Sentences with phrase «not second strikers»

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.

Zidane was not a second striker, he was an attacking midfielder.

Not exact matches

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.

I see Poldi's best position as a second striker, but unfortunately Arsenal doesn't play a 2 man forward lineup, hence there's no way we can bring the best out of him unless we drastically alter our style of play.

how many times have we see him playing with disdain losing the Ball and not doing any effort to recover, how many assists never mind goals has he offered lately (b4 injury), ask why Le Fraud doesn't change him for a SUB because is pitiful watching him play...... even the Donkey Giroud (second class striker) compensates his lack of ability by working hard on the field.....

as a striker i would rather use Akpom who is familiar with the team then buy someone not proven second rate and spend Arsens money sorry Arsenals money

so wet people say we finished second, it was a great position, but don't be lulled into a false sense of security, we finished second as we were not quite as crap as the others... last year was our best chance to win the premiership... without investment, and a CB and striker, we will not finish in the top 3 this year

I don't see Benteke as a suitable partner for our second striker Alexis.

Eduardo was a great shout for second choice striker, wouldn't mind a fit Eduardo now to be honest.

JustArsenal were not around then and I wish they were, because Walcott played pretty much every game as a second striker with Adebayor or Bendtner... that was A LOT of games to prove himself a striker.

So as i see we have great (if not the best in the world with bayern) creative midfielders in the world but we just have to goal scorers (alexis and giroud) so these two platers that supposed to score the goals for us must be catogery A + We are having one in alexis but the second scorer and he is even important as he is our striker is not an A + not even A I love this guy called giroud he always gives his best but just his abilities are nit good enough we simply need an A + and he will score for fun for us

But i do not think any team in the world now will do that knowing well in advance about the injury of the second striker.

Then a whole seasons experience with 30 + year old pros and a manager with over 40 years experience and off the back of a cup performance in which he dueled with the toughest striker around and didn't come off second best, he comes off all that yet he lacks confidence, plus he's second guessing his choices and doesn't look as fit as when we first signed him.

May be as a second striker and his defenetly good enough for 4th spot, it's not his fault if Arsen thinks his the man for the job, I feel sorry for him strikers one level above him earn twice as much as him

Sometimes it looks like hes reacting to his own touch as hes not quite sure where ball will end up, he gets away with it at times with reactions being quick but every second for a striker really matters and the first touch gives you that time.

Podolski is not a winger or natural wide player — he is a second striker and therein lies the problem as we don't play a system to use him properly.

French publication L'Equipe insist that the Frenchman won't be able to be accommodated as a second striker, and will be forced to play wide of the Gabon international, but he will have to vie with Mesut Ozil and Henrikh Mkhitaryan for a starting spot in the starting XI.

I published an article saying that in my view if wenger was to capitalise on getting second and spend some money on a key striker then we would not need to spend again for several seasons and winning stuff can only be good for the brand and the finances as a whole.

Sanogo in my opinion, ain't good enough and won't make it... We need better, do you really think City and Chelsea would have Sanogo as their second choice striker?

The Arsenal striker does fit into that category, having helped the Gunners to a second FA cup in a row and inspiring Chile to a first ever Copa America triumph, but I suspect that Alexis will not be picking up the giant golden ball this time.

He may get a second chance next season, but he hasn't looked like fitting in and Chelsea look a far better club with a battering ram single striker flanked by two of the millions of speedy wingers the club has.

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.

So, everyone has been criticizing Wenger for not buying a striker in the summer, but the two centre - forwards that he kept the faith with, Giroud and Walcott, scored the goals that moved us into joint second in the League.

For Theo to do well he needs a second striker (not necessarily an out and out striker) in the top 3.

We're NOT linked now with anyone else and that's a worrying thing in itself, I personally really don't think Walcott is good enough to play that striker role and I know I'll get roundly «thumbed down» for this but its how I feel about the boy he's good but NOT as good as he thinks he is and it annoys me that theres a possibility that all the toing and froing around his contract may be stopping us from signing a top notch striker (and I DO NT think Martinez is this) I do feel that AW will opt for the cheap and second rate options again and this will also include not buying a striker and putting Walcott in this role, meanwhile all our rivals will be putting strong established players into the positions where they need to bull up their squads we are not well known for doing this and its not going to happen now, which is infuriating as this is the right time to break that mould and go for iNOT linked now with anyone else and that's a worrying thing in itself, I personally really don't think Walcott is good enough to play that striker role and I know I'll get roundly «thumbed down» for this but its how I feel about the boy he's good but NOT as good as he thinks he is and it annoys me that theres a possibility that all the toing and froing around his contract may be stopping us from signing a top notch striker (and I DO NT think Martinez is this) I do feel that AW will opt for the cheap and second rate options again and this will also include not buying a striker and putting Walcott in this role, meanwhile all our rivals will be putting strong established players into the positions where they need to bull up their squads we are not well known for doing this and its not going to happen now, which is infuriating as this is the right time to break that mould and go for iNOT as good as he thinks he is and it annoys me that theres a possibility that all the toing and froing around his contract may be stopping us from signing a top notch striker (and I DO NT think Martinez is this) I do feel that AW will opt for the cheap and second rate options again and this will also include not buying a striker and putting Walcott in this role, meanwhile all our rivals will be putting strong established players into the positions where they need to bull up their squads we are not well known for doing this and its not going to happen now, which is infuriating as this is the right time to break that mould and go for inot buying a striker and putting Walcott in this role, meanwhile all our rivals will be putting strong established players into the positions where they need to bull up their squads we are not well known for doing this and its not going to happen now, which is infuriating as this is the right time to break that mould and go for inot well known for doing this and its not going to happen now, which is infuriating as this is the right time to break that mould and go for inot going to happen now, which is infuriating as this is the right time to break that mould and go for it!!

A 4 -4-2 favours the likes of Ramsey, Arteta and Flamini but not Ozil, unless if he'll be played as the second of the 2 strikers.

While I respect him, he is on a pointless mission to nowhere because he is not stupid but still won't buy a DM or a second striker.

Off course we can not just change everyone on the pitch (as Hafiz would have liked), but the fair point is that we need a goal machine sort of striker and we need him as soon as possible, bringing on Alexis Sanchez (who just came back from his extended leave) in the second half after Walcott, is itself a proof that Giroud can not score in such games where if expect our striker to score.

Poodle is that player you just don't know where his natural position is, is he a main striker, second striker, winger, false no9 etc..

Giroud is a good striker but no top club would have giroud as their main striker, second choice possibly to offer something different but not first choice.

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.

We need A second striker of better quality than Giroud (who is still excellent) but Welbeck and Akpom won't cut it For CF.

«Yes (it did backfire), but I felt that in the first half that the strikers suffered because we didn't dominate in the midfield and in the second half you could see that it was easier because Danny Welbeck and Olivier Giroud were much better.

ramsey is no winger arteta no defensive midfielder and walcott no striker... we do nt have shape... bellerin working his socks off to make up for mertesaker and ramseys lack of pace... stops him going forward when he does we create problems for them as with second goal... ozil i am sorry to say is clueless at the moment... monreal and kos doing ok....

It was clear from Giroud's second season he simply was / is not good enough to be our no1 striker.

if we are really in business to sign a second striker or young promising player why not buy sandro ramirez instead of 25 years old niang.

He pulled the two defenders away to allow griezeman to get a free header on goal and then out jump two defenders to set of griezeman second, base on the commentators action it shows a bias against giroud, we as fans also do it which is quite unfair, he does contribute to arsenal and the french team massively even if he is not our preferred striker

Just because one striker is second choice for one team, does not mean that he is worse than the player ahead of him.

1) GK — better 2) LB — same, possibly better if Gibbs improves, Monreal has plateaued 3) RB — better as Bellerin will only improve 4) CB first pairing — same, as the BFG is getting older but he can't get shorter or slower, 5) CB second pairing — better since we didn't have a pair last year 6) DM — better as Arteta is now back up and Coquelin should get even better 7) Box to box — better if you think Ramsey and Wilshire still have room to improve and are still being kept out by Carloza 8) LW — better, Sanchez might not get too much better but Welbeck is an improvement on Podolski 9) RW — same if Theo moves up front but Ox and Gnabry have lots of room to improve 10) CAM — same 11) Striker — better as Giroud / Theo is stronger than Giroud / Sanogo

And if you are putting second strikers such as Aguero and Jovetic in that list why not Sancehz and Walcott in ours?

Aguero plays also alone up front and does nt need a second striker besides him.

I can only believe that Wenger does NOT see Joel as a lone Striker, more as a second sStriker, more as a second strikerstriker.

The Uruguayan goalscorer topped the charts in France this season, and will not be keen on playing second - fiddle to a new striker only one year after breaking out from Zlatan Ibrahimovic's chains.

Despite Arsenal finishing second in this years Premier League, Arsene Wenger has had to endure constant criticism from the fans for not buying a top striker last summer, and there were even a small proportion of Gooners calling for his head if we didn't end the season as Champions.

He is hardly versatile nor industrious — the only place he can feasibly play is in that wide - ish left slot — we don't even play a system to utilise his undoubted best use as a second striker.

But of course second place isn't good enough when we all want to be winners and perhaps a world class striker would've been the answer to our concerns.

Giroud not wanting to play second striker and Arsene having no spine is the cause.

Don't be deceived... playing welbeck on the right is more like playing hm as second striker... he 4gets he's a winger and confuses giroud upfront.....

Man United see that Welbeck isn't good enough yet Arsenal think he would help them win the league... Ridiculous!!!! Bergkamp, Rooney, Lampard in his days... all the following can score over 15 goals per season and still get a good number of assist, ozil is great at assists but a second striker should be able to score.

Tubby, you called it mate, we have the most fickle fans on the planet, last night doesn't mean all of a sudden were crap, what it does mean is certain players need to take a long hard look at themselves as Arsene is taking serious heat by showing his loyalty to them namely, ozil and per, just not good enough and as for welbeck he should never been given an arsenal shirt, Giroud had a mare but he has proven this year that he is a great squad player but can not be our first choice striker, gooners keep the faith and hope that Monaco try to play ball in second leg cos if we turn up we could still hammer them.