Sentences with phrase «as a midfield enforcer»

Diaby can miraculously come back into contention for a starting place in the Gunners starting XI as a midfield enforcer option during the Gunners crunch period of their season.

A thinly veiled threat that we can expect more rough treatment from the Stoke players, just as their midfield enforcer Steven N'Zonzi made no secret of what their tactics against Arsenal will be.

M'Villa, 21, is seen as a midfield enforcer but Rennes do not want to sell and have already knocked back one approach, but a # 15million offer could sway them.

Obviously this is a meaningless statistic since when he came into the side other factors will have influenced our current run of 8 games unbeaten in the EPL — not least the emergence of Le Coq as the midfield enforcer we always wanted.

Ramos was deployed as a midfield enforcer.

His style of football With his teams usually lining up in a 3 -4-2-1 formation, the Croatian's approach might not be as attack - minded as his predecessors on Säbener Strasse, but a desire for defensive stability and to build from the back befit his background as a midfield enforcer.

Not exact matches

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The midfield general — who is effective as an enforcer and can also prompt the action with the ball at his feet — moved to La Viola during the summer from La Liga, but has wholly failed to assert himself at Paulo Sousa's high flyers.

The Saints have emerged as favourites to sign Song and are in a position to offer the midfield enforcer Europa League football next season after being rewarded for their seventh placed finish in the Barclays Premier League.

Arsenal have had those sort of midfield enforcers before such as Song, Frimpong to name a few, I'm sure there's others but just can't recall them at the mo and they haven't had the same impact as Kante.

It's added in the report that United will now likely drop their reported interest in the likes of Tottenham's Eric Dier, as they will settle on Matic being the enforcer alongside Paul Pogba in the heart of their midfield.

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I didn't watch the match last night as I was on the field playing I ran my heels off I was in their faces I was angry I got a well - deserved yellow and could have been sent off later on I intercepted a good few balls and assisted with 2 goals and won the match From the highlights and the analysis I understand the Arsenal were weak in midfield the Arsenal needs an enforcer someone just like me a motivator and in the face of the opponents a thorn in the side I also believe MR wenger was at fault we all knew we would be weak in defence the least MR wenger should have had is a strong fresh midfield after all we had a tough encounter with city + traveling why didn't he use Rosciky, Carzola and Campbell On a different note I like chamberland stature he is tall and has pace and energy why not adapt him to the defensive midfield position with clear emphasis to be in the opponents face The arsenal and Mr wenger need to wake up fast now we have this weekend to prepare for Chelsea if we believe we are title contenders

The Premier League is no stranger to the old midfield enforcer, and as it stands there are a fair few currently patrolling the pitches everywhere from Sunderland to Southampton.

Especially Viera as he was the enforcer in midfield that you need.

Barclays Premier League duo Arsenal and Manchester United are set to go head - to - head for yet another midfield enforcer as Sevilla star Grzegorz Krychowiak is seen as a back - up option to Morgan Schneiderlin, Times Sport reports.

In Ligue 1, Capoue held a reputation as a serious midfield enforcer and he has more than lived up to that tag in his first three Spurs appearances.

The Telegraph notes that Monaco midfield enforcer Tiemoue Bakayoko also remains on Chelsea's wishlist, as does Southampton captain Virgil van Dijk.

wot he does nt realise after skimping for years and havin great success with cesc, song, deni, clichy, gibbs and all the lower end purchases is that if he were to spend 50m on 2/3 world class players we would still the lowest spenders in this category be a huge margin.i am not some1 who needs a signing for the sake of it so i can get excited about all things arsenal, we genuinely need a goalscorer and midfield enforcer, and not just cos songs away, as a backup incase he gets injured.im even willing to endure the hapless almunia if hed do this much ice i couldnt believe adebayour wearin the arsenal top, the chap is a few pence short of a pound

We are desperate for at least 2 world class defenders, and as we've all known for years, a midfield enforcer is an absolute must.

Meanwhile, Atletico Madrid have also been touted as possible destination for the midfielder enforcer with the Spanish club capable of offering the luxury of Champions League football.

Having played the majority of his career as an attacking midfielder Gerrard has never had the positional awareness of a defensive minded enforcer (ala Mascherano).