Sentences with phrase «short on striker»

From the onset, we were short on striker options.

Lyon will sell him, but not this summer — they're really, really short on strikers this year.

Not exact matches

I know we're short in central midfield, but Arsenal would actually be better off playing with a man less, than having Ramsey on the pitch, and Giroud proved over a whopping FOUR YEARS, that he isn't good to be our main striker.

I thought he was goin 2core 3mo until he (makeshift striker) was taken off n the first choice came on 2successfully complete his 8games with out a score by the way walcot had a good number of shorts on target as well MOTM.

sanchez had more short on target than any other player on the pitch and he came on when?that is to show you we need a better striker jot giroud or walcot.and please walcot should stop thinking he is messi he was on the pitch for 35 mins yet noting to show for it.

He went on to say we are short in that position so we need a striker and for who will be number one striker next season its down to competition.

but the difference in getting him unlike Vardy is if he does not produce we are mot exactly short on the middle and we have alternatives unlike the Vardy deal, where we are on serious need and very very short; we have to get that striker role right so we can not afford to gamble om a one.dimensional average player who just so happen to have an exceptional season....

If anybody deserves to pulled up on it (and I do nt mean abuse) It Arsene Wenger as he is the man who brought him in and has refused to see Groud's short comings and who up until now has refused to look at either replacing him or bringing in another more talented and naturally gifted striker.

1) GK — better 2) LB — same, possibly better if Gibbs improves, Monreal has plateaued 3) RB — better as Bellerin will only improve 4) CB first pairing — same, as the BFG is getting older but he can't get shorter or slower, 5) CB second pairing — better since we didn't have a pair last year 6) DM — better as Arteta is now back up and Coquelin should get even better 7) Box to box — better if you think Ramsey and Wilshire still have room to improve and are still being kept out by Carloza 8) LW — better, Sanchez might not get too much better but Welbeck is an improvement on Podolski 9) RW — same if Theo moves up front but Ox and Gnabry have lots of room to improve 10) CAM — same 11) Striker — better as Giroud / Theo is stronger than Giroud / Sanogo

Boss Rodgers is desperately short of strikers after learning that Fabio Borini faces a spell on the sidelines with a fractured foot.

I think the major reason Wenger did not sign a strong DM is because of Diaby, Wenger may think it s his last chance to prove what he is capable of and he is when fit so I expect to see a breaktrough or fail from Diaby.You have to admire the loyalty of Wenger on those kind of point, the team is still short of defender but I do think that a Diaby fit can be a good DM as he is tall, strong and technical.There is 3 new striker, Campbell and Sanchez who can play the wings and a tall, strong Wellbeck who can bully the defenders in the box, all three have pace so it s an upgrade on Giroud and Sanogo.

Since RVP left we have been really short changed on the striker front.

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.

This team still have a long way to go till considered ginuine title contender and the pretty obvious reason is we are short of world class giroud can score diffdifferntd of goal the striker who can be a difference when we need result we cantcantord to depend on girogiroudgive us title I think this guy have done what he could we cant expect more from him

I say if wenger doesn't strengthen the squad by mid july he should go because if anyone hasn't realize we are going 12 years without the premier league and untill us fans wake up and see that wenger is done we will end up like Liverpool pathetic and holding on to past glory get that specialist in failure out soon like come on we are short on bloody first team players and we will be going in next season with coquelin as our first choice cdm and Walcott as our striker lol pathetic

Hence my call for Jansson but then we will be short for a defender from my own analysis of the season we were shay in the attacking department and we were gifting opponents goals on set pieces so we need 2 players whether we have the funds or not a defender and a striker are very much essential requirements to progress a head

He will be the third arrival at Bolton this week after veteran Paddy Kenny joined the club on a short - term contract, while young striker Max Clayton signed a three - year deal.

We do nt have real fans of the club, its just handfull of us.we have too meny akb ass lickers, whos only concern are wenger losing his job, they do nt care about Arsenal fc.they are wengers love childs.thats way they do nt care if we do nt win anything as long as there baffun wengers on payroll.my bloods boil wen them akb ass licker deffend there loard.12 years u morrons, 12 years same old excuse, that baffuns on 8millions a year payroll he couldnt find a world class striker since henry left.cant sort out the deffence, cant sort out dm.every year we are short off atleast 2 or 3 player but he rather not spend the money club offers him, its like his happy to take 8million doin same old mistake n them akb ass licker chering hin on

I really rate Coquelin and he has improved 100 % but as almost all the gunners fans know and at least all of the pundits are saying we need another of his ilk on the books in order to have cover in case Coquelin gets injured or banned and this needs to be addressed along with the Striker problem which in my mind is the reason we have fallen short again in the seasons progress.

How is this a master stroke It's nothing short of being an absolute moron No striker on the pitch and hoping to swamped the midfield with bog standard midfielders If this is how you wan na see arsenal play and ran then best of luck to you.

I don't think it would be a bad idea considering the market is short on available good strikers.

Our defence is so abysmal, forget strikers for now, mertesackers position in the team is nothing short of chest on show by Simon cowell!

Giroud's stats compared to Welbeck's show just how much of a difference he made, with 16 passes compared to 19, passing accuracy of 88 percent compared to 79, three shot assists to one, 26 touches to 36 and he made the same amount of tackles as our new striker in his short time on the pitch.

Spurs relentlessly pursued Berahino last summer but came up short on every occasion as West Brom held onto to the striker with an iron grip.

Daniel Sturridge proved at the back end of last season that he is more than useful as a lone striker, and with Suarez, Coutinho and Eriksen easily versatile across those three positions just behind him, the England international would never be short on service but the relationship between all four attackers would be symbiotic and Eriksen's goal tally would most likely stay intact if he signed.

Aubameyang looked short of match fitness in the Cup final defeat at Wembley, but there will be high expectations on the striker's shoulders on Thursday, where the failure to score, may bring some criticism towards him.

On the other hand, Arsenal are short of strikers with Giroud being the only senior one and United lack World Class players.

You make good points Ttg, if all three lost their pace who I will pick will depend on where I want them to play in my team, they will probably all be useless as wingers so I would pick Theo to play as a second striker in a 442 because Theo consistently makes the kind of short runs Townsend and, to an extent, Lennon can only dream of but if I must use them as Wingers then I'd pick Lennon as he is more two - footed and passes better than the other two.

Romelu Lukaku was Chelsea's first choice target as a striker but he too joined Jose Mourinho's Red Devils as the Chelsea board fell short on convincing the Belgian to join the club he was once sold by.

As well as this, in his 9 league appearances, Alberto has often come on for Philippe Coutinho, indicating the position behind the striker may well be the role Rodgers sees Alberto occupying, in the short - term at least.

Bolton Wanderers» very own Father Christmas has delivered an early present to the millions... AND MILLIONS of Wanderers fans around the globe in the form of former Liverpool and England striker Emile Heskey who has officially signed on a short - term deal.

Alexis Sanchez, of course, joined the club while Gnabry was out injured and had nailed down a starting spot on the left - hand side of the attack; Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain, Aaron Ramsey and Theo Walcott were battling it out for a right - wing berth and Mesut Ozil, Thomas Rosciky, and Jack Wilshire ensured that Wenger was not short of options for the role just off the striker.

Juventus announced on Friday the signing of French striker Nicolas Anelka, who has joined the club on a short - term contract.

Ibrahimovic has similar qualities to the former Ivory Coast captain, who now plays his football with MLS side Montreal Impact, and with his aerial presence, danger from long and short - range and hold - up play could be a striker that the counter-attacks come to, rather than a player to run alongside them on the break.