Sentences with phrase «lack of top strikers»

Lack of another top striker option on our bench had forced the boss to keep Alexis on the field who had no single shot attempt at goal yesterday.

Lack of a top striker which can be solved 2 ways: A. Buy a top striker like Falcao, Cavani.

After the lackluster performance that Juventus have mustered in recent weeks (notably the home defeat against 10 - man Sampdoria and the away 1 - 1 draw to Parma), the never - ending complaints about the lack of a top striker has emerged yet again.

Not exact matches

Our continued display of lack of ambition makes it harder and harder to sell a top striker on the fact we want to win trophies now.

He lacks in athletic ability to make a top level defender (can get bullied off the ball by a stronger striker), but he's a very smart player, so his positioning and reading of the game is excellent.

- He can be a top striker on a good day but lack of consistency is what will keep away from being named among the greats.

Fair enough, I just wonder if he'd still be playing top flight football if he had been at United from the start with such a horrendous injury record, Fergie would have shipped him off ages before his eventual recovery, dare I say he was destined to win the Premier league the season he won it with United anyways, he was the hottest striker in the league for those two seasons, the only thing we lacked in his final season at Arsenal was enough creativity behind him and a lack of suitable replacement to take ocassionally take the load off him, but then Cazorla, Poldi and Giroud had been brought in for re-inforcements, he played with a patently inferior team to Arsenal's that season at United, with the exception of Rooney of course, he single handedly carried them to the title, what away to show loyalty.

Their handling of Costa, one of the league's best strikers is terrible and you can see tension between Conte and their board with the lack of investments in players they want, but still they should have enough quality for a top 4 spot.

One could have hoped Welbecks injury and Girouds terrible disappearing act last season would have been enough for Wenger to put a top striker on the top of his wish list but judging by his transfer activity or lack there of we have reason to doubt that.

I see us hammering most teams from now on but the lack of a commanding DM and predatory striker shows up against the top teams.

They lack pace and the lethal finishing of a top class striker.

He's vulnerability a lack of Height during set pieces (I.e Giroud being the only realistic target because of his height and the fact he is a striker) has meant our CB «s are playing a bit more up top than they should be and because our midfield is mostly attacking defusing the situation / stopping opposition attacks in the first half of the season wasn't happening, the second half we had coquelin but if he gets injured, without any cover at CDM we end up in the same situation.

Its NOT just Giroud its the whole strike force that are absolutly rubbish, I mean yes Giroud misses far more than he scores and that is NOT the mark of top notch striker, but Wellbeck is not the finished article and to my mind shows no signs of becoming so, He seems to suffer from this innate lack of courage, a lot like Wallcott does, in laymans terms they sh!t out when it comes to the crunch, Giroud is just not good enough to be the striker we really need on the end of Ozil's assists.

I will just point out some of the things a new manager would bring, like... 1) Signings before the last day of the window 2) Better fitness preparation for less injuries 3) New tactics and ideas on how to break teams down and how not to get hammered by top clubs 4) Players that will fill the gaps we've had with the keeper, the defense, and the lack of a good striker 5) Rotations, so we don't wear our team down.

even when he suffered a serious knee injury, instead of accepting the fact that he would never stick his legs into the spaces that were crucial for someone with straight ahead speed to succeed, the club actually contemplated giving him a chance to play up top where his lack of physicality, size and holding up play talents would been on display for all to see... these are not the actions of a club that really cares about winning at the highest levels, but they are the actions of a club that wasn't interested in spending the necessary resources to purchases a world - class striker, which is usually the most expensive position on the pitch... instead we adopted the horrible phrase «like a new signing» and proceeded to allow this ridiculous experiment to carry on, which ultimately caused some discomfort on the training pitch and inside the locker room as players battled for a position that shouldn't have been theirs for the taking in the first place... don't get me wrong, I believe that Walcott is a talented player, who can help a team reach their goals, if their goals are relatively modest... just look at the teams who supposedly expressed interest in his services and they weren't the kind of clubs who aspire to win at the highest levels... as for the reasons why he hasn't been bitching and moaning about moving on just look at the wage benefits he receives from our club and his obvious desire to enjoy the societal advantages that come with playing in North London for a club with worldwide appeal... so instead of continuing to try to fix a coat with a broken zipper simply move on and buy a new and better coat

Most importantly if you look at the squads of the top teams in Europe, Striker is the main position where our quality is definitely lacking, every other position I think we are competitive.

However he has injury problems and I think he lacks the composure, technique, finishing and movement around the box of a top quality striker.

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

No more, he lacks the main ingredient of top strikers i.e. he's goal - shy like Iwobi.

An epic example was a couple of years ago, United just lacked a top striker.

On top of this the lack of a fee could mean that Wenger is able to raise his sights in the serach for a striker, maybe even someone like Aubameyang of Borussia Dortmund.

Given the lack of availability of top proven attacking players such as Benzema, Reus, Lewandowski — we fan demand the signing of — Martinez — 29 years old soon — never play in top league, 3rd choice striker Colombia team — Lacazette — top scorer in French league (Giroud was when he joined us too)-- I like him — but is he the ready title challenger material?

If we think in terms of levels of player instead of who is better in comparison (cos that is often hard) we do lack a very top Striker and GK.

On the 21s, I was at OT tonight, a really good turn out over 13k cheering on the reds, top support for a 21 game, Was not really surprised chelsea won, we were big underdogs going in, we did not really test their keeper that often which was a shame, still been a top season for Warren Joyce side, a makeshift defence most of the season and a lack of striker options for most of the season as well, so a great effort just to be in the final, shame we couldnt win it.

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.

Secondly the increasingly annoying Tony Cascarino, who I scarcely ever agree with, says that Auba's gesture to le5 Laca take the pen was a sign that he lacks the ruthlessness of a top striker (as if he would know!).

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.

There's such a lack of top quality strikers, not just in England but literally across the world today.

Ask me anytime Nick is not a top class striker and we lack the finishing of one, so loan him and get a world class to fill his space.SLy too slow (age), all we need 3 inclusion that will energize the team.

Although Simeone's side is increasingly attacking and has taken the third most shots in La Liga this season, their lack of a top - class striker means they have the league's 17th worst shot accuracy and means they have yet to optimally convert their increased emphasis on attack into goals.