Sentences with phrase «forward than a winger»

I'd class him as more of a supporting forward than a winger.

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4 -2-3-1 has been used for more than a decade and it is weak against quick wingers / forwards.

Giroud played twice for France so we will get to see Lucas Perez for the first time, and I am glad to hear that Wenger wants him to play as a centre - forward rather than a winger.

He's a better overlapping left back than Kola, gets round the back of defenders with little one two's and makes plenty of chances for the forwards, he's like a winger, whereas this idiot of a manager want's square passes and waits for a hole and go through the middle.

But it gets worse than that — besides having such a carthorse of a DB, we have full backs who think they are wingers, racing forward and then leaving old Merts and Koss to defend counters alone.

The market for Dmen is significantly different than the market for forwards, especially wingers.

This is an accusation that has been levelled at the Dutch winger in the past, with the former Chelsea regularly opting to cut inside and shoot rather than pass to a teammate or send in a cross for a centre - forward to meet.

We've got to have full backs and wingers than can actually take they're man on and provide for a striker that can always be available to benefit from this forward momentum and that can anchor the striker to afford to stay high and in the box.

But if we are to replace Theo with a winger then moving Theo further forward well then Im more than happy to see him get his shot.

Lemar is more of a midfield winger than a forward winger.

He isn't good enough going forward to displace any one of 5 or 6 other midfielders / wingers, and he can't stay healthy for more than a few games a year.

The 25 year - old tends to play a bit further forward than his Tangerines counterpart, and is also capable of playing as a winger.

He's more of an wide forward (like Ronaldo) than a true winger.

Keeping Giroud and buying a dribbling winger would have given us many more options than 3 playmakers + 2 physically - non-imposing central forwards.

But for those of you who can perhaps broaden this out a little and see what title winning teams around Europe have been doing for the past 5 seasons, and also acknowledge the shift in emphasis with many teams relying more now on goal - scoring potency from wide forwards, wingers, second strikers and attacking midfielders then I think the debate is a little more subtle than the «cut and paste a # 40M «guaranteed 25 goal» centre forward with no possible downside» proposition.

A third line two way forward is a lot easier to replace than a high scoring winger that you might have to pay 5 million anyway.

Lacazette looked sharper on the playing field following a surgery on a swollen knee, and he offers a better threat in the frontline unlike Danny Welbeck, who is more of a winger than a centre - forward.

The evolution of wingers into wide forwards, tasked with cutting inside on their stronger foot to score goals rather than staying wide to provide crosses, means that wide attacking areas are almost solely the fullback's domain.

He chose to pursue a winger rather than a centre forward.

Sometimes you'd rely on a centre - forward for a season, but more often than not you had midfielders, even defenders, wingers and obviously the forwards all contributing.

He defends robustly but also gets forward well and provides a far better option than a converted winger or centre back in that position.

Barrow's more of a winger than a forward but he has played up front before.

James Milner operated much further forward than in recent games, and was more of a proper defensive right winger, rather than the central - midfield / attacking - midfield hybrid he's been so far under Klopp.

Personally, I do nt share the trust you have in Gibbs defensively, whilst I must say he is way better than Clichy going forward I think he often looks unsure of himself without the ball and isnt sure he is where he should be and this may be down to the fact that he was never a defender coming up, he was a winger and Wenger only moved him back since his arrival on the scene in the CC, so, for me, Traore is the safer option for now with Gibbs been suited to games where we may be less exposed and given more time to learn what the positons all about.