Sentences with phrase «as his midfield partners»

Made decent tackles and his passing was pretty good but he couldn't really do much as his midfield partners had shockers.

Ramsey has always performed well with Cazorla and Ozil as his midfield partner, never Wilshere.

The reason Le Coq get booked so often is in part due to the fact that he was only one willing to defend and would be pulled from pillar to post trying to cover the middle of the park as his midfield partner goes walkies (see ramsey and early season xhaka).

Not exact matches

Ramsey in the box to box role no longer benefits us long term, as he's only out for self and glory, limiting his other two midfield partners.

Get him a worthy partner in midfield, a solid anchor and he will perform as he should.

29 - goal Harry Kane is set to lead the line for the Three Lions tonight, with Kane's Spurs teammate Eric Dier chosen over West Brom stalwart Jake Livermore as the player to partner Jordan Henderson in the defensive midfield role for the home side.

the Ramsey, Xhaka partner ship is not a balanced one as none of them are truly defensive midfielders and I know from our previous experience they are no good at all what is going on at Arsenal with this kind team selection it will probably be a draw if not a loss hope I would be proved wrong

As it turns out Xhaka could not quite shine in his first season and it seemed he could not gel with his midfield partners whether they were Coq, Elneny or Ramsey.

Although he has only missed two PL games for Spurs this season, Dier has lost his place in Tottenham's midfield to Victor Wanyama, who is now seen as the better option to partner Dembele.

Despite having Nemanja Matic and Ramires as defensive minded options to partner Fabregas in midfield, Mourinho seems to want to bring in the experienced German international who is currently starring for Joachim Low's side at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

Giroud been great during the Euro's as some commentators have pointed out he thrives when he has players overlapping from midfield, or a tricky nimble striking partner to work with -

Considering that he was often left to defend three midfielders on his own by the tactical setup, I have a very hard time placing a whole lot of blame on him, especially as it was proved a long time ago that he needs a partner.

Ramsey was yet again leaving his midfield partner completely isolated, as he was constantly in an advanced position.

He had to marshal a makeshift back four in their European qualifier against Switzerland last night, with young Chelsea midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah as his partner in central defence and Chambers did it well.

Get a WorldClass defender like VARANE to partner Koscielny, Paulista as backup Chambers as Utility player Per as experienced rotational option like Rosicky is in midfield.

Times when our defenders got outnumbered it was midfielders wingbacks wingers and pers partner at fault just as much as the big man himself, per did hash things up a few times ie the ducking but hes not the only Arsenal player who has had form best forgotten and he certainly wont be the last.

We need to sacrifice either ozil or cazorla to attain balance in the team.4 -2-1-3 should be our formation.Ramsey should partner coq in midfield and play as a box to box midfielder.

Flamini / Arteta continues as the solitary midfield pivot, with either Wilshere or Cazorla partnering Ramsey in that advance midfield.

The little Spaniard took a knock against Ludogrets and Arsene Wenger was forced to put Mohamed Elneny on the pitch as Coquelin's partner in central midfield, and the end result was the loss of two points against Middlesbrough.

Highly - rated defensive midfielder Giannelli Imbula was said to be attracting interest from the West London outfit as a potential partner for Nemanja Matic in the engine room for the reigning champions of England [via Metro Sport], however the Blues lost out to Portuguese giants FC Porto for the 22 - year - old's signature [via Sky Sports].

Sanchez / Welbeck Lacazette I want us to play 4 -3-3 so that we can match Liverpool in the midfield as I don't want us to be overrun.Xhaka can't defend and he should not start this match and if possible all other matches for the rest of the season.Coquelin's tackles has caused us to score some goals every single season he's been here and I think we've missed that this season.I just don't know why he's been left on the bench because if paired with the right partner can be used in a very defensive sense to great effect.Our team is so poor tactically.

Gibbs will stay at left - back where he has looked better than Monreal lately anyway, and Elneny should continue as Francis Coquelin's partner in midfield in the absence of Cazorla and Xhaka.

Aside from his poor performance against Iceland, Wayne Rooney looked good in a midfield role in the opening two games of Euro 2016, but it remains to be seen who partners him there as more movement in the transfer market is expected.

With Ramsey missing I can't see Wenger going without Wilshere as Xhaka's partner in midfield.

Vidal along with his midfield partner Paul Pogba have been brilliant for the Old Lady as the Italian giants have won yet another Serie A title and are preparing to face Barcelona in the Champions League Final, but it seems that partnership is set to end as the Juve sports department chief Giuseppe Marotta revealed Sami Khedira is very close to joining the club on a free transfer.

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?

No way is Ramsey being benched, so the only slot for central midfield is curently coveted by Wilshere, Flamini, Arteta, Rosicky and Diaby as partners of Ramsey.

The Blues want to find a solid player to partner Kante in their midfield as Tiemoue Bakayoko has really struggled in his first season in England.

Seri has also been strongly linked with a move to Old Trafford this year as Jose Mourinho looks for a powerful, agile holding midfielder to partner Matic in front of our back four.

Secondly for tiki taka to be efficient, the players have to release the ball after two touches (better still 1 touch all the way) as you mentioned, to draw the opponent to you allowing your midfield partner to move into the opponents space, and the process repeats again untill a decisive (through) pass in the final third happens.

His partner in the midfield role in the team these past few seasons has been Lucas Leiva, who played as a defensive midfielder.

Coming in at Spurs, Wanyama will see that Dembele misses the first four games of the season, and will see this as a perfect opportunity to impress Pochettino and perform well in the midfield alongside his defensive midfield partner, most likely to be Eric Dier for the first four games of the campaign.

With Ilkay Gundogan ruled out for the rest of the season, Guardiola wants a new player to partner David Silva at the middle of City midfielder and has allegedly identified Rakitic as the ideal option, with the former Barcelona boss ready to splash as much as 42 million in order to lure the 28 - year - old to the Etihad Stadium this month.

In midfield, Cazorla will partner Coquelin while Ozil starts as the playmaker.

In midfield, it was almost an all - Brazilian affair as Ramires was partnered by former Bayer Leverkusen man Renato Augusto (now of Beijing Guoan) in the middle, with one of the original pioneers Diego Tardelli on the right.

As a partner to Hernandez, Molina helped secure a questionable heart of the midfield.

In terms of injuries, United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has a clean bill of health as Rio Ferdinand looks set to partner Nemanja Vidic at centre - half, Paul Scholes is back in contention and may well jump straight into the team considering he brings more fire and combative qualities to the fore than fellow midfielders Anderson, while Wayne Rooney appears to be closing in on full - fitness after featuring prominently of late, without scoring however.

Chelsea would do well to make a bid for him in the hope of employing him up there with Drogba and Anelka in a 4 -3-3 or as Drogba» strike partner in a 4 -4-2 with Anelka either on the bench or in an advanced midfield role on the right.

Mohamed Elneny is in line to make his first Gunners appearance, and he is likely to partner Aaron Ramsey at central midfield, with the new signing playing as more of a defensively minded player.

We still require an established, hard - as - nails defensive - midfielder to guide the much - improved Song and Denilson and provide Fabregas with the partner he needs to become the effective attacking player he was last season.

Hardly surprising as a) we don't have a natural defensive midfielder at all and b) whoever is in there never plays twice with the same partner.