Sentences with phrase «for striker position»

Walcott make our attack more direct With his speed (if not the fastest) Giroud is from the best in the world in holding long balls to gain position (if not the best) I don't want a striker who is the best in the two departements but i just need a striker that can the two just well But i.must admit that there is no much choices out there in the transfer market for the striker position

This article argues that Wenger should spend more than ever before on an excellent (but over-priced) player for the striker position he clearly does not believe is that important to his squad?

If bale came in Sanchez and bale would give us a massive goal threat off the wings then I'd happily see the likes of Giroud, Walcott and Welbeck fighting for the striker position plus the odd game on the wings.

How many of our supposed top prospects for the striker position have been brought through with success?

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

We are elated about the fact that finally, we have a sharp shooter upfront to challenge Olivier Giroud for the striker position for instance.

However for the striker position it will not be a lewandowski type player.

he's not a winger, and he's not good enough for the striker position * smh *

However my concern is that they will not find the right player, particularly for the striker position.

But, a bigger test would be to challenge for the striker position.

I think it will go Wenger buys X for striker position, Wenger buys X for DM role and Wenger means it when he says we have three top goalkeepers.

Leave Giroud and Walcott to fight for the striker position or even switch with Sanchez.

No he's not still a good player He's over thye hill and injury prone for a strikers position in a top tier team, he's a bargain basement substitute for spending big money and its just not acceptable to have RVP back instead of a new w / c striker

He got another injury and on his return was never considered for the strikers position again, despite that being where he was played before the injury, something that to this day perplexes me.

Not exact matches

«We have been led to believe that Ibrahimovic will play further and further away from the box in order totouch the ball more, leaving the striker position for Edi to fill, which was the case several times at the end of 2014 - 15.

Even if Walcott and the Ox does fully recovered to play for Arsenal in December before the winter window reopens, the Boss should still sign a top quality striker and left winger to reinforce those 2 positions in his squad that are looking exposed right now.

That's why Walcott is asked to play as a hold up striker, Ox is supposed to play off the shoulder of defenders, Podolski had to cover for Gibbs and rarely get in the box, Arteta had to cover the counter attack and pass sideways, and Gabriel has to be a slow, awkward white guy with great positioning.

As far as this transfer window is concern if wenger fails to buy players for the two obvious positions i.e striker and defensive midfielder, then he is no more the right man for ARSENAL.

Cazorla is far better than Ozil in my opinion... We wasted 42M to replace our best player (Cazorla was Arsenal best player the season before we bought Ozil)... Don't get me wrong, Ozil is good but we should have invest that money on a much needed position, maybe a striker (Bitty that the stubborn one didnot get Higuain for less than 30M) or a defender...

AND, the shining light for me is that at last Wenger played Özil in his best position, just behind the striker.

Wenger has no tactics, plays his favourite players over better players, gives long term contracts to average and injury prone players, hates strong physical players, plays players out of position, always looking for excuse like refrees and saying other teams played more in pre season, does nt spend money on players required like if we need strikers he will buy CAM, waits for other teams to buy top players and signs average on deadline day, calls accident when we lose, talks cohesion and mental strength when we beat terrible teams and win mickey mouse trophy like Asia cup and community shield.

Liverpool's failed bid for the striker put them in a difficult position towards the end of the transfer window.

With United thus far often having to resort to playing strikers Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial in wide positions, Perisic could be the final piece in Mourinho's team looking to challenge for the title this year.

I don't want to say this, but in the interest of Arsenal's Ucl success over Barca, I want to say, if the Ucl attacking quality of Barcelona's 4 players of, Suarez, Messi, Neymar and Rakitic will play for Barca against Arsenal in both 2 legged ties, the Boss MUST consider the possibility of upgrading the Arsenal's 2 CBs & DM position with 2 or 3 top quality new additions of a CB, DM and a striker to face Barca and knock them out of this round of 8 fixtures.

assuming Alexis is our new striker, our previous need for a striker has now shifted to need for a replacement for Alexis on the Leftwing position.

To me, Sanchez could stil cover us for striker, Chambo, Iwobi, Wilshere, Cazorla could take the LW position.

my only hope is wenger to buy kanté of leicester.this guy is a beast at dm position with a good technical and physical quality.with him and coq in midfield against barca we can hope for anything special to happen.with finally olivier giroud slowly becoming WC striker, walcott most efficient and campbell who is a revelation this season, the return of alexis we can be dangerous against any defence.our only weak position is a dm position and wenger won't have any excuz this mercato bcoz there are players available that we can buy if we want.plz wenger go for at least one of this: kanté, wanyama, w.carvalho, l.bender, krychowiak, biglia, neves, l.gustavo, rabiot... if we try to sign s.roberto he will be a good addition with great quality.gunner for life!!!

Campbell plays as a striker for his national team and that is his natural position, howver he is versatile as can also play in the flanks.

Plus if we added a top quality striker, Sanchez and Theo could situate comfortably on the wings with Mesut Ozil taking his natural cam position with the pace of the top quality striker, sanchez and Theo an asset for his game.

(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)

Mahrez is a brilliant player for sure without a doubt but the OX showed last night that he could be even better than Mahrez with the OX campbell and walcott do we really need a winger I beg to differ what we need is a striker a striker of 25 + goals imagine henry or van on the team sheet now with the squad we have I liked be yedder because he was young and complete striker a striker that no mater of the circumstances are or position will strike you a goal pace agility skill clever cunning and ugly

He can play as a striker but it's not his best position, he's just not good enough and he's been with us long enough to know we should be looking for better options rather than throwing # 140k a week at him.

The difference between a target centre forward and a striker is that «A target man waits for the ball to be put at his foot or his head for him to score and most times a centre forward holds on to the ball with his back to goal waiting for runners to run in to receive a pass from him so he can position or free himself to score but a STRIKER is a player who runs to meet thstriker is that «A target man waits for the ball to be put at his foot or his head for him to score and most times a centre forward holds on to the ball with his back to goal waiting for runners to run in to receive a pass from him so he can position or free himself to score but a STRIKER is a player who runs to meet thSTRIKER is a player who runs to meet the ball.

Giroud has always been good when he has a challenger for his position eg talks of a top quality striker joining last season.giroud is also very important for Ramsey as he allows him to run in behind.

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.

I'm critical because it wasn't the right deal... I'm not saying I don't like Xhaka but if we had signed a Defender or a Striker which has been a place we have been crying out for reinforcements for years we would have been in a far better position now..

That means we lose the pace of Danny Welbeck up front, but that can be compensated by playing the pacy Alexis and Oxlade - Chamberlain in the wide attacking positions, with Cazorla creating chances for them and linking up with the big French striker.

U can blame Sanogo for whatever reasons even after u all put him in your line ups before the game but i prefer blaming a striker for missing scoring opportunities and not being in the right position for a pass.Sanogo was up there and there were no through balls coming to him and for that he has become raw and should go on loan!

At last a position that has been a weakness for us in years gone by we finally have two top class strikers.

I hope that I'm wrong... but with Wenger's activity for another CB when a striker was supposedly our main position that needed filling, does point to a fall out with Koscielny??

1) On the pitch: - we always start 3 -4-3 but always switch back to a back 4... it isn't tactical as we look bad in both - Bellerin playibg LWB when you have the best in the bundesliga last season on the bench - Welbeck playing the striker role when he can do everything but score when you have Lacazette a record signing on the - Monreal in back 3 when you have Kostafi who can flank Per in the middle protecting him against pace as well as having a commending figure and - Telling Xhaka to not play as a 3rd offensive player when Ramsey dashes - Playing a guy in Ox so out of position and persisting with him over preseason as if he would be there for years when it is clear he doesn't want to play for us (his case is a weird one)

We have needed a 4th CB, DM, and a LW for years, while he has continued to strengthen the midfield, RW, and striker position, and now apparently RB as well.

WE need a Costa type striker (Nothing wrong with Giroud) who can score by making his own goals apart from taking clear chances, Additional creativity to fight for OZIL (No disrespect but for 42M he has not proved to be a game changer in Big games — Better players even cost less e.g Costa, Hazard - HE MUST DO MORE) and Cazorla position.

If Sanchez who has adapted will not be allowed to continue in that position then a world class striker should be gotten and deadwoods in that position should be sold for some small quid

Ozil — obviously this player has some superior skills but his posturing is hard to swallow when things aren't going well... love his link up play with Sanchez, so just imagine if Wenger gave a shit about the Striker or right forward positions... I feel a bit for him because he was liekwise given promises about our direction and they never materialized; that being said he needs to grow up sometimes and find a way to handle the pressure a little better... I wouldn't get carried away about locking him into a much higher wage for any length of time if we aren't planning to properly revamp the current club

I am very upset... We can't score a team fighting for relegation... We definitely need one striker and a winger... We can't play santi in deeper position... We require schniderlin, Pedro and cavani or jovetic.

We have had cracks to filll in the striker and defensive midfield position for ages, but we keep on ignoring these positions.

Podolski and Alexis can freely rotate being themselves for wide position and second striker position.

The Dutchman's wish - list consists of a new right - back, central defender, central midfielder, winger and striker and there are already several options in each position for the 63 - year - old.

Liverpool could well be on the hunt for a new striker after Mario Balotelli's slow start to life at Anfield, whilst both Tottenham and Arsenal also have uncertainties in the attacking position that could be solved by Okazaki, who could also bring huge commercial benefits to a club looking to exploit the market in the Far East.