10 balls you can play as a forward

Struggling for ideas on what you can do with the ball up front? Fear no more. Here's 10 ways the stars of the A-League play football at the apex of attack.

10 BALLS YOU CAN PLAY IN DEFENCE

10 BALLS YOU CAN PLAY IN MIDFIELD

1. Make a three course dinner of it: The Emile Heskey - Receive long ball from central defender, be 20kg heavier than any other player, brush off Ben Sigmund, then stop; Heskey time.

2. One one thousand: The Jeronimo Neumann - Get ball. Where ball? Fly. Penalty.


3. Dime a dozen: The Joel Griffiths - Sign mid-season, instantly become MVP.

4. You can't stop these feet: The Shane Smeltz - Score.

5. Albanian Archetype: The Besart Berisha - Make a decent run into box, receive ball, continue poor form and screw shot wide. Make angry face.

6. Gimme a contract: The Danny McBreen - Achieve target midway through season, pass ball to youngsters to give them a go.

7. He can talk, he can talk, he can sing: The Dino Kresinger - Fall out of favor with fans and coach, show them what's what by scoring a winner.

8. 13 for my country: The Archie Thompson - Pass it to Rojas.

9. Bench player: The John Aloisi - Receive ball, decide you're better off on the coaching staff, suit up.

10. Commentators curse: The Stein Huysegems - Latch on to ball, NZ commentator screams your name, chuck a Charlie from Mighty Ducks.