His biggest strength, though, is his good ball control and good passing ability which makes him double
up as a defensive midfielder as well.
Much was made about Arsenal's Jack Wilshere being used
as a defensive midfielder for England's two European Championship Qualifiers last week, but Arsene Wenger is adamant that Hodgson is definitely using him in the wrong position.
Taking into consideration that Mr Wenger spend # 34 million on Xhaka
as defensive midfielder with very poor defensive skills and are now causing Arsenal huge problems with his sluggish tackling, poor acceleration and lack of stamina.
But however, I do nt think Ramsey is the main culprit, because that problem stated at the begining of 2015 when Coquelin replace
Arteta as defensive midfielder Arsenal overall football change from posssession dominance to a sporadic countering style game.
But that still leaves us short for the festive fixtures and maybe that means that Wenger will give Chambers a chance to show what he can
do as a defensive midfielder.
Hopefully it is going to be 4 -1-3-2, with
Xhaka as the defensive midfielder and Giroud - Sanchez upfront, supported by the creative attacking midfielders (Ozil, Wilshere and Iwobi).
Although he plays as a central defender for both club and country, Djourou today spoke of his desire to have the opportunity to play
as a defensive midfielder at some point in the future.
I'd seriously experiment and play
Kolasinac as a Defensive Midfielder — He is built like a friggin tank, play alongside Xaka (I'm assuming Coq is injured) for a very defensively secure team shape.
Chambers would easily slip back into the Saints team and has been in
training as a defensive midfielder as well as being able to play as centre - back or right - back while Vilhena is acclimatising to his new team - mates.
I am sure Wenger will be watching these games with interest, but is it possible that he himself has asked the England manager to give him some game - time against small
teams as a defensive midfielder, purely so that Wilshere can grow into that position when he comes back to the Arsenal team >?
For the same reasons stated the same move would have been good for us too but unless Wenger is looking to play
Vidal as a defensive midfielder and partner him with Le Coq why are we looking at this guy?
Featuring as a defensive midfielder in the match, Blind was the man who kept United ticking in midfield, and played a very composed and mature role as Louis van Gaal's side eased to a 4 - 0 win.
Trybull and Tettey will be
there as defensive midfielders while Pritchard, Maddison and Murphy will be there as attacking midfielders for Norwich City.
The youngster has played as
deep as defensive midfield in his days in the club's youth team, and Miller feels it is a role he could flourish in, saying:
Daley Blind — he could replace Nacho at left back having played that position at Ajax and provide back up for Koscielny and Gabriel or even as defensive midfield cover
The midfield is a diamond arrangement with Ozil at the north of the diamond, Carzola and Xhaka on the sharing the deep lying role in the west and the east of the diamond and Coquelin on the south of the
diamond as defensive midfield.