Sentences with phrase «around in their midfield»

He can run around in their midfield bursting forward before running down a blind alley or falling over then sitting on the floor with his arms in the air.

Only Cazorla and Elneny actually mover around in midfield trying to close players down, all of the other wait for opposition to come near them then put a challenge in.

Despite the fairly hefty contact Fernando continued to run around in the midfield for a bit, but the damage sustained by the clash became too much and he was forced to retire.

also PSG will get bossed around in midfield by Madrids.

I'd rather do housework tomorrow evening than watch Livermore and Jordan Henderson swanning around in the midfield.

Gone has the cultured presence that dictated and orchestrated possession last year and Javi Fuego, with a huge 47 fouls conceded, has struggled in his place alongside Ever Benega who, with 28 chances created and 3 assists so far, remains a creative force, though he has found himself often shifted around in midfield as Djukic failed to settle on a set system.

Having seen 5 friendly matches, am not too excited by the performance, same old style, too much passing around in midfield ending with wasted high crosses to no threat in the box, no penetration, and defence wide open.

He really does clatter around in the midfield, and gets away with an awful lot.

They really have the ability to win this match for the visitors, provided Wayne Rooney doesn't put in a man of the match performance running around in midfield.

We need a player like Fellaini who can shuttle around in midfield.»

Cazorla, at 31 and coming off a bad knee injury, is not the quickest of players, and at times it was too easy for Watford to play around him in midfield.

The Gunners grew in confidence after the goal, and were whizzing the ball around in midfield, before West Brom equalized 10 minutes later.

The ball had been bouncing around in midfield when Eric Dier brought it under control and found Son, who produced a sublime piece of skill to get away from Jonjoe Kenny out on the left.

Not exact matches

«I think most important are the duels in midfield, around Marouane Fellaini.

Those two would give us great energy and work rate in midfield and if Wenger wants to bring the just back Coquelin off before the end he has a ready made replacement on the pitch in Elneny, increasing his options to change things around.

Let's face it, Mertesacker and Arteta were once decent players in their youthful days, but now they are shit, both are liabilities to the rest.Koscielny, gibbs and debuchy have to work twice as hard to cover up for the sluggish per, same case when arteta is playing, the midfielders around have to run back when he easily gets turned and beaten for pace.

Arsenal are reportedly planning to offload under - performing and injury - prone midfielder Jack Wilshere in the summer for a deal worth around # 25m.

it is obvious that we are lacking creativity in the midfield, there's no one to hold the ball and dribble around.

Last season we needed a Defensive midfielder this Fraud of a coach ignored signing a defensive MF player and we had to rely on Flamini till the emergence of Le Coq in midfield which was purely Luck, that season we would have ended in a weak position 7 probably if he did not come around.

Yes but it needed to be done, whilst it can be argued whether he would be able to produce the same performances he does now in 4 years time, the whole idea i would presume would be to let the younger midfielders learn from such a talented individual now with the eventual hope that they would be able to surpass or perhaps match his ability, plus its always a good thing to have experienced players of such calibre around the squad, like barca with Xavi he may not be able to perform to the level he was in his heyday, but every once an again produces a moment of magic when you need it on account of the experience.

Expected to cost around # 40m, AS Roma midfielder Kevin Strootman is one of United's top targets, with the Dutchman having impressed his fellow countryman Louis van Gaal during his time in charge of the Netherlands national team.

We play less in the midfield now, most of our possession in at the back with Mert and Kos pacing around the ball, some quick passes in midfield and we sometimes slow down again and pass it around near the opponents box.

With an asking price of around # 50m, Borussia Dortmund attacking midfielder Marco Reus is one of the best in the world in a number of positions up front, and he'd be a terrific purchase for United to solve their current issues, though Liverpool are also interested.

obviously I would prefer to have a much more suitable alternative in the defensive midfielder positions but if they focused more on defensive end and the occasional long - ball, this would allow Bellerin and Sead ample opportunities to bomb forward on their respective wings while still having enough cover to maintain their defensive shape... it would likewise allow for overlapping runs on both wings, thereby letting both Sanchez and Perez to cut inside and get shots away in and around the top of the box with their most dominant feet... if goals were needed I would sub Bellerin for OX and bring Ramsey in for Elneny then switch to a 3 -2-4-1 (more of a 3 -1-5-1 with Ramsey playing higher up the pitch) and I would only use Giroud as a sub when the game dictated it for tactical reasons... this would allow us to be a high energy team with incredible link - up play and a much more direct approach in the offensive end

He may have had to move around the pitch, playing in central midfield as well as both flanks and in the forward line, but Chamberlain has done well in them all.

Natural midfield players who like to play in the middle but have been moved around by Wenger in strange experiments:

This comes after strong speculation that United attacking midfielder Angel Di Maria is closing in on an exit from Old Trafford this summer, with The Guardian claiming he will be moving to Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint - Germain for around # 40m.

His agent has been talking about the number of clubs interested in the talented French midfielder who would supposedly cost around # 70 million.

«Fantastic achievement this fantastic achievement that» Yes to a point you may be right, but we are now (apparently) out of the financial retraint period and according to Chips Keswick last summer we had # 100» 000000 to spend, unyet what is fantastic is that Wenger was not too interested in buying the World class defensive midfielder we desperately needed in the summer, nor has he addressed the defensive shortfalls, during the summer transfer he was in Italy on the day we bought Welbeck, and during the most recent transfer window he spend three out of the four weeks messing around buying some apparent wonderkid who we wont see on the pitch for around 18 months.

Overall, I've always been intrigued by the idea of a Wilshere — Ramsey central midfield but in reality, it will be impossible to implement at this moment as the team around them is completely fragile and they just don't have the correct mentality or skill set to become good in those roles at the highest level.

While Arsenal currently lead the race to sign the star, if his fine form continues into the rest of the season we certainly would not be surprised to see many more elite clubs from around Europe interested in the midfielder.

It's difficult to blame Ozil for the difficulties he's faced at Arsenal without looking at the big picture... like the fans, he too was lied to by Wenger... there is no doubt in my mind that he was told by Wenger that he was trying desperately to recreate our earlier success by acquiring players that fit the system he ran when Henry was in his prime... as we know this hasn't happened... in order for Ozl to flourish he needs some speed up front, forwards that can make intelligent runs, a boss in the midfield to compensate for his obvious defensive liabilities and defenders who can transition from defence to offence quickly and efficiently... much like he had in Real and with the German National squad... unfortunately he ended up on a squad that has a striker who plays with his back to goal, very few intelligent runs into the box, minus Sanchez, no one to take pressure off him in the midfield, once Cazorla was injured, average defensive midfielders around him, which simply highlighted his lacking defensive qualities and defenders who lack the necessary cutting edge when it comes to transitional passing... instead of blaming Ozil, which is simply too easy, especially considering his mopey disposition, we should be asking ownership and / or Wenger why they brought him in if they didn't intend on doing what was necessary to get the best from him... can you imagine Ozil playing with the likes of Henry, Viera, Petit and Pires, it would be incredibly to watch and even more difficult to stop... so the only thing different between his experiences in Real and with the German team versus his time at Arsenal are the players around him and we all know who is in charge of making those decisions, the Grinch who stole soccer

we again need about three world class players and in my opinion that includes a genuine Iron man DM with intelligence as well as muscle, a genuine world class 30 goal a season striker, the likes of which will turn a game around when its looking bad, and with the fall of Santi Cazorla looking ever more imminant we also now need a genuine creative midfielder (why did nt Wenger get Cesc when he was an option?)

Liverpool — Henderson — Gerrard Real — Modric — Kroos Don't get me wrong, we absolutely need a pure DM for tough matches — but spending 25M + + for extra depth in that position is really luxury Vidal is a versatile all around central midfielder — If we play 4 -2-3-1, let him pair with either Ramsey / Carzola and we have a very strong midfield base in both attack and defense.

We are looking very thin carzola wont be back elneny is out until at least the end of February we need to bluster our midfield our attacking midfield yes we can shuffle around with elexis and ozil and iwobi but is it the long term answer no I do nt think so as the attacking midfield is the place where most injuries occur along the side of the defense so if any one else gets injured we will very short and in deep trouble maybe after all we should call upon fabergas if no one else is available on a personal preference I would prefer veratie

we have great fire power with probably the 2nd best creative attacking midfield in the EPL now the problem is that if we get congested in every game just outside the oppositions box there is no way we can score goals with 15 to 18 players in and around you, we need to change the way we play we can not play the million passing the ball game outside the box, we have to draw out the opposition to half way to be able to get behind their deference

The problem lies exactly in the sad fact, that Cazorla was needed in the deeper areas of our midfield, and he simply rejected his role by hanging around as a CAM.

Still, the eleven that started in Portugal is still enough to rival anyone in the world, with Manuel Neuer, Rafinha, Jerome Boateng, Dante and Juan Bernat at the back, Philipp Lahm, Xabi Alonso and Thiago Alcantara in midfield, and Mario Gotze, Thomas Muller and Robert Lewandowski in attack — world class quality in almost every position, and yet, no sign of being able to work a way around their tactically smart opponents.

CaughtOffside Says: Wahay, Sidders and Parker running around chasing lost causes to no end, leaving humongous holes in midfield.

Wanted by all the big clubs this summer — Manchester City, Chelsea, Barcelona and Real Madrid — Arsenal could now afford to sign Juventus» Paul Pogba, who is worth around # 70m and who would be absolutely ideal in the Gunners» midfield.

Enter Chelsea who are ready to offer Kroos a massive # 8.5 m a year deal, which works out at around # 160k a week, and the chance of a five year contract could well convince the cultured midfielder to put in a transfer request.

Redknapp will also bring in Norwich City midfielder Leroy Fer, who was also in action at the World Cup finals with Holland, and the 24 year old midfielder will cost QPR around # 8m.

Juventus» desire to bring in a midfielder stems from the interest in midfield duo Paul Pogba and Arturo Vidal, with Manchester United amongst the clubs believed to be sniffing around.

One of the finest midfielders in Europe at the moment, Naby Keita was targeted by Liverpool for around # 80m this summer, with RB Leipzig refusing to budge.

Liverpool are ready to offer around # 22m plus the services of Brazilian defensive midfielder Lucas Leiva, who is known to be a player Rafa Benitez is pursuing, in exchange for Higuain.

Arsenal signed Samir Nasri for a fee of around # 12m in 2008 and the Frenchman enjoyed a fine couple of years at the Emirates Stadium, impressing with his creativity from midfield.

play coq in starting is joke, he cant past player, cant defend, cant read games just run around midfield, static and very simple pass why did nt pick el neny wenger?

I am sure there will be many pundits around this week with advice for Arsene Wenger on how Arsenal can beat Chelsea, and the first one to weigh in is the ex-Gunners star Charlie Nicholas, who believes that we need to flood the midfield to stifle Chelsea's counter-attacking force.

I agree we should not depend too much on Arteta for long term — but if we buy another midfielder we should get someone different from Coquelin with decent defence ability — an all around midfielder like Vidal who had won 20 duels in 2 copa games, more than any other players in the tournament.

And the surprise is Arteta converted to Striker so he doesn't have to run around quiet as much as in midfield.