Sentences with phrase «cover in midfield»

As they target the Premier League title Arsenal now have extra cover in midfield at a time when Santi Cazorla (knee), Francis Coquelin (knee), Jack Wilshere (shin) and Tomas Rosicky (knee) are all sidelined.

David Davis has also been recalled from his loan spell at Walsall to provide cover in the midfield.

With Aaron Ramsey, Jack Wilshere and Mikel Arteta all currently out of action injured he will provide extra cover in the midfield area.

You can see some merit in adding Flamini to the squad as at least he is quite versatile and can provide cover in midfield and fullback.

When playing as a back four can we provide adequate defensive cover in midfield?

Rosisky was there to cover in midfield when Ramsey ran to the box, but right now the whole team is shit

Anywhere we already have better than him and cover in midfield!

Wanyama ideal for cover in midfield even Austin who i think is average but No One.

Just a question But how would you go ones feel if we brought Cesc back, sort of cover in the midfield etc..

We play with overlapping fullbacks, without defensive cover in the midfield than we are often exposed if we loose the ball high on the pitch and fullbacks are out of position.

Anyways, The Ox is looking up for it this season and has scored two quality goals, one in pre-season and one against Liverpool, so hopefully he will continue to improve And maybe Campbell will get a chance to shine aswell, We have plenty of cover In midfield, at the moment lol So we can concentrate on worrying about the other areas for now!??

We have Debuchy, Sanchez, Ramsey, Wilshere, Campbell, Rosicky, Chamberlain, Walcott, Welbeck... All these players have pace and work rate, as well as technical skill, but we can't tell them to press high when they lose the ball or to bring chaos to the opponent's defence because not only do we lack cover in midfield and central defense, we also play them out of position.

Matic's arrival will be huge for Mourinho and United, as the 28 - year - old Serbian international will act as defensive cover in midfield to not only protect the backline, but also to allow Paul Pogba the freedom to fully express himself so Man Utd get the best out of their record signing.

While Carrick's absence has been adequately covered in midfield, Mourinho can call up Chris Smalling, Victor Lindelof and Marcos Rojo in place of his first - choice central defensive partnership, with the latter likely to be on the bench once again on Tuesday.

Not exact matches

The problem is the defence and the lack of cover, we need to get 3 players in January, a centre back to challenge or replace Mertisacker and 2 combative midfielders.

We have extra cover now in midfield and I thinking some games we can now play tight Nick a gaol and lock up to a 451

Let's face it, Mertesacker and Arteta were once decent players in their youthful days, but now they are shit, both are liabilities to the rest.Koscielny, gibbs and debuchy have to work twice as hard to cover up for the sluggish per, same case when arteta is playing, the midfielders around have to run back when he easily gets turned and beaten for pace.

Picture this, if we had a quick, agile defender alongside kos, our full backs would have the freedom to bombard forward without worrying about covering for a slug at the back.Same if we had a big strong athletic dmf like gustavo, our midfield midgets would be free to move forward and create chances knowing that there is someone reliable protecting the back four.But then again this can only happen in my dreams or on FIFA manager

The January transfer window and no urgency to sign a player to cover for our lack of power in the midfield

I am no Flamini fan but seriously, the OX just pissed off and left him to cover a massive gap in our midfield, the guy tried and was shouting at players because they were bombing forward and leaving him alone to handle Stirling and Courthino.

he's perfect there cus he does his job, his job is to keep the balance in the midfield btwn the defence and attack, the job of attacking is for our attackers and AM, box to box midfield your job is to get the ball and make sure your AM has it to distribute so you can cover his ass, and you can cover your DM's ass in our own half of the field.

I actualy liked the way Juventus have been playing 4 -4-2 with diamond, the front three in midfield covering Pirlo so he can send balls over the top to the two strikers.

obviously I would prefer to have a much more suitable alternative in the defensive midfielder positions but if they focused more on defensive end and the occasional long - ball, this would allow Bellerin and Sead ample opportunities to bomb forward on their respective wings while still having enough cover to maintain their defensive shape... it would likewise allow for overlapping runs on both wings, thereby letting both Sanchez and Perez to cut inside and get shots away in and around the top of the box with their most dominant feet... if goals were needed I would sub Bellerin for OX and bring Ramsey in for Elneny then switch to a 3 -2-4-1 (more of a 3 -1-5-1 with Ramsey playing higher up the pitch) and I would only use Giroud as a sub when the game dictated it for tactical reasons... this would allow us to be a high energy team with incredible link - up play and a much more direct approach in the offensive end

Arsenal fans will just be hoping that this does not mean that Arsene Wenger thinks he has enough cover and quality in the centre of midfield.

Elneny is an important squad player who works hard and covers the ground and is so important attribute to have in the midfield.

He has options up front and in midfield and he has solid cover at the back.

With Arsenal lacking considerable talent in the defensive midfield department and having to often rely on Aaron Ramsey to provide them with cover in the position, Jankto would certainly be welcome at the Emirates.

his weaknesses are his ability to defend — can't tackle, badly positioned, doesn't track runners, always breaks forward on runs and leaves gaping chasms in midfield that Xhaka can't cover alone, all of which makes him a bad central midfielder..

When Coquelin got injured earlier in the season we were left toothless in midfield, and now in situations like this we needed an equal player to cover when Coquelin gets carded.

Primarily a right back, Grosskreutz is also comfortable operating on the left hand side of defence or in midfield, and would offer cover across a back line that has been decimated by injuries and suspensions during the course of the season so far.

Following the recent spate of injuries to rock the Gunners midfield, Elneny has come in to provide cover for the likes of Francis Coquelin, Jack Wilshere and Santi Cazorla, and could make his first appearance for the club against Stoke City.

Just seen in the mirror that Xhaka covered more ground than any other midfielder - 7.6 km against Leicester - last weekend.

He's vulnerability a lack of Height during set pieces (I.e Giroud being the only realistic target because of his height and the fact he is a striker) has meant our CB «s are playing a bit more up top than they should be and because our midfield is mostly attacking defusing the situation / stopping opposition attacks in the first half of the season wasn't happening, the second half we had coquelin but if he gets injured, without any cover at CDM we end up in the same situation.

modern football is all about a defensive midfielder who can be the one to cover the 2 CBs and not leave them hanging whenever a mistake is done in the midfield also if you can remember when we bought nacho monreal he was supposed to cover a position in the midfield and now is left back for 3 — 4 years and this is unacceptable if you see other clubs the build the teams over the DM so that the rest midfielders can create we bought this mess ozil which from day one he is not performing and not adjusting to BPL i don't know my friend i am speaking my mind from here in Athens so you who are in UK you now better than me and you can press for quality players

If there is an Achilles heel for Mourinho it is his lack of depth in central and attacking midfield — a broad spectrum of positions that can all be covered by Sissoko.

I agree and it's Hummels, Sneiderlin, and Dybala from your list for me... We need some serious presence in our team mainly in the midfield area because we're either too small or weak minded and that's unacceptable to the fans... Love Özil and what he can do but if we manage to acquire players of presence this summer that can no doubt cover him while he floats and he still goes missing then I'm afraid it will have been a very expensive mistake with him... I'm at a point now where I'm completely numb to us losing because I don't expect us to win and that's bad.

It literally takes pretty much all the strengths away from our world - class triangle of Mesut, Santi and Ozil to place a struggling for form Campbell in a more attacking role when the part of his role he's been doing best is providing extra defensive cover, while making us weaker in midfield when our strongest midfielder has been injured!!

But it's a midfielder who needs to track that run, not Koscielny's job to cover two players over 3 - 4 yards in a split - second...

For instance at Real Madrid, they have their most dangerous striker starting out on the left flank but tucking in as play builds and being covered by a midfielder.

it goes without saying that AW must leave and another coach to come he can stay close to the team as manager or head of board but it is clear that our team is in need for so many years of a defensive midfielder (William Carvalho) and a left back (J Rodriguez) on top of them if we buy Mbappe and this player from Celtic, Dembele i believe our team will be in very good shape as we will have players to cover all spots in good order we can get rid of players such as elneny, gabriel, debuchy, jekinson, lucas, chamberlain, mertezaker, coq and get back jack wilshere who together with ramsey, xhaka, santi they can make a quite productive midfield together with Carvalho watching their backs if we sell ozil, sanchez we can move for 3 more players such as gueye, mahrez and gibson

To go after him or not may or may not be a wise idea, I don't know, all I know is that between Walcott and Giroud, there's 40 goals and with Welbeck's 10 plus the rest from midfield, there's enough goals in the squad, however Wenger needs to take his head out of the sand and look at the right wing and or the CDM, for those positions are lacking depth; sorry but Arteta I don't ththink is ample cover, we've loaned Hayden and Wilshire is injured so there's a void there.

The other thing he's good at is shouting at and organising his team mates both in defence and midfield to cover, harass and tackle the opposition.

For me Ox needs to just add discipline, he needs to know when to take players on at right time with cover behind him in midfield.

I can't remember who it was that made a stupid comment yesterday about how every player should just do what their position says, That a defender should just do that, an attacking midfielder should just create a DM should just cover the defense and strikers and wingers should just put in crosses into the strikers... I think it was Ks - gunner or kickAss, can't remember properly.

lst season at stamford bridge, was the first time i saw that 4 -1-4-1 formation being used, and for some weird reason i feel a very strange negative vibe and well all know the outcome.the manager has come back with this formation and its not yielding result, but he still sticks with it.i do nt know much about formations dear friends, but if you are playing a slow dm in arteta and a very very slow cb, then you are toast against quality teams with sound tactics.wen playing wellbeck as a lone striker, i think 4 -2-3-1, will work better, but if we have a big player like oliver (boooos), thn we can try the 4 -1-4-1, thingy cos he can hold the ball for our midfielders to run in.but on the overall, shame on wenger for not giving our defence a good cover DM.NO BODY PLAYS A SLOW DM / CB AND EXPECT TO B REGARDED AS CHAMPIONSHIP MATERIAL.IT HURTS GUYS, REALLY HURTS.

If we had spent ozil's 42 million on a striker and Alexis 35 on a top midfielder we'd be far better off.we have too many attacking / wide midfielders.ozil, sanchez, ox, theo, gnabry, santi, rosicky, jack, ramsey, campbell yet 2 injuries and defence and we've no 1 left and have a def mid in coquelin on the bench for defensive cover.

Having Ozil of all people play as a winger especially in front of either full back in Debuchy or Monreal is suicide because he will not track back whatsoever and in a formation like that which is designed to thrive on position you need a work horse on the wings for whichever full back you plan to have overloading the wing AS WELL AS a positionally astute defensive midfielder to come across and provide cover.

It's pathetic looking at our bench; a left back has to play in midfield, no cover for the cover for the cover at the CDM, and we say that we are challenging, for what.

till when will wenger still being given the 100 % support from the board, this summer is not as good as many could think, we have added only sanchez and havnt replaced our captain, our needed positions havnt been covered yet, cf and first choice defensive midfielder and wenger still believing in sanogo, this shows how much ambitous he is.

Coquelin did all the dirty work in midfield, tracking back, being the first defender and covering at the back to give time for the more forward players to come help and for the defence to organise (Mertesacker never found himself outrun... against City) breaking up plays and cleanly passing the ball forward!!