Sentences with phrase «front line striker»

The Arsenal manager has already spoken about the need for us to go for it and grab the initiative, as reported by the Arsenal website, so will that mean both our front line strikers starting?

Not exact matches

Stop this bullsh!t your french striker wanting to face a team (favourite opponent), the guy is capable of leading arsenal's front line, get a striker asap.

Liverpool were tracking the player during the Summer and were ready to make a move for him in January to strengthen their front line after they kicked - off the new campaign with only 2 recognised strikers in Luis Suarez and new - boy Fabio Borini.

For a few games, until Giroud is ready / a new striker comes in, would it be so bad to have a front line of Sanchez, Akpom, and Ox / Walcott?

Let's wait until we are absolutely sure that a new front - line striker is not arriving before we start the annual in - fighting.

Would we not now have the best goal scoring striker in the world in our front line??

Arsenal currently have Olivier Giroud, Danny Welbeck, Lucas Perez and Alexis Sanchez vying for a place up front, but we are still eagerly awaiting a top striker to come in and lead the line.

In terms of forwards or wingers there are 2 options: 1 — Buy a cheap winger for squad and a good forward / striker — This would mean Konoplyanka and Lacazette 2 — buy a world class forward who can play across the front line — This would mean Reus / Pedro / Draxler (all 3 highly unlikely!)

Campbell has it in him to be a striker who can become a consistent force in the top tier and the deal seems like a pretty good deal all round as Sir Alex has more than enough firepower in his established front line and young back up's in Daniel Wellbeck and Federico Macheda.

OT: Looking @ our team I think we need one good attacker more especially on that right wing, not necessarily a striker as walcott and sanchez can play there, as in someone like Pedro... If we use our best line up up front which Sanchez, Giroud and Walcott, then imagine what we will have on the bench offensively..

This will be bad news for Liverpool, who were apparently hoping to bring the striker back to Anfield to help with the front line problems that they have been suffering so far this campaign.

The winger / striker is currently at the star - studded PSG side, where he has been demoted from the front line since the arrival of Neymar and Killian Mbappe this summer just gone and has been pushed back into the midfield.

what i have seen in copa america that guy would be like to like replacement of giroud.His finishing was so poor he had sony many chances to score against venezuela.Even his hold up play is not even close to top class.i would bring in griezmann as RW and stick with this same front line, if no other strikers are available.

Arsenal fans were desperate for Arsene Wenger to spend some money on a new striker for the team this summer, because season after season has proved that we aren't quite sufficient in the front line.

Spoiler Alert people, we are not getting anyone in the front striker position OTHER than what we already have, there was a story in the star yestrday about the 250 million wenger is looking to spend on the likes of Marco Ruess ect ect and I really can not believe that after all these years the Prof will change his ways and spend all that money and evern if he was going to he needs to pull his finger out as all the top players are being strongly linked with other clubs, meanwhile we wait for the brat Vardy to make up his mind when we know he is highly unlikely to come to us another summer of dissapointment for us as wenger has already stated that Giroud will lead the line next season.

Wenger brought in Lucas Perez in the summer, but instead of throwing him straight in as our main striker Le Prof decided instead to make Alexis Sanchez our main centre - forward but also to tinker with the rest of th front line on occasion.

The striker has shown promising quality when leading the line and looks to be the perfect fit for Arsene Wenger to turn into a top quality front man, if he can not find an already established experienced striker that is.

I must confess, I since Thiery Henry said in an interview that he doesn't think Giround could lead the Arsenal front line to lift the title, I have been of the opinion that we get another striker (on that ground).

Arsenal fans, just wait till Wenger his completes his front line with a world class striker with Sanchez and Ramsey or maybe Mayrez flanking him on both sides to see the devastating effect this midfield trio can cause.

Ive always maintained that this summer we only really needed two new players and they were a new DM to give support to Le Coq and also a new striker to sharpen up the attack and give OG and Theo some competition regarding the front line.

I'll have faith in Giroud, Sanchez, Walcott, Ox and Welbeck in our front line until I see new signing (that is if we gonna sign another striker).

It's been a strange start to the season for Olivier Giroud and even though I saw plenty of fans calling for Giroud to be replaced in the summer, suddenly with a lack of a recognised striker leading the front line, it seems as if we suddenly wouldn't mind the Frenchman being back in the lineup.

Strikers and front lines that can drift in an out of each other's position require more from defenders and cause more confusion.

Well we do, but you have to feel a bit sorry for our Premier League opponents on Saturday, because West Ham, who were already missing two of their front line in Carlton Cole and Andy Carroll, have now a lost a third striker to one of those bizarre injuries that must have a manager tearing his hair out.

I do not think he should be Arsenal's main striker and I don't think he should be leading the front line alone.

We have one top quality striker (Sanchez) one decent striker (giroud) one dillusional striker (Walcott) one aspiring striker (welbeck) and one novice striker (Akhpom) = 3rd place finish at best (if one of Manchester teams falters)... Need a quality option on front line somewhere... Wenger knows it but afraid of hurting bottom line of his paymasters

whatever you think of ramsey... and in my books he is a decent b2b but certainly not top class... he is not going to control the area between edge of box and centre line which is what all great DMs do... nor has coquelin proved that to me... he is a guttusso type player and has improved massively in that role... not convinced it is what will take us to challenging for titles however which is why a cavalho type DM is a needed addition especially as arteta and flamini are obviously not up to the task... but have always said that wengers job is to get best out of ozil santi and wilshere who are the real creative world class strengths of this squad... they need protection behind them and options in front... at moment the real worry is that wenger will continue to use mertesakher at CB and fail to bring in quality striker... so the song remains the same... without quality DM and attacking option we will be trying to retain 3rd place and reach qf of cl

Welbeck, although preferring to play through the middle, is well used to playing on the left of a front three, allowing the young French striker to lead the line.

However, if Wenger is looking to bolster the Arsenal front line he could do a lot worse than get in touch with another French club PSG, who reports claim could be about to sell their Uruguayan centre forward Edinson Cavani after the public falling out the striker has had with his new team mate Neymar.

It gives Arsenal a chance to test Alexis or Walcott out up front against Premier League opposition, with one of the two most likely to lead the front line against Liverpool due to a lack of strikers.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

The only issue is that out of the pair that Wenger had to choose from, neither have much «experience» so to say of leading from the front line, but the thing is, Wenger sees both Sanchez and Walcott as strikers for Arsenal.

For me he hasn't worked hard enough or done his due dillegance and taken advantage of the opportunities that his been awarded (he literally in the past 2 years is the only striker, who can walk straight into a starting line up) he sits in front of one of the best attacking line ups in the world and its not like chances aren't being created, he just can't put them away....

Giroud often looked an isolated figure up front for Arsenal, with the team usually lining up in a 4 -2-3-1 in recent years, while at Chelsea Conte tends to use a 3 -4-3 or 3 -5-2, meaning the central striker always has close support up front.

But now that the young French striker has found his scoring boots in stunning style, with four against Benfica, those concerns do not seem as critical, and with the boss also stating that Joel Campbell would definitely not be going out on loan, our front line starts to look pretty good.

I have no doubt about Giour will lead the line again next season and I feel bad for the fans who have been waiting for a world class or at least top striker who can bring some excitement back to our front line.

You're right and based on what I'm seeing we have a very weak front line, Wenger seriously needs to add a winger and a striker

Whether the Arsenal transfer rumours claiming that the Porto and Colombia international star Jackson Martinez is the striker that Arsene Wenger wants to sign to boost the front line of the Gunners, we can only wait and see, although the Portuguese press seem pretty sure.

Despite lining up in a central midfield position in Quanjian's Best XI for the season, Rooney was generally deployed as a striker with 21 of his 30 appearances coming up front and the remaining nine in midfield.

It's no secret that Spurs are in the market for a new striker to freshen up their front - line.

Long may not be the most clinical striker around, nor the quickest, most technical or most intelligent, but he boasts a truly industrious appetite for hassling the defence lines, closing down from the front, putting pressure onto opponents when without the ball and bustling across the turf with his fairly powerful, stocky physique.

Players like Cazorla, Ozil, Sanchez, Chamberlain, Rosicky, Ramsey etc make up a brilliant attacking line but they lack a top quality striker up front.

Up front, Belgium striker Divock Origi is in line for the first start of his Liverpool career while midfielder Adam Lallana has returned to fitness and is also in contention.

Spurs should have gone in front eight minutes later when Josh Lillis could not hold a Son shot but the forward dithered when the ball came back to him and, when he eventually found Fernando Llorente, the striker shot wide with the keeper stranded but defenders on the line.

Capable of operating on the left of a front three, or leading the line as a central striker, Keke has proved his ability in the both positions for the U18s this season.

Puel has not changed Leicester's system — they still line up in what is nominally a 4 -4-1-1 with a second striker supporting Jamie Vardy up front.

Pundits have been focusing on Arsenal's striker deficiencies since the opening day of the season, and our front line has certainly looked lackluster so far, with only three goals scored this season (1 by Olivier Giroud and 2 own goals).

After Allan McGregor had produced a good save to deny him in the opening stages, striker Rhodes headed Wednesday in front after 18 minutes on his return to the starting line - up.

The Irish striker was able to get just his second goal of the season in this formation which suited his ability to cover ground across the front line, supported by the pace and trickery of Dusan Tadic and the creativity and passing of James Ward - Prowse.

Of the much - lauded front - three, Salah has been the least effective, with Mane looking genuinely world - class in the first few weeks of the season and Firmino increasingly showing that he is a special, modern - day striker who has to lead the line moving forward.