He barely touched the ball (18 in total), and spent the entire game separated from the build - up play, sitting on the
last shoulder of the defender waiting for a through ball to latch on to.
The easiest way to describe outside zone is the this... On the front side of the run, the offensive line and sometimes a tight end are trying to reach the
outside shoulder of the defender, after the first two steps.
That's why Walcott is asked to play as a hold up striker, Ox is supposed to play off
the shoulder of defenders, Podolski had to cover for Gibbs and rarely get in the box, Arteta had to cover the counter attack and pass sideways, and Gabriel has to be a slow, awkward white guy with great positioning.
So i think Walcott is a fantastic winger (when he is fit) but he will not be a good number 9, As a striker he becomes a one trick pony, running of
the shoulder of the defender drifting into the spaces looking from the through ball from ozil or carzola etc..
These guys run off
the shoulders of defenders, poach around the 6yd box, they create their own chances, shoot on sight and bury chances from service out wide etc..
We were linked to vardy, laca, and morata, because we were looking for strikers that got behind defenders or played on
the shoulders of defenders.
On form as a right winger, I think Walcott offers more goals and more assists than welbeck and the ox, not to mention that left backs are just pinned in when he plays as people are scared to death about his pace, he's the one player we have that is constantly playing on
the shoulder of defenders, give him games and he will score goals, he's a better finisher than he gets credit for!
One an off
the shoulder of the defender, ball over the top striker (which Vardy scored 20 of his goals btw) and Olivier a back towards goal target man, who works with the movement of the other 2 forwards.
We need a striker who would constantly be at
the shoulders of defenders looking to get behind them in a flash when Ozil makes that killer pass.
he always plays on a shoulder of a defender
Lacazette — we need to do a better job of utilizing his runs off
the shoulder of defenders earlier in the build up.
If Bellerin can sit back more often, it will be fine, but the plan has to be for him to stay back or else Walcott has to cover on defense more than he has been asked to in the past (and I do think the issue is that Arsene WANTED him to be on
the shoulders of the defenders for counters — something we need much less of with Sanchez and Ozil in the lineup).
he needs to be on the end of moves play off
the shoulder of defenders.
Ozil's play usually looks to feed the player playing on
the shoulder of the defenders or our player furthest in attack with sublime through balls and balls or crosses over the top.
But in the goal scoring threat department from what I have seen of both guys Akpom is well ahead, the boy seems to be more technical, he has a bit of skill, good at hold up, always on
the shoulder of the defender and wanting to run in behind.
He's a bit cheeky on the pitch, he's got those runs, that movement, he's always on
the shoulder of a defender and he wants to score goals.
The 22 - year - old makes intelligent runs playing on
the shoulder of the defender and is a confident dribbler, drifting into wide areas and using his close control to protect the ball and drive in - field.