Sentences with phrase «playing as a central striker»

Arsenal are reported to be preparing Alexis Sanchez to play as the central striker against Liverpool next weekend.

Walcott just backtrack from his wish of playing as central striker Confidence is one the most important trait for a good striker.

In order to allow both Aubameyang and Lacazette to play as central strikers Wenger would have to revert to an old fashioned 4 -4-2.

There are doubts over Olivier Giroud against the top teams [Daily Telegraph], while Theo Walcott and Danny Welbeck have never played as a central striker on a regular basis and it remains to be seen whether either player could lead the line for potential title contenders.

he scored a lot of goals playing as central striker, but the old man pushes him to the wing.

In fact, the England forward has proved that he also has the ability to play as a central striker with some success and that is not something Pedro has in his locker.

but when he first got to Dortmund - he wasn't even viewed as good enough to play as the central striker & lead the line - shifted out on the wing - much like Walcott for us.

This is why you don't play Welbeck and Giroud together against a half - decent side — they both want to play as central striker and the wing is left completely unoccupied.

Often compared with Arsenal legend Thierry Henry, Mbappe is more comfortable when he plays as a central striker but he can also move to the wings and produce danger.

Secondly, Walcott has made it clear over the last few years that he only wants to play as central striker, so surely he wouldn't want to move to be put back into midfield even if Barca came calling.

I repeat, he doesn't have to play as central striker.

If we are serious about winning games, Walcott, Like Sanchez, must be in any starting eleven we come up with right now and he doesn't have to play as central striker.

It would be interesting to see how Alexis and Welbeck would combine, with the latter finally playing as a central striker.

Lille Saloman Kalou has rejected the opportunity to play for West Ham after being told that he won't be played as a central striker.

«With Danny it's been «he's not prolific enough for a man who plays as a central striker, and never gets the number of goals he should».

Sterling can also play as central striker and would give us options but his finishing is too erratic and we already have a liability in that respect - Welbeck.

It is clear that if we go for Sterling, he is head and shoulders above the ox on the wings, which means Theo plays as central striker and we will thus not get a new striker - which I was hoping will be Higuain.

He has shown this season (34 goals in 32 games) that he can thrive when played as the central striker.

Moreover, the forward will have to compete with club captain Wayne Rooney to play as a central striker.

He played as the central striker against PSV and did ok but he's a player as much for now as for the future.

Although Borini was played as the central striker, it was Defoe who had majority of the chances as the Italian looked out of sync and was later substituted in the second half.

Diabate, who can play as a central striker or on the wing, moved to the Corsican club after two seasons with Guingamp.

It might be different if I was playing as a central striker but I'm competing with Leckie and Kruse who are the established wide players.

Most likely Inter play in a 4 -3-3 system with Perisic and Palacio on the wings, with Icardi playing as a central striker, although it is possible that Mancini surprises with introduction of Ljajic and Jovetic in the starting lineup.

Manuel Pellegrini has played him in a wide role with the freedom to drift inside and he has also played as a central striker.

In his place would likely be one of the Valencia duo; Paco Alcacer or Rodrigo Moreno, playing as the central striker.

The Jamaican's versatility is also a bonus; he can operate on either flank as well as playing as a central striker.

He has stated on many occasions his preference to play as the central striker but injury and other options meant that he rarely got the run of games he desired.

Messi's place on the right flank has been taken by Barcelona B graduate Pedro Rodríguez — himself a capable goalscorer — with Bojan Krkić playing as the central striker in Zlatan Ibrahimović's absence in the 4 - 1 quarter - final second leg win against Arsenal last week (right).

Theo Walcott believes he will become even more effective with every game he plays as a central striker.

Not exact matches

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.

It would make more sense, like at Barca, for Arsenal to have a top striker in the center (Higuain or Aubamayng) and Sanchez on the right wing or to play Sanchez as a nr 10 in a 4 -4-2 type of style where he can play of a more physical central striker.

Top of the priority list for Schmeichel is to play Anthony Martial as a central striker.

Play Laca as a central striker so he can get used to the PL and his team mates as soon as possible, bring Giroud in as super sub.

Welbeck is fantastic, he only played 13 games as central striker last season and scored 8 times.

I am not sold on him as a winger, and I think he has a LOT of work to do to be a central striker, but I like him and I hope he plays well for someone.

Everyone n football and most of the same fans know Sanchez is our only player of quality, Henry said he is the only player who would get into the Spurs squad, and we play him with one hand tied behind his back on the left wing with effectively no existing central striker to worry defenders (unless you count Giroud as a central striker but I refuse to believe Giroud worries any central defender).

I hope someone reminds him he plays for Arsenal as a central midfielder and not a striker

He has shared the central role with Alvaro Morata this term, and a striker of his capabilities could be looking to leave in order to play more regularly, as well as seek one final pay - day, having turned 29 in December.

schweinsteiger has captained the german national side has won basically every domestic trophy as well as the cl and central midfielders tend to play at their peak longer than strikers as their game is not based around attributes such as pace.

He was second fiddle to Zlatan Ibra at PSG, and was forced into playing in a foreign position on the RW all season where previously at Napoli and earlier he was bred and groomed as a central striker.

«In most of the games we had 70 percent possession, but that makes it difficult for the strikers because there is less room and less freedom as well as most of the time people play with central defenders.

With the signing of Draxler it is believed that Wenger will be happy with the number of wide forwards at his disposal for next season which will include Welbeck, who Wenger feels needs more time before playing as the teams main central striker.

Wenger will be letting go of both Podolski and Campbell to make room for a «special talent», a player who is capable of playing on either wing or as a potential central striker, Wenger made Draxler his priority after Borussia Dortmund rejected any advance for their star striker, Aubameyang, who would cost Wenger over # 40 million, instead Wenger opted for the cheaper yet equally talented Draxler for # 28.7 million.

Sanchez is okay as a striker, but I think he would be better if he plays as a central attacking midfielder, behind a striker.

Here's my take on Walcott; the typical English hype got to him and he over estimated his own abilities in recent seasons, wanting to play as striker without first establishing himself as a world class winger forgatting that even Henry, Ronaldo and even Messi had to first prove their undoubted abilities on the wing befroe going central, Wenger let him suit himself, he hit rock bottom when he wasn't even selected for the Euros and has finally decided to dust himself up and work his way back up, why cant we see that and just give him the necessary support?

«He can play [as a central striker], we've also got Theo coming back and we've got Sanogo on the bench, who has improved so much.

Walcott never made the switch from winger to central striker, whether that was as a result of not enough playing time or injury is not so relevant.

Just like Santi, James is a versatile playmaker who can play on the flanks, in central midfield or in his preferred position behind the striker as a Number 10.

Someone should please prevail on Wenger NOT to sell Perez and to give him game time because he is a good versatile player that is pacy and can play on both wings and as a central striker.