Firstly, the 26 - year old
creative midfielder did not feature in the squad for Tottenham in their opening game of the Premier league season, which they lost to Newcastle.
Ozil is surprisingly very committed, he is playing as a hybrid
creative midfielder doing both santi role of getting the ball deep to organise play and his usual creative self.
While it is true that the Arsenal and Germany star Mesut Ozil comes in for an unfair amount of criticism from some fans and a lot of people in the English football media, it is also true that
the creative midfielder does not help himself at times and could certainly have more of an impact for the Gunners at times.
Not exact matches
With the likes of Ozil and our incredibly
creative midfield, all we need is our strikers to continue making their moves forward, and consistently put those clear - cut chances away, and Walcott showed last season that he can not regularly
do so.
with the kind of
midfielders we have I don't think we need another
creative mid..
Arsenal
do not possess much in the way of effective defensive or holding
midfielders, with the number of
creative talents far outweighing those who can get «stuck - in» and offer protection.
Mertesacker shouldn't be given a contract, not because of his age, but he doesn't have any other thing to offer on the pitch, Cazorla on the other hand needs at least two year contract, I would have preferred a year but since we don't have
creative midfielder like him and I said it in one article a while ago we needed his replacement since three years ago, someone who is good and can learn from Santi also.
Given that Isco is one of the most in - form
creative midfield players in Europe right now, # 69m doesn't seem an unfair amount to pay at all, even if the 25 - year - old hasn't always been an automatic starter for Zinedine Zidane's side this season.
we again need about three world class players and in my opinion that includes a genuine Iron man DM with intelligence as well as muscle, a genuine world class 30 goal a season striker, the likes of which will turn a game around when its looking bad, and with the fall of Santi Cazorla looking ever more imminant we also now need a genuine
creative midfielder (why
did nt Wenger get Cesc when he was an option?)
However, we
do agree with Lawro on his
creative midfield player shout as while there are lots of options in that department with the likes of Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard, there isn't a great deal of
creative flair in there to offer something different.
With Wilshere at 22, Ramsey at 23 and Özil at 25, I don't think we need to buy and
creative midfielders for a few years, not «first choice» ones at least.
Cazorla being ignored by the new manager Julen Lopetegui is a bit easier to understand I suppose, because the
creative midfielder's fitness could be an issue after he
did not make the Euro 2016 tournament team after missing the end of last season with injury problems.
Arsenal doesn't have skillful and
creative midfielders, so they have to rely on Xhaka's and Elneny physicalities.
We've many
creative midfielders and so I'm not even have to explain, but no one favor the dirty jobs like Coquelin
does.
Chelsea would
do the same thing (as much as i hate Mourinho) he would not allow his team to become a circus just providing eye catching entertainment and made sure he would always sure up his
midfield with players that would have just enough skill to get them out of trouble as quick as they got into it but whose game was more about physical endeavour and forward momentum and used the likes of Ramirez and Willian to great effect whilst allowing only one player, Hazard to have
creative freedom and even then he warned him of just how much he should
do and when he should
do it... keeping him in check.
But
did anyone notice he stands 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in), quite big and strong for a
creative midfielder, got decent pace as well.
The
creative midfield area is somewhere that seriously needs addressing and the worse thing is it doesn't have to cost a fortune, i
do nt have a particular player in mind but a young Spanish
midfielder with the Spanish attributes good ball control dribbling and distribution with abit of tenacity would be ideal, or alternatively Wilshere.
However, another accusation labelled at our long serving manager is that he is always too focused on the
creative and attacking side of the squad and
does not
do enough to make the Gunners hard to beat at the other end and in the centre of
midfield.
To be fair Wenger is right, we don't need another
creative midfielder in January.
I hope we don't stop there, and get a top - quality
creative central
midfield to take - over from Cazorla, so this team can really challenge for the title next season.
The signing of Matic might actually win them the league, as it will open full potential of Pogba, and he
did wonders at Juve as a
creative midfielder.
If the three attackers are lacklustre in th 3 -4-2-1 formation, the deep central
midfielders can not
do much, as they are not supposed to have
creative role in the formation.
There is a possibility that the Frenchman could
do his usual trick of playing one of our
creative midfielders out on the left and that would put Wilshere, Chamberlain, Ramsey and Cazorla in the frame.
The Frenchman would not have made the
creative midfielder his record signing or kept putting him in the Arsenal starting line - up when all the TV pundits and many fans were on his back if he
did not rate the player highly.
Don't forget that Stoke had two key players in Charle Adam and Afellay sent off in their last game and these two missing
midfielders are a large part of their
creative force.
One keeper, one centre half, one holding
midfield player, one
creative attacking
midfielder and a striker that can
do something different and more regularly effective than Lacazette.
But even if he is fit, he usually
does not have enough support from Arsenal
creative midfielders anyway (Ozil, Wilshere and Ramsey).
then don't expect us to win the EPL, until we start buying players like walker for 50m we will remain average, d most important players are fightback, left back, DM, and
creative midfielder, the league now is too competitive pls let's stop leaving in the past, u can't win d league with holding, mert, kosieny, chambers, we have lost it
With attacking options we have now we don't need that side of his game so much... Need to boost defensive side of
midfield and have
creative players who can build for the real goal scorers and Ramsey is crap at both those...
We don't have that same
creative force from
midfield that used to blow teams away when the pressure died down, but this
midfield still has the pressure of not being good enough or trying to prove things so it's different.
With Ozil first choice, Santi the next best
creative midfielder IMO,
do we even have place in the team for Ramsey and Wilshire and Ox?
i am thinking the same thing, i just
do nt think hold up play center striker style works as well as speed with a
creative midfield and ozil in the middle
Wenger doesn't seem to realize that he can't play 7
creative midfielders at once.
If our defence performs well with Koscielny back, with our
midfield in control of the game and our attacking and
creative players get in the goals, would that stop the Arsenal fans demanding that Wenger gets more transfers
done before the window shuts?
In the defensive
midfield areas, Le Coq has brought us some agility so far but we obviously still need some strength which Giroud has to track back to provide most of the time, in the attacking
midfield areas, Mr. Wenger, an Engineer by profession fails to understand that you
do not overload your off - roader with more computers [
creative midfielders] than necessary.
City could certainly
do with Isco as a long - term replacement for David Silva in that
creative midfield role, and Ronaldo is also said to be willing to see his club let the 25 - year - old go.
Benzema or Lacazette would
do the job with our
creative midfield force behind them.
What is the point in investing in Lacazette and Aubameyang, if Arsenal don't have
creative midfielders who can find them with a pass?
Giroud might be OK but he doesn't allow us to play to the strengths of our
creative midfielders IMO since he lacks the pace to go after brilliant passes played in behind defenders.
We need a young keeper to eventually replace cech (donnuramma, lafont fom toulouse or butland if we can't get those two) we also must have a
creative midfield player to replace cazorla (naby Keita, rabiot) a hard tackler to break up the play (idriss gueye, nzonzi) and a striker lacazette / aubameyang / belotti... keep him at all costs but if Sanchez leaves costa, dembele from Dortmund, or mpabbe but I don't think that he's feasible, not mahrez too lazy for me if Alexis is leaving I want a world class player to replace our superstar who runs everywhere and never stops fighting for the ball not a one season wonder who's gonna leave every two years for the African cup and never tracks back.
What I
did notice though was that without Ramsey we are lacking that extra
creative ingredient in the
midfield.
If he
does, Arsenal must get someone like him, not a simple goalpoacher, but a
creative attacking
midfielder that can dictate the play, assist and score a lot of goals, which I think pretty rare these days.
Playing in the
creative midfield role, ahead of Mikel Arteta or Mathieu Flamini, Cazorla needs to be
doing a lot more than what he, going by the stats, has
done so far.
I agree with Juhi McLovin, we need to sign a quality
creative midfielder in January, which is easier said, than
done.
Following the Belgian forward's big - money # 90M move from Everton to the Red Devils, United's new no. 9 would
do well to surpass the 25 goals he bagged for the Toffees last season, however with
creative midfielders like Pogba and Henrikh Mkhitaryan behind him, it wouldn't surprise many to see the 24 - year - old beat the tally we saw him achieve last year and retain his place in the PFA Team of the Season.
What we've missed a lot of last season was the speed of Ox and Walcott out wide to stretch the defensive lines and force them to defend deep — which they don't like to
do cos it gives our
creative midfield space to work their magic.
Me not a Giroud hater, just feel with our
creative midfielder with Giroud on top, me just don't feel the wow effect.
Wilshere has been injury prone but has been injury free for a good while now... Missing a friendly against holland is hardly a sign of medical catastrophe so this is a massive overreaction... Wilshere is by a very long way the best of the British stable at arsenal and on his day he is a top flight
creative midfield play maker... Don't take my word for it ask xavi arguably the best ever in that role... Since his return he has shown signs of his best but not over 90 mins... But wenger has played him all over the place
does not no how to combine him with ozil and miki and surrounded him with utterly hapless players like Ramsey and xhaka... He needs a new manager to bring best out of him I hope at arsenal but if the fossil stays he should go...
Considering the fact that Forsberg is a versatile player capable of playing in
midfield, behind the striker and even on the flanks as he tends to
do for Leipzig, he would be a great signing for Arsenal and add to the
creative threat of the Gunners» attack.
When he plays most times we don't win cus of his style which has refused to change to suit other players, and stop using injuries as an excuse for his poor performances.Ramsey has been having injuries as well and each time even when he is out of form he tries to make clever passes and with him the
midfield is stable and
creative coupled with his contribution with goals but Wilshere?