When
used as a central striker in the latest premier league season, he scored 8 times out of 13 appearances.
Welbeck isn't always
used as a central striker.
Walcott has been crying for years to be
used as a central striker but have only been given very few games at that role.
This sometimes meant Bale was
used as the central striker when Ronaldo wanted the flank.
Not exact matches
Play Laca
as a
central striker so he can get
used to the PL and his team mates
as soon
as possible, bring Giroud in
as super sub.
The France international's best position is
as a
central striker, but he's been
used out wide on both flanks at United in recent times.
Then the following year he decided to
use Alexis Sanchez
as central striker thinking that maybe Sanchez will pull a Luis Suarez... And that actually turned out to be quite useful but then Sanchez wont renew his contract and his future remained / remains uncertain....
Even if Sanchez is aging and becomes too slow to be a
striker in the future, we can still
use him
as a
central midfielder, like Cazorla.
There has already been talk about Benitez
using Ronaldo
as his
central striker but after their first game of pre-season it became clear that it is the Welshman that could occupy this role.
Brendan Rodgers has now taken to
using the dynamic young player
as his
central striker, although in more of a false nine or «Messi «role.
But even if he can not perform well
as a
striker, he could be
used as central attacking midfielder / forward like Sanchez and Griezmann.
The smart money, however, says that the Gunners will be looking to add a
striker,
central midfielder, centre back and keeper and so this report on the stats website Squawka.com might be of some
use to the prof
as it lists the top 10 performers in defence across the top five leagues in Europe this season.
Although the Belgian youngster has often been
used as a wide midfielder during his Old Trafford career thus far, Van Gaal deployed the youngster in a
central role behind the side's main
striker versus the Champions League holders.
Walcott through the middle While at Arsenal, the 28 - year - old was often deployed
as a
central striker,
using his pace to stretch opposition defences.
Miro Muheim and Harvey St Clair have been deployed
as wing - backs on occasion but are at their best in the
central attacking roles behind the
striker, roving into spaces between the lines and coming inside from wide positions to
use their dangerous shots, whilst Charlie Wakefield is more effective out wide,
using the space to beat his man, and is the best crosser of a ball in the team.