Sentences with phrase «numbers than any striker»

And is posting better numbers than any striker to have played for Barca since Eto.

Not exact matches

He has been called the best number 10 in the world for his creative ability and he has just taken that shirt number for the Germany national side, where it's previous holder was none other than the former Arsenal striker Lukas Podolski.

Any decent striker would easily have scored more than 25 league goals for Arsenal a season with the number of chances our midfield creates in every match.

There's not too many strikers scoring more regularly than 18 in 16, similar to Ibra numbers when there.

Sanchez partly addressed this issue as he does score a reasonable number of goals whilst welbeck was more of a prospect than a proven striker.

I still think Welbeck is a better player than Giroud (LOL what a shame Manchester United 4th choice striker is better than our number 1) but I think Wenger bought the wrong striker from United.

Sanchez isn't even a striker and gets better numbers than him.

We did sign striker Lucas Perez however, in a # 17.5 Million deal, but were also linked with a number of other stars for the role, all costing more than the Spaniard.

Giroud shouldn't be our number 1 striker (neither Theo either) but i am more than happy with him being back up

Does a striker not live or die by his numbers, you'd rather he look orthodox rather than him having the freedom Henry was allotted.

I'm with you Jonm Signing top striker from Dutch League had been more miss than hit 27 goals is really impressive number but if you look at the 2nd top scorer in the list is Luuk DeJong, it put thing into perspective.

I have to disagree with you Lacazette is not better than Giroud, I think our desperation for a striker is leading to us having our judgement clouded, his numbers in Ligue 1 are nothing to write home about and there's no way he should be commanding a fee of $ 50m!

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

unless we are planning to sell jack, Ramsey, Carzola, or even coquelin i don't get these transfer... who do we play where??? We had no problem in midfield last season (in my opinion) but if we are doing these just for the numbers then am ok with it... Our real problem is the No. 9 position... Guys theres a reason strikers cost and are paid higher than other players... A striker who scores at - least a goal in three good chances created is exactly what we need

While the Germany international star, who Arsene Wenger smashed the Arsenal transfer record to sign from Real Madrid a few years ago, was one of a number of high profile Gunners to enter the final year of their current contracts during the recent summer transfer window, there was far less talk and far fewer Arsenal transfer rumours about Mesut Ozil than there were about our Chilean striker Alexis Sanchez and the new Liverpool player Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain.

on second note just found out squaka stats saying giroud is the deadliest striker in the prenier league with a goal every 88 mins better than aguero n others.plus since joining the gooners he has had the maximum number of headed goals to his name since.

This is very interesting.I look at the number of striking options in our team and i wonder how Wenger will be signing a cf.However as i keep saying a cf is a need not a want.And needs are more important than wants.We have needed a World class cf since Robin Van P. Left.Just look at the feeling you get when you have a world class goalkeeper e.g Cech in the team.You feel relieved you know why?Its because the goalkeeper is very reliable, very talented and consistent.Imagine the feeling you would have when having a world class cf in the team.You feel very relieved you know why?its because the cf is very consistent, is super talented, will at most times finish off chances and will mostly create moments of magic.Arsenal need a world class cf so as to have that sense of reliability and to not put too much pressure on the midfield to always create chances for them.We neeed that consistency infront of goal to excel.Right now arsenal's centre forwards are very inconsistent, unreliable at most times and are not very clinical.We need a world class striker so that at least if the team is not performing he can take control and do something out of nothing.You need to understand the benefits of having a world class cf its not just about goals or talent but about being a leader of the attack, a strong scoring mentality and also the will to be consistent.World class cf's give your attack the ish factor.

That would still require us to get a top number 9, so I ask the question to you RC; if we lost Sanchez and replaced him with Lacazette in the left number 10 role and then got a striker like Mbappe, Cavani, Aubemayeng, Lewandowski, would we be stronger than we are now?

I am actually assuming at this stage that Sanchez is leaving us so that puts us further on a backwards footing, unless...... you feel that Lacazette could be a better forward option in Sanchez» role as one of our withdrawn number 10 strikers with him playing slightly from the left rather than number 9.

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Talking point: Northern Ireland showed more attacking intent than against Poland after manager Michael O'Neill made a number of changes from the opening game against Poland, including dropping striker Kyle Lafferty to the bench, Conor Washington came in and worked hard to close down Ukraine's defenders, while his team - mates closely marshalled Ukraine's wide man, Andriy Yarmolenko and Yevhen Konoplyanka.

Rather than use a traditional number ten in the middle behind a striker, Tim Sherwood has been favouring a central winger recently.

Took his goal wonderfully and stuck to his number 9 position better than recent occasions as a lone striker.

The striker has more assists, per 90 minutes, than any other United player but that number does not fare well when compared against the rest of the league, however.

To be clear unlike many others, I see what Zlatan brings to the team aside from goals, his link up plays, his ability in the air, in fact he is our number one tool for maintaining possession especially when a long ball is played and all this no other player can offer better but just that sometimes our game will need our striker to run behind defenders and no one offer that more than Rashford.

After all, Danny Welbeck showed himself to be hard - worker rather than clinical finisher in the Arsenal attack last season while the fact that one can still count on two hands the number of times Theo Walcott has started as a central - striker during his decade long Arsenal career speaks to the fact that the boss still sees him as a wide - forward.

Arshavin played in the hole behind the striker, the same position he plays for Russia, and took the chance to show that he is much more suited to being a «number 10» than out on the wing.

Personally Antoine is my top priority for the wide left role, mainly due to fact he gets a number of goals and with the possibility of Arsene not buying a striker this season, goals from midfield will be more important than ever.

A map of the Everton players» average positions across the 90 minutes [number 18, below] shows Sigurdsson typically adopting a berth closer to Palace's goal than any of his teammates — the attacker occupying space beyond striker Oumar Niasse from where he could impose his creative smarts on Roy Hodgson's Eagles.