Sentences with phrase «flamini as defensive midfielder»

Keeping the various casualties in mind, I'd go with Mathieu Flamini as the defensive midfielder and alongside him should be Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain if he's passed fit, otherwise it will have to be Francis Coquelin accompanying his compatriot.

Flamini as defensive midfielder backup.

Not exact matches

Certainly defensive midfield is a crucial one, as it allows the team to breath and we could do with having proper competition for that place (I don't count Arteta or Flamini..).

Mathieu Flamini is a fairly one - dimensional defensive midfield option who is not the same player as he was in his first spell at the North London club, whilst veteran Spaniard Mikel Arteta is suffering with continued injury concerns and can not offer the same presence that Krychowiak would offer.

And, given Ozil's ineptitude to affect the game positively for Arsenal from the flanks, I'd be inclined to offload the German, and use the reasonably hefty income from Ozil's sale to fund another marquee signing, who can replace both Arteta and Flamini as Arsenal's defensive midfielder.

Wenger simply must buy another defensive midfielder, especially as he seems to have lost faith in Coquelin lately, and Flamini and Arteta will be gone.

Defensive midfielder was also an issue as Mathieu Flamini and Mikael Arteta were not able to provide an adequate cover when playing against the top sides.

guys look i am going to sound ridiculous but arsene is going to sign a defender and not a central defensive midfielder cause arteta and flamini are both in wenger's good books as these players have settled for the fourth they hit 30 or maybe the mediocrity mind has pulled an hamstring on the club, it seems that Wenger played a game of «expected» but it itself is now derail course so therefore pressure mounted up looks like he is heading for the french market under 10 million valuation» JUST MY PREDICTION»

Translating that to Arsenal, who use Mikel Arteta and Mathieu Flamini as their two defensive midfielders, with Abou Diaby ever so oblivious, they too face this problem.

As a result of a long - term injury to Francis Coquelin, Mathieu Flamini is now Arsenal's only choice in defensive midfield.

From having to rely on Flamini and Arteta as holding / defensive midfielders, we now have Coquelin, Elneny and Xhaka.

But we have Arteta, Flamini and Coquelin to play as defensive midfielder, if they all get injured there's not really that much you can do as manager — you can only name 25 players in your squad at the end of the day, it can't be an endless list of backups.

As much as I respect Arteta and Flamini, there are plenty of younger and better holding / defensive midfielders out therAs much as I respect Arteta and Flamini, there are plenty of younger and better holding / defensive midfielders out theras I respect Arteta and Flamini, there are plenty of younger and better holding / defensive midfielders out there.

The report goes on to say that Flamini is looking for a payoff for the last year of his contract before he leaves, to compensate for the loss of wages by not seeing out the end of his deal, and further (if this is true) it seems that Wenger is trying to make a space in the squad for th arrival of a new defensive midfielder as competition for Coquelin.

Are you really naive enough to believe that Wenger would bring anyone into this current locker room that is going to be given a strong voice... have you not been watching, listening or reading about our club for years... Lehman is a blind Wenger follower, which is the only reason he was even considered... just for a second think of all the strong personalities that have played for this club that have never been seriously considered even though they have expressed legitimate interest in participating in the coaching process... even worse, think of all the former greats who aren't even allowed on the same pitch as Wenger because they have offered their advice and / or criticism to the infallible one... I dare you to find a manager that has distanced himself from his former players as much as this man... it's the very reason why only one player I can think of has ever returned to play for Wenger and that was Flamini, which was hilarious considering we were desperately looking for a top quality defensive midfielder but Wenger could somehow find no one better than Flamini in the whole wide world... let's face it this club was simply trying to appease it's disgruntled fans by declaring that Wenger would no longer be given Ca rte Blanche when it came to the backroom staff so they probably asked him to give them a list of those who he would allow in the locker room... on that list he wrote Lehman, Pires and Bergkamp, likely because the first two are the only former players who haven't publicly questioned his horrible decision - making and the last one because he won't get in an airplane

Was it not ironic that Arsenal beat the high flying Leicester with Flamini first and Arteta later as defensive midfielders?

With Francis Coquelin out injured, we have been left with Matthieu Flamini as our only established defensive midfielder and with Calum Chambers as the new apprentice.

For a while now we have been experimenting with a few formations, most notably the 4 2 3 1 and the 4 1 4 1, both formations are well balanced assuming there is sufficient and competent cover for the back 4, right now we do not have a solid defensive midfielder and Flamini gets cards as if he is preparing for a poker game.

Two missiles have been thrown by the tri-axis, viz: Per is finished, and Flamini is useless as a defensive midfielder.

Despite some good performances for Arsenal in the absence of Francis Coquelin, it seems as though Mathieu Flamini will be leaving the club this summer as Arsene Wenger continues his search for a more long - term alternative in defensive midfield.

Brozovic is a highly rated central midfielder, although he is said to be more of a playmaker than a defensive player, maybe more of an Arteta than a Flamini and it is clear that Zagreb think a lot of Brozovic as they signed him to a seven year contract back in 2012.

It is bad enough for Flamini that the football media constantly report Arsenal transfer rumours linking the club with various central or defensive midfielders, such as Morgan Schneiderlin, Sami Khedira, William Carvalho, Moussa Sissoko and the German Bender twins Sven and Lars.

Mathieu Flamini was brought in for free from Marseille at the age of 20, despite his tender age, Flamini played in 20 games in his opening season, and when he left after 4 seasons at the end of his contract, it was a bitter blow as he had become the main man in defensive midfield.

Flamini filled in as our make shift left back during the champions league where we made it to the final and I am sure with his experience he would be a great option, defensive midfielders read the game well and his distrubution is better than MERT.

Flamini suffered a hamstring injury midway through the campaign and watched from the sidelines as his fellow defensive midfielder Coquelin took and eventually kept his regular spot.

As a former defensive midfielder, I have found myself in the position that Flamini was in before half - time and it is a thankless task.

He can play CB in a pinch, but will look to make an impression on Arsene this season considering there will possibly be an opening for two defensive midfielders next season as Arteta and Flamini reach the end of their Arsenal careers.

If we going to spend a ridiculously amount of money on a defensive midfielder, I think we should buy Miguel Veloso, I have seen him play several times, and I can assure all gooners that he is just as good as Flamini.

Mathiue Flamini: With Arsenal captain and fellow defensive midfielder Mikel Arteta out injured, Flamini will once again feature for the Gunners against Besiktas as he will be looking to improve on his performance after a no - so - good run - out he had against Everton last weekend.