As a second note I think Theo and Alexis are good
second striker options.
In fact if you want to make a direct comparison with Chelsea you can see how Mourinho has balance in his front 3 behind Costa with Hazard on one side for flair and
second striker option (for Arsenal read Alexis) and Willian on the other side.
Further unless our new Head of Medical, Gary Lewin, has developed the most miraculous of magic sponges for Andy Carroll and Diafra Sakho then
a second striker option is also needed.
Not exact matches
I think this happened to Giroud because he is just a
second -
option striker now, so it might affect his confidence badly.
We're NOT linked now with anyone else and that's a worrying thing in itself, I personally really don't think Walcott is good enough to play that
striker role and I know I'll get roundly «thumbed down» for this but its how I feel about the boy he's good but NOT as good as he thinks he is and it annoys me that theres a possibility that all the toing and froing around his contract may be stopping us from signing a top notch
striker (and I DO NT think Martinez is this) I do feel that AW will opt for the cheap and
second rate
options again and this will also include not buying a
striker and putting Walcott in this role, meanwhile all our rivals will be putting strong established players into the positions where they need to bull up their squads we are not well known for doing this and its not going to happen now, which is infuriating as this is the right time to break that mould and go for it!!
His
second was disrupted by a five - man pass rush and good coverage; on third - and - 7, linebacker Eric
Striker blitzed untouched from Rees» blindside, and with his only
option (T.J. Jones dragging underneath) only semi-open and on the wrong side of the first - down marker, Rees held the ball too long, got hit as he was throwing, and got picked off.
In their past two fixtures against Aston Villa and Ludogorets, the 4 -3-3 hasn't worked, and Brendan Rodgers has in fact reverted to the diamond in the
second half, despite not currently having great
striker options because of Daniel Sturridge's injury...
For my part Martinez is really the cheapest
option and Id rather a real
striker and to be honest I really want Benzema though I don't see that happening but Martinez to me is the
second rate cheaper
option and it seems that we're linked with him because he is just that rather than being linked with the really top notch
strikers that we should be.
I think this approach of benzema or nothing is not right, we have other
options, we could go for a plan b and get a world class winger like reus and use Theo as a cf. Waiting till the last
second to sign benzema may backfire and we could end up with no winger or
striker
While the squad still has a couple of viable
options (namely playing Babel in the
striker role, or Kuyt in an attacking role to the outside flanking Torres), there seems to be a growing consensus around Merseyside that the club is better off without a
second strike
option.
A World Class
Striker isnt priority atm A World Class DM would be
second option but with Le Coq in this form doubt he would play better than him I would go all out for Cech he wants to leave and stay in london, he would bring leadership and command in the box a briliant keeper at 32 could become the next lehmann
Don't forget our
striker Morata was out and I think this player is very important for us, but at the same time we played with
second options, with three number 10s — Willian, Pedro, Hazard — and we created many chances.»
Will Bruin being your
second option at
striker.
This versatility immediately jumps out, because with Adnan Januzaj leaving for Borussia Dortmund on loan, and Javier Hernandez sold to Bayer Leverkusen, Martial will give United
options in different attacking positions, whether on the wing or as a
second striker behind Wayne Rooney.