Then they rose, some to hoist coach Jerry Moore on their shoulders, some to pose for pictures on the Block
M at midfield, some to high - five members of the Mountaineers band.
Not exact matches
«He
's not so far removed from football and the casual lingua franca of playing life, and his keynote could have
been delivered
at midfield in a practice,» notes The Wall Street Journal.
When the
midfield trio of Cazorla / Wilshere / Ramsey have the ball
at the edge of the opposing penalty area, you can
be sure it
's going to end up back
at one of our CB
's and
be played out wide for aimless crosses with nobody there except the opposing goalkeeper.
Not his fault he
's been played as a starter when he should
be a backup player, but
at the same time our
midfield is clueless without him.
If you go onto Squawka.com or another stats providing site, you can look
at the performance of Ozil against Man City compared to that of Jack Wilshere, the Arsenal
midfielder who
was rightly named as Man of the Match.
The Belgian
is technically excellent, and provides a steely, gritty presence
at the base of
midfield.
Gibbs hasn't got the confidence to pass the ball forward, he gets to pass back to often and
is not good
at defending Monreal
is a class act so we need to add there Ramsey
is not a wide player, why Wenger doesn't play his strongest first then make the 2subs in 65 min and Walcot should have started as Ramsey
is better in
Midfield.
being that OG
is at the apex of our amazing
midfield, he gets a crap load of chances, converts some of them (misses a significant number of sitters) and
at the end of the season he has a decent tally.
It
is strange really, because when the Gunners
were enjoying our most successful period, which culminated in the amazing and perhaps never to
be matched achievement of winning the Premier League without losing a single game, it
was with the combative
midfield warrior Patrick Vieira
at the heart of the side.
At the moment half the six
are missing so I would bring in chamberlain rosicky and cazorla against the likes of Hull, but against united if they
are still missing I would have diaby in the
midfield.
Chelsea have a number of good young players who
are either
at par or better than Ox, while Arsenal needs to beef up the
midfield.
There
is a strong feeling that the England international
midfield star Jack Wilshere
is going to rescue his Arsenal career and come back to
be a first team regular again, as long as this season on loan
at AFC Bournemouth sees him play the regular football that all of his injury problems have denied him
at his boyhood club, the mighty Arsenal.
Arteta
is certainly very talented, despite getting on in years, and will
be hoping to get chance to impress Arsene Wenger before the season ends, but with the dogfight Arsenal
are in with Man City and Man United for second place means that he
is unlikely to
be risked
at the moment as the club has a whole host of talent in
midfield right now.
i don't get it, he claims it
's about money but game time and wanting to play in
midfield, but he won't get more game time
at chelsea and conte will use him as a WB just like wenger.
If rumours
are to
be believed,
at the moment Arsene
is trying to sign the
midfielder / left winger Thomas Lemar.
This football player Jorginho — the strongest
midfielder that there
is at this time in Serie A. Watching him play
is a pleasure for the eyes, it makes me mad.»
Glides magnificently across the
midfield but in his head wheels
are turning cogs
at a fast pace till the ta - da light goes off.
The best player on the pitch as Southampton beat Arsenal 2 - 0
at St. Mary's
was midfielder Victor Wanyama, whose physicality and dominance in the centre of the pitch
was much too much for the visitors to deal with.
His absence should allow our forward players much more space going forward, and with Yaya Toure and Fernando likely to operate
at the base of the
midfield, we should
be able to get them on the backfoot when countering.
One of the brightest prospects coming out of Brazilian football
at the moment, Arthur looks like he could
be ideally suited to the Catalan giants» playing style after some impressive
midfield displays with Gremio.
I
am angry that we
are still short
at the back and in defensive
midfield, quality wise.
Hmm apparently Arsenal
are looking
at 4
midfielders but will only sign one.
Liverpool have worries in
midfield, however, with Adam Lallana missing the whole season so far due to injury, while the Daily Mirror report that little progress
is being made on efforts to keep Can
at the club.
Where questions have
been raised,
at least from me, looking
at the team from a little bit of distance, it
's been the central
midfield and of course also up top, where Olivier Giroud
is yet to prove himself as the main man to fully trust.
Luka Modric will turn 33 in September, and while the Croatian international continues to
be a joy to watch
at times with his ability to run a game in
midfield and set the tempo for Los Blancos, he can't do it forever as it'll surely start to catch up with him.
The only other change made by the Frenchman
is at the back, with veteran keeper Petr Cech coming back in and the midweek hero David Ospina dropping back to the bench, so Coquelin and Cazorla continue to
be our first choice central
midfield pairing and the summer signing Granit Xhaka will have to wait.
Chelsea
midfielder Cesc Fabregas
was a breakthrough star
at Arsenal, following his switch from boyhood club Barcelona, and despite losing favour with the Gunners fans, only has positive words for his former side.
N'Golo Kante and Moussa Sissoko
are also believed to
be of interest to Arsenal, and could form a new partnership
at the base of the
midfield next year, although Mohamed Elneny
is unlikely to give up his starting role without a fight.
Looking
at the season he
's had and considering the competition in Arsenal
's midfield, the Arsenal skipper Mikel Arteta looks likely to leave the club
at the end of the season, despite signing a new contract not so long ago.
Arsenal could certainly do with upgrades in
midfield at the moment, and Rafinha still has time to prove himself capable of
being the player Barcelona thought he would
be when he came through as a highly - rated youngster.
Picture this, if we had a quick, agile defender alongside kos, our full backs would have the freedom to bombard forward without worrying about covering for a slug
at the back.Same if we had a big strong athletic dmf like gustavo, our
midfield midgets would
be free to move forward and create chances knowing that there
is someone reliable protecting the back four.But then again this can only happen in my dreams or on FIFA manager
Arsenal should
be looking
at their
midfield options this month, with Granit Xhaka and Francis Coquelin failing to form the partnership we had expected in the middle of the park.
But the game does a decent job
at giving you plenty of options — young and old — who
are free agents, if you find that your current group of defensive
midfielders don't include Nemanja Matic or Paul Pogba in their ranks.
I have seen enough and I
am convinced his best position
is at the base of
midfield with Carzola.
Petr Cech also got a special mention for keeping us in the game — and he reckons that he will
be buying «
at least» one player his transfer window as the Gunners
midfield is looking «a little short»...
He
was fantastic
at Euro 2016 (wasn't a priority really, but quality
midfielder)
The French
midfielder was a signature away from ending up
at the Emirates last season.
It looks like the move will
be completed this week with Matejovsky joining an increasingly crowded international
midfield at the Madejski: Ireland's Stephen Hunt, US cap Bobby Convey and Iceland international Brynjar Gunnarsson compete with Englishmen James Harper and Glen Little.
One of the biggest names in the Premier League
at the moment, Yaya Toure
is one of the most high - profile transfer targets believed to
be on Madrid's radar this January, with Carlo Ancelotti in urgent need of new signings in
midfield.
The brilliant Czech
midfielder Tomas Rosicky
is now in his 8th season
at Arsenal, and has always performed brilliantly when called upon to play for the first team, but due to various injuries and Arsene Wenger's choices our Little Mozart has only averaged 20 starts a season in all competitions, and another 10 per year as substitute.
With the
midfield we have and without a superstar player that overshadows everyone in the squad like Ronaldo does
at Madrid, Giroud should
be scoring a lot more.
The former United man believes that the England international's vision and work - rate would see him in shine in
midfield, and it
is a sensible move with Rooney's diminishing pace and lack of goal threat
at times becoming a problem for the Red Devils.
changing the flanks
was okay but why to change the
midfield at the ending time....
Liverpool face the departure of Steven Gerrard
at the end of this season, so it
is no surprise to see the club targeting new additions in
midfield that can provide both energy and creativity in a number of different roles in the middle of the park.
Campbell
is better player than Theo, he run forward and backward to support the
midfield, it must
be a personal with Wenger.i got the impression Wenger does not like a threat or someone to challenge him
at any cost.There
are few players that should have
been sold and use the money to buy a couple of players.We lost on Kanye, ibramovitch, Bailey, and a few others, simply refuse to pay market value.
Some people have jumped on the situation that Wenger
is using Coquelin in the CB position
at training, now he only has 3 CBs there and a whole bunch of
midfielders, he has 2 teams a guess practicing against each other a
midfielder would more than likely
be used since Bellerin, Debuchy, Gibbs, Monreal, Chambers, Holding and Bielik would already
be occupied.
He
is with a great potential as a
midfield player and I hope he will play a great role
at Arsenal in the near future.
We need
at least five quality players a defender, goalkeeper, a defensive
midfielder, a attacking
midfielder and a striker Though winning the f.a cup did take a bit of pressure of him only time will tell There got to
be a new structure
at the club, and get rid of the also rans like Lucas Perez, Jenkinson, debuchy and sagono for starters
But
at 32 years of age and long - term injuries
being a regular occurence, surely Arsenal have to look
at life beyond the diminutive
midfielder.
That
is why we need
at least 2 utility players that can play across the back line and
midfield.