Sentences with phrase «centre back last season»

I'm not saying anything original but we needed a centre back last season and I'm not talking about Rob Holding.

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But if Sky Sports are right about our big centre forward Olivier Giroud being preferred to the Man United forward Anthony Martial then there will be a few more raised eyebrows, especially after Giroud suffered his longest ever barren spell for us last season and only got back among the goals very recently.

The fact that our excellent centre back Laurent Koscielny is due to get the nod ahead of the Man City defender Eliaquim Mangala is hardly surprising really, as the Gunner was one of the most consistent and impressive players in the Premier League last season, while the only consistency with Mangala is how he has continually failed to justify his huge transfer fee.

Borussia Dortmund centre - back Mats Hummels» name has also been mentioned again, as United still look in need of further additions in defence after losing Nemaja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand at the end of last season.

Look at MC, they had missed a 6 mil player, Victor Kompany more than they would have liked and you couldn't really say that they had not tried to find quality cover / starter for this position given that they had spend 30 million plus on what initially looks like two top centre backs the last two seasons.

No, we need a top quality centre back to partner Koscielny because to be honest Koscielny's injury record isn't that great either (he's missed 22 games in the last 2 seasons), so we need at least 2 top players for that position to cope with the inevitable injuries / suspensions / fatigue.

The 34 - year - old centre - back was in fine form last season, playing every minute of the Premier League title - winning campaign, but clearly the club legend is in the latter stages of his career and moves to bring in a long - term replacement would appear to be sensible.

However, we did sign a centre back towards the end of last season (damned if remember his name) it «s an age thing.

OT: I'm looking at all the links and rumours to centre backs, which is understandable given the form of mertesacker and Gabriel last season.

Currently into a promising first season with Tottenham Hotspur, Federico Fazio emerged as a top class centre - back before leaving Sevilla last summer.

With John Terry finally showing his age and failing to recapture his impressive form of last season, Chelsea are eager to bring in a new centre - back to finally replace the former England international (via Metro).

Darmian is capable of playing on either flank at full - back — having featured regularly on both wing last season, with 19 starts on the right and 15 on the left — and can also deputise as a centre - back, having started his career in this position [via the Daily Star].

A centre - back and defensive midfielder are top of the list (as they have been for the last few seasons), but a world class signing in any area of the pitch would surely be welcomed.

Alderweireld and Vertonghen were arguably the best centre - back partnership in the Premier League last season, starting 29 games together to help Spurs to the joint - best defensive record.

Mertesaker was World Class along with Larent last season however this season he's reclined in form, he should be third choice Centre - back behind Hummels and Koscielny next season, fingers crossed.

The centre - back has one more year left on his current deal and in an interview with AS, quoted by FourFourTwo, says this season will not be his last at the Vicente Calderon.

Gorkss, the 31 - year - old Latvian international centre - back, was a star of the Reading team that won promotion to the Premier League last season, playing in all but five of the club's game in the Championship.

The quick, powerful young centre spent part of last season on loan in the Championship with Sheffield Wednesday but, after scoring just 2 goals for the Owls, he has dropped back down into League One where he previously spent time with Huddersfield Town.

The centre - back has also featured for his country this season, though has been restricted to just 19 starts for his club, due to a broken leg he sustained during the last - 16 game for Mexico in the 2014 World Cup.

The six players are; young striker Chuba Akpom who has been on fire this season and scored a hat - truck in the last under 21 game, Gedion Zelalem, the central midfielder who has been compared to Cesc Fabregas, Ainsley Maitland - Niles, the talented winger who was on the bench for the Stoke game, Stefan O'Connor the promising 17 - year old centre back who recently signed his first professional contract, Alex Iwobi the Nigerian born winger and nephew of Jay - Jay Okocha and finally the young defensive midfielder Glen Kamara who also plays for the Finland national team at under 21 level.

Last summer we ended up running out of time and not getting a centre back, which probably cost us at least 6 points this season.

The former England and Arsenal goalkeeper claims that they «need» a centre - back added this summer, but claims that it is not because they were bad last season, which could be debated...... Read the full article here

The big young Pole was bought from Legia Warsaw as a defensive midfielder but has since been converted to a centre - back by Wenger and has had experience of 10 games in that position on loan at Birmingham last season.

Have a check how many goals the centre forwards at Juve, Real Madrid, Bayern, Barca, PSG have scored in the last 2 seasons and come back to me on that one.

Anyway, the three players currently with the Gunners that Jack picked are; the star of last season Alexis Sanchez, our Spanish midfield magician Santi Cazorla; and our French centre back Laurent Koscielny.

We were all raving about Rob Holding last season, but Calum Chambers was out on loan at learning how to be a centre back at Middlesbrough, who were eventually relegated, but at least he gained a lot of experience at defending!

Bring in Ospina for Cech; Gabriel for Koscielny (Kos is 31 and its time we start testing Gabriel and Holding beside Mustafi to see what our long term first choice defensive partnership will look like); Gibbs for Monreal (Wenger needs to start rotating these 2 more frequently as we need to ascertain if Gibbs can adequately produce the quality to hold that position from next season for a few years as I'm thinking this might be Nacho's last or penultimate season with Arsenal, it will also give a hint as to the type of Left - back to target in the summer — first teamer or backup and age as well); I'll like to see an Elneny — Xhaka partnership in this fixture as we might just never know, this might be our replica of the Kos Mustafa partnership in the centre of the park, Two disciplined (positionally, i mean) central midfielders who can play box to box; Chamberlain for Iwobi, and Perez for Alexis should do the work.

He played his first few games for Arsenal as a right - back but he was soon usurped by the improving Hector Bellerin, and he was then being used as a centre - back, and played many games in the first half of last season, until Kos and Mertesacker found full fitness, and when Gabriel arrived in January he was rarely seen outside of cup games.

What's more, United supporters may be perplexed at van Gaal wanting to significantly alter the club's back - line, particularly after Chris Smalling — who made 21 starts at centre - back last season — was handed a new contract until June 2019 [via BBC Sport].

We do have Calum Chambers as well but the former Southampton star hardly featured for the Gunners last season and can not be seen as a consistent first choice centre back yet.

Per Mertesacker was still a first choice centre back for Arsenal last season, however this year after picking up an injury during pre-season, it seems like Mustafi's German compatriot may be set to lose his place in the team.

But also he can set up a defensive team when needed as he proved today and at the Emirates last season, he's a former centre back himself.

Bailly has been in fine form since joining United last season, but his absence has been accompanied by talk of a move for Real Madrid centre - back Raphael Varane, who could fill that void.

With Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand both leaving at the end of last season, United have been in great need of signing a world class centre - back, and they finally look like settling on a # 30m move for in - form AS Roma star Mehdi Benatia.

With all Arsenal's injury problems last season, Ozil often had to do without the likes of Walcott and Ramsey running into those key areas but if he does now get his place in the centre back for Arsenal, he is likely to have not only those two, but Alexis and Welbeck to work with and then we really might start to see the best of Ozil.

The young centre - back impressed whilst on loan with Empoli last season, and attracted Arsenal's interest in the process.

I do nt know why im so disappointed i keep thinking every window he will do it splash big bring back the old days and especially this window with all the abuse he had got last season but no did nothing im the fool for getting my hopes up again you would think id learn by now, if we did pull off lemar and kept sanchez after buying lacazette and kolasanic id be delighted but keeping an unhappy sanchez isnt good hopefully some forgien club will come in for him in January but what happened at Liverpool was a disgrace i cant take any more its ruining my mood im depressed in disbelief at how stupid and soft centred we were making the exact same mistakes for 8 or 9 yrs ground hog day i cant cope we have leaked 8 goals in 3 games very worrying and the clown wont even play kolasanic i wanted wenger to spend big go out in a blaze of glory in 2 yrs time but this is embarrassing to me it looks like a money racket and we are the fools

How can you play Monreal at the centre of defence when the same player was found wanting playing as a left back last season?

Take away the pre» season friendly in which Arsene Wenger had to play Elneny at centre back and the whole team was shattered after their long haul travels, and you have three wins for Arsenal from the last four meetings.

Another reason he may be a bit miffed is that the new striker signing Alexandre Lacazette looks likely to push the Chilean back out into a wide area after he did so well in the centre last season, which Wenger made clear in comments reported by Metro.

Look — he has not beaten Mourinho once, We lost to a horrible Manu team, he has not bought a Dm in many seasons, last winter Moureen bought Matic — we loaned Kallstrom, He started the season with just two senior centre backs, he sold any player that wanted to leave — other teams do not do that, look at Rooney, look at Suarez etc...

They also lost their main striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic and sold David Luiz to Chelsea, so with Thiago Silva out of action they will be without their two first choice centre backs from last season.

The former England and Arsenal goalkeeper claims that they «need» a centre - back added this summer, but claims that it is not because they were bad last season, which could be debated...

38 * yepes 6 ″ 1 prev napoli colombian international world cup (ospina *) left sided centre back wants to move to prem excellent = marking, strong, tackle very good = intercept, heading lacks = pace (merts backup) last season; # 86 % pass completion, #won more tackles per game than kosc, nearly twice as much as verm and merts # 58 % of duels more than koscielney 50.91 %, slightly less than tv and per # 65 % areal duels / 7 clearenses / game similar to per last season

Spurs, Arsenal and Liverpool all need centre - back cover for next season and Caulker, who was probably the Bluebirds» best player in the Premier League last season, was high on their wish list, but it seems as though a talk from Tony Pulis and a # 42,000 per week salary was lucrative enough for the England international to move back to London, albeit with a low key side.

According to The Sun, Mourinho sent his scouts to watch the Swansea centre - back in last weekend's 1 - 1 draw against West Brom, with Mawson viewed as a potential starter at Old Trafford next season.

The French centre - back is seeking a last - minute move away from Anfield — where he hasn't played all season after falling out with Jurgen Klopp

Vermaelen is no longer first choice at Arsenal, with Arsene Wenger preferring the centre - back pairing of Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny last season.

While I do think we need a centre - back and certainly a centre - midfielder I also believe if we get both then we're in a better position than we were in last season.

Two things Liverpool gained this summer was a strength in depth along the back line, they now have four very good centre backs with the additions of Toure and Sakho, and some depth at the striker position, which they SEVERELY lacked in the first half of last season.