Sentences with phrase «of first choice striker»

He was drafted in last summer to provide backup for Harry Kane, and understood that he would receive limited chances in the first team with the prolific nature of first choice striker Kane.

The impending return to fitness and first team action of first choice striker and England international Daniel Sturridge is only set to push Balotelli further back down the pecking order and, with Fabio Borini and Rickie Lambert preferred ahead of him in recent weeks, the Italian's prospects do not look great.

When interviewed after the match, Sir Alex Ferguson said Macheda was now included in his group of first choice strikers, alongside Dimitar Berbatov, Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen, something Kiko was pleased to hear.

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Arsene Wenger has confirmed that Olivier Giroud will be the club's first - choice striker come the start of next season.

I thought he was goin 2core 3mo until he (makeshift striker) was taken off n the first choice came on 2successfully complete his 8games with out a score by the way walcot had a good number of shorts on target as well MOTM.

The Spain international is unlikely to displace Karim Benzema as the club's first choice striker, after the Frenchman netted a personal record of 24 league goals in the previous campaign.

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.

He must improve in the second stage of the season if he is to have any hope of being our first choice striker.

Then a striker will probably look at how successful they will be themselves, both in terms of being the first choice centre forward and playing in a team that will create chances.

Anfield boss Brendan Rodgers is ready to give up on first choice striker target Christian Benteke in favour of a move for in - form Zenit man Rondon.

Its more of a statement if we beat a fully fit chelsea than a chelsea missing their first choice defender and striker.

Quick notes on arsemal team 1 - paulista is not good as i though 2 - coquelin is essential in arsenal midfield to give stability but he can't hold the ball in his feet or give the right pass in the right time so we can't dominate teams anymore especially with santi absence 3 - ramsey = horrible, just a headless chicken running everywhere 4 - ozil could have easily 30 + assists by now 5 - Olivier Giroud the handsom french guy shouldn't ever be a big team first choice striker 6 - where are the 4 world class strikers that wenger said we had i didn't se anyone of the yet

With Lucas Perez now on the team and Alexis Sanchez grabbing the goals as a converted striker, I think Giroud needs to really step up his game and realise that if he isn't careful, the likelihood of ever being Arsenal's first choice striker again may soon be falling out of his hands.

Olivier Giroud has slowly surrendered his place as first - choice striker for Arsenal and France this season, and seems to have totally lost his confidence in front of goal.

I think that if we had a striker of Che City PSG Juve's first choice quality, we would be allot better off in the table right now.

And for some of the strikers you just mentioned, they were never top9 strikers or first choice (Kanu, Wiltord, Freddie,) like giroud yet they got us some fair amount of goals.

Welbeck was given most of the first half of the season to make his stake as first choice striker.

I personally would not have Lacazette as my first choice striker (would prefer Auba) but for the love of God if we're gonna get him can it just happen already so I don't have to listen to Aulus» bs anymore.

Carlos Mourino has admitted that Nolito has a release clause of just under # 14 million, as reported by the Daily Star, and even though the player is nearly 30 - years old, that is a steal at today's prices for a striker who is now first choice for Spain after a great season with his club.

So wid cb done, doubts still remain over depth of cdm and a first choice striker, along wid d arising need of a top gk.

When fit, Welbz was our first - choice striker, although he was still on the upward curve in regards to returning to 100 % condition, and was left out of a number of starting line - ups in favour of Olivier Giroud.

I believe Wenger will say that Giroud has proven himself as our first choice striker after the four goals scored in the last two matches of the season, and with Welbeck out for «only» 9 months, we can rely on Walcott (who will sadly not leave the club) and Akpom

Muller is renown for his versatility in attack — able to play as a leading striker, as well as a No. 10 and a wide player — yet with Robert Lewandowski likely to remain as Guardiola's first - choice up front, the lure of perhaps spearheading the Red Devils attack could prove key in helping decide his future.

Indeed it seems that the Scot sees the former Ajax man as his first choice striker and whilst a pairing of Andy Carroll is used for some Liverpool fixtures the season Dalglish has looked to play Suarez up front on his own and taking advantage of the goals he can now hope to see coming from his new midfield signings such as Charlie Adam and Jordan Henderson.

Although the 29 - year - old has not yet featured regularly this season, his ability to play either upfront or out wide could prove crucial to the Gunners» chances of success, particularly with first - choice striker Oliver Giroud now out injured until at least January.

Giroud had reserved hopes of being the club's first - choice striker coming into the new campaign, but this record deal looks certain to see him fall down the pecking order, and with the World Cup coming up next summer, he may be tempted by the offer of first - team action.

Bendtner scored 47 goals in 171 appearances for Arsenal, but after failing to establish himself as their first - choice striker, he moved on in pursuit of success elsewhere.

Giroud, who has been our first choice striker for at least the last four years, seems to have disappeared so far this season, with a contribution of many combining factors sealing his fate on the team.

The striker doesn't seem to be a firm favourite first choice of any transfer intentions, so perhaps that's why he phone hasn't been ringing as of yet.

However, adding Balo since the beginning of summer would have ensured we don't have Olly as our first choice striker because I wonder what would be happening if «the hold up Guy» did not get injured.

I have received a lots of dislike for saying this but Giroud does not deserve to be our first choice striker.

Can you imagine any of our rivals having a player like Giroud as their first choice striker?

Our shortage of strikers is a bigger issue than our first choice striker.

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.

No 1 thought we needed a ST until we saw giroud and sanogo both start ahead of sanchez as a ST.. If sanchez is our first choice ST then fine but there is no way we can go into another season with giroud as our first choice striker.

Danny Welbeck has certainly been out to prove a point after a whole year out of action, and he has quickly made himself first choice striker, while the jaded Walcott and Giroud have been practically anonymous since January.

In terms of signings: GK - in: either Pickford / Lafont out: Ospina (don't want him to leave but it seems inevitable) RB: in: Mario Gaspar / Hugo Mallo / Karsdorp / Pereira / Cancelo, out: Debuchy and Jenkinson CB: in: Van Dijk / Manolas / Tah / Keane, out: Mertesacker, Gabriel (keep if we play a back 3), bring back Chambers LB: in: Mendy / Kolasinac / Bertrand, out: Gibbs CDM: in: Nzonzi / Bakayoko / Danilo Pereira / Carvalho / Tousart / Diawara, out: Coquelin CM: in: Isco / Jorginho / Keita / Weigl / Kovacic to play the santi role, out: Ramsey, Wilshere Winger: in: Lemar / Douglas Costa / Lucas / Zaha / Balde Keita - someone who can beat a player, out: Walcott (scored quite a few goals this year but does not impact games the way someone at their prime should) Striker: in: Lacazette, out: Giroud (only for a good offer though, he's a decent super sub, however if Sanchez stays we may not need a first choice ST)

Forget about it, they will not sell on top of the fact that Lewandowski does not want to leave now he is first choice striker.

Taking a simple look at the logistics of it, Bayern are in no need of cash as they are one of the most finacially stable clubs in existence, Lewandowski is NOT surplus to requirements at the Allianz and is Bayern's first choice striker.

With Arsenal having signed another option up front in the shape of the Spanish striker Lucas Perez before the summer transfer window closed, the pressure is on Olivier Giroud and his position as first choice centre forward for the Gunners.

We can not be sure but I strongly suspect that the striker would not be keen to fight for a place at Man City with Aguero or with Kane at Tottenham either so can you think of a Premier League club heading for a Champions League place that needs a new first choice centre forward?

Unlike Debuchy who automatically wanted to be first choice even if Bellerin was performing way better than him, Giroud actually delivers when called upon from the bench, Giroud's only sin is that he is not blessed with pace to break clear of defences but in every other aspect, he is the perfect striker, even Ozil's assists dried up when Giroud was absent.

This is the frustration of having Giroud as our first choice striker and Per as our first choice defender for the last four years and everyone, and I mean everyone inclunding our senile manger knowing that they are not good enough and still no signings after 7 and 3/4 transfer windows.

were surprised when the Gunners signed Danny Welbeck in the dying minutes of last summers transfer window, but now that he is here, do we think that the England international has the talent to become our first choice striker in the future?

ST = Giroud and Sanogo both not good enough to be first choice ST. Alexis and Campbell are more of a support striker or winger.

Since we ended up without signing any striker, I say give Theo a run of games at that role and he would do better than Giroud has done for three years now as our first choice.

The Nigerian youngster Henry Onyekuru has been very closely linked with a move to Arsenal for the last few weeks, but his latest comments make it clear that his agent is talking to many clubs all over Europe but he is demanding that he will be guaranteed to be playing regular first team football, something that Arsene Wenger would certainly not agree to given the choice of «world class» strikers that we already have at the Emirates.

They also lost their main striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic and sold David Luiz to Chelsea, so with Thiago Silva out of action they will be without their two first choice centre backs from last season.

He wouldn't be my first choice of striker, in fact probably not even in the top 5, but he is still an upgrade and something different to what we currently have.

What a laughable comment jamaicanarsenal, the Atletico Madrid defence is too strong they made Messi, Neymar and Suarez look ordinary but that doesn't mean they're not special players, Lewandowski is a world class striker who's streets ahead of our useless first choice striker Giroud!