Sentences with phrase «effectively as a second striker»

3) Theo had historically played effectively as a second striker and did well with his 20 + goals — but someone else has turned up who has taken a liking to being a wide second striker with a taste for 20 + goals — Alexis.

Not exact matches

He tracks back maintaining width but doesn't get within a million miles of the whitewash in the opposition half — effectively employed as a second striker.

Both effectively play as second strikers to OG.

In the magnificent 3 - 1 win at home to Inter, meanwhile, van der Vaart played so close to Peter Crouch that he was effectively being used as a second striker in a 4 -4-1-1.