But even if he is fit, he usually does not have enough support from
Arsenal creative midfielders anyway (Ozil, Wilshere and Ramsey).
Not exact matches
Arsenal do not possess much in the way of effective defensive or holding
midfielders, with the number of
creative talents far outweighing those who can get «stuck - in» and offer protection.
If
Arsenal want to improve quickly, they can not wait for Wilshere's potentials, but they have to get a more skillful and more
creative attacking
midfielder as soon as possible.
The «Wall» became the anchor of
Arsenal's
midfield and allowed the
creative players in the squad to be free and express themselves.
Elneny will be a fallback for the adventurous and risky plays of
Arsenal's
creative midfielders.
Arsenal doesn't have skillful and
creative midfielders, so they have to rely on Xhaka's and Elneny physicalities.
Good enough as a squad player, but
Arsenal definitely need more
creative and more skillful attacking
midfielder in the next season.
Perhaps with Elneny alongside Xhaka
Arsenal have a very strong central
midfield but it also lacks a cutting and
creative edge, whereas Ramsey and Coquelin give you both.
Well to be more precise, the attacking and
creative side of
midfield, as the need for what we might call a «proper» defensive
midfielder had become a tried old topic for
Arsenal fans and the football media alike.
1: Creativity: A typical
Arsenal midfielder must be highly
creative and skillful.
In my opinion,
Arsenal should play with 3 -5-2, to make
creative midfielders like Ozil, Ramsey and Xhaka free to create chances.
The Frenchman would not have made the
creative midfielder his record signing or kept putting him in the
Arsenal starting line - up when all the TV pundits and many fans were on his back if he did not rate the player highly.
No left winger in
Arsenal team, no
creative midfielder, Ageing and Inexperienced defence mixed with poor team selection.
To accomodate
creative midfielders like Xhaka and Ozil,
Arsenal could try 4 -3-3 formation.
The fact that Benteke and Lukaku have a better scoring record than Giroud in the past 3 seasons while at clubs like Aston Villa, West Brom and Everton with relatively lesser
creative midfield and supply quality proves how good they are and will be at
Arsenal.
Arsenal would have a defensive
midfielder in a 4 -1-3-2 or 4 -1-2-1-2 formation, allowing the
creative midfielders like Ozil, Sanchez and Wilshere to play with higher risk.
The truth is that ozil is too at comfortable
arsenal, no competition compare to German squad, ozil is not good enough for
arsenal fc, he is too lazy as a
creative midfielder no excuse is for ozil he improve his games against big teams........
Ferguson is still searching for a player to add an extra
creative spark to his
midfield and having already been linked with moves for
Arsenal's Samir Nasri, Inter Milan's Wesley Sneijder and Tottenham man Luka Modric, the Scot is looking to make a move for long term target Schweinsteiger who may be tempted by a move to the Premier League champions after Bayern Munich's poor season.
It may well have felt like Deja Vu to the
Arsenal and Germany international star Mesut Ozil at Euro 2016 yesterday, because despite the attacking
midfielder producing an awesome and bewildering display of passing and
creative football that had Northern Ireland chasing shadows in France, his national side Germany could only manage to win by the narrowest of margins.
If our defence performs well with Koscielny back, with our
midfield in control of the game and our attacking and
creative players get in the goals, would that stop the
Arsenal fans demanding that Wenger gets more transfers done before the window shuts?
While it is true that the
Arsenal and Germany star Mesut Ozil comes in for an unfair amount of criticism from some fans and a lot of people in the English football media, it is also true that the
creative midfielder does not help himself at times and could certainly have more of an impact for the Gunners at times.
Of course, there isn't really a spot open for him here at
Arsenal — our
creative midfield positions a packed full of quality players.
The move, though, would be a strange one with
Arsenal well stocked in attacking and
creative positions but sorely lacking defenders and a robust central
midfielder.
Gundogan offers the strength of a defensive
midfielder but is also adept at distributing the ball and could be an ideal addition to Wenger's
creative heavy side, offering
Arsenal a bit more steel and balance.
Whenever the likes of Alexis (Sanchez), Walcott and Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain leads the line in tandem with the
creative talent of Mesut Ozil in
midfield Arsenal's attacking foray's are difficult to deal with, and it was evident as Stoke struggled to contain
Arsenal as they made their quality count in the game.
It looks like
Arsenal is not looking for a
creative midfielder, a play maker in the market.
Arsenal definitely need a
creative central
midfielder to work with Ozil.
What is the point in investing in Lacazette and Aubameyang, if
Arsenal don't have
creative midfielders who can find them with a pass?
Admin yes your right but we are always short somewhere every season and lets not forget we have bought a few defenders but all not up to scratch (Mustafi, Chambers, Holding, Gabriel, Debuchy, Mertesacker ect...) but at least after RVP left we never had such good strikers as we have now late but its a good thing, i believe we have great
creative attacking
midfield but we have never replaced Viera, Adams, Campbell or Seaman, i wanted
arsenal to buy VVD when he was at Celtic why i can see that and our top professionals at the club can not?
A left - footed and
creative central
midfielder, Rabiot has been followed by
Arsenal for years and is regarded as one of the biggest talents in Ligue 1.
Wilshere has to show that he is also capable of making assists like that, and that is the type of
creative attacking
midfielder Arsenal really need.
If he does,
Arsenal must get someone like him, not a simple goalpoacher, but a
creative attacking
midfielder that can dictate the play, assist and score a lot of goals, which I think pretty rare these days.
I must admit to being a bit fed up this week to hear that the
Arsenal and England
midfielder Jack Wilshere had been left out of the latest squad named by Gareth Southgate for the upcoming international break, and that is because I think the three lions are crying out for some of the
creative spark that Jack can bring as well as down to club loyalty and all that.
Wilshere has been injury prone but has been injury free for a good while now... Missing a friendly against holland is hardly a sign of medical catastrophe so this is a massive overreaction... Wilshere is by a very long way the best of the British stable at
arsenal and on his day he is a top flight
creative midfield play maker... Don't take my word for it ask xavi arguably the best ever in that role... Since his return he has shown signs of his best but not over 90 mins... But wenger has played him all over the place does not no how to combine him with ozil and miki and surrounded him with utterly hapless players like Ramsey and xhaka... He needs a new manager to bring best out of him I hope at
arsenal but if the fossil stays he should go...
Considering the fact that Forsberg is a versatile player capable of playing in
midfield, behind the striker and even on the flanks as he tends to do for Leipzig, he would be a great signing for
Arsenal and add to the
creative threat of the Gunners» attack.
Arsenal have today been linked with Real Madrid's
creative midfielder Isco, after he was reportedly put up for sale by the Spanish giants.
Spending a similar amount on Sterling though seems like an unlikely prospect, with the need of an hour a world class
midfielder to provide a solid base for
Arsenal's
creative players.
Arsenal are currently in need on a
creative midfielder and it will be a huge blow for the fans if Wenger fails to keep Wilshere in the club.
With Mesut Ozil occupying the central position in
Arsenal's attack, Mkhitaryan is more likely to play out wide, which he has frequently done in the past, while still helping Ozil in shouldering the
creative duties for the
midfield.
As it is very claer to all
Arsenal hearted people that without that
creative instinct of Cesc, a tall and strong defensive
midfielder and and probably a replacement for Kolo Toure (incase he leaves); we should all count any silver ware this season as a dream.
then
arsenal should ensure Sanchez, Ozil, Ox signs a new contract, bring back Szezny to compete wit Cech.Sign quality Striker, defender,
creative midfielder
Higuain appears to be the key target over Wayne Rooney, though
Arsenal are looking for a
creative midfielder to compliment the more direct talents of Higuain.
Impressed with the comments.wenger remains the greatest
arsenal fan of all.we just need to buy one or two strikers, a
creative midfielder, we have frimpong for songs backup we also need a consistent left back.jenkinson is ok as back up too.up gunners
Three injured
Arsenal first team players that consist of
creative midfielder Santi Cazorla, Jack Wilshere and goal keeper, Petr Cech are set to return to boost The Gunners strength as they make the last push this season.
Arsenal possesing the
midfield without
creative passes to giroud.
Coquelin has become pivotal in the
midfield allowing
Arsenal's
creative players to roam forward at will but knowing they have protection behind.
But even the subs were puzzling: It left
Arsenal with a trio of strikers — Lacazette, Giroud, and Danny Welbeck — with only one
creative midfielder, Mesut Özil, being tasked with providing for all three.
According to a recent report in the Daily Mail,
Arsenal are interested in signing AS Monaco's
creative midfielder Thomas Lemar.
Benzema would go some way to addressing that issue, whilst also being a striker who can link with the
creative talent in
Arsenal's
midfield.