Sentences with phrase «attacking quality this season»

That is why there is still a feeling that United need that true elevation in attacking quality this season, and why it would make more than commercial sense to still buy a «star».

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The Gunners look in dire need of quality in attack amid reports from the Daily Mirror that Paris Saint - Germain and Manchester City are battling it out to sign contract rebel Alexis Sanchez, who can leave for free at the end of the season.

draxler mahrez and rodriguez in... walcott cambell gibbs out... net spend maybe around 40m... huge increase in attacking options which is where we fell short last season... would still like to see a quality CB but that seems unlikely now... wenger is fast becoming the grinch of football management... no laughing matter for fans

Where did his attacking quality go and defensive is even worse.i fear for is this season when ur manager praises holding that if he could hve been bought for 50 million then pple wouldnt be complaining tht just shows u how delusional we are.

You can not count on both to have an injury free season so a new midfielder ala kante or xabi alonso type is a must with all the attacking quality we will field now.

wenger is a legend in his own mind so other peoples opinions... fans, ex players, journalists, etc... have no bearing on his greatness or the righteousness of his own decisions... from end of last season it was clear we needed two quality attacking options to put up a serious challenge (getting rid of walcott and campbell or ox and bringing in a serious upgrade over giroud) instead he brought in another midfield option (having done the same in the winter window) which only makes sense in his own delusional world rather than the reality of facing up to serious and strengthening competitors and which defines the job at hand....

He commented on my qualities as a young English player and how he wanted me to attack his team more during the game in a similar way to last season.

The Spanish giants seem ready to make changes to their attack next season, with Benzema in talks over a move to Old Trafford despite years of quality service at the Bernabeu.

Sissoko has definitely underwelhmed this past season, arguably the past two BUT who wouldn't surrounded by the lack of attacking quality that Newcastle trots out on weekly basis.

In truth, Liverpool fans would take almost anyone over either of their current first - team «keepers, with Klopp's side's defensive record still leaving plenty to be desired despite plenty of quality on show in attack this season.

Despite Giroud's comments, perhaps attack maybe the best form of defence for Arsenal given the quality they possess up front and could potentially emulate Liverpool's end of season run last team.

We proved at Everton in the hugely convincing 3 - 0 victory that we have it in the locker to control a game without taking a gung - ho approach; every Arsenal fan wants to see attacking, fluid football played at the highest level, but most teams, particularly this season with the increase in quality across the Premier League, are more than likely to have something in response if they exploit tactical weaknesses.

I'm sure with quality additions and a little bit of ambition can make Alexis stay, with him in our attacking system with the new quality players, I'm sure we won't be the laughing stock come next season

50m for morata... Must be kiddin me... A younger version of giroud... But Italy do give an indication of Chelsea next season and with hazard and Willian too... The idea that last season gives any indication of next is crazy... we are two quality attacking options short of competing

The bottom line this summer in Arsenal signings is Le Prof MUST sign a top quality holding / attacking midfielder of Goretzka's caliber to fully complement his entire starting XI team next season and just limits himself to the signings of Kolasinac and Lacazette alone which if he does without signing a top quality holding / attacking midfielder, his starting XI team next season could be understrength at midfield as Santi Cazorla won't be available in the first half of the season and Elneny can't be relied on to deliver high performances for Arsenal on consistent basis.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

Suso and Hakan Calhanoglu have rarely been rested this season due to a lack of quality depth behind them, and while they're both technically gifted and dangerous in their own right, the Rossoneri haven't got any pace in their attacking line - up to change the tempo and offer a different dynamic in the final third.

United could do with that kind of quality in attack as they struggle to keep up with league leaders Manchester City this season.

«I think we played our best game of the season, in terms of what we demand from ourselves with the quality of our attack, how early we won the ball back, how consistent we were throughout the game, the number of chances we created, and all that considering the opposition we were playing against.

Ainsley Maitland Niles in his two or so matches a CM has shown me that he can protect the back four and attack very well.Why is Wenger destroying the player at LB?I remember also telling everyone here earlier in the season that we should change our formation to four back and that Monreal and Kolasinac shouldn't be in the same team as one has to be rested and deputise for the other.I don't care how consistent Monreal is and to me he has no CB qualities.He at times looks almost world class at LB but to me he has no qualities of a CB.Why is Xhaka also starting?Coquelin is twice the player he is for the role Xhaka should be playing.

This is the strongest squad we've had in a long time, and there is the chance we could be successful this season, but I just get the feeling we've got too much resting on attacking players with potential, and not enough on players with actual quality.

The 25 - year - old has kept 17 clean sheets in 37 appearances in all competitions this season, producing a string of quality saves, as seen in the video below, while also being a pivotal part of building attacks for Roma too given his competence in possession.

As well as feeling that Payet would add some extra quality and attacking threat to the side, I believe that the early transfer of a top player, and it does not have to be Payet, would give the whole club a timely lift as we head into the crucial second half of a season that we are all hoping turns out to be the one in which Arsenal regain the title of English champions.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

The Blues have had a disappointing season in the Premier League so far, with the likes of Diego Costa, Loic Remy and Radamel Falcao not providing enough quality in attack.

There seems no doubt United could do with that kind of quality and energy in their attack after a frustrating season in which they've largely failed to break teams down, particularly in their most important matches.

It was perhaps more of a nod to the quality of the Liverpool attack rather than Dunk's weak performance that he has been named our flop of the match but the star and his defensive teammates will need to improve substantially if they are to compete with some of the best attackers in world football this season.

For one season, Stephen Ireland was one of the best attacking midfielders in the Premier League, but the former Manchester City star is now looking surplus to requirements at an Aston Villa side that is hardly brimming with quality.

Last season Liverpool completed the double over City winning both matches 1 - 0 and we can expect another tight game between these two quality attacking sides.

Tottenham have struggled to retain possesion high up the pitch so far this season and they could certainly benefit from an attacking midfielder of Isco's quality, in my opinion.

Their attack was elite this season, and it controlled enough of each game to not allow many chances on the other end, but whenever an opponent did happen to get a shot, City gave up high - quality looks.

Manchester City and Guardiola suffered from the quality - over-quantity problem in defense last season, but now, with an 18 - point lead on second - place Manchester United, they have laid the blueprint for devising a system that maximizes attacking verve and defensive robustness.

Manchester United's conservative style of play this season has been pilloried from all angles, but one stat that's emerged in the last 24 hours shows that what United may lack in attacking quantity they make up for in quality.

Against a side who had set up to try to stifle Liverpool's attacking qualities, the visitors made the most of their few opportunities - something they failed to do earlier in the season - as two of their three shots on goal in the first half resulted in goals.

The Nigerian forward managed just 3 Premier League assists in 26 appearances last season (18 starts), not good enough for a team of Arsenal's attacking quality, but perhaps Lacazette's arrival will help the 21 - year - old improve in this department.

Such a move would not lead to a decrease in the quality of PSG's attacking threat given the way Lacazette has scored for fun this season.

The youngster is also suited to any of the three attacking midfield positions in the Blues» current 4 -2-3-1 formation, and if there is a willingness from the club to integrate him into the first team, the Belgian has the quality to contribute to the cause next season.

What suprised me this season is the quality his developed of scoring goals; attacking the keeper during the corner kicks and his determination of neutralising the rival creating midfilieders.This is a crucial issue for the club and for him because is becoming a superstar for the gunners.

Nuno might be new to English football this season, but he has taken to it like a duck to water, and as mentioned, has found a system to suit Wolves» attacking options whilst also complementing their defensive qualities.

then I strongly recommend your idea.Look at ManU, they are also opting the same tactics that you recommend but take a look at the vivacity and the dynamism of every ManU players on the pitch.They all attack together and defend together, and I beleive that you have also noticed this on ManU.If we want this line up to happen again then this is exactly the way that all Arsenal players should behave on the pitch.Defend together up fron the centre and attack together (Like sagna and Clichy do to back the wing upfront) And we had this line up during the startin of the season but our players were not strong enough to defend together.They did nt want to run when defendin but they all wanted to when attackin.Denilson has improved a lot on his defense, I must admit but he still got ta do more.And I personnaly beleive that all these 5defeats had a big impact and gave us a gud lesson on our defensive quality.This concerns all our mdfld players including Fab, I could also see him improving a lot on his defensiv quality after all of these Arsenal crisis.But for now we need Song for not loosin games anymore.

Our squad is as close to full - strength as I can ever remember it and with a back four that have been communicating well, a goalkeeper that is making saves, a midfield packed with quality and attacking threat and a front three consisting of our two most consistent players this season — Chamakh and Nasri — we have a brilliant starting team.

It's been that never say die attitude, as much as the quality of their attacking play, that's made the Under 21s such a joy to watch this season, and Weir epitomises it more than anyone.