The Gunners went with a slightly adventurous - looking attack against the Magpies this afternoon, with Arsene Wenger praised for playing his two big -
name strikers up front together.
Not exact matches
Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has previously overlooked the French
striker when
naming his starting line -
up to take on the bigger teams in the division, and with close rivals Spurs coming
up this weekend, there is calls that he should be given the nod for the crunch match.
Sir Alex Ferguson may want to write Dimitar Berbatov's
name in pencil on the starting XI sheet; it appears the Bulgarian
striker could be out for the weekend after picking
up a knock in his country's recent friendly match.
If Bob was the author, it would have the
name «Walcott» in every sentence, particularly with other words like «
Up Front», «
Striker», «Through the middle.»
Tottenham Hotspur
striker Harry Kane earned his first England call -
up with the senior side on Thursday afternoon, and the hit - man has spoken of his dream to be be
named in the squad.
We had «he who must not be
named» so the addition of another
striker for me was nothing but luxury and a back
up to him.
Most of the those big
named strikers are already tied
up in contracts which only then leaves the «Nearly Rans» or footballing journeymen who just want to finish their illustrious careers earning a big wage based on their previous conquests whilst still playing at the highest level.
Liverpool could be closing in on a hugely exciting triple deal this summer, with the Reds now being linked with two big
names at Barcelona to follow
up their move for Aston Villa
striker Christian Benteke.
Our main
strikers Alexis and Welbeck have both scored, while Sanogo bagged himself another brace for the France under 21 side, while young Jack was
named Man of the Match for England and Gibbs did really well to show he could challenge Baines for the starting line
up.
In the build
up Courtois says that Arsenal are a «really top team» while Szczesny has
named Chelsea as one of the best sides in Europe, and Diego Costa as one of the world's best
strikers.
But based on players getting picked on form rather than the «
name», I think Giroud deserves to have another shot
up front as a starting
striker for the match against.
1 in 2 is ok, but its not like it was years ago.footballs more attacking these days, we need a
striker who can do better than that like Aguero or Costa.You say that many elite european teams have sucess without a prolific
striker, but you failed to
name them.lol.There are exceptions but on the whole most of the top teams have a WC
striker a go to man from Barca (european champiions) to real madrid to PSG and even Bayern Munich all have WC centre forwrards
up front.To try an argue otherwise is facile
Arsenal are supposedly in the market for a new
striker and one
name that has popped
up on more than one occasion is Gonzalo Higuain.
That match also marked the EPl Debut of the United and England
striker Marcus Rashford, who scored twice and set
up Herrera for the other as the talented youngster began to make a
name for himself, so you might be surprised to hear that he views his battle with Koscielny in that game as the toughest in his fledgling career so far, according to an Evening Standard report.
It may be that Chelsea are not after a big
name up front this year, but instead want a player to have as a backup to star
striker Diego Costa, with Didier Drogba leaving the club at the end of his contract and Loic Remy also being linked with an exit as Swansea City join the running, according to the Daily Mirror.
vidal would take
up a big chunk of our budget and we need more a big
name striker, than a big
name midfielder (otherwise what have we got ozil for if he is just supplying slow giroud) me think unless vidal is going to score us 20 goals from midfield, then that would swing it for me.
As the former
striker pointed out, Wenger had actually treated the tie and the visiting team with respect and
named a strong Arsenal starting line
up, with Ozil, Alexis, Giroud, Coquelin, Campbell, Mertesacker and Gabriel.
Better still,
name 24 who presently play as a centre forward alone
up top like OG — not second
strikers, wide forwards etc And a bit silly to include one of our own in such a list.
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Sure we could have done with another back
up striker or perhaps another «big
name» attacker, but I think everyone from the fans to the backroom staff and players themselves now realises that it's time to let the football to the talking.
England and Germany have both
named their under - 21 squads for tonight's friendly at the Riverside Stadium, with Burnley
striker Danny Ings starting
up front for Gareth Southgate's men.
Close analysis of all the rest of the
names will flag
up inconsistency, skewed goal - scoring records in lesser bully - boy leagues, inability to adapt to new systems / teams / countries, inexperience, inflated price tags, entirely different types of
strikers that would mean changing our system etc..
But equally there ain't no - one who is able to
name that
striker who is in the shop window, available and ready to
up sticks and sign on the dotted line for us for a price not smacking of extortion.
The
names are as follows: Defenders are Debuchy, Mertersacker, Konsienly, Gibbs, Monreal and Chambers The Midfielders are — Arteta, Flamini, Sanchez, Diaby, Wilshere, Ox, Walcott, Ozil, Carzola, Rosicky, Ramsey, Podolski (A few such as Sanchez Walcott and Podolski can be useful in filling
up for
strikers when there is dire need)
We'd all love a
striker or play Sanchez
up top.I know the same
names are being dished out here but come on gunners... bleak out here
While the home team will be without their first choice centre forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic because the Swedish
striker picked
up a fifth yellow card of the season in their last game, Wenger will be able to
name the same front three that have been doing so well for us recently.
One
name that strike fear into the mind of opposition defenders when ever they are
up against Al - Ahly is Nigerian
striker Junior Ajayi.
If the squad was selected based on performance score per 90 minutes there would be some interesting
names that crop
up with Steve Cook, Andrew Surman, Mark Noble, Jack Cork, Aaron Cresswell and Troy Deeney — all of whom have yet to be called
up by Hodgson — making the cut, along with Sunderland
striker Jermain Defoe.
Moving forward, Antonio Conte could
name an all Belgium attack with Eden Hazard and Charly Musonda likely to feature on the left wing and right respectively while Michy Batshuayi could take
up the
striker's position.
«So many teams play with one
up front that there isn't room for two big -
name strikers.
We need a tall and strong Center Back and move VERMAELEN
up to pair with SONG, get a new
striker on January, WHY AW CANT DO THIS????? Everybody, even his own players all say that we need a tall center back cos we suffer a lot from set pieces, why in the world does nt he want to do it?????? Now Bordeaux refuse to sell Chamakh, You snooze you loose buddy!!!!! dzeko is too expensive, 75Mil price tag for D.Villa, So who is he thinking of bringing in then??? These are only some of the
names that I think of who can match RVP, s class, there might some others but I think they would be expensive too!!!.
West Ham United «s search for a
striker last summer was a source of frustration for Hammers supporters who saw big
names linked with a move to the London Stadium only for Swansea City «s André Ayew to pitch
up in a # 20million move.
On the TV an accountant from Denver is trying to climb
up a wall before a bodybuilder
named Striker catches him and pulls him off the wall.