Sentences with phrase «on as a second striker»

Giroud is a menace when he comes on as a second striker.

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In - form Tottenham striker Harry Kane made his senior England bow over the weekend, scoring his first goal only 80 seconds after coming on as a substitute.

In a disappointing start to the defence of their crown, the Blues twice surrendered the lead at Stamford Bridge and also finished the game with ten - men as goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was shown a straight red card following a challenge on Swans striker Bafetimbi Gomis early in the second half.

United striker Wayne Rooney could feature against Norwich having recovered from a sinus infection and come on as a second - half substitute in last weekend's win at QPR.

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.

He was second fiddle to Zlatan Ibra at PSG, and was forced into playing in a foreign position on the RW all season where previously at Napoli and earlier he was bred and groomed as a central striker.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal could take the club's spending over the # 100m mark for the second summer in a row as the club close in on a move to sign Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke.

Chambers came on as an 89th - minute substitute for striker Olivier Giroud as Arsenal hung on for a narrow home win secured by Laurent Koscielny's second - half strike.

Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge made the dream comeback from his injury nightmare against West Ham United on Saturday, taking just 12 minutes to find the net after coming on as a second - half substitute.

Never as a second striker, always on the left and right.

His second was disrupted by a five - man pass rush and good coverage; on third - and - 7, linebacker Eric Striker blitzed untouched from Rees» blindside, and with his only option (T.J. Jones dragging underneath) only semi-open and on the wrong side of the first - down marker, Rees held the ball too long, got hit as he was throwing, and got picked off.

Should Sanchez move on then I would wish Mahrez to be drafted into the side as the second striker attacking with freedom to roam the entire left wing.

1) play walcott as striker with ox and iwobi / rene on wings 2) sit back and defend and play on counters for first half and shift a gear in second half while going forward.

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.

Jermaine Defoe — the catalyst for the entire offensive barrage in the second half — would be the hero on the day, as the striker slid in with a diving header to tuck away Robbie Keane's missed spot - kick.

Man Utd striker Romelu Lukaku scored his second goal in pre-season for the Red Devils as he found the back of the net in the 2 - 0 win over Man City in Houston on Thursday.

It's the second major injury the Sky Blues have suffered in as many weeks, with striker Corey Gameiro rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament whilst on Olyroos duty.

The ideal is that we bring a new striker that can hold up play and has some pace to lead our line and stick withe walcott on the wings or as a sub striker and giroud as second choice striker if walcott play on the wings

If you must start Giroud, I would prefer the OX to play from the right and Perez on the left with Sanchez playing behind Giroud as playmaker and second striker with Coq - Xhaka behind.

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

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

That is why I think that Griezmann would be the better transfer target for Arsenal as he can play as the extra striker we need as well as on either flank and in the number 10 role and he is already used to playing as a second striker with Giroud to some effect for France.

Well it all seems to be hotting up for Arsenal in the transfer market, as the Gunners are on the verge of completing the second transfer of the January transfer window and this time it is for a striker.

At the moment I still few his better off playing on the wing or as second striker.

If you want to keep him as second choice striker it may be a good idea to show him you care and keep him on board.

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.....

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.

Ospina can wait and has ideal reaction time, if it was second half or if it's three massive points I would first waste some time and then Id waste more time by bringing on Ospina, strikers hate having too much time to think, and also someone coming off the bench esp for them might throw them off, they might think they must do something different as this guy has studied me.

They play with 2 up front either Negrado and Dzeko on top with Aguero or Jovetic as second strikers.

So much so, in fact, that we might — as Walcott swiveled and poked home his second against Swansea, striking like a proper striker — have entertained the thought that this run of form, these goals, this latest positional tweak had finally brought down the guillotine on potential, had set Walcott free from himself.

And there was another piece of encouragement for Arsenal fans to focus on, as the new Leicester striker Ahmed Musa, signed from CSKA Moscow this summer, scored a fantastic couple of goals after coming on for the second half.

Ramsey, wilshere are injury prone and inconsistent so if you want to move a step forward let one of them go and rely on the second as a sub About mert i think he is not getting better anymore and he has already lost his position to the moderate gabriel get a better player Walcott have to leave Ox needs to get loaned Leave campbell as a backup Giroud is pushing me to the limits i don't want him I know I'm dreaming but we need three attackers 2 wingers and a striker

Sergio Aguero demonstrated why he one of the league's most in - form strikers as he beautifully rose to head home Manchester City's second goal against Watford on Saturday.

But we have a real problem when Borchers is tied with Urruti as our second best striker on 3 goals.

The Tottenham Hotspur striker has come in for criticism at the start of the new season because of his lack of goals at club level, but did score his second senior international goal with a brilliant effort against San Marino on Saturday evening as the Three Lions sealed their qualification for Euro 2016.

Chelsea look for their magic and trickery from Hazard coming inside as a second striker and to assist and score on a regular basis.

@almostawinner I totally agree with you we are good at creating chances we reach very good positions but giroud is less than average he won't even play at some mid-tables teams beleive me he can't dribble he rarely take long ranged shots he is not the best at movement I don't understand what do arsene wenger see in him to rely on him as our first choice We were going to get a striker three years ago (higuain) but the deal failed in the last second because wenger prefered to get ozil so what did giroud do to prove that he deserves his position can anybody tell me I really get mad when some arsenal fans tell that he is a good player because he is not!!

And if not he still has the versatility to play as a number 10, a second striker and on either flank.

As reported by Globo, the 38 year - old, who is part owner of American second tier side Fort Lauderdale Strikers, told Argentinian legend Diego Maradona that he would definitely return during an interview on Maradona's Venezuelan chat show, De Zurda.

Italian Serie A side Roma took on Slovacko in their second pre season game at their training camp in Pinzolo, and they had their Nigerian striker Sadiq Umar to thank as his goal gave them a 1 - 0 win.

He looked equally attuned to Ruben Loftus - Cheek on Tuesday, and Conte was impressed with the young Englishman's potential as a second striker: «In defensive situations he became a midfield player,» he noted, «and when attacking he became a forward.»

The 19 - year - old's verve, drive and ambition were instrumental to last month's 2 - 1 success over Leicester City, while against Palace he delivered a purposeful and enterprising display, operating on the shoulder of striker Oumar Niasse, as Everton swamped their visitors and scored three times in 29 second - half minutes.

Despite an impressive scoring record in Saudi Professional League, Leo Bonatini has yet to find the back of the net on the continent but the striker has started two of three games as Al Hilal sit second in Group D at the midway stage.

The former Arsenal attacker had only managed one training session with his new colleagues before kick off but laid on the equaliser for Oumar Niasse just 57 seconds after the Senegal striker entered the action as a substitute.

Gervinho played as a second striker off Giroud (to great effect), while Rosicky and Cazorla buzzed around on either wing.

Maradona played mostly as an attacking midfielder or a second striker, with focus on attack as his primary responsibility.

Arnautović is also a versatile operator — while he has thrived on the left wing at Stoke, he could just as easily be used on the right or through the middle as a centre - forward or second striker.

The second half started at almost similar pace as the first, and Fergie decided to twitch it, as he bought on striker Danny Wellbeck to replace Park Ji - Sung.

And Seferovic stayed on during the second half as Swiss coach Vladimir Petkovic made bold substitutions, bringing on Breel Embolo and Eren Derdiyok as extra strikers.

You make good points Ttg, if all three lost their pace who I will pick will depend on where I want them to play in my team, they will probably all be useless as wingers so I would pick Theo to play as a second striker in a 442 because Theo consistently makes the kind of short runs Townsend and, to an extent, Lennon can only dream of but if I must use them as Wingers then I'd pick Lennon as he is more two - footed and passes better than the other two.