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Are We Seeing The End Of The Leading Striker?
Topic Started: Sep 24 2008, 01:18 PM (379 Views)
TheReturnOfTheKing
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bar a few teams (madrid,liverpool,newcastle?) it seems the number 9 (leading striker) is because used less and less often.

lets look at united for example- They have FOUR main attacking players who all interchange positions and they play with no leading striker who plays on the shoulder- they use roonye,ronaldo,tevez and now berbatov. They have been successful in the past with having no leading striker with winning the premier league and champions league.

my points is also shown on the awards for best players in the world for the last 3 years- kaka,messi and ronaldo. they score as many goals as a leading strikers but are not it. Barcelona are similer. If you look at them they also change positions with their 3 attackers. milan,roma(who first introduced the system with tottI). Now it seems arsenal are following a similer style. LOok closely at their games. adebayor ends up giving the crosses and wide areas of the pitch.

personally it could be considered this new tactic which is fading out leading strikers is more difficult to defend against and they all have been successful when employing this tactic. barcelona did the double, ac milan won the cl and united did the double.

thoughts?
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How do you think the best number 9 type of players are for this generation?
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i dont think leading strikers are not wanted,there just aren't that many about that are good enough.
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adebayor ends up giving the crosses and wide areas of the pitch.


What? If you mean Adebayor has delievered a few croses and you say our strikers have only just started to do that then someone clearly never watche Thierry Henry
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It'sREDinRussia
Sep 24 2008, 12:21 PM
How do you think the best number 9 type of players are for this generation?

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It'sREDinRussia
Sep 24 2008, 12:21 PM
who do you think the best number 9 type of players are for this generation?

van donkey,torres,eto

but its the styles and tactics team are adopting that doesnt really need them

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Sep 24 2008, 12:32 PM
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adebayor ends up giving the crosses and wide areas of the pitch.


What? If you mean Adebayor has delievered a few croses and you say our strikers have only just started to do that then someone clearly never watche Thierry Henry

i meant after henry left i thought arsenal were doing to the normal number 9 type striker

infact i would say the leading ones left are van nistelroy and torrres, you dont see their teams changing positions for them to go on the wing for a little while etc

villa is another i suppose
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I would say Drogba is probably the best number 9 type player
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Sep 24 2008, 01:40 PM
It'sREDinRussia
Sep 24 2008, 12:21 PM
who do you think the best number 9 type of players are for this generation?

but its the styles and tactics team are adopting that doesnt really need them

Who do you know that for sure?
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Sep 24 2008, 12:53 PM
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Sep 24 2008, 01:40 PM
It'sREDinRussia
Sep 24 2008, 12:21 PM
who do you think the best number 9 type of players are for this generation?

but its the styles and tactics team are adopting that doesnt really need them

Who do you know that for sure?

just watch the teams play

united 4 attacker change positions through out and get goals from anywhere and do you think this is easier for defenders to defence against 1 or 2 leading strikers than 4 players changing constantly

something that jamie car said after the arsenal game when we drew about how difficult than normal it is when playing against arsenal because they all keep changing positions etc

roma have tottie and 3 players behind him and they all change

barce do the same with 3 front men
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Sep 24 2008, 01:57 PM
It'sREDinRussia
Sep 24 2008, 12:53 PM
LFC18TITLES
Sep 24 2008, 01:40 PM
It'sREDinRussia
Sep 24 2008, 12:21 PM
who do you think the best number 9 type of players are for this generation?

but its the styles and tactics team are adopting that doesnt really need them

Who do you know that for sure?


barce do the same with 3 front men

How are they?
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stop being a winker
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That's gotten old quick Russia :P
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Sep 24 2008, 02:12 PM
That's gotten old quick Russia :P

Who has it?
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Chicken or egg.

There is much more interchanging up front than there used to be and it has been effective but is this the cause of the leading striker's demise or because of it?

Certainly there are a lot more great support strikers atm than leading strikers.
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