Sentences with phrase «not only a striker»

Giroud is not only a striker but also a defender of set pieces and a winner of aerial duels.

bsides it wasn't only strikers we lacked... wat of defensive midfielders????? wat rili pisses me off is dat sim1 like kondongbia went for $ 35m (less than # 25m and we refused to bid???? must he b playing for Madrid ir barca b4 we r in d running or r Madrid / barca players specially designed by God.....

There have been others ruined — not only strikers.

This isn't the only striker at Arsenal that Wenger didn't want, Welbeck is another, only wanted him on loan but Gazidis went ahead and bought him.

@Benzorla Agree Giroud is not the WC Striker we crying out for to win the league but he is not the SOLE reason we didn't win yday and vs West Ham... Man City have scored 8 Goals so far... with only one from their CF... (4 from midfielders and 3 from defenders)... its not only our striker that needs to work on his game...

We all shall knocking to his door begging him please don't take this chance from us, and buy not only a Striker better than Giroud, also a DMF.

This means not only a striker who is comfortable receiving the ball out wide, but who has discipline and the experience of marking a fullback.

Not exact matches

In an open letter, Chavez explained his hope that the march would function as a pilgrimage, that it would not only raise awareness of injustice, but also remind strikers of their own sins:

The Napoli striker will not be sold cheap, and having scored 36 goals in only 35 Serie A outings this term, you can hardly blame them.

That was the only thing missing and they can't get the other strikers from the other big clubs

Arsenal may be lacking in quality players on the forward line, with just Olivier Giroud and an injured Danny Welbeck as Arsenal's only real out and out strikers, but it hasn't forced Wenger into the transfer market just quite yet and nobody really knows why.

Poor Giroud... only a new signin (striker) will save him, as much as i dislike him i think we must vent our anger to Wenger... even if its me wenger has signed to play for Arsenal will i decline jst bcoz am nt good enaf?

The only problem is that their strikers have not found their range and the team has not gelled yet.

Not only is Sanchez a big boost for our chances of success today, it tells Gooners around the world that our star striker is going nowhere during the last few days of the current transfer window.

Not only Juve don't need Giroud because they have Higuain, Dybala, AND Mandzukic, but there's absolutely no way Wenger will allow his second choice (at the moment) striker leave in the middle of the season.

But that's not an excuse to rely on Giroud as our main CF.. He's proven ever season that he's only good as a back up striker and not one that can carry the team to win the title.

Next year's Premier league, will be the most competitive ever, not only because of the calibre of managers but because all of the sides aiming for the title boast strikers with impressive scoring records.

Not only will the Chilean have the added incentive of getting one over on his former club and proving to them that he deserved more when he was at the Nou Camp, but his current injury has given our star striker the opportunity to put his feet up and have a proper rest after a very heavy two years of football.

Munir would be welcomed, but only if he is not brought in instead of a striker, and comes with another addition this month.

To be fair, Henry only points out the obvious, «Arsenal needs a striker to parties Giroud» etc., isn't that the truth?

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?

No cdm no striker (welbeck doesn't count coz he's not good enough) and no cd (we only had 3)!

I see only a handful in the entire world (Messi and Ronaldo don't count as they are not pure strikers).

Yes arsenal played Shite only Ozil n Cech I would say can justify a pat on the back from the starting x11, Ozil class was highlighted once again he put them balls on a plate for Giroud even a non league striker could have out them away.

Higuain has been so good for Napoli in recent years that he is now in front of Sergio Aguero, who only started one of five games at the Copa America, in the Argentina pecking order and the Man City striker is widely regarded as one of, if not the very, best forwards in the Premier League.

Them not having a striker only removes that long ball hold up play to get out of tough situations but we would be ok with that most of the time.

It wouldn't surprise me if this is the only striker we'll get.

The Spanish striker is not the only footballer who looks a lot like a dog, though.

my only hope is wenger to buy kanté of leicester.this guy is a beast at dm position with a good technical and physical quality.with him and coq in midfield against barca we can hope for anything special to happen.with finally olivier giroud slowly becoming WC striker, walcott most efficient and campbell who is a revelation this season, the return of alexis we can be dangerous against any defence.our only weak position is a dm position and wenger won't have any excuz this mercato bcoz there are players available that we can buy if we want.plz wenger go for at least one of this: kanté, wanyama, w.carvalho, l.bender, krychowiak, biglia, neves, l.gustavo, rabiot... if we try to sign s.roberto he will be a good addition with great quality.gunner for life!!!

My point is; getting another striker may not neccessarily be the only solution.

I would not say «Don't worry, we have a young player who has never scored any goals and never proven himself at any level — and we also have an still - injured Walcott who has only played striker a few times — we are fine.»

And of all the bunch of strikers we got at the moment, dhat guy seems to be the onLy one with a striker's instinct...... (Tho he's still an unfinished product and isn't even world class yet)... the rest of em are just models

And not only that he does that, but he uses Welbeck, a guy who fails to score a goal even if it's just him and the goal, as the main striker, even though he has Giroud on the bench, a guy who scored a goal in the first game.

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.

Why not just publicly ask other clubs to add an additional 5mil asking price onto any strikers they have we might want because we're going to be half a season with only one!?

But being the only team in serious football not to sign an outfield player and then missing the title because our striker goes missing for a long stretch of games underlined the poor judgement and lack of ambition.

wWe have not the managerial coaching or managerial tactical skills to provide our two top strikers (only one of whom can play in this comp) with PROPER ammunition.

i get where you are going at but not a lot of the top teams were in the need of a top striker the ones who were already bought a striker at the start i.e. chelsea and man u and man city (nolito) and tottenham, of course there should have been other top clubs in search of a striker but i think it shouldn't be a knock - down that we were the only one who triggered the clause but i agree with all the other things you said the its absurd to compare him with griez and vardy and we have to be patient with him

People are saying that we have paid too much for a striker who may score goals in the French Ligue 1 but who has not really shone on the international stage and who may struggle in a tougher league, while there are also questions about why Arsenal seemed to be the only real suitor for the Frenchman.

What about vincent janssen He has scored 14 goals in his last 11 games and made 3 assists He is a complete striker he can hold up the ball amd he can run behind defenders even he is not very fast he also play with his two legs and give very nice passes He is only 21 My ideal world will be if we got a super striker like zlatan and get this guy for the next years I'm sure he will be a beast in the coming years

If only we can cry over the spilled milk, I would have take Higuain from Madrid over Ozil... The season before we bought Ozil our best player was Cazorla (AMF) and we were in a desperate need for a striker (still we are) and Higuain was availabe for less than 30M... Ozil is good (more than good but not for Arsenal) but I think it was a panic buy in the last minutes to pleased the frustrated fans due to lack of actions in that window...

There has been a lot of debate and speculation about Arsenal and the striker situation and I am not only talking about the question of whether Arsene Wenger needs to enter the transfer market this summer in order to sign a replacement or cover for our big France international forward Olivier Giroud.

Let's go Vardy, and we shall be complete, remember we only lost this EPL because our strikers couldn't find the net, if we have that complete finisher in Vardy, then I guess our midfielders will have the extra boost.

Add that to the fact's that he is only looking for a striker because of Danny Setbeck's longterm injury and that Giroud will be our main striker next season, So the answer to this equation is» Don't expect much» (Start looking for a fourth and fifth choice?)

Vela is far better than walcot n the ox only that he was never given the time like these 2 in his prefered position (striker) otherwise those few moments he got t in carling cup the boy delivered

that tactic worked fantastically at the star of this season where walcott performed and it worked brilliantly for the team but after the injury of Theo, giroud had his dry patch and theo almost did nt even try... and the year before welbeck played reaaaally bad as a starting striker and scored 4 goals or something i think, if he had one worldclass or equally good striker as giroud, we would have enough and wenger could rotate them according to the patch / form of giroud like what he intended to do with walcott and giroud, which i had high hopes for but sadly only worked for half the season

SUMMARY: arsenal deserves fight from ozil and if he's not willing to give it to us then his not worthy of being on the pitch, simple as that, if arsene tells him to play right back / goal keeper / striker / Centreback as crazy as it is, WE DESERVE him givin us a shift, his attitude today was beyond disrespectful to not only us the fans but his teammates

Surely not possible — Bayern Munich only signed Robert Lewandowski last summer and he remains a world class striker despite something of a slow start, and is surely too expensive for Arsenal.

Gabriel has to man mark Martial, even though wenger doesn't like to play that system, It's the only way to stop the striker from targeting BFG,

the only good out and out striker we have is Giroud, the rest are either not good enough (eg Sanogo), or better of on the wings (eg Welb, Podol,)....