Sentences with phrase «ozil in the central role»

Wenger already has reiterated his wish to put Ozil in the central role ratherthan Alexis Sanchez.

Before doing all that, Wenger would try to fit Ozil in the central role in the hope that he can find a key to his success.

Not exact matches

I honestly believe that if Ozil plays regularly in the central role (# 10), he will be brilliant especially with Sanchez and Walcott on the wings.

But he also wanted Jack Wilshere to play and Ozil's lack of fitness meant that he used Jack in the more important central role.

Both Mkhitaryan and Ozil have the potential to start up attacks from deep in the central defense area and continue those attacks in the pivot attacking midfield set - up as well, and completing the same in advance attacking roles as well as striking positions.

Ozil id best in the central attacking role and with tow superior targets to hit at...

I love what Santi has done in the last half dozen games in a more central role after spending an entire career (400 apps +) in a wider position but are you seriously suggesting Ozil (winner of FIFA world cup, La Liga, Copa del Rey, Supercup, UEFA U21 Euros, WC Most Assists, Euros Most Assists, Bundesliga Most Assists, La Liga Most Assists, UEFA TOTY x2 with 350 + appearances as CAM / No.10) is his «understudy»?

Our side currently have Aaron Ramsey and Granit Xhaka holding down our two central midfield roles, and Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez firmly set in our two attacking midfield roles, as well as having a number of others also capable of starring in those central roles, including Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain, Mohamed Elneny, Francis Coquelin, Alex Iwobi and Theo Walcott.

The Gunners have used Mesut Ozil on the left before and doing so again would allow the super Spaniard Santi Cazorla to start again in his favoured central role.

But wenger has also got to play the everyone in the right positions, like ozil should be played in his preferred central role rather than on the left wing where he is relatively ineffective, hopefully he will be once walcott is back.

Ramsey was positioned in a central attacking midfield role and there was a clearly a lot of pressure on the Welshman to provide for the Gunners, with main man Mesut Ozil not present for the game.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

We struggles against teams that presses with energy, same with against Stoke and Southampton... Flamini - ramsey - ozil combination will struggle against teams that presses because they do nt have the ability to get out of intense pressure coming from teams that presses... I will prefer to have la - coq, Elneny - santi or Ozil in that central midfield rozil combination will struggle against teams that presses because they do nt have the ability to get out of intense pressure coming from teams that presses... I will prefer to have la - coq, Elneny - santi or Ozil in that central midfield rOzil in that central midfield role.

Do you think Ozil in the central attacking role will bring the best of him to the Emirates or should Wenger continue to give Sanchez free rein in that spot?

Mesut Ozil could be given the central midfield role by Arsene Wenger in the upcoming Premier League season according to a report today.

The switch to a central role will not come too soon hopefully however, with Mesut Ozil showing last year just how important he can be for us in the same role.

As I wrote in an article for Just Arsenal, I think that his words were instigated by the return to fitness of our German playmaker Mesut Ozil, who is clearly the main rival to Cazorla for that central role.

According to WhoScored.com, the South American has played ten games as a central attacking midfielder, six on the right flank, and one game on the left - hand side; that's 17 games in total, the same amount as he has been used as an «MC», the role he would presumably be asked to fill for Arsene Wenger's side, given their need for players in that area rather than further forward, where they have the likes of Mesut Ozil, Tomas Rosicky and Aaron Ramsey to choose from already.

I am a bit surprised to see that it is the England forward Theo Walcott who misses out though, with club record signing Mesut Ozil keeping his place in a wider role and Santi Cazorla continuing to run things in a central attacking midfield position.

It seems clear, however, that Arsene Wenger now prefers Santi Cazorla in that central role and with Mesut Ozil being handed the number 10 role for next season, Jack and Aaron could be spending a lot of time on the bench.

Arsenal was in red hot form october 2016 and definitely the team to beat with Ozil starting to score, Alexis flourishing in the central role and Walcott finally looking a player we hoped he would be.

While Welbeck has struggled in a central role in his most recent outings, we have little choice in that department, but he has more than enough ability to break that run tonight, especially with the talents of Mkhi and Ozil ready to feed him the supply.

The 25 year - old is believed to favour a central role in the Gunners side, but with Francis Coquelin, Jack Wilshere, Mohamed Elneny, Granit Xhaka, Santi Cazorla, and Mesut Ozil vying for central roles also, that looks a big ask to hold down regularly.

Tactics and player placements (ie nor placing Ozil in central attack role) 2.

3) Playing in his favoured central role, Mesut Ozil was involved in as many goals in this game (2) as in his last 11 Premier League matches combined.

The arrival of Armenian international attacker Henrikh Mkhitaryan in the winter transfer window gave the Gunners a top quality player to play from the left flank, but the signing of Forsberg on the left flank could give Arsenal some real balance, allowing German international Mesut Ozil to play mainly in a central role.

I don't think it was really a 3 -5-2, as Ozil pretty clearly looked to me to be operating from the left flank, with license to roam, as opposed to in a central playmaking role, but obviously the differences between the two formations are subtle and they're likely to blend into each other in any given match.

Arsenal injury worries are still there as Wilshere, Welbeck, Arteta, Rosickey and Coquelin missing out which means we will see Giroud leading the line with Alexis Sanchez Ozil and Ramsey playing in attacking roles while Cazorla and Flamini to take central midfield roles.