During his time with Schalke, Sead was deployed as a left back, centre back and
also as a holding midfielder.
Not exact matches
When Arsenal played with Arteta
as defensive
midfielder that situation never occurs he tends to control the flow and pace of Arsenal game with his passing and by
holding his position, he
also runs into space very well and always available for a pass.
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as the former Cardiff man was during the 13/14 campaign, he's positioned alongside a
holding midfielder who can
also carry the burden
as our deeper playmaker similar to what Arteta did, playing Ramsey alongside a destructive
midfielder like Coquelin just doesn't work.
Nice line - up, I'd prefer that 3 back line all day, except it will be Gabriel for mustafi, that's grit, steel, aggression and intelligence at our back line, but imagine monreal
as a CB when we have Gabriel,
holding, I don't understand wenger Mustafi goes into tackles headlessly The front line and
midfield is
also super human, just dat Ozil is a pussy against aggressive and big teams, I'll prefer ox or Wilshere or mahrez....
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.
Giroud is very strong and heavy, he is
also good in the air and can
hold up the ball and do that pseudo
midfielder thing well enough for Wenger to keep picking him
as the spearhead.
If Arsenal stick with three centre backs then Mustafi must be considered a far better choice for the third birth alongside Kos and
Holding rather then Monreal.Kolasinac has to come back in at left eing - back and Bellerin revert to the right.
Midfield is a very different matter.Arsenal still desperately need a proper defensive central player.Ozil in this current side can not be considered anything more than a luxury.All of Bournemouth's creativity will come down the flanks so it's necessary to put players on to the pitch who are prepared to fulfill their defensive duties.This
also means that unless Ramsey can work out that he's playing in
midfield not
as a number 10 he has no place on the team either.
Some fans and pundits have
also suggested that Chambers has what it takes to be a very good
holding midfielder as well, which is the position he first played when coming up through the Saints» academy system.
If Gabriel Paulista does leave Arsenal this summer due to his likely becoming surplus to requirements at Arsenal which himself might have sensed, apart of the 4 specialist defenders of: Koscielny, Monreal, Mustafi and
holding who have been regularly manning the Arsenal back three line of recent, other centre backs like Mertersacker & Chambers, and defensive wingbacks of Bellerin, Kolasinac, and the defensive
midfielders of Elneny & Niles, can all
also play
as centrebacks in a back three or back four denfese - line whenever the need arised.
this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer
as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in
midfield in the new year
as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then
also i will
hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player
as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed
as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them
as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all
Bring in Ospina for Cech; Gabriel for Koscielny (Kos is 31 and its time we start testing Gabriel and
Holding beside Mustafi to see what our long term first choice defensive partnership will look like); Gibbs for Monreal (Wenger needs to start rotating these 2 more frequently
as we need to ascertain if Gibbs can adequately produce the quality to
hold that position from next season for a few years
as I'm thinking this might be Nacho's last or penultimate season with Arsenal, it will
also give a hint
as to the type of Left - back to target in the summer — first teamer or backup and age
as well); I'll like to see an Elneny — Xhaka partnership in this fixture
as we might just never know, this might be our replica of the Kos Mustafa partnership in the centre of the park, Two disciplined (positionally, i mean) central
midfielders who can play box to box; Chamberlain for Iwobi, and Perez for Alexis should do the work.
Also give us the option to use Flamini
as holding midfielders, and Cazorla and Rosicky through the middle who would give us energy and stability through the middle.
In a system with 3 central
midfielders this is fine but when playing
as a 2 it leaves us too open, the 2 need to
hold and play close together, this
also makes it easier to start moves.
Replacing under - performers such
as Phil Jones, Chris Smalling and Marcos Rojo will be a priority, while Michael Carrick's retirement at the end of this campaign
also means the manager's search for a new
holding midfield player makes perfect sense.
Wenger himself admitted that he had been pondering over shifting to a back - three for quite some time now and it looks like the signing of Kolasinac has been made with the new system in mind, considering that the Bosnian is a quick and powerful full - back who can
also play
as a centre - half and
as a
holding midfielder.
In turn, it's now claimed by Don Balon that Mourinho has set his sights on Fabregas and
held a «secret conversation» with him, while it's a little more difficult to go along with the theory that he would
also see it
as a blow to Antonio Conte to prise the
midfielder away given their current rivalry.
Seri has
also been strongly linked with a move to Old Trafford this year
as Jose Mourinho looks for a powerful, agile
holding midfielder to partner Matic in front of our back four.
Gerrard has played much of his career in the centre
midfield role but has
also been used
as a second striker,
holding midfielder, right back and right winger.
Xhaka has played
as a
holding midfielder and
also as a creative central
midfielder for the Bundesliga side.
Lining up on the left of a
midfield three that
also featured Victor Wanyama
holding the middle ground and Mousa Dembele over on the right, charged with aiding Kyle Walker
as well
as helping to dominate the centre of the pitch, Winks performed a similar role just ahead of Danny Rose, who caused chaos bombing on from left - back.
This ensured they were
also able to keep plenty of players behind the ball
as the remaining defenders and whichever
midfielders weren't involved in the one - twos
held back to deny Barcelona on the counter.
Presently out on loan to Alanyaspor from Chelsea, he has
also grown in leaps and bounds with strong showing for the team not just from his primary role
as a central defender
as he has performed admirably well
as a
holding midfielder in some games.
With returning captain Mikel Arteta
also brought on to
hold in
midfield, Ramsey was freed up to make his charging runs forward from
midfield, and this paid off for Arsene Wenger
as the Welshman put Arsenal in front soon afterwards.
Defender Ball, who is
also comfortable playing
as a
holding midfielder, spent last season on loan at Cambridge while Oduwa made three starts and eight substitute appearances for Luton in the second half of last season.
Also for me Onamah was a revelation
as a
holding midfielder as well.
In recent weeks, both David Alaba (usually a left - back or
midfielder) and number six Joshua Kimmich have looked good
as emergency centre - backs and with Holger Badstuber
also available to him, Guardiola will feel he already has enough options to
hold the fort defensively.
While Walker and Mendy can feature in the right - back and left - back spots respectively, Danilo is more versatile
as he can slot into both sides whilst
also playing
as a
holding midfielder.