Sentences with phrase «box midfielders instead»

This is because the old fashioned DM is long out of fashion, with teams favouring deep lying playmakers and box to box midfielders instead.

Not exact matches

It's difficult to blame Ozil for the difficulties he's faced at Arsenal without looking at the big picture... like the fans, he too was lied to by Wenger... there is no doubt in my mind that he was told by Wenger that he was trying desperately to recreate our earlier success by acquiring players that fit the system he ran when Henry was in his prime... as we know this hasn't happened... in order for Ozl to flourish he needs some speed up front, forwards that can make intelligent runs, a boss in the midfield to compensate for his obvious defensive liabilities and defenders who can transition from defence to offence quickly and efficiently... much like he had in Real and with the German National squad... unfortunately he ended up on a squad that has a striker who plays with his back to goal, very few intelligent runs into the box, minus Sanchez, no one to take pressure off him in the midfield, once Cazorla was injured, average defensive midfielders around him, which simply highlighted his lacking defensive qualities and defenders who lack the necessary cutting edge when it comes to transitional passing... instead of blaming Ozil, which is simply too easy, especially considering his mopey disposition, we should be asking ownership and / or Wenger why they brought him in if they didn't intend on doing what was necessary to get the best from him... can you imagine Ozil playing with the likes of Henry, Viera, Petit and Pires, it would be incredibly to watch and even more difficult to stop... so the only thing different between his experiences in Real and with the German team versus his time at Arsenal are the players around him and we all know who is in charge of making those decisions, the Grinch who stole soccer

The only plan i see in this line - up is camping outside the box, thinking of how we're playing playmakers (Ramsey + Wilshere) instead of the winger in Walcott and holding defensive midfielder in Coq.

Aaron Ramsey, a box to box midfielder, came on for Ox instead.

if xhaka plays in front of the 3 cb instead of playing like a box to box midfielder we will have a dense central area in front of our defense which is our weaking point.

Because we're playing too many creative players at the same time, two or three every game instead of two wingers, one creative player, one box to box and one defensive midfielder as we should have.

The Ox was never going to be able to do what Ozil does for Arsenal because he is a different type of player altogether, and even when he has played in the centre of midfield for us instead of on one of the flanks it has been in the box - to - box role rather than the number 10 position.

How many times has he been right in front of the box with time and space but instead looked for that pass that will make it to someone 1/20 times and just give the ball away... Even Chambers attempted more long range shots than most our midfielders!

In January, he went for Mata instead of making a move for a strong box - to - box midfield player or a top class defender.