Sentences with phrase «form of a top striker»

There will be so much negativity around this club if we don't do any more transfer business in the form of a top striker that at the first sight of failure the negativity will be even greater than last season.

This club needed a lift in the form of a marquee signing in the form of a top striker.

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As for Giroud I hope what I'm hearing is not true.You get the feeling that once Lacazette starts scoring he just won't like it.He's also another overrated player who's also hear because of Wenger's kindness.Apart from the fact that he's good with his head I don't see the positives of keeping here and even Welbeck.We need players who can push Lacazette to perform and these are just not the players.They are more of rotation players.Do you think if Welbeck and Giroud were at top form they can challenge Laca at his best?I always laugh at our strikers though.On one hand, one doesn't fit our style of play but at least he can finish.On the other hand, the one who fits our style of play can't even score a goal.I can't believe we are joking with such a crucial role.I'm sick and tired of seeing average strikers in the club.It's been painful watching the likes of Bendtner and Chamakh already.Now I have to cope with this.

Their form this term has been strongly helped by striker Andrea Belotti's input, having scored 13 league goals so far, and currently sits one goal behind Mauro Icardi at the top of the goalscoring charts.

Uhh guessing this is a question from football retards exam night... We have one quality forward (currently off form) two decent strikers who can deliver in bursts (but probably wouldn't make the bench of most of rival top 10 european clubs we aspire to match) and three hugely overrated wing players who should be nowhere near starting in a team aspiring for top honours at home and abroad... Conclusion we need at least 3 new attacking options in the summer....

There are still many Arsenal fans calling for Arsene Wenger to invest in a top striker this summer, despite the brilliant form of Olivier Giroud, and one of the names most mentioned is Porto's Jackson Martinez, who has been highly praised by Wenger this season.

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It's not hard to see just why Inter are trying to tie Icardi down so much with the striker or why the two table - topping Premier League sides are interested, Icardi has managed an impressive 15 goals in 27 appearances despite Inter's struggle for form for the majority of this season.

But it is also true only 2 out of 10 strikers who were top scorers in other leagues continue the same form in the English Premier League.

Top Notch strikers ARE a rarity now, far more than they were in the golden days of Thierry Henry ET AL. however they DO still exist albeit in a much rarer form, and this makes them more expensive that Arsenal and more specifically the fans of Arsenal are used to spending, we discuss if this one is worth that or if that one is worth this, well, why are we concerned whith what the club spends on a striker and if they are worth it ect??

I think it goes back to the van persie deal where Wenger sold a ready made cloth perfect for a goalscoring situation went to United and arsenal at that juncture did not need a top quality striker but moving into 2015 arsenal definitely need a striker but Wenger wants somebody who can do it and be relied upon till the whole team gets motivated and gets good patch of form themselves

Giroud just is not good enough and thats the facts here, we would have been three goals up with a real world class striker, regardless of Ozil and sanchez current form if we had brought in a real DM player then we'd have won points at other games and this would be just a blip, teams do loose games and they do have off days, the real problem lays in the fact that Wenger has no real top notch choices to mix and match with is he has slumps with his current squad.

To win the PL we at least need to win 25 matches to be within a shout of wining it that requires a minimum of 75 goals without conceding so we need attack minded players and defensive minded players from looking at our attaching force gerouid around 20 alexis 20 thats 40 we need another 35 and than we have the champion league and cup matches on the top of it all we got to consider form fatigue knocks and injuries can the midfield score another 40 another 40 goals have to come from somewhere so physics tells me so another good striker with 25 so goals is required for the math to make any sense

Now, I know we can do better than better than giroud but right now I don't think we have a better option right now and the earlier we get giroud playing and in top form the better, alexis is not a striker, and while come with a lot of optimism watched many of his goals and he doesn't seem to dominate the defenders, he runs into spaces to finish I strongly believe he won't find himself in similar situations so often in arsenal but rather will find himself fighting big bullying defenders.

But the lesson here is AFC need to buy top quality tall and pacy centerback and tall powerful dm to defend set pieces against the likes of west brom and sunderland next season rather than playing a striker who is clearly off form to compensate / cover such weakness.

To forestall any unpleasant eventualities, e.g. injury to a top regular starting Gunner or even the loss of form by any of them, I think the Boss can do with signing 1 or 2 senior top quality additions of a top quality striker (Alekandar Kokorin?)

Giroud — In form (just my opinion) Alexis — out of form (come on, he needs time AND better striker) Cazorla — out of form (ask Wenger) Ramsey — out of form (has to do with frustration coming from upfront, i guess) Wilshere — out of form (we have been waiting so long, Wenger) Arteta — In form (I don't think he was bad as people portray, but against top teams, then we get caught) Gibbs — out of form (the guy is very injury prone) Debuchy — In form (concrete) Koscielny — In form (best defender, no doubt) Chambers — In form (my man) Szczesny — In form (most of the time, looks sharp)

Yes, he will be like a new signing, because in the light of his international form, Wenger hails him as a top striker and by awarding him a new contract and promised playing time presents him as the «new signing».

Sensi decided to call upon the most successful technical coach in Italy at the time - Fabio Capello - and delivered top - class signings in the form of Vincenzo Montella and Hidetoshi Nakata but things did not gel until the arrival in 2000 - 01 of Argentinian striker Batistuta alongside Walter Samuel and Emerson.

With Olivier Giroud yet to find top form and Gervinho playing a central role at the start of the campaign, a move for a striker seems logical at the Emirates Stadium, but it will be up to the Arsenal boss to decide which player he pursues in January.

But with David Villa's recovery from injury predicted so closely to the beginning of Euro 2012 and Torres» form lacking, Spain look to be going into the tournament without their two top marksmen in any sort of form and a seemingly inexperienced frontline in their absence.; del Bosque's current striker roster boasts just 28 caps and 11 goals.

The incredible goal scoring form of Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain has propelled Napoli to the top of the Serie A table for the first time since the days of Diego Maradona.

Cluade Puel's side are a solid unit, and they are building on top of that, with striker Charlie Austin in fantastic scoring form.

Negredo is top of their list and City may be tempted to cash in on the striker nicknamed «The Beast», after his form tailed off last season.

United have already signed a center half (Eric Bailly), a star striker (Zlatan Ibrahimovic), a quality playmaker (Henrikh Mkhitaryan) and now a top midfielder in the form of Pogba.

The lack of involvement in the January transfer window in terms of signing a striker would seem that Mauricio Pochettino has far from given up on Janssen, despite the Dutchman failing to hit anywhere near top form since joining the club in the summer.

Also, the teams from Manchester are in top form and the Brazilian born striker's goals could have made a difference, in some of the games that Chelsea did drop points this early in the season.

Arsenal splashed the cash in the summer transfer window to sign a top quality striker in the form of French star Alexandre Lacazette from Lyon.

United's in - form striker, Romelu Lukaku cut a forlorn figure on the day having been left all alone at the top of the pitch as the rest of his team sat back.

Redknapp has an embarrassment of riches at his disposal, most notably in the forward department, and with the likes of Luka Modric, Gareth Bale and Aaron Lennon all in prolific form when it comes to creating chances, and Jermaine Defoe, Roman Pavlyuchenko and Peter Crouch all top - rate strikers which give defender's something different to think about, there should be enough fire - power and variety in this Spurs side to cause Blackpool all sorts of problems at the back should the hosts decide to open up and go for the throat of Spurs early on.