Sentences with phrase «as holding midfielder»

While Walker and Mendy can feature in the right - back and left - back spots respectively, Danilo is more versatile as he can slot into both sides whilst also playing as a holding midfielder.

Javi Garcia has not set the footballing world alight with his ability but since leaving Madrid he has gone on to have good success at Benfica where he played as the holding midfielder.

Artur impressed sliding in as a holding midfielder next to Wil Trapp for Columbus.

Perhaps he could be a decent substitution for Strootman in a more advanced position, or maybe slot in for DDR as a holding midfielder, but there has to be other candidates with more vision, more creativity, someone like him, or him, or him.

'' He came to me as a holding midfielder and was very good in controlling the ball under pressure but he was very fragile and slow in recovery, but very good in passes and long kicks.

If we go with pure speed upfront with martial rashford and miki with mata pulling the strings and blind as holding midfielder with pogba providing the flare we shall win the game.

It is becoming very clear that Guardiola is going to continue with this experiment of Keita as holding midfielder throughout this season.

The versatile star can do a commendable job at centre - back and as a holding midfielder as well.

Keita played as the holding midfielder just ahead of defense flanked with Thiago and Iniesta on two flanks.

Also for me Onamah was a revelation as a holding midfielder as well.

Defender Ball, who is also comfortable playing as a holding midfielder, spent last season on loan at Cambridge while Oduwa made three starts and eight substitute appearances for Luton in the second half of last season.

Henderson's creative output feels like it has improved since the signing of Virgil van Dijk because he knows as the holding midfielder, he can drive further up the pitch and hold there, with the enormous Dutchman marshalling behind him.

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.

Emre Can — 6.5 (Lallana 63 ′) Changed the game when he came on as a holding midfielder, as this allowed Henderson and Milner to go forward.

@ butterfingers — I think de Jong used to be a winger but he definitely played as a holding midfielder during Euro 2008 for Holland.

Coquelin does have an energetic style as a holding midfielder, and the nature of the position means yellow cards are likely, but hopefully the game was a reminder to Coquelin that he has to be smart in the centre and has to choose the right moments to dive in or attempt an interception.

Xhaka has played as a holding midfielder and also as a creative central midfielder for the Bundesliga side.

During his time with Schalke, Sead was deployed as a left back, centre back and also as a holding midfielder.

The formation switches earlier in the season did not help but neither did Wayne Rooney playing as a holding midfielder at times.

Wenger has reportedly looked into playing Wilshere as a holding midfielder, but there are doubts especially in his strength.

Unfortunately, Arsene Wenger remains reluctant to acquiesce to the idea of the 23 - year - old as a holding midfielder.

We say Arteta is doing fine as the holding midfielder, for me this is not efficient enough because he can do a better job further forward (where he has played all his life).....

He played centre - back, full - back and this season we train him as a holding midfielder.

Let's be sincere, how many of us have actually seen him playing as a holding midfielder, and how many times.

just wished we had Khedira or Cravalho in the lineup today... when I take a look at the line up the only part that bothers me is Arteta as our holding midfielder... Plus wished we had a new cb on the bench too... I am way too nervous regarding our defence, one small injury and we are in deep shiiit

Kane on the bench, Trippier at LWB, Alli as a winger, Eriksen as a holding midfielder.

Frankly, rather than the total dud Xhaka, I would even play my granny as holding midfielder.

Wilshere has performed well in the past as a holding midfielder but the performances are few and far between.

Most people like his passing and vision, but what I like the most about him is how he has adapted to his role as a holding midfielder — he has brilliantly added tackling and reading of the game to his game.

Against stronger teams I'd go for our standard formation — Either Welbeck or Giroud as lone striker, Alexis on the left, Walcott or Ox on the right, Cazorla / Özil in the middle, Ramsey as box to box and Arteta / Flamini as holding midfielder.

I still think they could play with a 4 -2-3-1 with XA6 and Di Maria as holding midfielder and B2B — and still have room for Özil, but hey — that formation gave them la decima.

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.

Arsenal fans, if they are anything like me, will still be wondering why Arsene Wenger chose to start with Mathieu Flamini as the holding midfielder against AFC Bournemouth instead of the fit again Francis Coquelin.

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.

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.

Coquelin is nailed - on to start as the holding midfielder as his brilliant season continues, and with Ozil, Cazorla, Giroud and the mighty Sanchez impossible to drop, that leaves the only possible change being a replacement for Ramsey, who has been declared a 50/50 chance by the boss.

I had been worried that having Granit Xhaka as the holding midfielder would be very risky as the Swiss international does not seem to be defensively disciplined or focused enough at times.

I do not see him as a holding midfielder though.

He did play rugby at a younger age so he may have the steel we need as a holding midfielder.

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.

Well I don't think we would be where we are with Arteta as our holding midfielder.

He comes own as a substitute to get games as a holding midfielder.

Pogba is picked on because he's our best and most expensive outfield player, but Mourinho has primarily played him as a holding midfielder, which I think we can agree isn't what he was bought to do, and is not what he's good at.

His passing is avarage at best and he is defencivly shockingly bad, yet he plays as a holding midfielder

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.

Allan operates predominantly as a holding midfielder, and would provide a useful foil for the flair players in Chelsea's ranks.

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.

Honestly, if coquelin and diaby prove their fitness along with chambers those 3 could easily over take arteta and flamini as our holding midfield choices.

Arsenal should retain Sanchez......... no more signings...... promote from within......... that Maitlland or Nwakali Kelechi can be promoted into first team as holding midfielders..........

Also give us the option to use Flamini as holding midfielders, and Cazorla and Rosicky through the middle who would give us energy and stability through the middle.