Sentences with phrase «players were the main striker»

I know what you're trying to say but the key difference with Bony and Carroll is that neither of those players were the main striker.

Not exact matches

poor signings and allowing unnecessary sellings of players not based on team needs When Cr7 is not scoring and marcelo and casemiro become strikers over their main roles in the team... Players play what coaches tell them especially positioning and movements... Hard days are ahead with PSG loplayers not based on team needs When Cr7 is not scoring and marcelo and casemiro become strikers over their main roles in the team... Players play what coaches tell them especially positioning and movements... Hard days are ahead with PSG loPlayers play what coaches tell them especially positioning and movements... Hard days are ahead with PSG looming..

With his doubles against Sunderland and Burnley, the 25 - year old has bagged eight goals in those six games and for a player that does not even play as the main central striker, it just shows you how good Alexis is and the fantastic form he has found since swapping La Liga for the English Premier League.

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?

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.

Of course there are goal threats from other Arsenal players like Ramsey, Ozil and Mkhitaryan, but do you agree that we need to make sure that our main striker is the one given the most chances to find the back of the net tonight?

I love Welbeck and hope he becomes better and better and is our main striker, but respect what Giroud has contributed and appreciate that he is a pretty decent and a current Arsenal player

I think Wenger will keep him, and I wouldn't be surprised if Giroud was our main striker yet again for next season, considering how Wenger usually performs in the transfer windows, coupled with his unwavering loyalty to certain players.

Liverpool have been linked with a number of strikers this summer, such as Christian Benteke of Aston Villa and Porto's Jackson Martinez, as they look to take the pressure off star player Luis Suarez to be their main goal scorer.

Players that are always OK with the FA cup and 4th trophy are signing new contracts everyday, those that wants to win major trophies see that those silverware can not be won with such players, OG as main stPlayers that are always OK with the FA cup and 4th trophy are signing new contracts everyday, those that wants to win major trophies see that those silverware can not be won with such players, OG as main stplayers, OG as main striker..

Two players battling for the main striker role at Paris Saint - Germain, it seems pretty clear that Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Edinson Cavani are treading on each other's toes at the Parc des Princes, with rumours that the club will pander to Zlatan's needs and offload Cavani to a high enough bidder this summer.

Wenger is the main problem because he refused to buy an outfield player when we needed a striker and dm at any cost.

Walcott is a great player with lethal pace, finishing and his off the ball movements are class but the guy cant be our main striker for the season.

Poodle is that player you just don't know where his natural position is, is he a main striker, second striker, winger, false no9 etc..

He also suggests that Wenger could be doing this mainly to pacify his critics, take one of the main players off the only club that finished above us and use the striker only on occasions which suit him.

Regular playing time or the lack of it was one of the main reasons for the Chilean striker to want to leave Barcelona in the first place and we have rarely seen a player from abroad settle so quicjly into English football.

I have to say both players are very talented and would add depth to our squad, however as far as strikers are concerned, for once I wish we would not go for a project and convert a Draxler or Gotze into a striker but sign a guy who has mastered the position in at least one of Europe's main leagues and preferably in the PL.

With Arsenal supposedly one of the main contenders to sign the young striker this summer, Gooners should be crossing our fingers and hoping that these talks between player and club go well for us and it is certainly possible.

Paradoxically, I believe that the main cause of our failure to win the League was not our away performances but rather the failure at home of our strikers from February through to April — when because of fatigue, injuries and a collective loss of confidence — the players just weren't strong enough to deal with it.

Not surprisingly some players wilted under the combination of all these pressures and its effects were noticeably severe on the form and confidence of those at the sharp end of action — our 3 main strikers — Giroud, Walcott and Alexis — who suffered a sort of collective ED in front of goal and when a team can't score goals — the pressure of all this got to them, and spread throughout the team, and affected our results particularly at home.

No serious striker is going to want to come to a club where the manager has had Giroud as his main man for 4 years and genuinely believes he is a top player.

Mourinho wants a mobile main striker, a fast right winger, a commanding central midfielder and two defenders, but Kane is the one player that he wants above any other, The Independent adds.

There's only Wenger who could buy a striker like Giroud, get us to hate him for all his misses and then force us to want him back so badly when he's injured as we have no other players anywhere near as good in that main striker role.

I agree mostly with what has been said, I do actually think that Lacazette is the cheaper and younger option which will obviously prove vital for Wenger and Aubamayang is a better player maybe but when you consider he will disappear every other year to go and play in the ACON we would be losing our main striker for an important part of the season too often and that has to be a serious issue for any team

He's good but 28 and not really the type of player we need... he's versatile & can play in the middle, both wings but as a main striker... rather have the money spent elsewhere like on Lacazette or Alcacer

I have a suspicion that the main striker we're gonna target will be a Lacazette type of player, only allot cheaper.

I think Wenger has made a great decision to test the player up front, but now with Giroud clearly firing the goals in, even when he isn't starting the matches as the club's main striker, surely he should get another chance to play up front from the start.

He's a quality squad player, but not good enough to be our main striker, and doesn't really fit into our style of play.

In his preferred number ten role, Christian Eriksen should start just behind the main striker and will be one of the players on the pitch most able to provide spark and creativity.

Some people are comparing morata to giroud, first he's much more younger at 23 years, secondly he hasn't really played as d main striker with all the backings giroud has enjoyed, he's a potential at his age and has played in two of d best leagues With clubs like JUVE and Madrid, he's a big game player, he's fast and skillful.

The main one was the performance of the Tottenham players in the England team, with both Harry Kane and Eric Dier scoring goals, the striker's in particular was very good and shows a player brim full of confidence and not looking like he will falter during the Premier League run - in.

Maybe Theo was finding it hard to take the responsibility of being the main striker and only needed to return to the flanks to regain his confidence, which he alluded to after the game, as well as reminding us all he is a team player.

We need At least 3 proven players at the club and a Striker is the main priority.

We started te game with 10 men by having an inconsequential player up front while our main striker is on the bench??????

Just behind the main striker, Eden Hazard has lit up the Premier League for champions Chelsea this season and is the third Blues player in this side.

same with the striker combo why not buy a player who fits between Theo and OG to give them a kick up their Arsenal and to cover in case of injury its the cheaper and less competitive option all the way, and while I know there are other players out there its alarming to see the main contenders for the positions we ALL KNOW need to be bolstered, are already heading to other teams.

The Liverpool number 9 has been a shadow of his former self this season with just one goal in seven appearances and Hodgson has doubts at the player's ability to hold - up play up top which he prefers his main striker to do.

Queens Park Rangers striker Charlie Austin and Palermo starlet Paulo Dybala are believed to be the main two attacking players being considered.

not forgetting his not signing a new contract, Walcott could be our Ole Gunnar Solsjaer, those of you who don't know who i'm talking about Ole use to play for Man - U he was very successful sub player he would come on in around the 70th mnt and almost always scored a goal, many clubs wanted him as their main striker but Ole was happy at his club, position and terms, i think with Walcott's pace and being fresh around the 70 mnt he could do well for his club, but we all know he wont except that role

Yes he is the best finisher in the EPL, and the sub bench has taken away his enthusiasm, i feel his skill set is more suited as a secondary striker who plays behind the main man, however Podolski lacks the defensive discipline to play in the arsenal system and arsenal truly can not afford luxury players, especially when arsenal as a poor defensive attitude.

For the main striker role I would have a choice welbeck giroud and sanogo the 6 wide players would be Walcott chamberlain gnabry sanchez podolski campbell and the 9 central players fighting for 3 slots would be ozil cazorla rosicky wilshire ramsey diaby coquelin flamini and arteta.

Another player that benefited from playing for Arsenal is Giroud, a second choice at Arsenal but plays as France's main striker.

I've had enough of this crap, look I honesty do think giroud is a good striker and he is a fairly consistant goal scorer, and every time he played for arsenal he gave 100 percent and I think we all appreciated the way he was, a true professional, but to say we as fans were too critical of him or that he didn't have enough of a chance at arsenal is just absolute bullshit, first of all he has scored more headed goals than any other player in the prem since he arrived in 2012 so we did play to his strengths and he was our main striker for four long years and every pundit on sky and motd has at one point said Giroud is not enough for arsenal to win the title ect, but, now we have sold him he is apparently the best thing since sliced bread and the best buy of the transfer window blah blah fuc * # * g blah.

It's funny how the above article rates Lacazetti as not a big name player yet he remains Wengers main striker target.?

A club with ambition wouldn't have OG as our main striker, only at Arsenal you'll find the manager, and most of his players to be so incompetent and lack ambition, and still don't feel any shame

I think welbeck is a much better player then what fans are saying, for one is is very quick and skillful he will suit our system very well his goal tally will improve especially being the main striker.

As far as Perez is concerned I see 2 main distinctive attributes (1) He is a link player; a selfless individual who is always willing to help his other strikers look good and we NEED such players.

I know that Wenger is more likley to sign a player who is young and cheap but for me the main goal is to get a DM to compete with le coq, and maybe a striker (not Nolito or another player who is in the same rankings as Giroud..)

I think that if Campbell was acting as main striker with Sanogo as a false no 10, it would've benefited both players and the club.

Liverpool could follow up their signing of Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke with a move to sign another world class attacking player, with three targets based in the Bundesliga believed to be the Reds» main priority...