Sentences with phrase «of a second striker»

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

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.

That would allow Turan to sit at the top of a midfield three, while Benzema could drift in from out wide to join Alexandre Lacazette as a kind of second striker.

Sure, Eriksen and Chadli both got into double figures, but the lack of a second striker hurt us last season.

Without a new centre forward, we'll definitely struggle to score goals as it's increasingly clear that Giroud is more of a second striker who creates for others rather than score himself.

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.

Sanchez is more of a second striker like David Silva.

Goals didn't come quite as frequently, but Bergkamp was a true pioneer of the second striker role as we know it.

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.