Sentences with phrase «class defender in»

With Phil Jones» recent injury and an unconvincing back line, it would be wise to bring in a world - class defender in Otamendi, whilst Pedro would give United an attacking spark and flair, which could make the front line more prolific and could take some of the responsibilities off Memphis Depay, who has not yet hit his stride at Manchester United.

They themselves regard it as a problem and it will be no surprise whatever to see manure buy in a top class defender in Jan..

Last summer, Arsenal signed a top class defender in the form of Shkodran Mustafi and the German international has been fantastic for the Gunners this season.

Eventually, Stuttgart signed Boulahrouz from Chelsea in 2008, but he could never really establish himself as a truly top - class defender in the subsequent years.

Senninger has all it takes to be a world class defender in a year or two.

I think we have a top class defender in the making.

Uhmm so every 20 year old should inspire the same level of confidence as a world class defender in their prime?

He reminded me so much of a young Sol Campbell, our last, and along with Cashley Cole, only truly world class defender in the past 3 decades.

He's playing with Chris Smalling and Young in defence while Van Der Sar and Schmeichel had world class defenders in front of them.

It's sad to see for one of the class defenders in all of world football.

Not exact matches

Unforgivably in the eyes of these latter, he was an unapologetic defender of the lower - middle - class moral traditions from which many knowledge workers of his generation had emerged and escaped.

injuries [parlour said our training techniques were the same as from 2004] not having a world - class CF (cavani, suarez, rvp,...), very thin defence & some teenagers in it, no CDM until recently, i want to like wenger, but i think what he does is always a bit short, why not spend a bit more to buy defenders (i don't buy his argument that they are hard to get; the solution is almost always money), favoritism to some players (wilshere..)

World class defenders appeared to be at a premium this summer, and the distinct shortage in signings resulted in both Arsenal and Manchester United being left short at the back.

You call for a world class defender, but you don't need world class players in every position.

Liverpool had a terrible defence but almost won the league because they had the best striker in the world, now imagine having the best player and the best striker with some of the best midfielders on the globe, you could win anything with just one one top class defender and 3 average ones.

If your attacking players are not good enough, the defense area will suffer even if the defenders are world class... Manchester City team for example, They have one for the most devastating attacking unit in the world, The attacking unit absorbs pressures from the defense unit.....

It's no secrete we need a man with pace to play in between and run off the defenders making use of our world class A / M (ozil / Santi) if I look who us available in the striker position the one that stands out is lacazette, he has similar qualities to remy, but has a few more tricks..

A world class defender wanted in a # 36m move from Valencia, Nicolas Otamendi should be brought in in the coming weeks after months of speculation that he's United's top target for that position.

The guy was labelled the swiss Xabi Alonso in germany... he has shown a lot of class lately for us.AS for Kos he's still senn as one of the best defenders in europe, Mustafi will come good same for Bellirin

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Despite his cult hero status among the Anfield faithful, and his apparently world - class standing in the game, Liverpool have been slow out of the blocks with a new contract for the 23 - year - old defender.

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Linked with Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City, it is no surprise to see big interest in world class Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos as his future at the Bernabeu looks uncertain.

As tough as it may be, if Wenger manages to sign a world - class defensive midfielder and a world - class central defender in January and add more stability to the side, it will make for a really good foundation for the team to be much stronger next season.

«And, rather than signing more squad players, he must bring in another world - class defender, a top midfielder and a 20 plus goal striker.

The Wenger we know would never put the required funds on the table to buy a defender in the class of Varane.

In that time we've brought in Ozil (world class), Sanchez (world class), Debuchy (top quality defender), Chambers (going to be a top quality defender), Welbeck (quality and will hopefully further improve) and Ospina (who knows but looked pretty good at the wcIn that time we've brought in Ozil (world class), Sanchez (world class), Debuchy (top quality defender), Chambers (going to be a top quality defender), Welbeck (quality and will hopefully further improve) and Ospina (who knows but looked pretty good at the wcin Ozil (world class), Sanchez (world class), Debuchy (top quality defender), Chambers (going to be a top quality defender), Welbeck (quality and will hopefully further improve) and Ospina (who knows but looked pretty good at the wc).

Big in your list I can agree that all these players would improve us, but let's look at our CB At the moment Kos, top player but is struggling with a inj which may or may not heal, at the moment he isn't match fit so not up to his own high standard, so needs help or a defender of his quality so he can go and recover properly So then we have Mert, too slow and no longer good enough, I'm not sure if he's even good enough for 3 rd choice CB, too slow, poor on the air for his size and not brave enough, he's lasted this long due to Kos he needs a Top class CB just to allow him to play against average teams Ok now Reid not top class we can all agree so we couldn't really play him with MERT as he isn't Kos quality so can't cover merits deficiencys He could be ok with Kos but Kos is struggling So is Reid what we need???? And finally Wenger if he has all 3 fit will still play Kos / Mert first choice Oh and God forbid we play MERT / Reid against the top teams like Chels / city / utd / Southampton Chuckle chuckle

Sell debuchy, Gibbs, Perez, Campbell, akpom, Jenkinson and chambers And bring in mahrez, lemar and a top class defender and.midfielder

Mistamonn most of the time his playing players out of position is because we don't have the necessary depth of players for each position specially on the left, the team is always out of balance he rely needs to buy W / C if not top players in key positions, last year i was commenting that we needed a striker before a class DM but i was so wrong, we first need the best DM that money can buy no mater how much then and only then we can look for another class DM and a couple of descent defenders.

I complained about our lack of transfer activities in the area of world class striker and solid defender but I was thumbed down by some folks on this platform.

He plays same players over and over again and he doesn't change tactics to suit the opposition resulting in good players getting injured and other top class players leaving the squad in search of playing opportunities.A top defender like Vermaleen shouldn't have left if AW was doing rotation.Right now the injury list is increasing and Wenger doesn't change.If AW remains like that Podolski, Campbell, Rosicky, Nacho must leave in order to serve their career.

And we do really need a top class defender, but what is the point in having a player like that and him not being available?

IF wenger signs a top class defender and CDM then I think we can defend our FA Cup Trophy AND seriously challenge in the CL.

Bring in a world class defenders pleas and start looking for a new keeper.

lets all thank arsene for finally doing the right thing only time will tell but have we finally signed the DM we need STRONG MINDED NO HOLD BAR MIDFIELDER WE HAVE ALL CRAVED, but lets take it back we all know it will take 2 or 3 more like minded players to make us great again, he has tricked us all buy buying one superstar in the last 3 windows ALEXIS, OZIL and CHEC great players but can't do it all on their own, spending huge amount of money and saying we can buy the best players, on the surface this looks great we are buying top top players big prices but instead of spending his usual 50 mill on 2, 3, 4, 0r 5 players he has pulled the wool over are eyes with 1 superstar thinking the fans are that dumb enough to believe it, infact he has never spent his budget only balanced on sales too purchases, i love arsenal but this summer i hope for more he needs to do that consistently through out the team spend the same amount on the team stop balancing the american owners, grow a pair say yes we will buy a top defender and a world class striker, stan we love arsenal please be one of us do whats needed then you will fell proud as we are and we will adore you for it.

# 35m for Mustafi is a world class price for a defender, Alexis was bought for the same amount of money, we are simply over paying for Mustafi because Wenger dithers and dilly dallys early on in the transfer window now we are desperate paying Valencia money that their player is not worth!

Well his world cup winners medal and 104 caps for Germany along with his 415 career appearances and 31 goals mostly from headers.seem to suggest that some of the games best managers in the world believe mertesacker is a world class defender.

Muhammad, who is the No. 5 TE in the 2018 class and has a 100 % Michigan Crystal Ball, hurdled a defender in the video below:

We all know that Arsenal had a terrible start to the season with a glut of draws against average opponents, and we all blamed Arsene Wenger for failing to bring in another top - class defender and a young but promising defensive midfielder.

Azpilicueta has to be the best defender in the league he's class and even has a creative side, a privilege to have at my club.

If we manage to replace those who leave, as well as bringing in two top top world class striker + defensive midfielder / central defender, I'd say the squad is about good enough to take a dig at PL trophy and CL semi's.

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

If ManU who has an unlimited budget and fails to bring in a world class defender than how should we with a limited budget?

We are definitely short in defence we need to buy more class defenders so we can improve as a team, if you concede less goals there's more chance of winning games

It is a fact that Arsenal are desperately in need of a top class centre - back with Per Mertesacker retiring this summer, and Laurent Koscielny, Mathieu Debuchy and Nacho Monreal also getting on in years, and The Sun is suggesting that Arsene Wenger is lining up a shock bid for the Chelsea defender David Luiz in January.

Cech looks like a world class goalkeeper because in front of him are very good and well drilled defenders of Ivanovic, Terry, Cahill, Azpilicueta, Matic.

City are battling in the ECL despite world class defenders.

We all like to know about the next big thing — but how about ten of them!?! This is out list of the ten finest defenders in the world under the age of 21, with plenty of future world class performers amongst them:

It is rumoured that Rodriguez would cost around # 21 million, which in today's market would be a solid investment for a player that could be a world class defender for 7 - 8 seasons.