Sentences with phrase «at midfield with»

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When the midfield trio of Cazorla / Wilshere / Ramsey have the ball at the edge of the opposing penalty area, you can be sure it's going to end up back at one of our CB's and be played out wide for aimless crosses with nobody there except the opposing goalkeeper.

The system doesn't really work with a midfielder playing as one of the front 3 so Campbell coming through has at least meant we remain dangerous.

It is strange really, because when the Gunners were enjoying our most successful period, which culminated in the amazing and perhaps never to be matched achievement of winning the Premier League without losing a single game, it was with the combative midfield warrior Patrick Vieira at the heart of the side.

We did very well in the beginning of last season with our Coquelin + Cazorla at the base of our midfield.

Arteta is certainly very talented, despite getting on in years, and will be hoping to get chance to impress Arsene Wenger before the season ends, but with the dogfight Arsenal are in with Man City and Man United for second place means that he is unlikely to be risked at the moment as the club has a whole host of talent in midfield right now.

The best player on the pitch as Southampton beat Arsenal 2 - 0 at St. Mary's was midfielder Victor Wanyama, whose physicality and dominance in the centre of the pitch was much too much for the visitors to deal with.

With 3 at the back we don't need a traditional defensive midfielder, we need a box to box midfielder with strong defensive action who can link defence and attack and start the play from deep on the fiWith 3 at the back we don't need a traditional defensive midfielder, we need a box to box midfielder with strong defensive action who can link defence and attack and start the play from deep on the fiwith strong defensive action who can link defence and attack and start the play from deep on the field.

His absence should allow our forward players much more space going forward, and with Yaya Toure and Fernando likely to operate at the base of the midfield, we should be able to get them on the backfoot when countering.

One of the brightest prospects coming out of Brazilian football at the moment, Arthur looks like he could be ideally suited to the Catalan giants» playing style after some impressive midfield displays with Gremio.

We need big characters on the pitch, I would love to see Flamini and Diaby at the base of our midfield with Alexis and the Ox on the wings and Ozil in the middle with Welbeck up top.

Liverpool have worries in midfield, however, with Adam Lallana missing the whole season so far due to injury, while the Daily Mirror report that little progress is being made on efforts to keep Can at the club.

Luka Modric will turn 33 in September, and while the Croatian international continues to be a joy to watch at times with his ability to run a game in midfield and set the tempo for Los Blancos, he can't do it forever as it'll surely start to catch up with him.

The only other change made by the Frenchman is at the back, with veteran keeper Petr Cech coming back in and the midweek hero David Ospina dropping back to the bench, so Coquelin and Cazorla continue to be our first choice central midfield pairing and the summer signing Granit Xhaka will have to wait.

With the midfield we have now or for the past 2 years and with Van Persie at the helm, we would have one the league in one of the past 2 seasWith the midfield we have now or for the past 2 years and with Van Persie at the helm, we would have one the league in one of the past 2 seaswith Van Persie at the helm, we would have one the league in one of the past 2 seasons.

Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas was a breakthrough star at Arsenal, following his switch from boyhood club Barcelona, and despite losing favour with the Gunners fans, only has positive words for his former side.

Arsenal could certainly do with upgrades in midfield at the moment, and Rafinha still has time to prove himself capable of being the player Barcelona thought he would be when he came through as a highly - rated youngster.

Arsenal should be looking at their midfield options this month, with Granit Xhaka and Francis Coquelin failing to form the partnership we had expected in the middle of the park.

I have seen enough and I am convinced his best position is at the base of midfield with Carzola.

It looks like the move will be completed this week with Matejovsky joining an increasingly crowded international midfield at the Madejski: Ireland's Stephen Hunt, US cap Bobby Convey and Iceland international Brynjar Gunnarsson compete with Englishmen James Harper and Glen Little.

One of the biggest names in the Premier League at the moment, Yaya Toure is one of the most high - profile transfer targets believed to be on Madrid's radar this January, with Carlo Ancelotti in urgent need of new signings in midfield.

With the midfield we have and without a superstar player that overshadows everyone in the squad like Ronaldo does at Madrid, Giroud should be scoring a lot more.

The former United man believes that the England international's vision and work - rate would see him in shine in midfield, and it is a sensible move with Rooney's diminishing pace and lack of goal threat at times becoming a problem for the Red Devils.

Campbell is better player than Theo, he run forward and backward to support the midfield, it must be a personal with Wenger.i got the impression Wenger does not like a threat or someone to challenge him at any cost.There are few players that should have been sold and use the money to buy a couple of players.We lost on Kanye, ibramovitch, Bailey, and a few others, simply refuse to pay market value.

He is with a great potential as a midfield player and I hope he will play a great role at Arsenal in the near future.

Though England are currently well equipped at centre back, and Rovers boss Sam Allardyce believes that will eventually become Jones» permanent position, there is certainly a void in defensive midfield that Jones could well fill — especially with poor Owen Hargreaves having suffered another setback.

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.

The hero against West Ham who salvaged a point for the Red Devils and with Carrick still out injured, Blind is the only real option at the base of the United midfield.

With the limited budget that the club have, (no comparable with our mains rivals) plus the attitude of Wenger in relation to bring new players I think that the team needs at least one very good and expensive midfielder and retain Perez instead of going for Lemard.If they need a wing; Nelson will doWith the limited budget that the club have, (no comparable with our mains rivals) plus the attitude of Wenger in relation to bring new players I think that the team needs at least one very good and expensive midfielder and retain Perez instead of going for Lemard.If they need a wing; Nelson will dowith our mains rivals) plus the attitude of Wenger in relation to bring new players I think that the team needs at least one very good and expensive midfielder and retain Perez instead of going for Lemard.If they need a wing; Nelson will do it.

Arsenal have been very happy with the midfield situation at the club.

The midfield is a diamond arrangement with Ozil at the north of the diamond, Carzola and Xhaka on the sharing the deep lying role in the west and the east of the diamond and Coquelin on the south of the diamond as defensive midfield.

The 22 - year - old was spotted kissing the midfielder at Euro 2016 and the pair have continued dating since with Alli's profile going through the roof with his efforts for Spurs.

But I think we may lose one of our best midfielders at the end of this season due to someone being unhappy with a lack of game time because there's so much competition.

my only hope is wenger to buy kanté of leicester.this guy is a beast at dm position with a good technical and physical quality.with him and coq in midfield against barca we can hope for anything special to happen.with finally olivier giroud slowly becoming WC striker, walcott most efficient and campbell who is a revelation this season, the return of alexis we can be dangerous against any defence.our only weak position is a dm position and wenger won't have any excuz this mercato bcoz there are players available that we can buy if we want.plz wenger go for at least one of this: kanté, wanyama, w.carvalho, l.bender, krychowiak, biglia, neves, l.gustavo, rabiot... if we try to sign s.roberto he will be a good addition with great quality.gunner for life!!!

The two midfielders at the base of our midfield is hard to predict, although Granit Xhaka remains the most likely starter, with one of Francis Coquelin, Santia Cazorla or Mohamed Elneny likely to play alongside him.

With the arrays of midfielders at Arsenal, the truth of the matter is the Boss doesn't have to sign a DM if Flamini leaves.

Liverpool will hold talks with captain Steven Gerrard after the midfielder admitted he may leave the club at the end of this season.

The best formation Arsenal could have in defence and attack would be three at the back, three man midfield of a world class defensive mid, Xhaka and Ramsey just in front with Sanchez and buy a world class striker (maybe Costa from Chelsea).

A Ramsey is great at showing up in the box with / without the ball from midfield and confuse defenses, score important goals.

He said: «[There was] the one that won the treble with Ribery at full power, Robben at full power and Kroos, Schweinsteiger and Muller in midfield so I believe we have played good Bayern sides and got good results against them.»

With six midfielders who can transition to either becoming attackers or becoming defenders where and when the occasion demands, the side will be playing at its best possible advantage.

With our current squad, assuming everyone is fit, I think our best formation is a GK and back four, obviously, a holding midfielder (Arteta is the best we have at the moment), a box to box midfielder (Ramsey / Wilshere), an attacking midfielder (Özil, maybe Cazorla), two pacey wingers (Walcott and Alexis) and a striker (Giroud).

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

We play less in the midfield now, most of our possession in at the back with Mert and Kos pacing around the ball, some quick passes in midfield and we sometimes slow down again and pass it around near the opponents box.

However, as per the Metro, Mourinho has revealed to reporters that he will be targeting a midfielder this summer with Michael Carrick set to retire and with doubts continuing over Maroune Fellaini's future at the club.

An expert defensive midfielder with great positional awareness, intelligent passing, and great technique to boot, it is little surprise to see Busquets become part of Guardiola's plans at the Etihad Stadium.

Its weird that xhaka played well against Watford BUT did not play either S'Hampton or PSG considering they were 3 days apart We are spoilt for choice at the back of midfield but playing Coquelin twice with 3 days apart was silly When you have Xhaka, Coquelin, Cazorla, Eleney and Ramsey there is no excuse to use Coquelin and Cazorla twice within 4 days That's asking for trouble (injury wise)

It would also seem unnecessary to risk Ramsey with a starter or bench role this weekend, solely based upon the fact that we already have a number of quality midfielders available at our feet, meaning there is no need to see Ramsey rush back.

The report also state that Wenger is tempted by Luiz's versatility, with defensive midfield another role he could fill and one that looks a particular weak spot for the Gunners at the moment.

A report from CalcioMercato has stated that Brozovic is growing frustrated at Inter with the Serie A club looking to now offload the midfielder having already started a clear - out by selling attacking midfielder Joao Mario to West Ham.

Conte evidently still wishes to bolster his midfield, and with the Inter man able to add aggression and creativity in that department, he could be the perfect signing at this stage.