Sentences with phrase «on the striker now»

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Now with the talk of a new striker being the target, should that put Welbeck on notice?

We need a striker now and this coach will wait till deadline day to try and sign a striker on a bargain Third This is the type of coach without a Plan B!

The Gunners have been actively pursuing a striker to add to their squad this summer, but have so far fallen flat on their face, and are now looking at their options.

The Gunners have been on the hunt for a new striker for months now, following the loss of Danny Welbeck to a long - term injury, while Theo Walcott failed to impress in the role for the previous season.

What I can insist on, is that the Arsenal boss will now insist to the possible selling club that all further communications must be kept under wraps, until a potential deal is completed, but with Lyon believed to be keen on keeping their star striker, they may not be keen on playing ball.

At least two former Gunners have said they believe this transfer action will go a long way to persuading Sanchez to stay at Arsenal, with Nigel Winterburn's comments in The Mirror and Charlie Nicholas saying on Sky Sports that he is now more confident and hopeful about our star striker.

goodness i can't believe it people will still defend him.You know something when Giroud misses many chances like at Monaco i did not criticize him even based on that you know why?its because he has always not been clinical.The only way a team can improve is by indentifying its problems and solving them.Arsenal has Giroud as the main cf and Welbeck as backup to him.Giroud has done well scoring some goals some too important but collectively he does more harm than good.Do not use moments to judge a player judge him based on content.Giroud does not excel in many games than he excels in games.As a main cf you need to be consistent.I see people here saying Giroud can not dribble he cant do this he cant do that but its a bit crazy to criticize him for that because every player has his own style.Giroud limitations as a player costs arsenal and will cost us a lot.Most importantly his poor finishing which has cost us several times.Not good enough.His style of play is ok for us but a striker who can take on players and run behind defences very well would make us very strong and also should be clinical.For Welbeck he needs to works on his finishing and composure by doing the basic things right.He rushes infront of goal too much.For now he is just above average.However he can excel if he works on improving.Giroud and Welbeck will always be a pain in arsenal's neck for most part.Some will call me stupid but hey at least i want to analyze the problem.People may support Giroud or Welbeck to lead the line next season but as the saying goes if you fool me once shame on you but if you fool me twice shame on me.Will you let Giroud and Welbeck fool you again?

I guess the usual «not a 20 goal a season striker» looks a bit ridiculous now with him sitting on 14 and we're not even at the halfway point?

Last summer the ex-Chelsea striker Demba Ba was on the verge of joining Arsenal on loan before Jose Mourinho put a block on the deal, but now he has moved to the Turkish side Besiktas who just happen to be playing the Gunners for the first time ever in Europe.

assuming Alexis is our new striker, our previous need for a striker has now shifted to need for a replacement for Alexis on the Leftwing position.

I rally don't know what is going on with Mr Wenger he let jensen go to spurs and now he is diddling his finger around It looking like «we didn't find the quality striker we needed» we have a tough start with new shrewd managers around by October we could be in the relegation zone God forbid I recommend we voice our concern now rather in the middle of the competition so not to embarrass our selves in front of our opponents in the stands

We've all been crying out for a good striker for years now, and now the only guy we've been training / relying on playing striker is out.

Our continued display of lack of ambition makes it harder and harder to sell a top striker on the fact we want to win trophies now.

instead of keeping him stuck on the bench for the final few months of that season and Yeah, I know that Wenger is only bigging Walcott up now because it will save him spending millions on a new Striker?

However, neither player is a like - for - like replacement for Sanchez, so it could be that Arsenal are now looking at Bale to fulfil that role, as the Welshman can comfortably fill in on either flank or behind the main striker.

On a lighter mood, now that we have Vardy and probably Colak wrapped up... do you still need a striker?????... as per your username....

The report goes on to reveal that this list may now just one name left on it, as the young striker has supposedly chosen the Gunners after visiting Germany to check out what Wolfsburg have to offer.

It seems however that rumour was a load of nonsense and the Arsenal striker's agent has now confirmed that his client will not be on the move any time soon.

(3) formation flexibility — it took 20 years for Wenger to return to a back 3 and now he can't seem to choose anything but that formation... the teams in the premiership and those we could face in the Europa will present vastly different tactics and we need to have a manager who can prepare this squad for this eventuality and have the fortitude to make the necessary adjustments throughout the season... I have seen nothing in the past 6 - 7 years to suggest that he is the man to take on this challenge... I can't even remember when he changed formations when he would replace a small, pacy striker, like during the Walcott experiment, with the lumbering Giroud... of course this is exactly why there is no other manager in the world that plays more players out of their natural positions (square peg in a round hole)

Things can only get worse on Thursday when Arsenal travel to Milan with only Danny Welbeck as striker, and now Josh Kroenke has spoken publicly about the need for Arsenal to be honest about the situation.

Mahrez is a brilliant player for sure without a doubt but the OX showed last night that he could be even better than Mahrez with the OX campbell and walcott do we really need a winger I beg to differ what we need is a striker a striker of 25 + goals imagine henry or van on the team sheet now with the squad we have I liked be yedder because he was young and complete striker a striker that no mater of the circumstances are or position will strike you a goal pace agility skill clever cunning and ugly

There aren't too many quality strikers available on the market right now, especially with Arsenal arguably in demand.

Come on wenger one of the 4 strikers mentioned and another DM that is all we need now, no more sales, no more loans, just focus on those 2 signings and obviously winning football matches.

Anichebe has made 11 appearances for Nigeria, scoring one but has since retired from international duty in a bid to focus on his domestic career and he could now replace German striker Nick Proschwitz at the KC Stadium.

The Manchester - born striker, 19, came on in the 65th minute against Napoli in the Europa League earlier this season and the Serie A high - flyers are now interested in signing him.

We have the striker we needed now playerw should focus on their duties.

Liverpool had a terrible defence but almost won the league because they had the best striker in the world, now imagine having the best player and the best striker with some of the best midfielders on the globe, you could win anything with just one one top class defender and 3 average ones.

we all know what Wenger is like, he was stumped with the Higuian deal a few years back and its unlikely he's going back on this now I like Higuain and he's a better striker than Giroud all day long but I really do nt see it happening.

Now keeping in mind not a lot of top players are available in January and they will be approached hopefully in the summer, as I'm sure we will do big business on a CB and Striker.

This is exactly the type of versatile player that Arsenal need right now, as he can play as a winger or a striker, and anyone who can score 8 La Liga goals in 10 games (while not playing for Madrid or Barcelona) is definitely worth taking a chance on, especially for a price that works out at just over 14m GBP without any haggling.

Henry was a project, albeit successful, RVP was (both players started on the wing) and now all Wenger tries to do is try to convert players to become strikers.

The 20 - year - old linked up with Dinamo on a season - long loan last summer, and the club have now moved to sign the striker after his impressive run in front of goal.

What we can do is identify average players with high potential to become world class players, there is a lot of examples of such players... if u look at the PL top goal scorers right now, there is not a single «world class» striker on it.

Wenger mentioned on a number of occasions that the striker would definitely and «certainly» not play, and now Jose Mourinho is unbelieving Pep Guardiola's comments about David Silva.

It must be said that Just Arsenal readers have been suggesting that the big gangly striker Yaya Sanogo should go out on loan, if only to give Lukas Podolski and Joel Campbell a better chance to get some more game time on the pitch, now it seems that we are gong to get our wish.

Giroud is tied on three with Bale, Payet and Morata but the Spaniard's tournament is over and with the Arsenal striker leading the line for France who are now scoring freely I think he has a good chance of finishing on top.

But it is the choice to field two out - and - out strikers in Aubameyang and Lacazette that is earning Wenger particular praise on Twitter right now as Arsenal fans drool at the prospect of the pair playing together, hopefully for a full 90 minutes.

I just don't know what's wrong with Arsenal fans.Sure I get it as humans we all have our preferences but things start to look funny when we begin to bash and criticize a player like he's useless.I just don't get why Arsenal fans do nt want Vardy.Oh is it because he's not world class, he's English, He's not a big name, he's a fairy tale, you feel all he does is run, he's not got a better history in footballing until now or you feel Giroud is better or what?I really pity Arsenal fans honestly.I would've taken Jamie Vardy in a heartbeat.Sure he's not the best option out there.But I'll say this and say it again it's not a world class striker that wins you a league but rather just increases your chances of winning the league.If you've watched Arsenal clearly from the time since Henry left you realized that it's more of not being able to find a clinical striker.Eduardo was not a already a finished product when he started his career here yet he was clinical and was on world class form until injury.What Arsenal need now is a world class finisher if they can't get a world class striker.

And now two strikers who rely on pace and balls hit in behind or knocked over the top.

Wenger is now confident that the Chilean striker is ready to play and thinks he will improve on last's seasons excellent campaign.

Right now fans are hoping Madrid buys a striker so that Benzema will become available for us to pounce on.

OT: My wishes: — Wenger to stop playing Mert ahead of Gab... this is a must — Wenger being ruthless and stop being stubbornness «big wish» — Wenger to change his transfer policy «big wish as well» — Not count on very injury prone players (Wilshere, Walcott, Ox, Welbeck), take them only as a bounce because they would never stay fit... It is a dilemma because they are all quality home grown players, so I can not say «get rid of them all» — Give our smart attacking players (Sanchez, Cazorla, Ozil) what they need, a striker... that is a must — Strengthen the flank with another quality because all the sights now on Sanchez — Get rid of useless team players (Campbell, Flamini, yes they are useless) and replace them with better players (promote or buy good ones)-- Loan Chamber... 16M is too much to ruin

Despite now having Lucas Perez to start up front for the Gunners, Wenger has instead decided to continue playing the converted winger Alexis Sanchez as a solo striker, leaving Lucas on the bench.

I see us hammering most teams from now on but the lack of a commanding DM and predatory striker shows up against the top teams.

Former Liverpool striker Ryan Babel, now at Hoffenheim, last month became the first player to be sanctioned for comments made on Twitter when he was fined # 10,000 for posting a mocked - up picture of referee Howard Webb wearing a Manchester United shirt.

We would have to adapt our play as well — a selfish (and I mean that in a complimentary way), back to goal striker operating on the shoulder of the last defender demands different service and team set - up and eats in to the space where the likes of Sanchez is now operating.

Manchester United have been slow - rolling the striker for some time now; but with AIG on the ropes, and Berbatov currently on the payroll, you have to wonder if the club has the funds for Tevez at the moment.

I think our current play is best suited to Giroud as striker, we seem to put in a lot of crosses in final third but Welbeck or anyone is not always there to contact, but Giroud can be better in those situations, now we having Giroud back, put Welbeck on bench for some time (giving him rest, can bring on Podolski for him) play two strikers Pod and Giroud upfront.

We keep striking out on getting a decent striker so now it seems like anybody might work.

Lacazette is now 70 million and his simply not good enough, Welbeck has poor control which makes him ineffective as a striker and base on Olivier Giroud overall performance in the EUROS, there is clear evidence his going to have a modest season.