Giroud is slow, but his hold - up is above average and he can bring others into the game and
has aerial threat.
I'm thinking that we have some excellent crossers that should be able to dime one on her head, and suddenly we'll
have an aerial threat we haven't had... well, pretty much ever.
We must
have an aerial threat for set pieces and corners.
What I don't understand is the tactics, counter attacking football works well against sides who are comfortable on the ball and struggle to either gain width, that aren't direct enough in their attack or
have no aerial threat.
France want a player who can hold the ball up well, is good at bringing midfielders into play and
has an aerial threat.
Not exact matches
He said it was to increase the
aerial threat by
having Welbeck and Giroud on but that sort of thing
would usually work only in a game where you are pressing forward against a deep sitting defence.
Ospina and Co failed to dominate our penalty area when the crosses came in, and I am certain that Cech
would have dealt with the
aerial threat much better than Ospina.
His composed displays at the back and
aerial threat going forward
have helped Sagnol's side go eight games unbeaten (of which Sane featured in six).
Adding a physical presence coupled with his
aerial ability and
threat with his feet, the former Manchester City striker
would be a solid addition to Conte's squad, although being a regular starter for Roma will surely be more appealing than potentially sitting on the bench below Morata in the pecking order at Stamford Bridge.
Plus as a striker partnership they
'd offer both pace and an
aerial threat.
How else
would you explain Chambers to be 5 yards away from Skrtel then, if that's man to man marking it's horrible and zonal marking shouldn't even apply to (by far) the biggest
aerial threat of the opponnt's team.
He
has a bit of an
aerial threat which probably wont matter unless a set piece.
We're looking at the next RVP here ladies and gentleman, with a commanding presence in the box, impressive
aerial threat and speed (something Giroud doesn't
have).
It should
've been Walcott or Welbeck instead of Ramsey on the wing to provide the
threat of pace, with Giroud in the middle to offer an
aerial threat.
Playing a lone striker in that environment is just about the dumbest thing you could do... he
would become isolated very quickly, the
threat of an
aerial ball against Stoke becomes almost comical, Stoke
have height in spades — attempting to beat them in the air sounds just about as stupid as attempting to out pass Barcelona.
We
have Giroud... IMO the biggest
aerial threat in the league.
Importantly, I believe Rhinosacker must
have learned in his fallings against Martin Skrtle
aerial threats.
I definitely know who I
would prefer Lewa, Costa, Muller (power, speed,
aerial threat, intelligence) and co to face against, and my pick
would be Gabriel for this one.
We are back two basically
having two CB's and Giroud maybe Xhaka to deal with tall players and
aerial threat.
We don't
have much choice about our own centre backs but we can at least hope that the absence of Carroll and Cole takes away a lot of their usual
aerial threat and perhaps take the pressure of our full backs to cut out crosses.
He also will
have a big part to play against the more physical sides and the ones that provide an
aerial threat in their game.
Hull did it yesterday, we did it the week before, QPR did it, Stoke did at the beginning of this season, Sunderland did it the season before that and Mourinho
has done it with every clash vs Pellegrini since his return, out of a maximum of 12 points over 2 seasons vs City, Chelsea
have taken 8... so it isn't a surprise it worked for us, especially in Toure's absence and the fact that Aguero is diminutive in stature, he isn't an
aerial threat.
Have to play Per to keep the rest focused and address the
aerial threat.
This season, we
've had one of the most diverse attacking setups we
've had in a long time, yet for some reason we seem to not deploy these setups effectively, for example against Chelsea away, we
had seen in their game against Tottenham that they were poor at defending
aerial threats, yet we didn't play Giroud.
The fact that our counter attacking
threat did not work out does not mean the hold up and
aerial threat would have worked either.
Now imagine if you
had Theo's pace and Sanchez's pace on the sides of a target man to win possessions and to provide an
aerial threat on any cross or set piece that comes in.
Carroll
would not exactly
have been an upgrade based on his recent scoring history, but there seemed some logic in Conte looking to bring in an experienced backup who provides an
aerial threat and physicality up front.
It should be an element of our game we're well drilled at, considering the fact that we
have two players who can put the ball on a dime (Santi, Ozil), the amount of free kicks we win in dangerous positions and the
aerial threats in the squad.
He does not score much outside the box and is not an
aerial threat either BUT he is good at pressing defenders and
has got a good understanding of the game / situations.
With Gabriel coming into defense, Arsenal will not be as solid as they are with Laurent Koscielny and will
have to be wary of the
aerial threat posed by Christian Benteke.
Sides that put a lot of faith in set - pieces and are packed with burly
aerial threats would fall into this category.
Osorio
has both played a 3 -3-1-3 formation before and fielded a starting team designed to counter an opposition's
aerial threat.
he was signed to replace Eduardo, but moreso to add the
aerial threat that we
'd forsaken when Adebayour was sold a season previous.
Pavoletti is older at 27, but
has a good eye for goal, his movement in the final third is decent and he is an excellent
aerial threat.
If the club can ignore the physical aspect of the play of Millwall, and the defence can deal with the
aerial threat of Millwall's forwards, Leeds
have a very good chance to pick up three points at home and get back into the playoff picture.
Since neither Laxalt nor Ninković are defenders by trade, Spalletti
had his best
aerial threats match up with them (e.g. Rudiger -
v - Ninković during El Shaarawy's header in the 67th minute).
Hopefully Holden returns as Bolton need someone to thwart opposing attacks, but they
have two forward in tip - top shape in Davies and Elmander and even though Blackburn are well equipped to handle the
aerial threat of Bolton, they aren't strong enough on the floor to keep up with Bolton's exciting brand of passing football.
Michail Antonio
has scored his last six Premier League goals via headers and is set to be an
aerial threat on Sunday.
But Heskey is getting on and
has very little pace, and so Villa
have had to focus on using the
aerial threat of Heskey instead of playing their quick - tempo football they normally play when Agbonlahor is fit and available for selection.»
City displayed a
threat immediately in response, as Eric Choupo - Moting failed to bring down a bouncing ball
having sought by Allen's
aerial pass.
Sporting
have some very good players on the wings and one of the biggest
aerial threats in the world, so they'll definitely cause Barça problems.
That's the conclusion of a new study, which finds that, by failing to incorporate new technologies like satellite and
aerial imaging, the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources's (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species
has misclassified the
threats to hundreds of animals.
Throw in a range of vehicles,
aerial threats and the odd hero class or two and you
've got a really promising title.