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.
Not exact matches
Still, just 18, the Blackburn player has proved himself a capable performer
in both central defence and
as a
holding midfielder — and has kept the likes of Didier Drogba quiet
in his eighteen Premier League appearances.
Our rotated defence will have the extra protection of tweo
holding midfielders in the absence of Coquelin at least, with Wenger going for Arteta and Flamini
as a double pivot and it looks like Aaron Ramsey will be our number 10, with the Ox and Joel Campbell on either side of Olivier Giroud
in attack.
Allan operates predominantly
as a
holding midfielder, and would provide a useful foil for the flair players
in Chelsea's ranks.
giroud plays well
as a dm
in his usual no9 position based on his «
hold up play»... but don't mistake that gibberish with playing
in midfield which requires more concentration and technique which the tall man does not possess at all... hed make a good defender though
Marouane Fellaini has been enjoying a decent run
in the side
as a
holding midfielder, but Van Gaal may revert to Schneiderlin and his greater defensive awareness for the trip to Stamford Bridge.
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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.
At just 22 - years - old, Verratti is already establishing himself
as one of the finest
holding midfielders in Europe.
Laurent Blanc responded to the loss of his most defensive
midfielder in somewhat surprising fashion, throwing on a much more attacking player
in Lucas Moura and abandoning the 3 -5-2 that PSG had struggled with
in favor of a 4 -3-3, bringing Marquinhos off the back line to serve
as his
holding midfielder.
Quick notes on arsemal team 1 - paulista is not good
as i though 2 - coquelin is essential
in arsenal
midfield to give stability but he can't
hold the ball
in his feet or give the right pass
in the right time so we can't dominate teams anymore especially with santi absence 3 - ramsey = horrible, just a headless chicken running everywhere 4 - ozil could have easily 30 + assists by now 5 - Olivier Giroud the handsom french guy shouldn't ever be a big team first choice striker 6 - where are the 4 world class strikers that wenger said we had i didn't se anyone of the yet
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Welbeck will probably never be
in the same league
as a
hold up player, but it really isn't necessary if the
midfield can keep the ball better.
Merson continued to plump for Spurs over Arsenal by naming Eric Dier
as his defensive
midfielder, a position which Jack Wilshere, albeit an injury doubt for the tournament, has
held in recent times.
lst season at stamford bridge, was the first time i saw that 4 -1-4-1 formation being used, and for some weird reason i feel a very strange negative vibe and well all know the outcome.the manager has come back with this formation and its not yielding result, but he still sticks with it.i do nt know much about formations dear friends, but if you are playing a slow dm
in arteta and a very very slow cb, then you are toast against quality teams with sound tactics.wen playing wellbeck
as a lone striker, i think 4 -2-3-1, will work better, but if we have a big player like oliver (boooos), thn we can try the 4 -1-4-1, thingy cos he can hold the ball for our midfielders to run in.but on the overall, shame on wenger for not giving our defence a good cover DM.NO BODY PLAYS A SLOW DM / CB AND EXPECT TO B REGARDED AS CHAMPIONSHIP MATERIAL.IT HURTS GUYS, REALLY HURT
as a lone striker, i think 4 -2-3-1, will work better, but if we have a big player like oliver (boooos), thn we can try the 4 -1-4-1, thingy cos he can
hold the ball for our
midfielders to run
in.but on the overall, shame on wenger for not giving our defence a good cover DM.NO BODY PLAYS A SLOW DM / CB AND EXPECT TO B REGARDED
AS CHAMPIONSHIP MATERIAL.IT HURTS GUYS, REALLY HURT
AS CHAMPIONSHIP MATERIAL.IT HURTS GUYS, REALLY HURTS.
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.
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.
He can play
in holding midfield, he can play if needed on the flanks
as well.
The bottom line this summer
in Arsenal signings is Le Prof MUST sign a top quality
holding / attacking
midfielder of Goretzka's caliber to fully complement his entire starting XI team next season and just limits himself to the signings of Kolasinac and Lacazette alone which if he does without signing a top quality
holding / attacking
midfielder, his starting XI team next season could be understrength at
midfield as Santi Cazorla won't be available
in the first half of the season and Elneny can't be relied on to deliver high performances for Arsenal on consistent basis.
lets all thank arsene for finally doing the right thing only time will tell but have we finally signed the DM we need STRONG MINDED NO
HOLD BAR
MIDFIELDER WE HAVE ALL CRAVED, but lets take it back we all know it will take 2 or 3 more like minded players to make us great again, he has tricked us all buy buying one superstar
in the last 3 windows ALEXIS, OZIL and CHEC great players but can't do it all on their own, spending huge amount of money and saying we can buy the best players, on the surface this looks great we are buying top top players big prices but instead of spending his usual 50 mill on 2, 3, 4, 0r 5 players he has pulled the wool over are eyes with 1 superstar thinking the fans are that dumb enough to believe it, infact he has never spent his budget only balanced on sales too purchases, i love arsenal but this summer i hope for more he needs to do that consistently through out the team spend the same amount on the team stop balancing the american owners, grow a pair say yes we will buy a top defender and a world class striker, stan we love arsenal please be one of us do whats needed then you will fell proud
as we are and we will adore you for it.
Despite man city spending over 200m pounds
in d summer, just two injuries, they r playing a
midfielder as a lwb and mangala is their defensive cover u guys should just stop moaning,, i think arsenal still have cover this season, a striking trio of welbeck, giroud and walcot can
hold their own, a
midfield duo of Wilshire and elneny can
hold their own, we might be light
in defence buh not
as terrible
as u guys r exaggerating it, trsnsfer window is over let's support d guys
They remain
in a number of conversations
as they search for a back - up central defender and a
holding midfielder, but currently it looks like nobody will be arriving at Emirates Stadium.
As I said after that game, the only reason City were toothless was that they played 2 holding midfielders that are exactly the same, Fernandinho and Fernando are technically poor and can't create for toffee, but if City had Yaya Toure in that midfield to absolutely bully the likes of Cazorla, Ramsey and The Coq it would have been a completely different game, City lost that Box to Box energy Yaya gives them and that played right into our hand as they were static in midfield
As I said after that game, the only reason City were toothless was that they played 2
holding midfielders that are exactly the same, Fernandinho and Fernando are technically poor and can't create for toffee, but if City had Yaya Toure
in that
midfield to absolutely bully the likes of Cazorla, Ramsey and The Coq it would have been a completely different game, City lost that Box to Box energy Yaya gives them and that played right into our hand
as they were static in midfield
as they were static
in midfield..
N'Zonzi's defence ability, calmness on the ball and will to break up attacks have seen some label the Frenchman
as one the best
holding midfielders in the league.
Can moved to Anfield
in the summer 2014 after Liverpool activated the player's $ 12M (# 9.75 M) release clause
in order to sign him from Bayer Leverkusen
as per Sky Sports, however now it could be the Reds who suffer from a release clause
as they desperately try and keep
hold of the
midfielder,
as per the Sun.
Sorry for continually being ignorant and missing the point («your» point to be precise)-- but playing one - twos with Alexis
in the opposition penalty area
in the Copa and being deployed at the head of Juve's
midfield diamond is not convincing me that his coaches / managers see his best position
as a disciplined
holding midfield player.
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
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
As for Thiago, Guardiola knows him well having worked together previously at Bayern during the Spaniard's stint
in charge of the Bavarian giants prior to joining City, and with a lack of
midfield depth particularly
in the
holding role to offer competition for stalwart Fernandinho, it could be a sensible addition for the Citizens.
As they search for a holding midfielder to eventually replace Michael Carrick and pair up with Paul Pogba, it's suggested that Matic could now be targeted, although he likely won't be allowed to leave for less than # 40m this summer, as per the report, having played a pivotal role in helping Antonio Conte's side win the title this seaso
As they search for a
holding midfielder to eventually replace Michael Carrick and pair up with Paul Pogba, it's suggested that Matic could now be targeted, although he likely won't be allowed to leave for less than # 40m this summer,
as per the report, having played a pivotal role in helping Antonio Conte's side win the title this seaso
as per the report, having played a pivotal role
in helping Antonio Conte's side win the title this season.
Chamberlain spent the majority of his previous campaigns
as a winger, but is now believed to be destined to
hold down a central
midfield berth
in the near future.
Chelsea fans did not
hold back
as they chanted «you're f *** ing sh*t» at
midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko
as he got himself sent off inside half an hour
in tonight's clash at Watford.
THis is the first time we will see Xhaka and Cazorla starting
in midfield and the way they play could decide the outcome of the match,
as could the new defensive pairing of
Holding and Koscielny.
And it was looking
as though Arsene Wenger had decided to use young Chambers
in the centre of defence or has a
holding midfielder, so maybe the former Gunner who was a regular starter at Turkish club Galatasaray until a fall out with the president and manager left him out
in the cold could get his wish.
He spent most of the match playing
as a deep - lying
midfield instead of making runs or
holding up the ball or even just staying
in his own bloody position.
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.
Yeah I'm bang on with you Grandad.Chambers again looked fairly solid and certainly did not let the side down like Mustafi AGAIN.
Holding came on and did what was required from him
in the centre
as Chambers moved to RB.COULD Chambers and
Holding really perform together
as CB's
in a back four?NO and nor could anyone else without the TOP QUALITY CENTRAL DEFENSIVE
MIDFIELDER we have been crying out for since the departure of Gilberto.
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.
I have passionately wanted Wenger out for a full decade and one idiot who thinks we should just shut up and support this long term loser manager who has no tactics; can't use subs properly; mis handles players; plays them constantly out of position and who doesn't get the need for defence / attack balance (constantly sending two full backs upfield together and playing attacking
midfielders as holding players) is
in cloud cuckoo land.
Add Chambers
as their
holding mid and we'd have the best
midfield in the EPL.
Reading manager Brian McDermott has tipped Michael Hector to make the grade
as a
holding midfielder at Chelsea after his man - of - the - match display
in the FA Cup.
i am thinking the same thing, i just do nt think
hold up play center striker style works
as well
as speed with a creative
midfield and ozil
in the middle
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers may be
in Rome to
hold preliminary talks over the signing of
AS Roma
midfielder Miralem Pjanic, according to the Daily Mail.
He saw a
holding player
in Arteta and he was right, Arteta is extremely good
as a
holding midfielder and on top of that had extensive BPL experience, his only problem is his stature but for his price (8m) it was a good deal.
I think lemar is a better player than mahrez anyway why pay # 50.00 fot a one season wonder I would sell Gibbs, giroud theo and Perez
as Welk
as ox and bring
in a
holding midfielder
A Metro report that compares his numbers to those of Matic, Schneiderlin and Fernandinho shows that
as well
as being the best
in terms of tackling, winning duels and making blocks, Coquelin has the highest pass completion at 91 percent, so can we now start to believe that Arsenal really do have the best
holding midfielder in the Premier League?
To me, i feel xhaka is well needed
in dis new formation (d 3 -4-3) n moreso, he is a typical arsenal kind of player... can
hold on to d ball n distribute it with precision... all we need to succeed with dis new formation is to get a combative football playing
midfielder dat can win d ball n move with it...
in d mould of naby keita, verrati n even Everton's gana can do d job or better still, take renato sanchez on loan... doubt if he is going to get enough playing time
as he would want at bayern dis season again coz of their luxury of
midfield player, not sure if he will be
in d 1st team with vidal n thiago alcantara unbenchable n anceloti having a soft spot for kimmich (just
as wenger has for Ramsey) I think if we propose a loan deal for renato sanchez dah bayern will grant it
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.
Granit Xhaka was handed his first start
in an Arsenal shirt
as he looks to make his mark
in the Gunners
midfield, while
Holding was given another opportunity to impress
in the heart of the defence.