Sentences with phrase «arsenal deep midfield»

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With the emergence of Francis Coquelin as Arsenal's first - choice defensive midfielder and with the likes of Aaron Ramsey, Jack Wilshere and even Santi Cazorla, who has grown accustomed to playing a deeper role, fighting for a place alongside the young Frenchman, the Gunners captain will certainly find it difficult to get into the first - team.

CM is what we refer to as a B2B midfielder as that is how the Arsenal CM is utilised, however CM also encompasses the deep lying playmaker or the midfield general archetypes.

«Cazorla is important at the start of the game when the ball comes from our defenders, because he can pass from deep midfield to high midfield better than everybody and get out of pressure,» Wenger told the media after the game (via Arsenal Player).

It turned out that Xhaka is not the defensive midfielder nor the deep playmaker that Arsenal were looking for.

Similarly, Arsenal has been playing deep lying playmakers like Arteta and box to box midfielders like Wilshere and Ramsey.

We have the new signing Granit Xhaka to consider as well as Francis Coquelin but I expect they will be fighting for the deepest lying midfield position and the same could be true of Mohamed Elneny, so will his Euro performances see Ramsey as a first choice starter for Arsenal next season?

Wenger has also used the double pivot at times, with Flamini alongside our captain and I wonder if this could be the template that Arsenal use in the future, but with Aaron Ramsey and Jack Wilshere as the deeper lying central midfielders.

I stop reading when you said «You always hype Cazorla», common @davidrusa, Cazorla is one of the most underrated players at Arsenal, he was forced to play out wide and then deep at the midfield just for not being a 42m player, he was the best player 2 yrs ago, and would have continued the same way if not for Ozil signing...

The emergence of Coquelin in the Arsenal's deep lying midfield in the 2nd half of last season of Arsenal games had neutralized most of the defensive flaws in the Gunners back - line.

Because our young midfielder has revealed that he has spoken to Wenger about possibly being used for Arsenal in the same way that Roy Hodgson has begun to use him for England with considerable success, but the Prof seems dead set against it, even though Mikel Arteta and Mathieu Flamini have sometimes struggled in the deep lying midfield role.

As reported by The Guardian, Wenger had nothing but bad news for us on the injury front, with the innoucuous lloking knock picked up by Mikel Arteta revealed as a calf problem that will see Arsenal without their captain and best deep lying midfielder for a lengthy period of time.

The day when Wenger will play 5 defenders plus two deep lying midfielders is the day when he will say he's quitting Arsenal.

Even though he will not be the deepest lying midfielder for Arsenal, the Ox will need to help out defensively but with Coquelin in front of the back four he will also hope to get forward and help the Gunners attack and that is his main strength.

Personally, I am of the opinion that the role of a deep - lying midfield orchestrator is his best position and I believe he should be played there for Arsenal as well.

I think Arsenal need to modify it a little, to build the attack from the back easier and to dominate with more midfielders in deeper area.

And it seems that Wenger does not really see Jack's future at Arsenal in a deeper lying midfield role, despite the fact that he was played there quite a lot by the previous England manager Roy Hodgson and received a lot of praise and a fair few Man of the Match awards for his performances in the role.

Wilshere has a chance as well, although by Southgate's own criteria he not only needs to be playing for Arsenal, but playing in the position Southgate wants to play him: in the deep midfield, rather than the forward role Arsene Wenger has mostly set aside for him this season in the cup competitions.

So wait a minute.Are Arsenal looking for a defensive midfielder or a box to box player.I'm really disappointed in Xhaka's defending.He's very good with his long passing but I don't think he's the best option when it comes to box to box.In Arsenal he's normally used as the defensive midfielder particular deep lying playmaker and this actually means that we need someone who is fantastic at attacking and can also do very well defensively so as to compliment for Xhaka's defensive short comings.Ludo Goretzka is very good defensively from the little I've seen but I don't really know much about his attacking qualities.But I also hope Arsenal does not forget about Mario Lemina.He's a complete midfielder and to me has the capabilities to be one of Europe's best if given the chance.He can defend very well and attack very well.He's a player Juventus would regret selling.As for Goretzka I know he's very good defensively but have» t seen much of him in terms of attack.If he's as good as in attack I'd sign him.

Should Wilshere be Playing a Deeper Midfield Role for Arsenal As Well?

When Roy Hodgson first started using the Arsenal and England international star Jack Wilshere as his deepest lying midfielder, a lot of us thought the England boss had lost the plot.

A top deep lying midfielder signing of the immediate replacement to the injured Santi Cazorla has become imperative for Arsenal to do this summer.

Arsenal say they are ready for this but did not expect the season to turn out like this and Wenger will have to be evaluated by fans at the end of season because he said «judge me in May», if Sanchez had form all season it would have helped but with Ozil dropping deep to collect the ball Wenger is sacrificing his abilities due a poor midfield duo.

I will say it again Coquelin is the only true DM arsenal has, Chambers can be converted into a DM also, which i feel would be his most suited position, Xhaka is not really a DM but more a deep lying playmaker with some defensive qualities, cazorla also has that trait, Ramsay, Iwobi and wilshere are actually want to be number 10s, who are considered box to box midfielders but both lack the defensive discilpline, Elneny is our only box to box midfielder who is very disciplined and Ozil our number 10 who although provides a lot of assist does not provide a goal treat.

Arsenal would need him in the deeper midfield area for the next season, if they can not get Lemar or Jean Seri.

At Arsenal Mesut Ozil plays deep and tries to find the super pass that will result in a goal, but otherwise Giroud had to rely on our wingbacks or midfielders to find him with a cross or a lob while he is surrounded by defenders.

Manchester United and Arsenal face competition for Borussia Dortmund midfielder Ilkay Gundogan, with AC Milan reportedly keen on the deep - lying playmaker.

There has been a lot of talk about whether Arsenal should start playing Jack Wilshere in the deep lying holding midfield role that he has started to occupy and do very well at for England.

Nor do Lpool have the deep midfield to facilitate the attack like Arsenal has (Cazorla, Xhaka, Elneny) And we have Perez as a wild card on top of it all.

They need a lot of creativity to unlock Burnley's defense and high mobility / work rate from the deep midfielders / wingbacks to prevent Burnley's runners from penetrating Arsenal's defense area.

He is a Box to Box player and his best position in Arsenal shirt is in deep lying midfielder.

which is certainly not a slight on the young french national player; like him or not, Sanchez has provided some real world - class performances for club and country in recent years... if you do this move, you need to really clean house or face some serious consequences for the foreseeable future... half measures are rarely rewarded, that's how we got here... tear down the wall... we need to get rid of Giroud, not because he isn't a talented player, his skill - set simply doesn't make sense if we hope to maximize the offensive potential of a quick passing, one - touch scheme... we need to evolve, like Barcelona, who realized you needed to have clinical finishers or face a mind - numbing future of horizontal passes and largely ineffective crosses... Barca went and got Suarez, even though they had Messi and Neymar on the roster (just imagine the possibilities — another in the litany of Wenger «what ifs»)... we need to be as clinical in the boardroom as on the pitch... accept nothing less or move on... personally I would move on from Welbeck, Giroud and Walcott, even Ox if he isn't all in... I think the most intriguing player might be Perez, which runs counter to the thoughts in my head when he arrived late last summer... we need a deep lying DM with quick feet and long ball potential, midfielders who can counter quickly even when they are spread out and 4 or 5 players who know how to attack the lanes (kind of a cross between Barca, Dortmund and Monaco)... this is seriously an achievable goal, one that logically should have been achieved quite a few years ago... did no one in the Arsenal organization see the financial restructuring of the football universe... think of the players we could have had but we weren't willing to cough up the dough only for those individuals to have their value double or triple within a 12 to 24 month period... even if just from an investment perspective these «no deals» represent a failure of monumental proportions... only if you cared, of course

The other Arsenal player set to start tonight is Santi Cazorla and it looks to me as though the Spain manager Vicente Del Bosque is going to try the little magician in his new deeper midfield role, so that will be interesting.

Aaron Ramsey is ideal for Arsenal's new system, there are few players who divide opinion like Aaron Ramsey and many Arsenal fans would count themselves as sceptics, and yet their one player who looked likely in the first - half to unlock Manchester United was Ramsey, because he is also the one Arsenal player who can unexpectedly break behind his own strikers from a deep midfield position.

Walcott cant play striker, he is good attacking from the sideways, there is no wc short striker in the modern game, aguero, messi are deep lying attackers we do nt need a mobile striker thats why welbeck does nt suit us.Hold up play allows attacking arsenal midfielders freedom to score, so strikers like benteke, martinez, benzema could help giroud

There were more Arsenal transfer rumours linking the club with a player in the deep lying central midfield role than any other, by some distance.

Answer: A Santi Cazorla is a highly intelligent, talented and industrious Arsenal midfielder who is able to play the deep - lying central midfield role to perfection.

The same midfield played, and failed, away at Tottenham the next month, but in fairness to all three, Arsenal's problems with pressing are deep - rooted, structural and almost independent of personnel, and point to a deeper coaching issue.

In a deeper role, he was able to give Arsenal the midfield control that had been missing in recent weeks, and this was crucial.

There is a positive consequence of playing Oxlade - Chamberlain: by deploying another runner, and giving Alexis instructions to create less and play in the final third more, Aaron Ramsey has taken on a deeper role in the Arsenal midfield.

As a result of been tightly marked, the Arsenal captain had to drop deeper into midfield to influence the proceedings.

Elneny may not quite fit the profile of the diminutive Spanish ball - player who usually takes on the job of masterminding Arsenal's midfield play from deep but against Spurs he showed why he was more than just the best option at hand but perhaps exactly the kind of Arteta successor that fans have been calling for.

Wenger could also make some tactical adjustments, perhaps by using Jack Wilshire as a deep - lying playmaker rather than a converted number 10, giving Granit Xhaka more of a box - to - box midfielder role and developing a Plan B against sides that want to try to bully Arsenal physically.

Both Liverpool and Arsenal shared a number of similarities in their attacking play in this match, but Liverpool's setup was more akin to a counter-attacking side (46.5 pc possession), as you would expect, likewise, Arsenal's attacking style focussed on overloads out wide in forward positions — whereas Liverpool attempted to create overloads in situations in order to exploit and expose the midfield from deep:

Towards the end of last season, Arsenal landed on a winning formula with a deep lying partnership between Francis Coquelin and Santi Cazorla, with Mesut Ozil playing at the tip of the midfield diamond.

He has spent most of the season playing as a second striker, but with his troublesome hamstring, Blackpool's high line and no designated holding midfielder in the Arsenal side, he dropped into a deeper «quarterback» role, dictating the game from there.

Santi Cazorla was excellent, while Mesut Ozil helped Arsenal create pockets of space around the edge of the box when it was regularly crowded by the deep midfield and defence of the home team.

The Express report that Arsenal are ready to invest their time and effort in converting Jack Wilshere into a deeper lying midfielder during pre-season for the upcoming campaign.

He noted, with enthusiasm, how he felt Mourinho had found his best position last season in a deep - lying midfield role while saying the exact same thing during his time at Arsenal when deployed higher up the field.

Elneny is, after all, a holding midfielder with a penchant for passing, whereas Arsenal's other available central midfielder (until very recently), Aaron Ramsey, is not; Ramsey has a penchant for passing, and his ability on the ball is strangely underrated by an increasingly louder minority of Arsenal fans on the Internet, but instructing him to play deeper and build play is to the detriment of what he offers in the attacking third.

Arsenal and England midfielder, Jack Wilshere has asked Arsene Wenger about the possibility of him playing in a deeper midfield role for Arsenal.