Sentences with phrase «only strikers in»

Wenger isn't the best, or the only manager in the world, any more than Giroud or Welbeck are the best, or only strikers in the world.

All the defenders knew that Gomis was introduced to head a goal and he was the only striker in the box who could score an aerial goal but they all left him to a shorter Monreal!

First Point: I do not see the logic in substituting your only striker in a match you intend to win.

Headers, right foot, left foot finishes at the business end of the season... and still the only striker in the Roma squad that will bring you an average of 1 goal every 2 games.

Not exact matches

This last campaign has been like a football team that takes the field with only a goalkeeper (Iron Dome) and a striker (the Air Force), and in the middle all the rest are praying to God.

In an open letter, Chavez explained his hope that the march would function as a pilgrimage, that it would not only raise awareness of injustice, but also remind strikers of their own sins:

I would personally prefer to have Walcott leading the line in the absence of Olivier Giroud, but only if he is in form and feeling confident and we all know that goals give strikers that edge.

The Napoli striker will not be sold cheap, and having scored 36 goals in only 35 Serie A outings this term, you can hardly blame them.

I only hope he sees our lone striker quality for what it is though and tries to nab Falcao / Cavani on one of those dodgy FFP loans with a view to buy deals in the last few days.

Arsenal may be lacking in quality players on the forward line, with just Olivier Giroud and an injured Danny Welbeck as Arsenal's only real out and out strikers, but it hasn't forced Wenger into the transfer market just quite yet and nobody really knows why.

It is particularly difficult for strikers to break through the ranks into the first - team at the bigger clubs at present, with most sides opting to play only one striker in the starting XI, and Arsenal is no different on that front.

It looks like we are going to have two strikers in Sanchez and Giroud, and surprisingly Wenger has also started with Ramsey, despite the Welshman only playing a cameo role at the weekend.I personally would have thought he would only have played half a game, but maybe Wenger intends to take him off at half - time?

Gunners fans have been longing for a top striker to join the club in recent seasons, but the only arrival to challenge up front has been Danny Welbeck, who has just been ruled out for the next nine months.

Not only Juve don't need Giroud because they have Higuain, Dybala, AND Mandzukic, but there's absolutely no way Wenger will allow his second choice (at the moment) striker leave in the middle of the season.

Obviously Welbeck will be in the centre - forward position (why does it seem we only ever have one central striker fit ever), and I expect Ramsey to be allowed to start behind him tomorrow.

Ajax striker Arkadiusz Milik has already got off the mark in the tournament, netting the only goal of Poland's opening win, and is continuing his fine run of form from his club this season to his country.

Liverpool were tracking the player during the Summer and were ready to make a move for him in January to strengthen their front line after they kicked - off the new campaign with only 2 recognised strikers in Luis Suarez and new - boy Fabio Borini.

What a terrible striker to only score 5 goals «served on a plate» in 3 games.

Walcott lived 10 happy years off Arsenal, only coming good in rare moments while Giroud will never truly be a top striker, despite being Frances main choice.

This being said, Arsenal have supposedly had a long standing interest in the Lille striker and have been scouting the Moroccan forward since January, and are the only top Premier League side that could guarantee Boufal Champions League football, plus a position as first choice striker.

Munir would be welcomed, but only if he is not brought in instead of a striker, and comes with another addition this month.

The Gunners are also believed to be in the hunt for a striker however, and with only seven days remaining to sign players until January, the chase will need to stepped up.

Ffs wenger, ox pod and campbell are better wide players than ozil, there's only one positión for ozil in this squad and it is behind the striker or the bench.

The only true world class striker in the entire PL is Aguerro.

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 see only a handful in the entire world (Messi and Ronaldo don't count as they are not pure strikers).

To win in modern day football you need to be more than a one dimensional striker, you need a complete striker and the only thing Giroud has going for him is his supposed linkup play.

Higuain has been so good for Napoli in recent years that he is now in front of Sergio Aguero, who only started one of five games at the Copa America, in the Argentina pecking order and the Man City striker is widely regarded as one of, if not the very, best forwards in the Premier League.

Wenger cleary has Welbeck in mind, he wants to go with only one striker for this season and wait for Welbeck next season, that's a massive gamble...

There are only a few top top strikers in the world — I'd say 6.

Wenger believes in his no. 1 striker giroud and also believes that he only needs one more, that is a player that can back up giroud and play wide when needed.

We can only wait and see, but according to a source who seems to find some inside information (Pablo) who I mentioned in a previous post, he does state that Wenger is closing in on a Striker deal which he describes as being madness!?

@jonm — In the end we only know after one or two seasons if any new striker signed has lived up to expectations.

Substitutions only after 75 minutes, when we are chasing a game all he does every time is throw in all his available strikers hoping one of them gets lucky and setting up the same way for every game.

We've been linked to every player in the universe (as is the way) but out of all the strikers we've been linked to I can only get excited about two of them.

Just maybe getting a new striker in would sharpen the theo and the OG's game a little more and add to our options up front and that can only be a good thing, or is it YOUR money?

my only hope is wenger to buy kanté of leicester.this guy is a beast at dm position with a good technical and physical quality.with him and coq in midfield against barca we can hope for anything special to happen.with finally olivier giroud slowly becoming WC striker, walcott most efficient and campbell who is a revelation this season, the return of alexis we can be dangerous against any defence.our only weak position is a dm position and wenger won't have any excuz this mercato bcoz there are players available that we can buy if we want.plz wenger go for at least one of this: kanté, wanyama, w.carvalho, l.bender, krychowiak, biglia, neves, l.gustavo, rabiot... if we try to sign s.roberto he will be a good addition with great quality.gunner for life!!!

Giroud is our ONLY striker and he is basically a carbon copy of Alan Smith in style and scoring.

And not only that he does that, but he uses Welbeck, a guy who fails to score a goal even if it's just him and the goal, as the main striker, even though he has Giroud on the bench, a guy who scored a goal in the first game.

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.

either way I seriously suspect we will be linked with a large number of players and the only one we will see in an Arsenal shirt come august will be Granit We nger has NOT changed in anyway and has already stated that Giroud will lead the line next season which rules out Lewondowski, Aubamayang, Higauin and any real top signings and IF France win the euro (wich will be no real indication of anything much) Wenger will sing Giroud priases to the heavens and state that we have the top striker in europe.

But being the only team in serious football not to sign an outfield player and then missing the title because our striker goes missing for a long stretch of games underlined the poor judgement and lack of ambition.

wWe have not the managerial coaching or managerial tactical skills to provide our two top strikers (only one of whom can play in this comp) with PROPER ammunition.

Manchester United striker Radamel Falcao, who has scored only four goals this season, was made to play for the club's under - 21 team in an attempt to improve his match fitness.

i get where you are going at but not a lot of the top teams were in the need of a top striker the ones who were already bought a striker at the start i.e. chelsea and man u and man city (nolito) and tottenham, of course there should have been other top clubs in search of a striker but i think it shouldn't be a knock - down that we were the only one who triggered the clause but i agree with all the other things you said the its absurd to compare him with griez and vardy and we have to be patient with him

People are saying that we have paid too much for a striker who may score goals in the French Ligue 1 but who has not really shone on the international stage and who may struggle in a tougher league, while there are also questions about why Arsenal seemed to be the only real suitor for the Frenchman.

What about vincent janssen He has scored 14 goals in his last 11 games and made 3 assists He is a complete striker he can hold up the ball amd he can run behind defenders even he is not very fast he also play with his two legs and give very nice passes He is only 21 My ideal world will be if we got a super striker like zlatan and get this guy for the next years I'm sure he will be a beast in the coming years

If only we can cry over the spilled milk, I would have take Higuain from Madrid over Ozil... The season before we bought Ozil our best player was Cazorla (AMF) and we were in a desperate need for a striker (still we are) and Higuain was availabe for less than 30M... Ozil is good (more than good but not for Arsenal) but I think it was a panic buy in the last minutes to pleased the frustrated fans due to lack of actions in that window...

There has been a lot of debate and speculation about Arsenal and the striker situation and I am not only talking about the question of whether Arsene Wenger needs to enter the transfer market this summer in order to sign a replacement or cover for our big France international forward Olivier Giroud.

Let's go Vardy, and we shall be complete, remember we only lost this EPL because our strikers couldn't find the net, if we have that complete finisher in Vardy, then I guess our midfielders will have the extra boost.