Sentences with phrase «strikers open play»

Not at all... But I think when you're comparing strikers open play goals are far more valuable.

Not exact matches

But I also think he will play with two strikers a lot more this season, teaming Giroud up with Sanogo opened up the FA cup final.

None of their recognised strikers have scored a goal from open play in the league this campaign.

FC Porto striker dreams of playing in the Premier League opening the door for a # 26.5 million transfer to Chelsea.

The centre forwards at Bayern, PSG, Juve, Real, Chelsea, Man City and Barca all had totals in the teens for their league goals from open play and all (bar Chelsea) were comfortably outscored by wide forwards / second strikers in their teams.

Yes, the 21 - year old, too, injured his hamstring during the opening game against Crystal Palace but — now that he is fit — it remains to be seen whether the lanky striker gets his opportunity to play up front against Leicester this Sunday.

start giroud and perez to freshen things up now that we are in to the last 16; try to find our french strikers head from open play like Sanchez to ozil, one with head and into the ground volley.

That is still 27 goals scored from open play and a better return than any off our strikers since RVP left.

That kind of performance in the opening half against the Blues will have them rocked, and we simply can not afford to go into the match using our usual system, which includes Olivier Giroud playing as the sole striker.

Sanchez's propensity to track back — and committing to the dirty work that one of the two strikers would have to — can be considered, as well, if Wenger, in a bid to score more goals, decides to play two upfront, and is prepared to be a bit open at the back and light in the midfield.

I thought people here were debating about two or three seasons back why he should be our top striker.When I thought the Monaco match was the icing on the cake to show how average he was it seems just like Wenger we» will never learn our lesson.Now people our okay with him being a super sub which is debatable.Giroud was a super sub in games last season because he wasn't played when he was supposed to.He's not your ideal super sub because he very hardly creates but rather requires people to create for him.Most of the time super subs are the one's who tend to create the chances and open up spaces in the opposition defence.West ham are ready to pay and hence we should demand more from them.We can then use the money from his sale on far better players.Given the same seasons, time and chances a lot of average strikers can do better than what he did.This is because Arsenal create a lot of chances and it just needs someone who can finish.Goodbye!.

I mean defenders getting forward during open play and not set pieces, who would have ever imagined the likes of Nigel Winterburn and Stuart Pearce «breezing» past players on the wings, overlapping midfielders and producing pint point and precise crossing to the strikers up front or even better yet taking on defenders and scoring... Doesn't sound right to the ear, does it?

Personally I think penalties should be discounted when comparing strikers, we want someone who can score goals from open play or set peices.

For me the debate about potential strikers should not be the amount of scored goals from open play but instead of the contribution of strikers can offer.

Aguero did not start the match, but he played most of it, having entered the action as an early sub, replacing Gabriel Jesus when the Brazilian striker limped off with an ankle problem inside the opening 16 minutes.

The Portuguese striker didn't find the net during the final — at least not from open play — but ultimately made a decisive contribution as he scored the winning penalty during the shootout.

our worst fears have happened, as we the fans and just about everyone in the footballing world suspected it in the summer when the transfer window was open to reinforce DM and we are down to one striker god forbid something happens to OG, no good having money in the bank if there is no one left on the pitch to play,

«It could be an open game as we will attack when we have the ball — although we won't play with seven strikers.»

However, the striker is expected to be a key figure for Argentina, who play their opening World Cup match against Iceland on June 16.

I would argue that, when you are down to 10 men, Giroud brings more to the table in every area than a striker like Aguero because, not only is he dangerous in open play, he is an asset at set - plays too.

I don't think all we need is a central defender.We also need a world class striker that can produce goals from really slim chances.A play maker that delivers.Enough of chances made and goals not scored.Arsenal always faces teams ready to defend cos f their attacking style of play.We need a striker that will peel open any defence.

In fact the England striker has created 21 goal scoring opportunities so far this season, 11 of which have come in open play.

In contrast, Pochettino has had to rely heavily on 21 - year - old Harry Winks, who has been impressive this season, and has been forced to employ Heung - Min Son as a striker with # 17m signing Janssen yet to score from open play.

Playing without the striker's more static presence may have opened up the attacking potential of his more mobile squad mates in attack but when Cazorla isn't available to play through, going more direct to play up to Giroud is clearly a rather robust and effective alternative.

After opening his United career with 11 goals in 10 games, Lukaku has scored just four times in his last 19 but has, nevertheless, been required to play every minute of his club's Premier League campaign due to the continued fitness struggles of fellow striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

I wonder why you people are dreaming good thing for Arsenal in which Wenger himself have never dream.Befor Lewadowski signed for Baryan Munich Wengar has the chance to land him but he was not.So, do you think a good striker like Lewadowski would now want to sign for Arsenal after all the good strikers are rejecting the club do the lack of winning trophy.Any striker who want to play for Arsenal Would player who came from small clubes that want to shows what he can do and come to build his name in Arsenal and later move away to win trophies elswhere.You didn't link Arsenal to Brimigham City, Dinemo Zagreb, Bolton Wonderes, Lens etc.to link their strikers that will come and wast superb chances created by Ozil or Sanchez to Arsenal You are talking of Lewa.You will know now when Wengar chang gear to say their is no striker better than Giroud in the market again that the fans shoul wait till January windows to open because he his a coach of different excuse in different season.

Football's governing body have opened an investigation into the Hammers after the striker played for them despite pulling out of the Senegal squad thrugh injury

Fine build - up play put Long through on goal, but when the striker's shot was saved by Hennessey, Hesketh collected the rebound and confidently finished into the near - open goal.

Scotland knew all about the danger posed by Lewandowski, arguably Europe's in - form striker with 12 goals in his previous four matches, but they were helpless to stop him opening the scoring with just over two minutes played.

Basically as of last season, Giroud was the more effective striker in open play in a smaller sample size.

24 — Tottenham striker Vincent Janssen scored his first Premier League goal in open play in what was his 24th appearance in the competition.

Chris Smalling 6 — Won a couple of aerial battles in open play but both West Brom strikers saw chances from corners.

However, with both battling the injury bug right now, it could be time for Juve's other two healthy strikers (no, not Nicklas Bendtner) to take advantage — or at least try to do so — of an opportunity to play from the opening whistle.

Young has reportedly been angling to play in an advanced position behind the striker and in Villa's opening game of the Premier League season he was granted his wish.

With just four goals from open play this season, it's impossible to rate Kane as the current most effective Premier League striker.

play Pierre Emerick Aubameyang turned the ball in from close range seven minutes into the second half The striker was largely anonymous in the opening 45 minutes, but there was no denying the 27 - year - old after the break, as he tapped home from close range following some good work from Denis Bouanga, for the fifth AFCON goal of his career.

The image above is from the Deutsche Presse - Agentur and is of German defentar Lothar Matthaeus playing against Bolivia's striker Marker Etcheverry in the opening game of the 1994 FIFA World Cup.