Sentences with phrase «rather than a striker»

Morata is definitely not what we need at the moment but frankly speaking, I'd rather him than no striker at all

In my opinion Giroud may well be the club's main striker, because let's face it Alexis is a converted winger rather than a striker.

He is usually deployed as a winger rather than a striker, but this season the Englishman has started popping up with important goals when called upon.

Many of us may have thought that midfield was the one area where there was already an abundance of talent whereas it has seen the most reinforcements (particularly if you consider Ayew as a midfielder rather than a striker).

Embed from Getty Images However, it seems Theo Walcott has his eyes set on that challenge, after revealing he wants to be known as a right - winger rather than a striker from now on.

Not exact matches

All im saying is it would be a lie to assume he would be able to pick up those abilities in 2 or 3 games therefore i'd much rather have someone who is an accomplished striker, than someone transitioning into one.

Matthaus has a history of spats with the striker, and has piped up again to criticise him for blaming others rather than himself.

Speaking after Walcott announced that he wants to return to playing on the wing, where has had his better days, Wenger has instead came out to the media to announce that he personally sees Walcott's future as a striker at Arsenal, rather than a winger.

if we want 2 sign a striker & if we can't get cavani / falcao wenger should go kevin volland or max kruse would rather see them than remy / welbeck

For a striker, he prefer choice to pass rather than to shoot, what an odd.

if u hv noticed his runs off the ball and the way he face the goal rather than showing his back and trying hold game he plays as outright striker... and walcot is injured so he cant play upfront for time being and abt alexis to be honest i hv not seen him play as a striker much... and as of now we hvnt sign a new striker..

Henry was obviously impressed by how his fellow countryman combined with his international teammate Antoine Griezmann for France at Euro 2016 and he thinks that the same sort of se3t up could work for Arsenal, with Sanchez playing the role of support striker rather than being stuck out on one of the flanks.

As his agent says, it's important that the club has at least two competitive quality strikers and unfortunately as Welbeck can not stay fit, it's very important that Arsenal look to invest in another striker to provide competition to Giroud, rather than replace the Frenchman.

To be honest Arsene, there wasn't really much football to talk about, but the fact is that every Arsenal fan knows that without a new striker we have little chance of the title this season, but according to him, the protests from the travelling fans are simply because they are being led by the media rather than making their own mind up.

He can play as a striker but it's not his best position, he's just not good enough and he's been with us long enough to know we should be looking for better options rather than throwing # 140k a week at him.

Hahahaha well it's only Wenger that can go into the market rather than looking for top Strikers, CD will always get below standard but knowing him even this Lucas Perez that people know little about will not be signed.

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Having the right balance in our team will help us more in big matches rather than a world class striker.

Arsenal in talks to sign there own player... fantastic You should have used that title rather than La Liga striker.

Arsenal need a striker that is capable of firing twenty goals in the Premier League alone, rather than in all competitions.

In the long term, Liverpool will be hoping that Sturridge's injury problems are just bad luck rather than any hereditary, as the striker fears.

Since it seems Wenger has no intention of selling Walcott in the near future Giroud may be the one to leave this summer if we are to bring in a new striker and i'd much rather see Walcott leave than Giroud.

However France do have a whole host of options when it comes to strikers and so it seem he missed out due to competition rather than form.

no ambition... he preferred staying at a club where the manager rather blame the ref for a missed goal than the striker himself... wenger has built all of them in his image..

Bale plays as a shadow striker, meaning he plays in the # 10 role but is more focused on driving at defenders with his pace and shooting (rather than the Ozil - way of playing the # 10 role for example).

While I agree we would need to change to get the best out of Ramsey, Giroud simply needs someone to fight for his place, rather than running him into the ground each season because we have no other real strikers.

Rather than rightfully punish the act and counsel the striker, these entities and a handful of writers supported him on the basis that he's good at putting the ball in the back of the net.

.2 nd I think we have more pressing needs further up the pitch and we should only be getting involved with this dude after we have sorted out our striker situation and not before, he will not come.cheap and all that dosh will be better use getting a proper striker because that is where we lost the championship this season and needs addressing sooner rather than later

«And, rather than signing more squad players, he must bring in another world - class defender, a top midfielder and a 20 plus goal striker.

The striker was left out of the starting lineup for both of the ties against Fiorentina, but Pochettino will surely want his main man leading the line rather than Nacer Chadli.

He's made the same criticism of both Dzeko and Schick at different times at lone striker, saying he didn't like how they go wide to search for the ball rather than trust their teammates to get it done.

Rather than buying Morata I would prefer for us to stick with Giroud with Sanchez as second striker like Griezmann in the France team then we sign a left winger like Reus, Draxler or Gotze

We finally have a solid striker (even if he will take some adaptation time I think he'll be true class) in Lacazette, we have solid center backs (once they are all healthy) much better than in recent seasons, Giroud is our killer weapon off the bench rather than the key we are relying on as the main source of goals, Coquelin and Elneny are now midfield fall - back options rather than Flamini (no offense Mathieu, I appreciated your efforts, just making the obvious comparison), two high quality keepers, etc..

Reason is, I think if we stopped depending on Giroud for goals, and stuck more to him being a dummy for others to run around, we'd score more goals than having an out and out striker that waits for chances, rather than makes them for others.

Those 200 millions would've surely covered a DM and a solid CB to partner the Boss, never mind the remaining that could've easily put in a real striker, rather than hoping Theo would work.

He will leave if we want a top striker, and I'd rather have a top striker than hold onto Giroud.

His uncertainty with whether he really wants to sign for Arsenal or not, suggests to me that he wouldn't be entirely committed and therefore Arsenal should start to look elsewhere for their new striker, rather than be left to wait by Jamie Vardy.

With Walcott's form ever inconsistent and The Ox's injury concerns every season, it would be no surprise to see that Wenger play Lucas on the wing, rather than as a conditional striker up front.

Perhaps we should adopt the more European norm and talk about «forwards» rather than «strikers».

Morata was once again dropped in today's Premier League fixture with Man City and it appears that Conte prefers to field Eden Hazard as a false nine rather than playing a conventional striker during big matches.

Rather than break the bank for Ronaldo or Paul Pogba, Jose Mourinho looks to have his eyes on Bayer Leverkusen striker Javier «Chicarito» Hernandez.

i respect Wenger but he has to change... its all clear that we need a striker rather than gamble with Giraud, welbeck and akpon

Gary Neville laid into him again on Monday night for not taking responsibility and maybe Ozil has taken that on, because he has been talking to Arsenal Player this week about his need to be more selfish and go for goal more often himself rather than looking for one of the strikers.

He does not have any other option rather than to buy a striker

Arsenal's chief made a very calculated move in targeting Henry, as he already knew his style from Monaco and had no doubts that he'd do a better job as a striker rather than a wing that he was at Juventus.

I'd rather have Wenger and CL plus the ability to attract a top finisher than a new manager and the same team that misfired so much this season; or bringing more average strikers because the top ones prefered CL football.

The type of footballer who everyone wants on their team and no striker wants to come up against, Skrtel will take the ball and the man, rather than just the ball just to make a point to the opposition.

Which manager would bench his top striker to accommodate Ramsey who has turned himself into a striker rather than maintain his central midfield role.?

He goes missing in important matches, he still hasn't adapted to the physical nature of premier league.I would have rather had a striker than a playmaker when he was purchased.

Strikers score, defenders defend, midfield keep the ball and work hard Would rather have a striker who will gurantee goals than one who will run the whole pitch and be ineffective in the opposition box