers are much better and effective in working together.Liverpool dropped more points with other teams and as far as we are on our best, we will get our three points with a lovely performance.

Basically as of last season, Giroud was the more effective striker in open play in a smaller sample size.

How did we get in a position where one of our most dangerous players (Antonio) is rarely played in his most effective position (wide right) and now plays as a lone striker after it was discovered that he wasn't a right back?

Prolific at youth level for Barcelona and Spain, he slowly began to inch towards the goal for Arsène Wenger's side and during his brief spell as captain was most effective when deployed as a second striker behind Robin van Persie or Emmanuel Adebayor.

Miro Muheim and Harvey St Clair have been deployed as wing - backs on occasion but are at their best in the central attacking roles behind the striker, roving into spaces between the lines and coming inside from wide positions to use their dangerous shots, whilst Charlie Wakefield is more effective out wide, using the space to beat his man, and is the best crosser of a ball in the team.

Theo Walcott believes he will become even more effective with every game he plays as a central striker.

With just four goals from open play this season, it's impossible to rate Kane as the current most effective Premier League striker.

Able to play on the wing or centrally as a support striker, Moyes must identify the position Ayew can be most effective for his team.