He is at his best when he has a defensive midfielder and
a deep creative midfielder behind him, when Cazorla and Coquelin were at their best.
The area that needs freshening up is MIDFIELD, Elneny and Ramsay are box to box midfielders, Xhaka i consider to be
a deep creative midfielder with DM duties, Coq is not a box to box or deep creative mid fielder, but just a DM and must only be used as such (that is why coq / caz was good together).
Not exact matches
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.
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.
Midfield — numbers wise I think we have enough plenty of attacking quality probably lack one more DM /
deep creative player.
Although he seems to be missing the
creative spark of Cazorla in CM as now he has to start our attack from the back and is forced to drop
deep in
midfield..
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.
Occupying the second central
midfield position is the
deep - lying playmaker, this role instructs the player to come
deep to receive the ball, before attempting
creative passes to the attacking players.
If you took the high energy game of the box to box
midfielder and mixed it with a more
creative role like a
deep lying
midfielder or advanced playmaker, then what you get is a roaming playmaker.
Joe Allen — 6 Neat and tidy in possession even if not a
creative force from
deep in
midfield.
Among these specialist roles, the most noteworthy are a) defensive
midfield destroyers or shields (e.g. Javier Mascherano), b)
creative controllers (e.g. İlkay Gündoğan) and c) dynamic d
eep - lying playmakers (e.g. Xabi Alonso).
The Israeli is more of a
creative deep - lying
midfield player compared to Wernbloom who is more an anchorman and destroyer.
Having started the majority of the season out wide, the Brazilian's best performances in fact come in the middle of the park; his
creative deep passing, influence and guile offered something different that was missing in the
midfield.
Conte could earmark him for a shuttling role on one side of Kante in a three - man
midfield; while Oscar probably sees himself primarily as a
creative player, his tenacity and willingness to get stuck in means he could excel slightly
deeper in the pitch if given the chance.
Inter recently signed a
deep - lying
creative Spanish
midfielder, and while Borja Valero is no Fàbregas, he would certainly be more effective playing alongside a player of Matić's defensive caliber, especially if doing so allows Valero the freedom to creatively control Inter's build - up play.