Sentences with phrase «short of a top striker»
However, we are still short of a top striker.
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Having added a striker and midfielder, a central defender is arguably next at the top of his to - do list as he looks to rebuild the spine of a team that finished 10th in the Premier League last season and is short of options at the back with John Terry, Gary Cahill and Kurt Zouma arguably not enough.
we have at most 4 real quality outfielders i.e. players that other top european teams would take... ozil sanchez santi and kos... in my books you need 6... we are two short but worse the quality of others is lower than needed... only bellerin coq and wilshere have that potential... and there are problems with each still... we should have put in bids in june for griezman kondogbia and the Burussia striker as all could have been prized away with right bid plus players thrown in IMO... now its too late and wenger is in some weird gallic world of existential hope and denial and fans are just praying we do nt lose opening 2 matches for first time in over two decades... but no one is really confident against a team which is sure to finish around mid table...
Also if we were short on cash we could have considered selling some of our existing players where we have a seemingly surplus and buy a top striker where we have non.
Failure to strengthen at key times in either the summer or january is nothing short of brainless and ambitionless especially for a top team with champions league and premier league ambitions (sorry we are there to make up the numbers) Year after year we see either a striker midfielder or defender become injured and we lose momentum because either the board or Wenger see otherwise..
A short, wily support striker with marvellous technique and an exquisite touch, Di Natale is right - footed but typically plays from the left and has proven that he is more than just a scorer of great goals this season by racing to the top of the Serie A scoring charts.
With Lukaku suddenly off the market despite seeming destined to rejoin Chelsea, the club are now faced with the prospect of desperately negotiating deals in a shorter time frame for other elite but available top strikers, of which there are precious few.