Sentences with phrase «coquelin wins it back»

Not exact matches

The need for a win is shown clearly by the boss picking a positive central midfield of Ramsey instead of him bringing Coquelin back, while the contract rebel Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain also keeps his place in the side as summer signing Kolasinac drops to the bench.

I think that wenger is just gaining time by dragging out the full extent of Coquelin's injury, He is basically avoiding the backlash for not signing a DM during the summer transfer window and as long as the team keep winning the fans won't be so disappointed when wenger announces that Coquelin has had a set back and that he will out for 8 weeks, (4 months)

Cazorla took over as DLP, Coquelin wins the ball back, and hey presto!!

Coquelin has done the type of job Xhaka could benefit from playing next to in pre season, nippy tackling player to win the ball back and to release it to either a wingback or Xhaka to drive the game forward.

What really won us the game, as the Frenchman conceded, was the strong defensive display from the back four of.Debuchy, Chambers, Holding and Kolasinac with Coquelin doing a great job of protecting them.

I want coquelin to view the ball as a hot potato, win it back and play it to a teammate as soon as possible

So if Arsenal can win away to Everton next weekend with Elneny and Coquelin, we should have our best midfield pairing back for the Premier League run in and that might just help us to put a strong run of results together and put the pressure on Leicester and Tottenham.

Maybe he would do brilliantly in the squad because he has the desire to close down asap and help win the ball back, that effort and desire to win the ball back alongside Coquelin who also has the desire to win the ball back could become a formidable partnership.

Coquelin has done a fantastic job since coming into the team and he's won me over a little bit to the idea of having a pure DM but I disagree with people saying we need another Pure DM as back up / competition for Coquelin.

N'Zonzi is good at winning the ball back but we are Arsenal, we should be aiming for someone who can also play the right style football as well as defend, Coquelin was a ball winner but look how people wanted a ball winner with technical ability when he played.

Some Arsenal fans may think that these two former France under 19 stars, who helped Les Bleus to win that age group's version of the Euros back in 2010, should be heading different directions as Francis Coquelin struggled at times in our midfield last season while the arrival of Alexandre Lacazette has been treated with universal acclaim by us Gooners.

He can't dictate the play like Cazorla, or win the ball back and defend as efficiently as Coquelin so where does he fit?

I think the Gunners failure to win the BPL and the UCL is because Arteta is not a proper DM and cosequently can not adequately protect the back 4 even with the helping feet of Flamini, The Gunners back 4 largely remained unprotected until Coquelin came to d rescue.

For giroud to score a goal like that he must be high on confidence hence base in current form I will start him against bayern with Sanchez and a fit welbeck running the flanks ragged defensively and offensively, we all know ozil plays well when carzola is playing along side coquelin with the back 4 of kostafi and Bellreal and cech to win the game for us with superb saves..

You are only guaranteed that Sanchez and Coquelin will fight very hard to win the ball back EVERY game, you can't say the same about other players.

A 4 -2-3-1 lineup consisting of the following players would win this match: Cech Debuchy Koscielny Mustafi Kolasinac Coquelin / Niles Wilshere Welbeck Ozil Sanchez Lacazette We need a defensive midfielder who can sit back and defend.I feel we've lost many matches or close to losing this season because of that.

But it was not until Wenger dropped Wojciech for Ospina and brought back Coquelin that we started playing like a title winning team.

I still don't understand people's obsession with boxing players in to a specific role... The whole «true DM» is a dying breed, even Coquelin is arguably something else considering the advanced positions he takes up often in front of Santi and takes major risks in winning the ball back for us... IMO, the reason Coquelin has had such a successful integration into the first team is that he focussed incredibly hard on the basics of his role first and foremost before adding other elements to his game (long - balls, driving runs into space, more aggressive ball movement in general) it's not rocket science to tell a player to curb the attacking side of their game and focus primarily on defence before attack... Nor is it that hard to see that playing in a midfield pairing with either Ramsey or Cazorla is going to be different as well.

If the numbers are strongly in our favour behind the ball when it is, inevitably turned over it allowed Coquelin to take a lot more risks and his anticipation and intelligence really shone through with the astounding amount he won the ball back.

He made a very good pair with Coquelin in terms of winning the ball back, and also in the distribution as well.»

Moreover, as I've said before, interceptions, excellent but distribution wise Coquelin doesn't help the transition game of Arsenal which means Arsenal are vulnerable after he wins the ball back or if he loses it.

Hopefully our BFG is spot on and with some big players due back from injury and others like Coquelin, Ozil and Monreal are not involved for their respective countries, we should be back to winning ways.

I disagree with any blame pointed at Coquelin fiat enough he gave the ball away a few times but the difference is he knows his defence responsibilities he would track back cover and win the ball back... It is not his fault that he had to partner with the glory hungry Ramsey who left Coquelin to do the defending by himself..

Don't worry fans we've Ramsey, Wilshere, Coquelin, Gibbs, Debuchy, Jenkinson, Sanogo all can lead us to glorious days back again and we're gonna win EPL next season.

And there are four more changes to the team that won in Leucester; with Gibbs and Gabriel coming in to the back line, Coquelin coming back into the holding midfield position after recovering from his minor injury and the Ox replacing Ramsey on the right.

Other than a brand new formation, another big change Wenger did last night was to restore Aaron Ramsey to the central midfield, ahead of Coquelin, Elneny and the Ox (who was used as a wing - back instead) and the Welshman believes that the team can still go on a winning run.

Krychowiak is a «good average» player, he is strong in the tackle and good at winning the ball back, he isn't a player who can put his foot on the ball and pick out passes like Coquelin can... Coquelin making nearly twice as many passes this season and having a better pass % by 7 % shows that we need a holding CM who can play possesion football better than Krychowiak can.

Whether that be Coquelin's great knack for reading the game and be more aggressive in winning the ball in dangerous positions, Cazorla being back involved with that sexy, sexy Alexis, Ozil, Cazorla triangle that flat out tore through some teams (oh hell yeah, it's back!!)

We can all see what Coquelin has been instructed to do — win the ball back and give it Cazorla as quickly as possible and don't try any of that fancy stuff.

When we're withstanding heavy pressure of in trouble he plays a more protective role, but while we have numbers behind the ball that added organisation affords Coquelin the opportunity to anticipate, take more risks and win the ball back in dangerous positions.

Coquelin has played as a box to box player, pressing higher up, looking to win the ball back enabling Arsenal to play on the counter attack.

When the Ox and Coquelin lose the ball they try damn hard to win it back.

Nor is Coquelin a controller, but in a pressing system, he would be excellent at winning the ball back in high positions and quickly shifting the ball to Özil et al as Arsenal countered, much like the first goal against Manchester United (and the eagle - eyed among us will note Cazorla had no influence in the move for the first goal before coming into play for Arsenal's second).