Sentences with phrase «class defenders like»

The 30 - year - old's pace and direct running caused world - class defenders like Sergio Ramos and Gerard Pique nightmares, and he weighed in with two brilliant goals to put the seal on one of the individual performances of the tournament so far.

If we want to compete with the likes of Chelsea and Man City, we need World Class defenders like Kompany and Cahill.

They need to buy a world class attacker like Reus, a world class defender like Hummels....

Not exact matches

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..)

exactly thats why i think people need to calm down with this «we need a world class cb like hummels» when gabriel looks like he can push on and be an elite defender.

After that game we need a striker, and a defender all other places are solid.Why waist money on a dm when other places need sorting Monreal is first class but we need a L back to take over as next year being 30 he like rosicky will need back up and Gibbs is not that CB

Mbappe would show serious intent, so would Lukaku, so would a world class defender or a DM like Naingolan.

I'd like to see a lot more of Gabriel before we buy more defenders, unless we're buying a proven top class defender.

Need world class defenders not starlets and / or rejects like Evans and Smalling.

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

«I would like to see a world class centre forward coming into the club,» said Keown, «Someone that really puts the fear of God into the opposing defenders.

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?

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.

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

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.

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:

I am certain that if we play like we did in the second half against United and buy a top, top class defender and a holding midfielder we are nailed on for Top Four.

A world class defender also targeted by the likes of Arsenal and Manchester United, it has been reported that City are lining up a # 47m bid to sign Mats Hummels from Borussia Dortmund to improve their options at the back.

his hold up play is so good that he allows the defenders to come to him, he beats them with skill and pure pace and then pires or ljunberg is already awaiting the pass... that is world class, strikers like henry etoo Ronaldo drogba, even lewnadoski and co have learnt to drift to any direction or wing so as to pull defenders away from the box and create space for other mates..

But the kid needs a year at least, and which top class defender will join a team like ours where most defenders regress?

Forget defenders because it's not like he didn't buy Debuchy and bring in Bellerin (future world class).

I also think that a top class defender should be on the list, with names like Van Dijk being heavily thrown about by the football press.

i disagree with you, i personally don't appreciate silly sycophantic articles like this, we all know Per is not world class, we all know the only defender we have who is close to WC is Kos.And how the author can be so critical of Gabriel when hes played a handful of games is beyond me.We don't need stupid articles like this, we need real articles which provide proper analysis.

Try and think of d world class DEFENDERS dat we hav either made or brought thru out wengers reign, and u will only recall a handfull of dem, like Ashley Cole, sol Campbell, William gallas mayb?

Love him (Klopp) to succeed wenger for next season and he will add talented and class playersfrom his own club dortmund like hummels top class defender on par with kompany at the moment, reus awsome player no need to explain his quality, Sven bender or gundogan..

Then buy world class Reus, strong DM khedira / Schneiderlin, top class defender hummels and sign young versatile defender some one like fabian schar who can play at all defensive positions because injuries can hurt us at any time and sell arteta, podolski (wants to leave) etc and other liablity players..

Players of Terraria new and old will experience an invasion much like what Dungeon Defenders players have to fend off on a wave - by - wave basis whenever they jump into a match, while those playing Trendy Entertainment's tower defense RPG will gain access to new maps, enemies, gear and the Dryad hero class - for a cost, at least.

Dungeon Defenders takes a semi-new approach to the tower defense genre, employing traditional elements like loot, leveling up, classes and towers while also changing the mentality up, advocating use of blockades at choke points and giving each class a different set of towers to summon as well as abilities.

Its list price of 137,504 euros in Germany (no UK price has been announced yet, but that equates to around # 110K) puts it ahead of far more accomplished cars like the Porsche Cayenne Turbo but the appeal of the G - Class is that it's not a conventional SUV; Mercedes calls it a «performance off - roader», and says it's better viewed as an extremely posh Land Rover Defender rival.

Depreciation is low, so it's cheap to run (relatively), it's great to own and drive, the kids love it, it can take a beating and clean up well, and like the Defender, a Mini or a Golf, it has a class of its own.

We're looking forward to the Show and expect it to be a great platform to showcase our team's ability to build and design world - class design Defenders, like Project Beast.»

For what it's worth, however, Land Rover design chief Gerry McGovern has said the new Defender will look nothing like either DC100 concepts and nor will it be retro, but it will remain polarising, likely ruling out a boxy, same - same design like the new G - Class and Wrangler off - roaders.

Just like the wonderful Land Rover Defender, the G - Class as we know it will soon be gone forever.

It looked like a brighter, more accessible version of Dungeon Defenders where the focus of the combat is with the different hero classes but there are options to setup stationary traps or turrets to help fight off the waves.

There are nine classes in LawBreakers, and while each one borrows qualities from multiplayer class archetypes like healer, tank, support, and defender, they're anything but conventional.