Sentence examples for supporting striker from inspiring English sources

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Giles Barnes, pressed into service as a supporting striker, headed home the equalizer.

He was also deployed as a central midfielder on occasion, as well as in an attacking midfield and playmaking role, or as a supporting striker, where he excelled as an assist-man due to his excellent passing range and vision.

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Used mainly in this tournament on the left flank, she is no winger, often cutting inside to support strikers Shinobu Ohno and Yuki Ogimi.

While in both cases there has been a focus on the role of the shadow chancellor (Spot the Balls, G2, 27 September), the blame surely lies with the party leader and his failure to support strikers.

The other panelists, according to Breitbart, included someone who "worked with secret Communist and Soviet spy Lee Pressman to support strikers at Republic Steel in Chicago in 1937" and another who "worked closely with the Socialist Party in the 1950s, becoming president of the local chapter of the Negro American Labor Council, an organization founded by Socialist Party leader A. Phillip Randolph".

Under the watchful eye of senior team manager Fabio Capello, Pearce left Jack Rodwell and Fabrice Muamba out of the starting line up as he opted to play captain Michael Mancienne as a holding midfielder, with Tom Cleverley, Welbeck and Danny Rose supporting lone striker Daniel Sturridge.

But Barkley was not just collecting the ball off the players behind him in midfield and supporting his striker - he was looking to run in beyond Lukaku too, and those runs were very difficult to track.

He began as a supporting forward, striker, or winger, but recently he has also played in a deeper, creative role, as an attacking midfield playmaker.

The Newcastle United-supporting striker has signed a three-and-a-half year deal with Sunderland, who will pay Swansea £5m for his services.

Their attack had two 2002 World Cup winners: Ricardinho (expensively and controversially signed from major rivals Corinthians) and the 20-year-old Kaká, complemented by the short-fused striker Luís Fabiano and a support striker, Reinaldo.

The Italy international is not a lone frontman, and while his 13 goals and 10 assists for Torino last season were impressive, he is a better support striker – as he proved while playing second fiddle to Ciro Immobile in Turin.

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