Sentence examples for reliable striker from inspiring English sources

Whatever the true story regarding Wickham, Sunderland now crave a reliable striker to operate alongside Defoe and Fletcher – not to mention rival Beth Mead in the scoring charts.

Brendan Rodgers needs a reliable striker, with Daniel Sturridge still recovering from surgery, and Benteke fits the bill, though Rodgers may initially struggle to sell the signing to his own supporters after the club's change of heart over his value makes it look as if Liverpool have paid over the odds.

Mark Hughes, meanwhile, has yet to sign the reliable striker whom he has been seeking all summer but can at least refer to last season's wonderful 4-3 vinthis in this fixture as evidence of what his team are capable of when on song.

Inconsistency may still infuriate the Liverpool manager but his team have few problems creating chances as they develop under Klopp and, with Divock Origi emerging as genuine, reliable striker to share the load with Sturridge, they have better options for taking them.

However, coach Alberto Zaccheroni is arguably yet to find a reliable striker as the team's focal point.

But now, as then, Liverpool's lack of reliable strikers betrayed its endeavors.

For two years, Dost had limped along at Wolfsburg, occasionally showing a flash of talent, but largely playing second fiddle to other, more reliable strikers.

Although Vrba cannot count on many star names, he has got the best from energetic attacking midfielders Borek Dockal and Ladislav Krejci, although there is a lack of reliable strikers – David Lafata started seven of the 10 qualifiers, but scored only once.

He has employed the same tactic here with success, albeit a year later, after a first season back at Stamford Bridge that was largely transitional and undermined by the lack of a reliable frontline striker.

However, he gradually got used to living in England, and over the course of seven seasons at Rotherham he gained a reputation as a reliable lower division striker, scoring 86 goals in 262 appearances, with a winner's medal for the 1996 Auto Windscreens Shield the highlight.

Strangely peripatetic for a player who has been a consistently reliable goalscorer, though strikers who are pure finishers depend heavily on the creative ability of their team-mates.