Sentences with phrase «more of a second striker»

Alexis does play very well behind Welbeck, but not really as a No. 10, more of a second striker really, we've been playing a 4 -4-2.

He likes to get involved in the play and is more of a second striker.

Sanchez is more of a second striker like David Silva.

Not exact matches

England them heaped more misery on the home side in the 92nd minute, after a good cross from Marcus Rashford found striker Kane, who had time to bring the ball down and slot home for his second goal of the night.

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.

Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud has been advised by the French national team to look for more regular first - team football in the second half of this season.

Arsenal have already scored 30 % more League goals this season, and we are surely going to improve on that in the second half of the campaign with the riches at our disposal, but how are we going to fit all those strikers into the team, and in what order?

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Welbeck's return will give Wenger more opportunities to rotate and rest any tiring strikers as we negotiate the crucial second half of the season, and Le Prof is happy that he has another fresh player to add to the squad.

Whilst United got the striker they craved, Arsenal are still without a new top quality striker up front and it looks ever more likely that it will be another season of Giroud, an injured Welbeck and a second fiddle Alexis Sanchez or Theo Walcott up front.

It was striker Divock Origi who Jurgen Klopp turned to off the bench in an attempt to make the Reds more of an attacking force as they aim to turn around their two - goal deficit in the second half.

I just wish Ramsey would help out Coquelin more instead of playing second striker.

To be honest with you I'd prefer all those second choice strikers you mentioned above apart from Njie and Origi.I also rate Hayden higher than Chambers because I feel he has more potential but is very injury prone.Those who have watched Isaac Hayden should know this and those who watched them when they played Southampton would know.He outclassed Chambers in that match.Bar his injury he will make it and is a born leader by example as in his play.The players I'm sick and tired of seeing is Mertesacker and Giroud.Yes only these two.For the rest I'm opk with them.People still think Ospina is better than Szczesny because of Copa America and stats.Oh!

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.

Um pesonal experiments sorry nobody gave him 150million pounds to sign eonaldo or messi or 100 million pounds to sign a player oh plus another 400million to fill out the other ten sorry he was given ants and has still won our record signing 55million i mean other teams are able to spend more on bench sore pine slivered second strings than hes been on starters over the years and hes still won only manager invincible oh and then when the other clubs new we were low on cash and winning started injuring our star players and do nt say it does nt happen cause it does um he still won whole given ants to spend hes done amazing extend please one or to bad seasons compared to twenty great seasons and had our strikers finished their chances this year in 5 or six key matches we'd be sitting pretty reall only 3 or two and a draw or saw and we'd be sittingin the thick of itextend now that the board an owner are willing to spend snails for him finally atleast a little more than ants cause of inflation

Not one, but two former Manchester United strikers got Portugal on the scorecard early in the second half of the Euro 2016 Semi-Finals against Wales — but far more importantly, Cristiano Ronaldo got his goal.

i also think more of our squad players would suit this system i.e walcott can play as ginuine second striker, two box player opertunities that would suit rosicky, ox, coquelin, diaby and even arteta if he was not deployed as DM.

With Liverpool looking strong again, this top striker signing from Marseille could give them a massive boost and make the second half of the season more interesting.

I agree with those odds simply because i believe the some team that were stronger than Arsenal last season have done some really good business to further strengthen there squads, Bernardo Silva & Kyle Walker for Man City with what they already have plus what pep will add plus its gonna be his second season so he will be a bit more familiar with the EPL and this may make them really tough to beat, Tiemoue Bakayoko & Antonio Rudiger Chealsea plus a top striker and Chelsea will sill be one of the teams to beat, Tottenham are gonna be solid, they've kept the team together and Victor Lindelof & Romelu Lukaku for Man - u and Mourinho is not done yet if the rumors are true and there also the Mourinho second season thing, as much as i'd like to be hopeful for next season, i really do nt think Lacazette and Kolasinac are enough to make us challenge for the league plus having Europa league will give the team less time to recover for the weekend games, the formation change is the only thing i see can make the difference.

His all important headed effort gave us the lead in the first leg, while his acrobatic finish in the second proved to be nothing more than a consolation.Regardless, Giroud is still the holder of an impressive record, despite many Arsenal fans feeling he's nowhere near good enough to be playing for the club.Few strikers get the better of Manuel Neuer — a player widely regarded as the best goalkeeeper in the game — and even fewer score against him with regularity condolence to the families affected by the Paris terror attack - the whole world let's pray that no more life goes down

Our lack of support will do more damage than not buying a second class striker and Dm.

Seeing as we need more than one main striker well then you could argue that the three of them are definitely better than our second or third choice striker so are a mark up in quality.

It's almost certain that we won't sign a really top class striker so even if we do sign a more experienced striker they'll be what I'd say is second tier in terms of their quality — i.e. Lacazette, Morata, Icardi or Lukaku.

With the strikers in lacklustre form, Everton may well need their shining light to shine once more if they're to record only their second set of back - to - back wins for the season — Although, with Birmingham in dire form away from home and having not won an away fixture in the Premiership since March, they may not be a better time for the forwards to get in amongst the goals and really give the whole offensive department a real lift.

You make good points Ttg, if all three lost their pace who I will pick will depend on where I want them to play in my team, they will probably all be useless as wingers so I would pick Theo to play as a second striker in a 442 because Theo consistently makes the kind of short runs Townsend and, to an extent, Lennon can only dream of but if I must use them as Wingers then I'd pick Lennon as he is more two - footed and passes better than the other two.

It is difficult to see how an Andy Carroll fits into such a system; it brings with it a far more predictable style of play and for optimum effectiveness requires the presence of a second striker to pick up the pieces.

The 25 - year - old striker further claimed that he deserves more game time and even after lack of regular football he is Liverpool's second highest goal scorer in PL.

The Arsenal way of play is fast passing game, and one of each could be ok if countered by a more fluid, mobile, and fast second striker upfront.

His follow up season was disastrous under Jose Mourinho, and the striker looked likely to leave last summer, but the arrival of Conte really brought the best out of him, and he looks set to win his second title in three years with just one more win at West Brom on Friday.

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

The problem, of course, is that Roma currently has Diego Perotti and Stephan El Shaarawy to man that flank, so unless Depay is willing and able to transform into a more traditional right winger, or even a second striker, there doesn't seem to be much of a need for him, unless he completely blossomed in Roma making either of Perotti or SES expendable at some point in the future.

The 22 - year - old is keen on a move to Spurs, and will also be keen to make his name in a Spurs shirt, and would have a huge job ahead of him if he is to take Harry Kane's starting spot, so it is more than likely that if he was to arrive, it would be as second choice striker.

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