If you think every midfielder should be
playing as a second striker then you are deluded and no nothing about football, every player has their own type of style.
This system allows Hazard to
play as a second striker close to Diego Costa, giving him a free role instead of asking him to track back a lot, like in the past few years.
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.
He has spent most of the
season playing as a second striker, but with his troublesome hamstring, Blackpool's high line and no designated holding midfielder in the Arsenal side, he dropped into a deeper «quarterback» role, dictating the game from there.
I know that Alexis Sanchez has been doing great there in recent games, but I also reckon that Arsenal cvould do just as well having Cazorla there and Alexis coming from wide or
playing as a second striker in a 4 -4-2 formation.
In reality
he plays as second striker in Madrid (Ronaldo is the first)... For real Ronaldo is the target man... Benzema will score more goals with Arsenal for sure...
Infact, Giroud is ready to
play as a second striker, he is ready for the competition..
Unfortunately our midfield is too weak to release someone to
play as a second striker.
His vision is well above average, and he can
play as a second striker and send quality through balls to his teammates.
If he keeps cutting in to
play as a second striker, it will only create a bottle neck in front of their box.
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.
In Teramo
I played as a second striker.