Sentences with phrase «striker holding the ball up»

The French striker held the ball up, and shrugged off Boyata, his solitary marker, to find the arriving Ramsey, who right - footed past Caballero to put Arsenal 2 - 0 ahead.

The striker holds the ball up initially but then plays a loose pass to hand possession back to Arsenal.

Not exact matches

Them not having a striker only removes that long ball hold up play to get out of tough situations but we would be ok with that most of the time.

What about vincent janssen He has scored 14 goals in his last 11 games and made 3 assists He is a complete striker he can hold up the ball amd he can run behind defenders even he is not very fast he also play with his two legs and give very nice passes He is only 21 My ideal world will be if we got a super striker like zlatan and get this guy for the next years I'm sure he will be a beast in the coming years

* We purchase a top quality striker, Benzema, Higuain, Lacazette (choose your pic) * We give Theo a full season to prove himself up front and hopefully he can stay fit and improve with his hold up play, his movement off the ball and finishing has improved immensely (His finish in the FA Cup final wasn't as easy as he made it look... with his weaker foot) and we then sign Reus to play on the right.

Because too many times I have seen Arsenal get stuck in the opposition box against tight abdurate defence for long spells where the striker is so tightly mark that his role is reduce to holding the ball up and operating in tight spaces with good close control.

We want a striker who can score 20 + goals a season not Just some target man and can hold the ball up!

Wenger will buy a lone striker who has physical strength and able to hold the ball up well.

Arsenal need a focal point striker someone who could operate in tight spaces, lean into defenders hold the ball up with skills and control allowing his wide players like Sanchez and Walcott to make runs into the box and hence sustain pressure on the opposition.

Without a striker to hold the ball up it keeps coming back, puts you under continuous pressure, simple as that

... he played there against crystal palace, Everton 2 season ago and it was a disaster... our build up is majorly done closer to d centre circle than d oppositions box... that's y girouds hold up play is vital... either we go with dat path or we look for a striker who is lightning quick (so when we make d final pass, it doesn't get wasted), uses both legs to shoot on sight, with good accuracy... playing Sanchez, who is not very good with his back to goal as a 9 is useless and though fast, holds on to d ball a lot tryn to get d best angle to shoot... we need a striker who is very intelligent with d timing of his runs... too bad Walcott is as intelligent as a sheep, cld have been d perfect cf...

We need a power striker to make space for and hold the ball up for our fast guys»

A big target man in the box for set pieces, crosses and holding the ball up alongside a pacey striker to get in behind.

What is wengers obsession with giroud... hand balls sanchez goal bound cracker and gets effort disallowed... 2 missed sitters... constantly giving the ball away... cant hold up play... we desperately need a striker who can put the ball in the net... ffs how much longer have we got to put up with him..

i still hold the opinion the striker we use is dependent on the opposition we play, for all the brilliance of Alex he has been shut out in several games by pressing arsenal and letting us having to resort to long balls which he fails to get on to, if teams stops arsenal build up, they stop arsenal with sanchez as the forward, however with both Alex and Giroud on the field we have the opportunity to switch styles without making changes.

since he's so good at assisting or creating chances or bringing others into the game or holding up the ball and less of a potent goalscorer, it'd be fair to say he could try out playing in midfield or behind a Lethal striker!

Can't chuba akpom come from bench... i wud feel we shud give kid a chance... plus if we are to go 4 a «WC» striker we should first sell giroud... coz den he is of no use... coz wud prefer walcot any time coz of his pace and welbz coz he can hold up the ball in front «like» giroud plus he is a better runner nd confident his striking can only get better... 4 me giroud is of no use to dis team coz we are developing into more of a counter-attacking type wid help player like coq available... so better first get a DM which shud be our prime requirement....

Ozil can make those killer passes to our stationary striker while he himself holds the ball up for nobody in particular.

We call ground substitution a masterclass and he could hold d ball and look up if there were his teammates around, he just crossed hoping someone will be there whereas welbeck or a better striker would have held d ball, tried to dribble or do it all alone.

Wenger lost the plot when he brought in Giroud... what about the beautiful game involves having a lumbering striker who's main attribute is holding up play... our success with Wenger, and even before, came with pace and clinical striking up front, having a boss in the midfield and having physically imposing CBs... what about Wright, Bergkamp, Anelka, Henry or RVP remind anyone of Giroud (minus the left foot of course)... the formula was broken, which didn't have to be the end of our success, but when you adopt half - measures you can't expect things just to work themselves out on their own... at the very least Wenger should have brought in some wingers that can consistently cross the ball and then spend significantly more time addressing our lack of success with set pieces... ultimately this is why we continued to struggle with consistency and continued to constantly play people in the wrong positions

He has a career long experience as striker, been Golden boot in the French league as a striker, is in the France natuional team as a striker, is 6» 5 and heavy built, has the physical strength to hold of big centre - halves, can hold up the ball and be tackled without going to ground every time.

OK I know that would leave Walcott and giroud as the striker options, but if it's giroud all he would need to do is hold the ball up to let those 4 in, if it was Walcott it would be a matter of pace over the top.

We need a robust bulldozing striker, not one who has speed and does very little to fight for the ball, or one whose main job as instructed is to hold - up the ball for others to pass around aimlessly.

We need goals everywhere in the side Giroud is the platform to build off the wall pass the man who occupies the centre half's, the attacking mids are there to join in with him and we need our left and right forwards to arch there runs from out to in for Ozil to slide balls in for them after Giroud holding it up or Ramsey to slide the passes or arrive late himself we need to share the goals round the side more instead of this nonsense of let's find a 30 goal prem scorer which no team has either lol Giroud is contributing well for us of course he misses chances what striker doesn't.

The Belgian international can also fit any tactical system as he can effectively run the channels, hold the ball up and he also has the ability to be a typical «fox in the box» kind of striker.

Giroud does not score, assist and hold up ball effectively for one game then he is completely shite, useless, lamp post, etc... He is no where be the top striker we need but he can be a super-sub, a plan B that people cried out at the time when we had Van Persie.

Hahaha pepes here saying Benzema is not significantly better than Giroud.i do not even want to go to stats.Firstly lets talk about finishing, Giroud finishing is not really that good at all.He misses a lot of chances.He most at times needs many chances to score and all also misses sitters too much.his shot accuracy too ai nt that good at all.This makes him an average finisher.Secondly, lets go to his dribbling abilities.every player has his own limitations.Giroud has average dribbling.there are many times if he could beat a player he would have been through on goal but since he cant he just waits for support denying the team a chance to score in most cases.Average dribbler.In addition, hold up play, Giroud holds up the ball really well, however, this does not work in all cases against physically strong defenders and also very intelligent defenders his hold up play suffers a lot.so for hold up play he is ok.i could go on and on my word this striker is not good at all do nt you watch him or you want to use his stats.ah!

As long as Arsene is committed to holdup play and forces any striker playing through the middle to hold up the ball so much, Giroud is about as good a fit as anyone we are linked with.

We need a striker who can run with the ball at his feet and hold it up for the other players where necessary.

To really be a dominant team we need a world class striker and not just one who is good at holding up the ball, we can not have Per as one of our CD, we would need a leader in midfield and preferable a world class wide player.

«Albion fans will know all about him; he's a physical striker that holds the ball up well, and he's capable of scoring goals, which we he hope he will continue back here.»

Whatever else Mourinho is or is not, he wants his strikers to be able to collect long balls and hold them up for his team - mates.

He moves like a hold - up striker does when the ball enters the box, and though his output needs to increase; the predatory instincts are there to match the playmaking ones.

His work off the ball is superb, and his hold up play, as well as his link up play, are amongst the best that I have ever seen in the Premier League.Kane is slowly showing he is an all round striker, topped off with the fact that he's one of our own!

The striker in Poch's system is as much as anything a worker — moving intelligently, holding up the ball and drawing defenders.

They often have less than 50 % of the possession in games and the Belgian striker offers options from the long ball and also has the ability to hold play - up to allow his team - mates to join in the attack.

He can hold the ball up, make runs in behind and give defenders a bloody time — didn't Wenger say something abt needing a striker with those qualities a few days back.

Now there are a few reasons Inter had such control over the match including the energy and tenacity of Kondogbia and Gagliardini, the willingness of Candreva and Perisic to come back and help mark Milan's wingers (mainly Deelofeu - his speed was their main threat considering that Nagatomo had Suso in his back pocket), the high press on Milan's backline forcing them to go long to a striker that couldn't hold up the ball, and the fact that Medel and Miranda had Bacca under lock and key.

Personally I'm a big fan of Firmino leading the line for this Liverpool team, he possesses every attribute a striker playing in Klopp's system requires, he holds the ball up well, links the play, has very intelligent movement and is the Reds best presser of the ball.

«He (Klopp) still tells me that I'm a striker who can do everything — score goals, hold - up the ball, play one - twos, heading.

A striker's job encompasses myriad different tasks; depending on the system, they may be required to press high when out of position, hold the ball up to facilitate midfield runners, run the channels to create space inside and offer an outlet, or drop back to augment midfield when defending a result is the priority.

In addition to that, the Belgian striker held the ball well at times, and was heavily involved in build up play.

Ibrahimovic will turn 35 in October and in his veteran years has become a slow - moving, spectacular artillery piece of a striker, capable of whittling away defences with his shooting and holding the ball up for teammates.

He also spent time playing in one of the three free roles behind the striker meaning he learnt how to hold up the ball better and how to bring other players into the game.

The Ligue 1 striker is incredibly direct, and prefers to run straight at defenders rather than hold up the ball for his teammates.

With Toure down injured and playing Sagbo onside, Skrtel attempted to fill the position his injured teammate had left, but rather than making a challenge on Sagbo, he only allowed the striker to hold the ball up effectively.

Or does he want a striker to hold the ball up and feed a talented and energetic attacking line - up that could include Thomas Muller, Leroy Sane, Mesut Ozil, Marco Reus and Mario Gotze?

The FIFA series has been criticized in recent years for just being focused on the pace aspect of the sport but now they are taking a bit more of an interest in using a player's strength to hold the ball up, protect possession, and keep defenders and strikers at bay.