Sentences with phrase «as a wingback in»

And of course, Nelson could first be tried in the League Cup as a wingback in a back three or right winger in a back four to see how far he can competively coped.

Former West Brom, Sunderland, Everton, Wigan Athletic and Hull City left back cum winger Kevin Kilbane has revealed why Victor Moses is thriving at Chelsea, as a wingback in coach Antonio Conte's 3 -4-3 system.

His ability to play as a wingback in a three - man defense also gives Max Allegri more options.

Not exact matches

HIRED: As director of athletics at Columbia beginning July 1, KEN GERMANN, 46, a wingback on the Lion football teams in the early 1940s and for the past seven years the assistant director of athletics at Rutgers.

And now that the Ox looks to be leaving and if he does, would Le Prof sometimes tries Walcott as right wingback in a 3 -4-3 to see if it'll jell?

That's my point.He looks better than Bellerin there because he's a better winger.As I said that a wingback can be viewed as a more defensive winger.I'd prefer to have Bellerin who can defend.Trust me it will cos us in big games.He'll be destroyed.

And now that the Ox looks to be leaving and if he does, would Le Prof sometimes try Walcott as right wingback in a 3 -4-3 to see if it'll jell?

I disagree.A wingback can be viewed as a defensive winger.Whether the Ox likes it or not he's been blessed with the qualities of a winger.To me that's his best position.He's only doing well as a wingback because of his attacking abilities.As I said earlier a wingback can be viewed as a sort of defensive winger.That's why CB's who are used as RB or LB can not play wingback.Wingback needs the player to be able to adapt himself like a winger while also being solid defensively.Ox has the attacking part but not the defensive part.With Bellerin we have the best of both worlds.He can attack, defend and also has the speed necessary to play wingback.I fear Ox being played at wingback will cost us when we play teams with tricky wingers.He should rather be challenging Sanchez or Ozil for their positions and not wingback.The guy hates to always have to defend which in truth he can't.

But to gamble him in the Premier League should be after if Walcott can not efficiently play as right wingback in a back three.

I have high hopes for Ox as a wingback but if he doesn't want to play in that role, what some interviews suggest, he becomes less valuable.

I think both will stay, because Monreal can play as wingback and central defender very well, whereas Gibbs is more specialized in the left side and Gibbs is an English homegrown.

If you look at how we attacked other teams in pre season then the wingbacks will be recognised as a big part, they was the players who was looking to get past his man and drive the attack.

-- Bellerin has huge potential to be as good as Dani Alves, but he played like headless chicken wingback in the last season (still very quick, but released useless crosses without thinking to feint or cut in first).

As long as Van Gal is in charge im not so worried... He made RVp crap, Rooney mediocre, Di Maria and Falcao completley useless and he played Antonio Valencia and Ashley Young as wingbacks this was all in one seasonAs long as Van Gal is in charge im not so worried... He made RVp crap, Rooney mediocre, Di Maria and Falcao completley useless and he played Antonio Valencia and Ashley Young as wingbacks this was all in one seasonas Van Gal is in charge im not so worried... He made RVp crap, Rooney mediocre, Di Maria and Falcao completley useless and he played Antonio Valencia and Ashley Young as wingbacks this was all in one seasonas wingbacks this was all in one season..

So far this season Nelson impressed in preseason as a right winger but once the season started he was deployed as a wingback.

He could be better than Chamberlain, if he is given the chance to play in a right wing position (as a right winger, wingback or fullback).

Walcott, under this pattern will now be with more encouragement to look for the crosses from the wingbacks as well as the infield players who are world class in Sanchez and Ozil.

Our 3 back is just so wrong.We don't have natural wingbacks even in this formation.It also seems to me that lots of people here believe if you're good at right or left fullback then automatically you're good at RWB / LWB which quite frankly is untrue.That's why Oxlade Chamberlain can be considered at RWB but not right back.At RWB or LWB you're asking too much in terms of attack from Bellerin and Kolasinac.A proper wing back can be viewed as a more defensive winger which quite frankly none of them are and they don't possess the flexibility too to play that way.Our midfielders are also not disciplined enough because in 3 back there's a huge gap in the centre of the field that must be covered by our CM's so indiscipline only means disaster.We also have Ozil who looks like he's playing at RW in 3 back.In that we're limiting his impact because Ozil takes on his man because he wants to not because he likes to.You can't play such players at the wing.He's a proper No. 10 who likes to be given freedom.That's why Ozil plays likes he's lazy on the ball and stuff.It's because he wants to be free and for that you need to put him at No. 10.

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.

3 CB with 2 wingbacks isn't needed, it doesn't work in the EPL that well, too much emphasis on defenders and as such not enough to control the field like we do.

I hope he can signal to us that he has learned his lessons from the ridiculous experiments over the last games and that he will field 3 CD and not play Monreal as middle CD and that he plays Laca in the center and Kolasinac as left wing - back and Bellerin as right Wingback, to start.

His movements are already very good when he played in the right wing side (as a winger, not a wingback), because he is a natural right footer

Mkhitaryan and Maitland - Niles would be explosive that way, because Mkhitaryan can use his stronger right leg to dribble in the right wing and we all know Maitland - Niles's skills and pace when he played as a left wingback.

Maitland - Niles was not good as a left wingback as well, but he improved a lot after getting more game time in that position

Lemar is not a defender... the whole point of playing a 5 man defence is to play 5 defenders... the only reason why OX ever played as a wingback was because Bellerin was injured and subsequently rubbish when he returned.It makes bo sense playing 4 defenders in a 5 man defence formation.

Our wingbacks getting upfield and crossing seemed pointless (crossing actually getting better), high balls up field seemed pointless and sanchez positioning on the counters was also pointless; Sanchez got the benefit of more space because besiktas was pushing forward for an equaliser in the second half, however we will not have the same opportunities n other games, i strongly feel he would have a joy ride on the leftside of our attack, with sanago or a new signing like a welbeck as the focal point.

I think the English players can fill the wingback positions, because they are usually very athletic and fast, as long as they are given the chance to play in some matches.

Going forward, IF we wan na stick with this formation, we could lure, Cuadrado from Chelsea or Willian, offload Walcott as he can never play in the formation, get Kolasinac to play the Left wingback, let Ozil go and get get James Rodriguez or Isco....

Perhaps Wenger thought of Ozil - Sanchez partnership as Maradona, Messi, Cristiano, Berkamp and Henry all rolled into two and would survive the removal of one attack - minded player who was transferred to defense in the latest 5 - defender setup with three in the back and two wingbacks who could also add in attack.

Monreal basicly a fb, become cb Kolasinak basicly a fb, became wing back Xhaka basicly a cm, became deep lying playmaker Elneny basicly a cm, became dm, or cb Oziel basicly a am, became winger Sanchez basicly a winger, became stiker sometime Coqelin basicly a dm, never use him, last time hes playing, he became cb Nelson basicly a winger, became a wingback What else... Welbeck, sometime a winger, in other day is astriker Ramsey, well, he running all the field like a bambi Walcott, who already give up to be striker, mybe he also give up as footballer.

If you look at Monreal, who is a solid defender most of the time, he essentially plays the wingback position as if he is a full back in a 4 -3-3, that doesn't work bacuae it leaves Sanchez or whoever plays in front of him too isolated and doesn't put enough pressure on the defenders.

In attack, matters are a bit different as one will not expect the wingbacks to fly off their blocks.

A versatile, reliable player, he has mostly been used as a wide midfielder or wingback, though he was employed in the centre of midfield in both legs of the game against Östersunds.

Welbeck used to ply his trade in Manchester as a left player, possibilities that Wenger promised him centre forward role to sign up can not be ruled out but he can match foot to foot the energy Oxlade Chamberlain has on the right wingback.

If we did that - we wouldn't have Bellerin in defence (midfielder), Ox at Wingback, Sanchez sometime upfront, Henry as a striker — the list goes on

As Cazorla and Giroud hold up play with strength and skill, Sanchez and Walcott tuck in behind Giroud as the wingbacks cover their voidAs Cazorla and Giroud hold up play with strength and skill, Sanchez and Walcott tuck in behind Giroud as the wingbacks cover their voidas the wingbacks cover their voids.

While this was his first start as a nominal wingback — depending on how you actually viewed the formation Sunday — it was nevertheless reflective of his other highwater marks for Roma, namely in their 3 - 1 victory over Sassuolo and the 4 - 1 thrashing of Palermo, his former club.

As wingback Schlupp went to ground to challenge Townsend, he fed Kyle Walker in - behind up the line.

Apart from a quality central defender, the Red Devils also need a versatile right wingback, someone who is brilliant in defense and also contributes in attack as per Van Gaal's requirement.

Bellerin and Kolasinac will play as two wingbacks while Xhaka and Ramsey will feature in the heart of the midfield for Arsenal.

Likely to leave SPAL next summer, after five seasons in a row, regardless of the club getting relegated or not from Serie A, Italian wingback Manuel Lazzari (24), according to La Gazzetta dello Sport, has now been targeted by Atalanta and Girona as well.

After starting out as a in his career, Oxlade - Chamberlain of late has found incredible success as a wingback.

But Le Prof will have to be making the very correct Arsenal PL games starts and bench week in week out during the season campaign and deviates from unnecessarily playing his players out of their correct positional place of playing like switching Bellerin to play left wingback instead of to play him as right wingback.

We played with our 3 best CBs (Umtiti, Pique, and Mascherano), Alba and Rafinha as wingbacks, Iniesta and Rakitic in midfield, with the MSN up top.

Spanish duo David Junca and Ander Capa will likely retain their places in the squad as the wingbacks.

The injuries to Zouma and Terry in quick succession have left Chelsea light at the back, with Gary Cahill likely to be paired alongside a youth player or a player who is more commonly used to playing in a wingback position, such as Branislav Ivanovic or Cesar Azpilicueta.

However, like many of Juve's signings this past season, he looked far more in - sync with the rest of the team in the second half of the 2015 - 16 campaign, and found a position suitable to his skill set as a wingback.

As I pieced designs together; from floral decals on wingback chairs to beautiful wooden furniture, my mind started to wander around the heritage rooms of the historic hotel in Port Alfred on the Sunshine Coast...

I've been wanting to replace my grey Ikea wingback chair for a while now in my living room but wanted to wait until our old white kitty Lucy passed away since she uses it as her throne and resting place.

In this elegant entrance hall, pale grey walls help to unify classic pieces of furniture (such as the French - style display table and wingback armchair) with more modern elements, such as the glass pendant light.