Which Striker Is Most Important To HIS Team's Play and Fortunes?

Adriano, for sure. We haven't seen Inter without him yet, though. They've scored 10 goals in 3 matches. He had 4 goals and 3 assists. He's not exactly carrying Inter on his back because they could squeeze out a 1-0 without him, but he gives the team a boost that makes them hard to stop. He did the same for Brazil in Copa America, btw.

Second vote goes for Makaay. Has anyone else scored goals for Bayern in their CL games this and last year?

Also, if Nedved was on the list, I might have voted him. Juventus seems to have a real hard time without Pavel on the pitch.

 

OH my god....how obvious is this thread? A million times more important than Adriano to Inter is Roy Makaay to the Bavarian Barbarians. They would be non-existant without him. He scores for them in the league and most importantly in the Champions League. There is no question or arguement about this.

 

You make a good point about Makaay, without him Bayern would be dead in the water. Adriano is very important to Inter but, unlike Bayern, Inter have depth at the striker posistion and could probably get by without him.

Last year I would have said Ronaldinho easily, but Barca have gotten him help with the likes of Deco, Guily, Larsson etc.

My vote goes to Sheva, he's incredibly important to Milan's attack and if you take him out, you're left with Pippo, Tomasson and Crespo. Unless Crespo were to regain his form, not a world-class striker in the bunch. JDT is very underated though.

Sheva
Makaay
Henry

In order

 

HOw come Del PIero is not on the list or Ibra or maybe even Vieri

 

You make good points but I don't think that Milan and Arsenal are so screwed without Sheva or Henry...Arsenal can play with Reyes and Bergkamp who are both in tremendous form. They also have a fantastic midfield left to support the two strikers. As for Sheva, he is Milan's best striker, but I always thought Tomason never got to fully show what he is capable due to the fact that there is a Sheva and two other "world class" strikers. If Sheva was out, they would remain with three, who would still be able to score for Milan.

Now look at Bayern, lets say Makaay gets injured, hypothetically of course. Zickler, Pizaro, Santa Cruz and Hashemian are left. Now, Zickler is an old goat and hasn't played in the last decade it seems. Santa Cruz is an unreliable, weak excuse for a striker who doesn't belong on a team like Bayern. Pizaro is an OK support striker that isn't very reliable on a consistent level. Hashemian is the new guy who hasn't been able to prove himself this season but when he was put on the pitch really didn't impress. So what other options are left? There is really nothing left except maybe Guerrero who is a young striker from the youth team with no experience in the big league. So without Makaay Bayern would really have NO strikers.

 

Without Totti, Roma would be nothing but a team fighting for relegation...

 

The rest of the club is better than that but Roma's success is dependant on Totti. Without Totti last season Roma wouldn't have challenged Milan for the Scudetto for much of the year and they definately wouldn't have finished in the top 4. When Roma is playing well everything goes through Totti. When Totti doesn't have a good game, Roma does not have a good game this is because Totti does so much more for Roma's attack than score. The same can not be said about players whose only role for their team is to score, no matter how good they are.

 

easy schevchenko, the guy is carrying the team and we should acknowledge the fact that the guy does alot for milan.

 

Adriano IMO.

 

had zlatan remained at AJAX, he would be the easy answer

as is, the choice is makaay considering that bayern have all but one of their other strikers injured

 

Wagner Love?

I'm sorry but they won the Russian title last year without him and are in a postion to win this year with him being only in the team since the Summer.

Sheva
Henry

are the two notables -

Until they left - Larsson (celtic), Chevanton (leece).....

 

Arsenal without Henry would be interesting to see for 6 months.
His assists (silly stat made for fantasy football) and ability to draw defenders away just by being there can't be ignored.
They are by no means a one dimensional team, but it can't be denied that they have been living on his back for some time.

Whether or not that can be equated to "reliance' on him is open to debate.

Still, Henry and Arsenal get my vote!

 

OH come on guys, Arsenal wouldn't be that bad off without Henry. Sure he's their best player, scores and creates but that team has so much depth in midfield and two great strikers. Bergkamp can still provide the assists and score every once in a while and Reyes is a great finisher. Freddie and Robert always get in on the scoring too.

Bayern on the other hand.....DOOMSDAY!!!!!!! OPEN YOUR EYES FOLKS! Maybe you guys haven't seen Bayern play much, in that case just take my word for it...heh,

 

I would say Henry.

We are taking about the CL, which means Bergkamp will be missing for approximately half of the games. Therefore, further pressure is put on Henry to perform. Imagine if both Bergkamp and Henry are missing, that would leave the Arsenal side to rely on Reyes alone. Henry is essential because of the way he plays. The entire team is reliant on him to commence their counter attacking play. It has been debated elsewhere, but when Henry is neutralised, Arsenal are half the team they are. That shows how reliant they are on him for goals, assists and general game play.

 

My vote went to Henry. As a close follower of the EPL I say TH14 is of immense importane to the Arse. I mean he has teams trying to sometimes triple team him allowing his teamates to have vast space.

 

Totti no doubt. Whenever Roma wins, he's almost always the main reason why. I don't think Roma would be nearly as good as they are without him. Besides, the whole team is 'built' around Totti, so it only makes sense that he is such a difference maker for his club.

Honors go to Adriano if he keeps up his amazing form (4 goals and 3 assists in his last 3 games. YIKES! ) and Andriy Shevchenko because he continually saves Milan's ass.

 

Ive got to say Marco Di Vaio. This guy had a bad year at Juve and when he goes to Valencia hes got something to prove so hes going to score as much goals as possible for them to prove that he can play in spain. Hes already leading spain in goals so its quite obvious that he is very important to his team. Oh and how come Vincenzo montella is not in this list. This guys has been saving roma for weeks, it is essential that he is on the list. You guys talk about totti saving roma but of late it really has been vincenzo montella.

 

An rhonaldinho and totti arent realli strikers either,

 

Dinho, without a doubt.

 

Henry-enough said.Wenger said Henry hasnt even reached his full potential, he says Henry is only at 70 percent!

 

I voted for Totti even though he isn't a striker, but without him Roma would be battling relegation this year.

 

LMAO at the sig. man!

Strikers - well, every fcukin year I leave Terry Henry out of my dream-team, because he's finished, and every fcukin year he's the main man - I hate the Arse (and Manure), but this man is a class act, surely none of us can deny this?

Adriano has the potential to replace him - but not with his current side