Sentences with phrase «more as the central striker»

Rooney needs to do more as the central striker in this game, he's behind the play too often today.

Not exact matches

It would make more sense, like at Barca, for Arsenal to have a top striker in the center (Higuain or Aubamayng) and Sanchez on the right wing or to play Sanchez as a nr 10 in a 4 -4-2 type of style where he can play of a more physical central striker.

With Van Persie operating as a lone striker, Wenger wanted to add a third central midfielder and give his wide playmakers more attacking freedom.

He has shared the central role with Alvaro Morata this term, and a striker of his capabilities could be looking to leave in order to play more regularly, as well as seek one final pay - day, having turned 29 in December.

I would love to see what he could accomplish as a central striker at PSG, and even more so at Arsenal.

With the signing of Draxler it is believed that Wenger will be happy with the number of wide forwards at his disposal for next season which will include Welbeck, who Wenger feels needs more time before playing as the teams main central striker.

For strikers giroud and welbeck are great backups and for wingers walcott and iwobi are also good enough deputies as chamberlain wants a more central «gerrard» type role.

Often compared with Arsenal legend Thierry Henry, Mbappe is more comfortable when he plays as a central striker but he can also move to the wings and produce danger.

However, I find it very interesting that Le Prof still continues to sign teenage midfielders, although Fortune can also play on the wing or as central striker, when the club have a multitude of options in that position in the first - team and even more so in the academy, the acquisition of Polish youngster Krystian Bielik is another example.

Sanchez is not your typical central striker though, and still tends to come deeper and get more involved in the creative side of things as well as the finishing of the chances created.

The Ox also enjoyed his best term, impressing largely in many outings in various positions, but I'm not sure his best play is seen when is placed behind the striker, and looks much more competent playing as a wing - back or central midfielder.

Yes, but it may just look like that on paper as when watching barca in their pomp Xavi would be very much central midfield whereas Inniesta would be more in beetween a left winger to an edge of box striker who is completely adaptable.

Walcott had been asking for more minutes as the central striker, so this should help with contract negotiations, as well as we don't really give up anything since Sanchez, Walcott and Welbeck are all going to end up switching positions throughout the match anyways.

If Sanchez scoring more goals and being three times the player Giroud is as central striker can not hold the position in Wenger's eyes why would this dutch player or last year Mbappe get a fair chance?

Brendan Rodgers has now taken to using the dynamic young player as his central striker, although in more of a false nine or «Messi «role.

I already gave up hope on new striker but still hope we can get in a top central defender I don't think he is money pinching or indecisive though as Xhaka is the most expensive DM in this transfer window, more expensive than Kante and way more expensive than Krychowiak.

In the two Moyes matches to date it looks like Kouyate has been under orders to get forward more to support the striker with Arnautovic also getting into more central positions as his defensive responsibilities allow — in fact Kouyate and Arnautovic have taken up more dangerous positions than Carroll who has preferred to lurk out towards the edge of the area well away from where any crosses are aimed.

This would remove the option of fielding Sánchez as a No. 10, but could see the Chilean even more effective in a wide role due to the increased space opened up by the lack of a central attacking midfielder behind the striker, allowing him to roam inside at will.

Where once he was a flying winger, capable of bursting beyond multiple opponents and a goal threat from any range, with either foot or head, he has now taken up a more central role, operating as a conventional striker and focussing his efforts of finding and scoring chances within the penalty area.

There's huge potential in the future to move central defenders to holding midfield [sechser], or a sechser as a striker and the striker drops deeper — players have to be more flexible.

When playing as a Striker he got dragged out wide too often, this left Forest with two central defenders and Liam Bridcutt (who was probably Forest's best performer) in the middle against Saiz, making his job more difficult.

The winger, who says he is ready to a more central role as a striker, was guilty of missing many easy chances.

Theo Walcott has had more than nine years at Arsenal, but he still has a lot to prove, especially as a central striker.

Miro Muheim and Harvey St Clair have been deployed as wing - backs on occasion but are at their best in the central attacking roles behind the striker, roving into spaces between the lines and coming inside from wide positions to use their dangerous shots, whilst Charlie Wakefield is more effective out wide, using the space to beat his man, and is the best crosser of a ball in the team.

Roma switched to a 4 -3-1-2 and Iturbe found himself in a more central position, as a second striker of sorts.

Theo Walcott believes he will become even more effective with every game he plays as a central striker.

As we gradually begin to countdown to the kick - off of the 2015/2016 EPL season with the compliment of a fully fit squad to select from (while still expecting few more summer signings), one debate that could be foremost on manager Arsene Wenger's mind will be if Theo Walcott should be converted into a central striker... Continue reading →