Sentences with phrase «goal a season centre»

Not exact matches

But if Sky Sports are right about our big centre forward Olivier Giroud being preferred to the Man United forward Anthony Martial then there will be a few more raised eyebrows, especially after Giroud suffered his longest ever barren spell for us last season and only got back among the goals very recently.

Firmino has enjoyed surely his finest season at Anfield this term, growing into his role as a centre - forward to score 23 goals in 41 appearances for Liverpool, as well as contributing ten assists.

And notwithstanding MR is not a centre forward why would you want to use a player with 31 goals from open play in the last 3 seasons as a comparison to ridicule OG's 41?

Is it quite hard to believe that Arsenal failed to bring in a top class centre - back in the January transfer window as it is blindingly obvious that this is the Gunners most pressing concern at the moment after conceding 36 goals already this season after just 27 games.

Mesut Ozil is widely considered to be the most important player for our side, due to his immense consistency last season in creating goals and goalscoring opportunities, while some may say that Alexis is central to us this term due to his switch to centre - forward which has worked wonders for our side.

Neither Ospina or Chesney are good enough to be our No 1 We need a centre back Neither Flamini or Arteta are good enough so we need a defensive midfielder We need a 30 goal a season striker — Giroud is a good player but Welbeck is not good enough.

Benteke scored 15 goals in all competitions this season, continuing to enhance his reputation as one of the best centre - forwards in the country despite having a long spell out injured.

The young defender has grabbed two goals this season and like Vertonghen, is a pacy centre - back.

I am talking about Mesut Ozil who seemed to be getting more and more frustrated with the centre forward's profligacy in front of goal last season.

A great penalty taker, David Unsworth was a centre - back with great goal stats whever he went, including once hitting nine in a single season.

The rumour mill will undoubtedly throw out a whole host of names that Arsenal could sign during the summer (Zlatan Ibrahimovic being one that stands out), but while Wenger's eye for a bargain may have deserted him, most people would agree that our chances of success next season would be significant improved by the arrival of a top quality centre - back, holding midfielder and proven goal - scoring striker.

If you don't count his penalties RL has 85 league goals in the past 5 seasons — 2 goals a season better on average, and he is the best centre forward out there in my opinion.

While the trio have undoubtedly excelled, a more out - and - out centre - forward like Werner could add something to Liverpool's game, while it would be a big ask for Salah to repeat his incredible goal - scoring heroics of this season.

At centre - back we have been relying on 20 year - old Rob Holding for the opening two matches of the campaign, and have already shipped in four goals, and an experienced head is definitely needed if we are going to get our season back on track.

The quick, powerful young centre spent part of last season on loan in the Championship with Sheffield Wednesday but, after scoring just 2 goals for the Owls, he has dropped back down into League One where he previously spent time with Huddersfield Town.

... he played there against crystal palace, Everton 2 season ago and it was a disaster... our build up is majorly done closer to d centre circle than d oppositions box... that's y girouds hold up play is vital... either we go with dat path or we look for a striker who is lightning quick (so when we make d final pass, it doesn't get wasted), uses both legs to shoot on sight, with good accuracy... playing Sanchez, who is not very good with his back to goal as a 9 is useless and though fast, holds on to d ball a lot tryn to get d best angle to shoot... we need a striker who is very intelligent with d timing of his runs... too bad Walcott is as intelligent as a sheep, cld have been d perfect cf...

There have been a few statistical reports recently comparing Giroud's record this season with the top strikers in the Premier League, showing such things as him scoring a Premier League goal every 97 minutes and there was even one that showed our centre forward had overtaken the current Ballon D'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo with his goals in 2015.

So let me get this right, Benzema has a similar scoring record to Giroud but is actually miles better because as a centre forward in a team scoring 118 league goals he was cruelly prevented by Ronaldo of scoring more than 15 league goals last season, or 17 the season before, or 11 the season before.....

It therefore comes as little surprise that one of the game's biggest talking points will be Harry Kane, a 21 - year - old centre forward who before this season had only played in 14 Premier League matches, scoring just three goals.

A 70 - yard Toby Alderweireld punt was allowed to bounce and Alli ghosted in between the two centre - backs and finished very smartly for his third goal of this breakthrough season.

They are pretty good defensively too — conceding only 15 goals in 19 league games this season — but if there is a position where they could improve personnel then it is probably at centre - back.

Based on his form this season Sanchez was not the best player at Arsenal, Ozil clearly is and hopefully the recruitment of Mhik and Auba will encourage him to sign a new contract.I'm encouraged by our new recruitment team who I am sure will recognise the need for quality in Goal, at Centre Back and Defensive Mid.

Wenger WONT BUY in the summer and we wont WIN THE epl NEXT SEASON ITS REALLY AS SIMPLE AS THAT, It also boils down to Mertsaker NOT being good anough the goal should have been blocked by the centre backs and wasn't Chelski got Cahill we got Mertsaker that's a big difference as well

It was the 26 - year - old's first goals of the new season and it will surely boost his confidence after he came in for criticism from a selection of Gunners supporters following his performance playing as a centre - forward in the 1 - 0 win over Newcastle United last weekend.

Henry wasn't deployed solely in the centre - forward role during his time in the principality, playing across the whole front - line and manages his best season in 1996/97 with nine goals in 36 games in the French league and was Young Player of the Year.

I think we cant achieve invincible's record because we have a good squad and add 3 world class i know we can get there, i want a world class striker lacazette or next top class i want wenger to really work on the ox because he will be a world class player anytime he starts banging goals in and i want a kongdgobia to rotate with le coq and a centre back mert is good but we need a varane type and i hope gabriel will mold into that this season we do nt need hummels he is too slow as mert

Have a check how many goals the centre forwards at Juve, Real Madrid, Bayern, Barca, PSG have scored in the last 2 seasons and come back to me on that one.

• Only has one year left on his Marseille contract • Powerful centre - forward who could deal with Premier League physicality • Can also play on the wing, fulfilling Wenger's dream of having 12 wingers • Has Champions League experience • Has scored three goals in three games so far during this Ligue 1 season • French • His name is fun to say • Good hair

Until we cease to buy our season tickets, which for many is akin to taking out a second mortgage, the ludicrous salaries paid to players and Managers will continue to increase.With regard to the present crop of Arsenal players some may lack the guts and determination of the ex players you mention but at the end of the day the problem at the club now is a lack of quality particularly through the spine of the team.Virtually all our fans recognise the need for quality in Goal, at Centre Back and DM.Unfortunately the one man who is in a position to do something about it does not seem to agree with us.

They have a number of promising young centre backs who ought to be given an opportunity to prove themselves for the remainder of the season in the EPL matches.They simply can not be worse than the rapidly declining Koscielny and Mustafi who can not cope with the likes of Swansea, Bournemouth etc. let alone a team like Spurs.The lack of steel at the back impacts on our more attacking players as they know they need to score 2/3 goals to have any chance of producing a win.As usual Elneny has come in for criticism but the real culprits are our centre backs and Xhaka who seems to be a fixture regardless of being bang average.

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.

Look now — this season Ozil played twice in the centre with 2 assists and 1 goal.

I do nt know why im so disappointed i keep thinking every window he will do it splash big bring back the old days and especially this window with all the abuse he had got last season but no did nothing im the fool for getting my hopes up again you would think id learn by now, if we did pull off lemar and kept sanchez after buying lacazette and kolasanic id be delighted but keeping an unhappy sanchez isnt good hopefully some forgien club will come in for him in January but what happened at Liverpool was a disgrace i cant take any more its ruining my mood im depressed in disbelief at how stupid and soft centred we were making the exact same mistakes for 8 or 9 yrs ground hog day i cant cope we have leaked 8 goals in 3 games very worrying and the clown wont even play kolasanic i wanted wenger to spend big go out in a blaze of glory in 2 yrs time but this is embarrassing to me it looks like a money racket and we are the fools

3) Overall, Juventus were interesting with 4 successive Serie A titles with 16 goals as their highest centre forward return in the four seasons (with Llorente, Morata, Vucinic and Matri).

The 26 - year - old is a highly versatile player who can operate in either full - back position or at centre - back and would no doubt make a useful signing for this United side, which has leaked goals so far this season.

Walcott's goal probably buys him another season, Ramsey was poor, so that's his starting place assured, Gabriel got injured, so that's a full - back at centre - back then, and we won the game, so clearly new signings aren't a necessity.

Last year, when we were leaking goals left right and centre, he came and saved our season from total collapse.

His predictable style of play as centre - forward will get us maybe 14 goals this season, and most of them might be consolation goals in games we lose or equalising goals for a draw.

Mandzukic has spent the last season playing for Atletico Madrid under the Argentinean coach and despite scoring a very respectable 20 goals from just 42 games, only 36 of them starts, his manager has made it abundantly clear that he would not be too bothered to see the centre forward move on.

The Bosnia international is versatile in the defence department as he can also play as a defensive midfielder and a centre - back, not forgetting that he equally has an eye for goal as he has been involved in eight goals, scoring three of those for Schalke this season.

The 6ft 4in centre forward, who can also operate as a winger, featured 24 times in all competitions for NEC last season, netting six goals.

The England international then drilled across the six - yard box an inviting centre from which Benteke could not miss as the striker scored his third goal of the season against the Saints.

While Ozil's skill and creativity should create more chances, and he will of course chip in with a few goals himself, Arsenal are once again going into the season without a proven centre - forward in the Van Persie mould.

He's also proved himself to be a complete centre - forward: of the 6 goals he's scored this season 1 was a left - footed finish, 2 were right - footed finishes and 3 were headers.

The visitors Villa originally took the lead when # 24 million - rated striker Darren Bent was put through on goal by Ashley Young and the centre forward made no mistake with the finish when he poked home his third Villa goal of the season past the reach of Jussi Jaaskelainen.

Spurs have already improved in the centre of midfield with the signing of Corinthians midfielder, Paulinho, following an impressive Confederations Cup with Brazil but with Bale, who scored 26 goals in all competitions for the club last season, expected to leave for Spain, that leaves a creative gap in the team that manager, Andre Villas - Boas will need to fix before the start of the new Premier League season.

When Carragher is combined with either Skrtel or Agger it looks a solid centre - back pairing on paper, but the 2010/11 season was unremarkable at the back, with Liverpool conceding 44 goals and losing 14 Premier League games.

What makes it worse, is that - Doukara aside - our two centre - halves have scored more goals than the other three full - season wingers combined.

His versatility shows why he is so in - demand, as he is able to play as a centre - back and a defensive midfielder, while he also possesses an eye for goal having chipped in with three strikes this season.

The table shows us that Liverpool launch the same number of corners into the centre of the box this season as they did in 2013/14, but with greater accuracy and with a higher proportion creating shots at goal.