Sentences with phrase «on goal droughts»

The reason he often goes on goal droughts is he often ends up isolating himself uptop, waiting for a cross that when the likes of Walcott and Campbell are put under pressure never comes, in my opinion he should be dropping back when he realises this, and this is the reason he can never be that 20 + goal striker.

It is quite another to say to a young player, you are no3 striker after giroud, who will go on a goal drought at some point and walcott who wants to play on the wing and will almost certainly get injured.

We may be appeased at first but can you imagine the comments on here if he goes on a goal drought, paid # 60m and................

The young striker has been playing well recently anyway and it is not as if he is on a goal drought or anything, his last club goal coming in the away game with Anderlecht.

Chamberlain and Theo will flatter to deceive again and Giroud will go on a goal drought.

And we are not on a goal drought!

lets just establish that now... A man with genuine intent to win the league would firstly adress the the issue of squad depth both from a tactical perspective as in being able to bring in different personel an completley alter the way the team plays... you cant keep using the same players and the same formation and tactics every game teams will work it out... you wonder why Giroud is on a goal drought.

The problem is what happens iif giroud gets injured, needs resting or goes on a goal drought, we have no viable alternative.

Not exact matches

Kucherov stopped an 11 - game goal drought, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves for his NHL - best 32nd victory, and the Lightning beat the Vancouver Canucks 5 - 2 on Thursday night.

The Team / Wenger or whoever letting Carzola take the crucial pen (bcoz of his goal drought) when we had players like ozil, alexis and giroud in form on the day to convert

Vossen ended a six - match goal drought on Saturday and will fancy his chances against a defence that shipped five goals against Arsenal on the same afternoon.

Daniel Sturridge ended his long - running goal drought in serious style on Saturday when he fired Liverpool 2 - 0 up against Aston Villa at Anfield.

The importance of the goals scored (i.e against which defense quality, score consistency «not score hatrick in one game and go drought for the next four games» and so on)... 2.

If the long, sad death of Fernando Torres taught us anything, it's not every goal after a drought is the start of a flood; sometimes, it just means he'll carry on being a shower.

Not only did his superbly smashed goal seal the win for the Gunners by putting us 3 - 0 up at the break, but it ended the mini scoring drought that people in the football media had begun to bang on about.

The goal drought goes on for Giroud though, so the criticism goes on as well but I thought I would give the big man some support.

The Senators snapped an 0 - of - 29 scoreless drought on the power play with a 5 - on - 3 goal to tie the game in the second period and got a brilliant performance from Craig Anderson, who made 45 saves, including 22 of 23 Pittsburgh shots in the second period.

I get the criticisms, I truly do, but a lot of fans blindly deny the fact that he does score goals for us, and highlight his drought at the end of season as though that was the story of his season with us, neglecting the fact that before that he was scoring near on a goal a game in a time where we desperately needed it to secure CL football when it was in no way guaranteed..

Another report in The Mirror reveals the awful fact that only two strikers in the whole of the Premier League have endured longer goal droughts than Olivier Giroud is currently on and to be fair to Swansea's Gomis and Newcastle's Siem De Jong, they do not have the likes of Ozil providing for them.

They say that a striker on a scoring drought or a team in a slump sometimes just needs a lucky goal or a lucky result to get them out of the rut and I think that is true of Arsenal and the likes of Alexis and Giroud.

Mane went through a bit of a sulk after he was denied a move to Utd, I don't understand why some comments on here are calling him inconsistent for going through a goal drought....

A lot of you would probably be angered by the fact I'm attacking the «Great Wenger», but the truth comes December / January when «we're up s & @t creek, without a paddle» and Giroud has gone on one of his goal droughts; We are struggling to «draw» games; with injuries piling up to our eyeballs.

Sterling's goal drought over he then went on to score again and is likely to be sharp against us, assuming Rodgers keeps him up front.

Against all reasonable logic, Wenger notoriously and defiantly gambled on him alone being there to score the goals for when Giroud goes on his usually predictable lengthy run of goal - drought.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has backed club captain and star striker Wayne Rooney to end his recent goal drought against Liverpool, and is hopeful that the England international will lead his side to victory at Anfield on Sunday.

Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane hasn't got his season off to the blistering start Spurs supporters may have hoped, but after ending his goal - drought in England's Euro 2016 qualifier against San Marino, he will be looking to quickly kick on.

He has also spoken about Giroud going on a goal run now that he has broke his drought and talked up our Egyptian international Mohamed Elneny.

That was the third game in a row that Welbeck had started on the bench and after the way he impressed after his return to the side and with Giroud being on his longest ever goal drought, it seemed an odd decision.

After a decent start to his Arsenal career, Chamakh quickly went off the boil and went on a nine - month goal drought, seemingly losing all confidence and ability to score easy chances.

Alvaro Morata ended a four month goal drought to score Juve's first, converting from the spot after on - loan Chelsea star Juan Cuadrado was brought down in the box.

Point stopped a nine - game goal drought with his 21st goal on the power play at 2:47 of the second but the Devils pulled even at 2 just 26 seconds when Hischier scored during a 2 - on - 1.

The longer Maurito's goal drought continues the slimmer the Nerazzurri's chances are of securing a top four finish, because Perisic aside there really is NO ONE else we can rely on for goals.

Mounie ended Huddersfield's Premier League goal drought on 427 minutes, the Benin striker netting for the seventh time in the league this term.

Ibrahimovic last went seven league appearances without a goal while playing for Juventus in 2006, where he suffered a nine - game drought, but he ended his most recent run by doubling United's lead on 21 minutes.

Lukaku is presently on a mini-goal drought with no goals in his previous two league outings.

Finally, with County enduring a goal drought and the Gers recording three clean sheets on the trot before this weekend, Rangers to Win to Nil looks good at 17/10.

«London (AFP)-- Aaron Ramsey scored an extra-time winner as Arsenal ended their nine - year trophy drought by coming from two goals down to beat Hull City 3 - 2 in a gripping FA Cup final on Saturday.»

Although he is going through a barren stage on his goal scoring career Suarez always poses a goal threat and it won't be long till his goal drought is over.

Sheffield Wednesday's Joey Pelupessy was surprised to learn how long Jordan Rhodes had gone without scoring before ending his goal drought at Hull City on Saturday.

The same can be said about Giroud who can not score a goal at the moment which is shown as he is on his longest drought of 9 games.

The Portuguese, who'd been on a mini goal drought chose the right time to end his poor scoring form, and he did so in style too.

They were two goals ahead on aggregate, it was almost a certainty that they were finally going to put an end to their drought, their visiting fans were getting louder and play by play analysts were starting to wax poetic about the team that was finally going to get back to their rightful place as an elite Mexican squad.

Negredo ended a goal drought stretching back to the opening day of the season with a brace last weekend, which Boro fans will hope can set the Spaniard off on a good run.

The Arsenal goal drought continues, and with Liverpool next on our fixture list, we're going to have to sharpen up, erm, sharpish.

He might have teased him about an own goal, but no - one was happier than Mauricio Pochettino to see Jan Vertonghen end his goal drought against AFC Wimbledon on Sunday.

Goals 41, 42 and 43 came at Anfield in a 3 - 3 draw, but then a four game drought when nobody in an Everton jersey scored seemed to put the brakes on the record - charge.

Nigerian midfielder Nwakali is on a season long loan from Arsenal, and he celebrated his 25th appearance of the season with a goal, which ends a four months goal drought.

Juventus» 2 - 0 win over Chievo Verona kept up the pressure on Napoli at the top of the table and it was a welcome sight for fans as Gonzalo Higuain ended his goal drought with the second strike of the game.

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