But he too had been constantly let down
by his midfield partner.
A quiet afternoon for the Englishman, who was outshone
by midfield partner Dembele.
Not exact matches
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.
Jack is obviously well regarded
by the Cherries players and coach, and Jack's
midfield partner Harry Arter thinks that he is exceptional.
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 question now is who would
partner best with Ramsey (our most important
midfielder by some distance), and I'm not sure that we have the solution in - house.
The CSKA - icons should be guarded
by holding
midfielder Pontus Wernbloom and his
partner Bibras Natkho.
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.
Of his usual
partners, Stephen Quinn has been one of the worst starting central
midfielders in the Premier League this year, and Jake Livermore has been suspended
by the club following his positive test for cocaine.
Chelsea's shape would resemble more of a 3 -4-1-2 with N'Golo Kanté likely to be
partnered by another energetic
midfielder, potentially Danny Drinkwater.
Last season's PFA and FWA Player of the Year has started both of our Premier League matches so far, playing alongside a different
partner in each match; Cesc Fabregas in the defeat against Burnley followed
by Tiemoue Bakayoko in last weekend's win at Tottenham, with David Luiz also part of the
midfield on that occasion.
Morgan Schneiderlin replaces the hamstrung Idrissa Gana Gueye in
midfield, where the Frenchman is poised to be
partnered by Wayne Rooney.