Sentences with phrase «other centre forwards»

At their very best Benzema is not close or in the same class as other centre forwards such as Suarez, Ibrahimovic, Lewandoski, Cavani, Falcao.

As it is, however, do you think that the new signing will actually bring out the best in our other centre forward?

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You could even say that we don't really have a concrete centre - forward any more, as while Sanchez is moving back into midfield to get the ball, then other players like Walcott, Ozil and the Oz are moving into the centre to replace him, like a rotating diamond formation.

Giroud could get himself on a red hot scoring streak while all the other strikers at the club struggle to find the back of the net, thereby making the France international centre forward a key member of the first team that the boss could not, in all conscience, let go, but not many of us expect that to happen.

THat led to the two teams cancelling each other out to a certain extent and chances were pretty thin on the ground in the first half, which is why the opening goal was a big plus point for the Gunners and once again it came from our big centre forward Olivier Giroud.

Other options would include Joel Campbell and Alexis Sanchez, but the pair are much better suited when operating on the flanks and can't be considered as long - term solutions in the centre - forward role.

Arsenal basically have three centre forwards like most other clubs — Giroud, Walcott and Welbeck.

Even better would be if the other Arsenal transfer rumours about PSG are true, because that could mean that while Alexis goes one way, their Uruguayan centre forward Edinson Cavani and their German attacking midfield star Julian Draxler come in the other direction to play for Arsenal.

This of course also does not take in to consideration any of the many possible downsides eg: would Martinez as our centre forward have any adverse effect on the goalscoring capability of others like Alexis or Ramsey?

Giroud drops to the bench so Ozil will be playing in one of the wide forward roles with Welbeck in the centre and Alexis on the other side.

Well a repeat show of petulance from Olivier Giroud could put a spanner in the works, but we have no other choice for centre - forward so hopefully he will have learnt his lesson.

The other notable things was that almost every other player in the top 20 is a creative midfeild type like Silva, Coutinho, Tadic and De Bruyne, so for Alexis to be doing it from the centre forward position shows just how vital he is to our attack.

He is also close to the goal every other game ratio that is the hallmark of a really decent centre forward.

This situation for Wenger could not have come at a worst time either, with Danny Welbeck, Lucas Perez and Chuba Akpom all still out injured, and our only other centre - forward Olivier Giroud has just returned from the treatment table and is not 100 % fit to play.

The problem with walcott playing a centre forward is not hold up play, Its the lack of faith in him by other team mates.

The pony - tailed centre forward has scored 38 goals in 62 league games for his side — that is an average of just over one every other game.

ultimately we need two big tacklers anchoring our midfield that can distribute like Busquets as EVERY other player other than our centre backs go forward with no regard.

He's still very young got bags of potential just I don't see him as a centre forward so his position is a wide forward where we have lots of options welbeck, Alexis, Walcott the ox who are all in front of him then there's Gnabry and quite a few others who can play there.

There are other similarities as well, especially if Wenger continues to use Alexis as a centre forward because Henry also started on the flank before Wenger moved him inside.

I know there will be Arsenal fans out there screaming at me and saying that Arsenal must get a centre back, a defensive midfielder, a centre forward or a player in some other position where they see a weakness, but I do not agree that we really need anyone in any position.

And then there are more defensive teams with relatively little goal potency elsewhere on the field who rely to a very significant extent on the goal returns from their lone centre forward (think Costa at Chelsea last year, aside from Hazard they could not rely on goals from too many other sources other than the centre forward position, or Atletico in 2014 strangely enough with Costa again, or Martinez at Porto (admittedly not quite so defence minded) in 2013 where no other player got in to double figures).

The centre forward is already looking ahead to the Champions League game against the Bundesliga champions this week and I am sure that our tactics will be the same as in the home clash with them, namely to work really hard, keep our shape and hope to take what chances come our way at the other end.

Parker now appears to have questioned if the club still need him in their squad with the arrival of Sanchez, who could be an upgrade on him in a centre - forward role, despite also being capable of playing in other positions.

We all expected the French international to be the new first choice centre forward but he has been playing out wide up until now, but against the German champions the former Lyon star will start in the centre forward position, although whether he will be up there on his own with Ozil on one side and Welbeck on the other or whether the Gunners try a strike pairing remains to be seen.

There were thousands of Arsenal transfer rumour stories linking us with Karim Benzema in the summer, with lesser rumours saying that Arsene Wenger wanted to bring in other frontmen like Aleksandr Kokorin or Jackson Martinez, but Le Prof stayed aloof from all the fans and pundits alike who kept imploring him to buy another striker to challenge Olivier Giroud for our centre - forward slot.

Up front the news is that both Danny Welbeck and Alex Iwobi start with the England international replacing Giroud in the centre forward role and with Iwobi starting on the other side to Alexis Sanchez with Ozil to provide the ammunition.

Mathias Pogba is the midfielder's other more senior sibling, and Florentin's twin, and he is also in on the family business, playing topflight football up front as a centre - forward for Eredivisie club Sparta Rotterdam — another link back to his younger brother as the team with whom ex-United boss Louis van Gaal started coaching as a player.

Alex Sandro and Marcelo (full backs), Kevin de Bruyne (central attacking midfielders), Lionel Messi (wingers) and Dries Mertens (centre forwards) head the rankings for the other positions considered.

«A top - class centre - forward is the other one.

As a neutral I think the Gunners need top class (though within the Gunners budgetary constraints) reinforcements in 3 areas over the summer if they want to challenge the other members of the EPL Big 4 — centre - back (CB), holding midfielder (CDM) and centre - forward (CF).

After defending against a pacey centre - forward, always looking for holes and spaces, to switch to a middle man capable of occupying one space and laying the ball off to other runners, you're going to struggle.

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Divock Origi and Daniel Sturridge have both proven to be huge assets for Liverpool but they rarely play alongside each other because Jurgen Klopp prefers to play with a lone centre - forward.

Lyon's other goals came from top scorer Alexandre Lacazette, centre - half Mouctar Diakhaby, and two after the break from forward Maxwel Cornet.

On the other side, nobody could stop ex-Atletico Madrid centre - forward Mandzukic in the air, with Ramos» strength and leadership really missed.

Less well - rounded forwards, though, are deployed principally as facilitators; their job is to hold the ball up, occupy the other team's centre - backs and establish a foothold in their opponent's defensive third.

Closed down by one of the Brighton forwards, the return ball to the other centre - back closed off by the other forward and the easy balls into midfield and to their side's full - back cut out by the Brighton winger and midfielder, the centre - back had few options to pass out from the back — Laurent Koscielny in particular was struggling, giving the ball away several times on the edge of his area, with one instance leading to the second goal.

But though Jurgen Damm on the other flank threatened danger, Jonathan Maidana kept a tight rein on French centre forward Andre Gignac.

«In this respect he excels every other famous centre - forward.»

Bilbao - born Williams, 21, can play anywhere across the front three, but has been consistently utilised on the left flank thanks to a mixture of his raw speed and skill, coupled with the consistent form of centre forward Aritz Aduriz, who won't allow any other forwards a look in.

On the other hand, Real Madrid are in hunt of a new centre forward.

Suarez and Sturridge were swapping positions between the right side and the centre forward position, both looking to play off each other when the opportunity arose.

Indeed, that he does drop deep adds to Arsenal's fluidity, as long as he doesn't drop too deep; to make Alexis at centre forward work is about selecting other players but also coaching him.

He also expressed gratitude to the GFA for welcoming him to their offices, adding that he is looking forward to visiting other GFA facilities such as the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence at Prampram.

The Guardian understands several other sitting Lewisham councillors aligned with the centre - left are likely to put their names forward, including Joe Dromey and Kevin Bonavia.

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