Sentences with phrase «second choice striker»

The 22 - year - old is keen on a move to Spurs, and will also be keen to make his name in a Spurs shirt, and would have a huge job ahead of him if he is to take Harry Kane's starting spot, so it is more than likely that if he was to arrive, it would be as second choice striker.

Sturridge's absence has presented Dom Solanke with the opportunity to cement his place as Liverpool's second choice striker.

The striker has been limited to first team minutes in the Premier League, and he is currently considered as second choice striker behind Harry Kane, who is in fantastic form.

The guy is doing what a second choice striker is expected to do.

It seems that Wenger AND the board prefer having a second choice striker / winger in Walkott on the bench and paying him the astronomical amount of # 120K / week, than splashing some serious cash for a WC striker.

Summary: Giroud is not a first choice striker for a team which has title winning ambitions but then he not the worst either; AS a second choice striker he is pretty good

If you want to keep him as second choice striker it may be a good idea to show him you care and keep him on board.

And Giroud too is a second choice striker, we should have got a better striker in the summer and Giroud as his cover..

The ideal is that we bring a new striker that can hold up play and has some pace to lead our line and stick withe walcott on the wings or as a sub striker and giroud as second choice striker if walcott play on the wings

It'll be strange, tott ending with the second choice striker that we all wanted to try to replace Giroud with, and then we end up getting the tott target Ben Yedder.

He would make a great second choice striker.

Sanogo in my opinion, ain't good enough and won't make it... We need better, do you really think City and Chelsea would have Sanogo as their second choice striker?

Eduardo was a great shout for second choice striker, wouldn't mind a fit Eduardo now to be honest.

I think it's because of how difficult it would be to find a second choice striker better than Giroud.

To be honest with you I'd prefer all those second choice strikers you mentioned above apart from Njie and Origi.I also rate Hayden higher than Chambers because I feel he has more potential but is very injury prone.Those who have watched Isaac Hayden should know this and those who watched them when they played Southampton would know.He outclassed Chambers in that match.Bar his injury he will make it and is a born leader by example as in his play.The players I'm sick and tired of seeing is Mertesacker and Giroud.Yes only these two.For the rest I'm opk with them.People still think Ospina is better than Szczesny because of Copa America and stats.Oh!

Not exact matches

Edinson Cavani will likely be the number one choice in attack but, whether as a partner or a second - choice striker, there's no better time to stake a claim for a key role in the Uruguay squad.

Not only Juve don't need Giroud because they have Higuain, Dybala, AND Mandzukic, but there's absolutely no way Wenger will allow his second choice (at the moment) striker leave in the middle of the season.

We can get let's say rues and keep giroud as our main striker with welbeck as second choice.

Which would mean us very solid in deed if we can get a top striker, to go along with Giroud as second choice.

Then a whole seasons experience with 30 + year old pros and a manager with over 40 years experience and off the back of a cup performance in which he dueled with the toughest striker around and didn't come off second best, he comes off all that yet he lacks confidence, plus he's second guessing his choices and doesn't look as fit as when we first signed him.

He must improve in the second stage of the season if he is to have any hope of being our first choice striker.

Rooney may have gotten the second goal, but he's certainly nowhere near England's first choice striker.

The Mirror add that AC Milan striker Carlos Bacca had indicated that he would be open to a move to Atleti as he looks for Champions League football next season, but the Colombian international remains second choice behind Costa.

Giroud is a good striker but no top club would have giroud as their main striker, second choice possibly to offer something different but not first choice.

The Benzema problem is also affecting the Gunners striker Olivier Giroud, as some in France believe that he should be second choice to Karim and are jeering Olly during games.

If we going to sacrifice our target man to find the outlet for second line strikers, then Giroud is the best choice.

Just because one striker is second choice for one team, does not mean that he is worse than the player ahead of him.

Citeh have a great strike force with their 4th striker scoring twice and 1st choice scoring within 30 seconds.

Good enough as a third choice striker, maybe second, but that's about it.

Tubby, you called it mate, we have the most fickle fans on the planet, last night doesn't mean all of a sudden were crap, what it does mean is certain players need to take a long hard look at themselves as Arsene is taking serious heat by showing his loyalty to them namely, ozil and per, just not good enough and as for welbeck he should never been given an arsenal shirt, Giroud had a mare but he has proven this year that he is a great squad player but can not be our first choice striker, gooners keep the faith and hope that Monaco try to play ball in second leg cos if we turn up we could still hammer them.

Giroud, like every sensible person knows, is not really the kind of striker needed at Arsenal, perhaps second choice.

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

@almostawinner I totally agree with you we are good at creating chances we reach very good positions but giroud is less than average he won't even play at some mid-tables teams beleive me he can't dribble he rarely take long ranged shots he is not the best at movement I don't understand what do arsene wenger see in him to rely on him as our first choice We were going to get a striker three years ago (higuain) but the deal failed in the last second because wenger prefered to get ozil so what did giroud do to prove that he deserves his position can anybody tell me I really get mad when some arsenal fans tell that he is a good player because he is not!!

Besides, which team has a second or third choice striker who is better than Giroud.

Yeah we badly need a new striker any day any month any year but not any striker we need a good one better than what we have got we need a starter striker not a backup guy i want giroud to be our second choice And while you are at it bring a RW (salah or pedro would have done the trick) But back to reality we will get a big zero

No one is a Giroud lover, we all know his a limited second choice at best type of striker.

And you expect Madrid to sell to us Benzema so that we can have four strikers but for them to play with their second choice Jese and to remain with only one striker through three competitions.

Seeing as we need more than one main striker well then you could argue that the three of them are definitely better than our second or third choice striker so are a mark up in quality.

This is according to Daily Mail, who believe that the Italian is keen on making the England international his new second - choice striker.

Any striker who comes in has to accept that they're second choice, and that they're basically a replacement for Drogba.

For example, if Wenger had actually added another striker that would provide cover for Giroud and compete for the starting eleven, there's also a player who will move from second to third choice and so on.

The performance against Sporting was very poor thanks in part to a weird tactical choice by Valverde: he went with a 4 -2-2-2 formation that lacked width and depth, and Lionel Messi was moved from the False Nine role where he's played so well to a second striker alongside Suárez, perhaps in an attempt by Valverde to get the Uruguayan more involved and firing again.