Sentences with phrase «lead striker in»

Isco left the stadium with the match ball under his arm but it was a good night too for Diego Costa, who put his hand up to be Spain's lead striker in Russia by scoring the opening goal.

Frenchman Karim Benzema has been one of the leading strikers in Europe for a number of years now.

At 26, his peak is still ahead of him, he's more of a finished article / known quantity, and he also possesses the versatility to play in a number of roles behind the leading striker in the 4 -2-3-1 setup.

He is one of the leading strikers in Spain.

Not exact matches

«We have been led to believe that Ibrahimovic will play further and further away from the box in order totouch the ball more, leaving the striker position for Edi to fill, which was the case several times at the end of 2014 - 15.

I would personally prefer to have Walcott leading the line in the absence of Olivier Giroud, but only if he is in form and feeling confident and we all know that goals give strikers that edge.

However Jose Mourinho has made it abundantly clear that he will be looking to refresh his attacking options with a move to sign another striker which will in turn leave Benzema once again warming the bench and could lead to the powerful forward looking to leave the Spanish giants.

Son Heung - min has briefly impersonated a striker during his debut season in England, but it is clear that — although he can provide a scoring threat from deep — he is not qualified to lead the attack.

100 % true King Henry was correct, Giroud must be 2nd choice striker to come on when we want to change our game plan, he's not good enough to lead us to the EPL because a premiership winning team always has a 20 league goals striker in their ranks!

goodness i can't believe it people will still defend him.You know something when Giroud misses many chances like at Monaco i did not criticize him even based on that you know why?its because he has always not been clinical.The only way a team can improve is by indentifying its problems and solving them.Arsenal has Giroud as the main cf and Welbeck as backup to him.Giroud has done well scoring some goals some too important but collectively he does more harm than good.Do not use moments to judge a player judge him based on content.Giroud does not excel in many games than he excels in games.As a main cf you need to be consistent.I see people here saying Giroud can not dribble he cant do this he cant do that but its a bit crazy to criticize him for that because every player has his own style.Giroud limitations as a player costs arsenal and will cost us a lot.Most importantly his poor finishing which has cost us several times.Not good enough.His style of play is ok for us but a striker who can take on players and run behind defences very well would make us very strong and also should be clinical.For Welbeck he needs to works on his finishing and composure by doing the basic things right.He rushes infront of goal too much.For now he is just above average.However he can excel if he works on improving.Giroud and Welbeck will always be a pain in arsenal's neck for most part.Some will call me stupid but hey at least i want to analyze the problem.People may support Giroud or Welbeck to lead the line next season but as the saying goes if you fool me once shame on you but if you fool me twice shame on me.Will you let Giroud and Welbeck fool you again?

This leads me to conclude that the current top top strikers in the world are not available, and WILL NOT be available to us.

either way I seriously suspect we will be linked with a large number of players and the only one we will see in an Arsenal shirt come august will be Granit We nger has NOT changed in anyway and has already stated that Giroud will lead the line next season which rules out Lewondowski, Aubamayang, Higauin and any real top signings and IF France win the euro (wich will be no real indication of anything much) Wenger will sing Giroud priases to the heavens and state that we have the top striker in europe.

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 a disappointing start to the defence of their crown, the Blues twice surrendered the lead at Stamford Bridge and also finished the game with ten - men as goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was shown a straight red card following a challenge on Swans striker Bafetimbi Gomis early in the second halIn a disappointing start to the defence of their crown, the Blues twice surrendered the lead at Stamford Bridge and also finished the game with ten - men as goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was shown a straight red card following a challenge on Swans striker Bafetimbi Gomis early in the second halin the second half.

Are we really surprised by Wenger though?this is the same manager who only signed a goalkeeper with no outfield players in the last summer transfer window and this is the same manager who brought in an injured CM Kim Kallstrom on loan when we were leading the league in January 2014 and we needed a striker!

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Inter's struggles in mid-table — the Nerazzurri again failed to qualify for European competition — had led to some speculation that Icardi would seek his fortunes elsewhere, but the striker has opted to remain at the Giuseppe Meazza.

He's become one of the best strikers currently in the European game and to have a player of his quality on board leading the attack at Arsenal would be a fantastic move for the club.

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The South American would fit into the Roberto Firmino bracket — a player who is capable of leading the line and also playing in the attacking trident behind the striker.

THERESA HIRSCHAUER CINCINNATI Hirschauer, a senior striker, became the leading women's soccer career goalscorer for both Brown (62) and the Ivy League (29) in her four varsity seasons.She was named the conference's woman player of the year last season.

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has refused to rule out the possibility that striker Edin Dzeko, 26, could leave in the summer, despite the Bosnian being the club's leading scorer in the Premier League this season.

Janssen has 21 league goals so far this season, giving him the lead in Eredivisie ahead of PSV striker Luuk de Jong's 20.

The outcome is less playing time than necessary, which then initiates a perpetual cycle; being of a lower quality than the existing striker results in less minutes on field, which leads to less confidence, resulting in a seemingly even lower quality.

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While he has certainly made an important contribution since his arrival in north London, there have always been question marks over whether or not he's the type of striker to lead Arsenal to a Premier League title and other major honours.

I really do nt see any legs in any of these stories about any more transfers, The evidence is all there among all the smoke and mirrors, Look at the evidence, Wenger stated that Giroud would lead the line next season and as such we have have only seen any real movement towards buying a striker in the purchase of Asano who clearly is nothing more than a shirt selling move.

Leading scorer and European Golden Boot competitor Jonas is suspended after picking up a yellow card in the last round to trigger an accumulation ban, and fellow key striker Kostas Mitroglou failed a fitness test and didn't make the lineup or the bench.

Often criticized at home and abroad for failing to score from forward, Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud gave France an early lead over Euro 2016's Cinderlla story Iceland with a brilliant strike in the first 15 minutes.

The 27 - year - old striker said: «As it turned out, maybe I did the wrong thing for myself as an individual by playing well at Euro 2008 since it has led to a rise in my market value.»

The equaliser seemed to spur on the Scots and they re-took the lead just before the half hour mark when Sunderland striker Fletcher scored his first of the game with a scruffy effort, then Maloney scored his second from the spot before Everton man Naismith also got in on the act.

What a failire he's become.He was bought as the man supposed to lead the line and send us to glory and now he becomes a so called super sub.I don't get it.France's leading striker is a super sub at Arsenal.Since he came here he's part of the reason why we've not been able to win the league.He's also part of the reason why Wenger remains hesitant in signing a world class striker since for some reason he still believes in him.He's really affected Arsenal a lot which I don't kbow if many have realized.At times playing with him is like playing with no striker at all.This inconsistencies won't help us at all going forward We have absolutely zero quality in striking department.

Regardless of peoles opinions on Vardy and his suitability with us he has scored more goals that our so called striker It will be interesting to see what happens over the Euro's as France are a very strong team and if Giroud is leading the line and they do well, it could prompt other sied to look at him in a different light Wenger as usual will sit on his hands until the last days of the window now he has brought on one player Forgey Mihkatarin we wont be getting himdespite the fact he likes us Wenger WONT like his price tag

Put in a $ 20 - 25M bid for either the Pole or German in midfield and possibly $ 40 - 50M for a Cavani / Lacazette type striker to lead the line.

The visitors took the lead late on in the first half through Jermain Defoe, as the veteran striker took full advantage of some lazy defending from the hosts to send his effort into the back of the net.

Maybe worse it will be Sanogo leading the line, I'm still waiting for the inevitable press conference where Wenger says we don't need any new strikers because we have Giroud, Sanogo, Akpom, Walcott and Welbeck to come back later in the season

And I also think Walcott should be leading the line barring any major striker signing, with Sanchez 2nd in line, and Giroud mostly used as a sub early in the second half to harass defenders when they get tired.

In turn that has led to some frustration on the striker's part, even though Mancini has remained calm on the situation, as reported by Goal.com.

I don't expect that Akpom and Rob Holding are the missing striker and CB that would lead us to glory, with all my respect to the youngsters, who scored in the friendlies we played (against lesser opposition).

People will then be excited about the beginning of the following season thinking we going to pick up from where we left off, then on the 3rd game we will realise that nothing has changed.We will still have Wenger as our manager, mediocre players, shambolic defence, a striker that scores 1 of the 5 chances he gets, no DM, BFG as vice captain, Arteta leading the team as our DM, Sczerny in goal and a medical room filled with half our squad.

Liverpool had not beaten Chelsea in eight previous matches, but as striker Christian Benteke effectively ended that run of futility with a lead - doubling goal in the final minutes of the match, the Reds were quick to rub salt in the wounds of embattled Blues manager Jose Mourinho.

Up front we have a few world - class players surrounded by some serious pretenders... Sanchez is by far the most accomplished player in our attack but the controversy surrounding his contractual mishandling could see him go before the window closes or most definitely by season's end... obviously a mistake by both parties involved, as Sanchez's exploits have never been more on display than in North London, but the club's irresponsible wage structure and lack of real intent have been the real undoing in this mess... Lacazette, who I think has some world - class skills as a front man, will only be as good as the players and system around him, which is troubling due to our current roster and Wenger's love of sideways passing... Walcott should have been sold years ago, enough said, and Welbeck should never have been brought in from the get - go... both of these players have suffered numerous injuries over their respective careers and neither are good enough to overcome such difficulties: not to mention, they both are below average first - touch players, which should be the baseline test for any player coming to a Wenger - led Arsenal team... Perez should have been played wide left or never purchased at all; what a huge waste of time and money, which is ridiculous considering our penny pinching ways and the fact that fans had been clamoring for a real striker for years... finally Giroud, the fact that he stills wears the jersey is a direct indictment of this club's failure to get things right... this isn't necessarily an attack on Giroud because I think he has some highly valued skills, but not for a team that has struggled to take their sideways soccer to the next level, as his presence slows their game even more, combined with our average, at best, finishing skills... far too often those in charge have either settled or chosen half - measures and ultimately it is us that suffer because no matter what happens Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke will always make more money whereas we will always be the ones paying for their mistakes... so every time someone suggests we should just shut - up and support the team just think of all the sacrifices you've made along the way and simply reply... f *** off

Being resolved can lead him into making inept decisions, this is Arsene Wenger we are discussing I won't be shocked at all on the off chance that he says we have Sanogo and Akpom as strikers we have Walcott who's returned revived in the wake of being scorned by Britain to play on the wings

Blues manager Jose Mourinho has already confirmed in his pre-match press conference that Spanish striker Diego Costa will start tonight, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic set to lead the line for PSG meaning two of the most exciting forwards in Europe will be on show here.

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.

This should lead to Arsenal waiting until next summer to buy a striker, and many targets seem possible then, especially if Arsenal can put a strong showing out in the Premier League and Champions League.

It was no secret that Arsenal needed a top striker, defensive midfielder and centre back but most of all we needed strong players, players with a physical presence that would lead the team in tough games and Wenger failed.

Wenger should show ambition for once and sign Lukaku or any other top striker but with Giroud leading our attack next season we'll get the same results and may be a drop in position because the likes of mancity are likely to improve.

then for me he is the starting striker, because then he is just as good as any striker out there, a ratio of 1 goal / game but as soon as he fails to score in two consecutive games the wc striker is the leading one again.

The only thing Arsene Wenger should learn from the current season is, what we have been telling him all along, that we need a world class striker to lead the team, as Jamie Vardy and Harry Kane have been instrumental in their side's push to win the league, much in the way that Diego Costa fired Chelsea to the title last season.