So instead of arguing about Jonny Evans or not, she should all recognize what we need a real
deep midfielder who can take off pressure from our defenders.
Not exact matches
With the emergence of Francis Coquelin as Arsenal's first - choice defensive
midfielder and with the likes of Aaron Ramsey, Jack Wilshere and even Santi Cazorla,
who has grown accustomed to playing a
deeper role, fighting for a place alongside the young Frenchman, the Gunners captain will certainly find it difficult to get into the first - team.
With 3 at the back we don't need a traditional defensive
midfielder, we need a box to box
midfielder with strong defensive action
who can link defence and attack and start the play from
deep on the field.
oh and just to help you out ah little, please take into consideration, that
deep lying
midfielder who can play through the lines, has not been available for over a year, because if the man
who has assembled this group of players can't improve them, then is it the players or the manager?
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midfielder who can also carry the burden as our
deeper playmaker similar to what Arteta did, playing Ramsey alongside a destructive
midfielder like Coquelin just doesn't work.
Lots of women have
deep love for shoes, including Barcelona WAG Coral Simanovich,
who is the girlfriend of
midfielder Sergi Roberto.
As the
deepest of Man U's
midfielders, this game was a total stroll for the German,
who was barely closed down all day as the Sheffield United defenders sat back.
Correct me if I am wrong but Cesc played as a
deep lying
midfielder who you used to set attacks going ect when he was fuc@ing 17!!!
bellerin mustafi chambers... We have a non existent
midfield and a series of overhyped youngsters... Iwobi, the French kid
who was the next Henry maitland miles the polish kid
who was the next viera... Etc etc... Some might still make it after loan spells in lower leagues but after 10 years of cheapskate mismanagement the rot runs
deep and can no longer be treated with a polishing here and there... Your endless reference to FIFA 18 has lost even it's flippancy... The club has entered the second tier of the EPL and serious supporters need to get behind a campaign to remove wenger and kroenke before we go the way of leeds villa and forest... All clubs with wonderful pasts just like us
Wenger wants old fashioned centre - forwards
who play very
deep (virtually
midfield) and make runs forward, hold the ball up, etc..
If we do bring in another player I think they need to be some one
who also offers more creativity And someone
who can control the tempo of the game from
deep midfield.
He's a bit overrated I must say.I also don't get those
who are asking him to tackle well.The fact is he's not a good tackler.I fear Wenger has made him untouchable in our team such that even if he plays badly he still starts.I mean if people are saying he's not a DM in the first place then is he also a CM?If he's a CM does he have the quality to play along side a DM?These are the questions we need to ask ourselves.If he's a CM then he's good at distributing from
deep and also up top but he can't hold thd ball in tight spaces or dribble which is very important.If he's a DM then he simply can't defend.That's why for us to be successful in the long term with him we need a hybrid
midfielder or what I call a defensive box to box
midfielder.
Air - tight defence, brilliant
midfield and attack with
deep squad members
who could all play a role.
Who the hell picks ozil and tells the
midfielders to keep dropping
deep without applying pressure on the ball in the middle of the pitch (Ozil doesn't give a rats arse to move and Bayern are too good to let them just walk through the middle of the ground for the whole game)?
Who the hell picks ozil and tells the
midfielders to keep dropping
deep without applying pressure on the ball in the middle of the pitch?
It is the
deeper lying
midfield generals
who in such a team control transformation from defense — to — attack, and vice versa, making sure shape and sharpness is maintained in attack as well as retreat.
So wait a minute.Are Arsenal looking for a defensive
midfielder or a box to box player.I'm really disappointed in Xhaka's defending.He's very good with his long passing but I don't think he's the best option when it comes to box to box.In Arsenal he's normally used as the defensive
midfielder particular
deep lying playmaker and this actually means that we need someone
who is fantastic at attacking and can also do very well defensively so as to compliment for Xhaka's defensive short comings.Ludo Goretzka is very good defensively from the little I've seen but I don't really know much about his attacking qualities.But I also hope Arsenal does not forget about Mario Lemina.He's a complete
midfielder and to me has the capabilities to be one of Europe's best if given the chance.He can defend very well and attack very well.He's a player Juventus would regret selling.As for Goretzka I know he's very good defensively but have» t seen much of him in terms of attack.If he's as good as in attack I'd sign him.
kondogbia for me all the way he has all the skills we need for d / m he schooled our
midfield when we played them this season on his own, hopefully this would have had wenger rubbing his hands together with glee to watch such a class act
who could run our
midfield, so i think go straight in with # 30million for him straight off the bat, and test monaco's resolve and his to stay, or make him a star in our
midfield he would have helped us drive the
midfield forward from
deep midfield and smash defensive teams like swansea.
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
Alike to Carrick, Jorginho is a
deep - lying
midfielder who possesses a fantastic vision and ability to thread quality balls through some of Europe's best defensive units.
He said, «He's an all - round
midfielder who can play
deeper when needed, he can move forward and shoot from distance but he's not just a guy
who stays in there and breaks up play.
He's not a
deep playmaker but a
midfield work horse
who will support the striker as opposed to Cazorla
who plays the Ozil role in front of the defence
For me, we don't need another utility
midfielder, we need a specialist
who wants to sit
deeper, can break up play and protect the back four.
We have relied more on Xhaka
who is more adept at spraying the balls from his
deep laying position in the
midfield and when there is need to break up play, at times he allows it to tarry too long giving him the need to achieve same with overly dramatic tackles that end up with an equally dramatic red flash before his face.
I will say it again Coquelin is the only true DM arsenal has, Chambers can be converted into a DM also, which i feel would be his most suited position, Xhaka is not really a DM but more a
deep lying playmaker with some defensive qualities, cazorla also has that trait, Ramsay, Iwobi and wilshere are actually want to be number 10s,
who are considered box to box
midfielders but both lack the defensive discilpline, Elneny is our only box to box
midfielder who is very disciplined and Ozil our number 10
who although provides a lot of assist does not provide a goal treat.
We have plenty of player
who can play in advanced
midfield positions, time to start using Ramsey and Wilshere in
deep roles.
The
deep - lying
midfielder is seen as the long - term successor to Marouane Fellaini at Everton,
who looks set to leave the club either this summer or next summer; however, his # 22million release clause, has recently expired this summer.
which is certainly not a slight on the young french national player; like him or not, Sanchez has provided some real world - class performances for club and country in recent years... if you do this move, you need to really clean house or face some serious consequences for the foreseeable future... half measures are rarely rewarded, that's how we got here... tear down the wall... we need to get rid of Giroud, not because he isn't a talented player, his skill - set simply doesn't make sense if we hope to maximize the offensive potential of a quick passing, one - touch scheme... we need to evolve, like Barcelona,
who realized you needed to have clinical finishers or face a mind - numbing future of horizontal passes and largely ineffective crosses... Barca went and got Suarez, even though they had Messi and Neymar on the roster (just imagine the possibilities — another in the litany of Wenger «what ifs»)... we need to be as clinical in the boardroom as on the pitch... accept nothing less or move on... personally I would move on from Welbeck, Giroud and Walcott, even Ox if he isn't all in... I think the most intriguing player might be Perez, which runs counter to the thoughts in my head when he arrived late last summer... we need a
deep lying DM with quick feet and long ball potential,
midfielders who can counter quickly even when they are spread out and 4 or 5 players
who know how to attack the lanes (kind of a cross between Barca, Dortmund and Monaco)... this is seriously an achievable goal, one that logically should have been achieved quite a few years ago... did no one in the Arsenal organization see the financial restructuring of the football universe... think of the players we could have had but we weren't willing to cough up the dough only for those individuals to have their value double or triple within a 12 to 24 month period... even if just from an investment perspective these «no deals» represent a failure of monumental proportions... only if you cared, of course
I think we are shot on
midfielder who plays
deep to front like Cazorla.
Xhaka,
who I like, or at least I like the Xhaka
who plays for the Swiss national squad, has shown to be in way over his head in the premiership... of course he showed late in the year that he can stretch the field with the long ball but our squad isn't really set - up for that style of play... most of his long passes are in the air not on the ground and our squad without Giroud, which should have been sold the minute the transfer window officially opened, is one of the smallest in England... we need someone
who can pick out the runs of our forwards in the lanes and
who is fast enough to come forward into space without conceding his defensive responsibilities... we rarely see him shoot or even be in a position on the field to do so, we rarely, if ever, see him used for set pieces and it appears that the only person at the club
who has ever coached him up when it comes to tackling is Coq, which explains his atrocious disciplinary record... maybe it's me but didn't you see him coming in and contributing more from an offensive perspective, with his killer left foot, than a
deep - lying
midfielder... if that wasn't the case we are the stupidest team alive for taking him over Kante
I want the Boss to sign a right winger
who is also able to play
deep from the right side of the
midfield.
Aaron Ramsey is ideal for Arsenal's new system, there are few players
who divide opinion like Aaron Ramsey and many Arsenal fans would count themselves as sceptics, and yet their one player
who looked likely in the first - half to unlock Manchester United was Ramsey, because he is also the one Arsenal player
who can unexpectedly break behind his own strikers from a
deep midfield position.
IMO we should have a strong, physical all action central box - to - box
midfielder who is capable of starting attacks from the
deep and defends well to partner with the more attack minded box - to - box
midfielder Ramsey.
My interest in the diamond 4 is to have Ozil playing close to 2 strikers (Sanchez and Vardy) a DM (Xhaka, Coq), A
deep lying playmaker (Cazorla,) playing close to the DM
who can dribble and play long balls, A box to box
Midfield general
who can run and cover grounds.
The three at the back are defenders, the two center
midfielders are put in there to sit
deep and the wingbacks are Bellerin and Kolasinac
who are defenders.
The only two
midfielders you've mentioned
who are capable of dictating the play, tempo and basically running the show from
deep are Santi and Xhaka.
Mario Suarez is a player
who I would love to see move to the Emirates and take up the
deep - lying
midfielder role, and The Express thinks this is now likely.
That said it is far more productive for a
midfielder to drop
deep and drive forward then it is for a CB to go ahead of the
midfield as the
midfielder who is more attacking would just have to drop into defence.
He does go on scoring runs and when surrounded by better
midfield creators or a dominant
midfield who can feed him from
deep positions has shown his use.
Answer: A Santi Cazorla is a highly intelligent, talented and industrious Arsenal
midfielder who is able to play the
deep - lying central
midfield role to perfection.
It sounds like Wenger is ready to throw the young Spaniard in at the
deep end, but he does have more defensive options in Mathieu Flamini and Francis Coquelin, the two French
midfielders who have both played their on occasion.
Mason
who looked a little unfamiliar with the left - sided
deep midfield role looked positive further up the pitch making surging runs.
We want a very
deep squad and we look much better now,» said Mertesacker,
who continues to skipper the side in the absence of injured
midfielder Mikel Arteta.
It's a common occurrence for a player
who's naturally a # 8 but is stationed in the
deepest role in
midfield.
The front three would become stretched, and the nominal attacking
midfielder, Oscar,
who's now playing in China, would often drop too
deep to get the ball, leaving a chasm of space between the
midfield and the attack.
However, there are instances where he finds himself too
deep into the opposition half and although nothing comes of it because he's well covered by Benfica's defensive
midfielder, the space he leaves behind would be very prone to teams in the Premier League
who specialises in absorbing attacks and hit opponents in the counter.
Mourinho is not only looking for a player
who can fill the void Carrick will leave behind, though: he is also searching for a
deep - lying playmaker
who can dovetail with Paul Pogba, allowing the Frenchman the ability to roam from his
midfield station, and someone
who can pick out the # 89million man in advanced positions.
Schneiderlin is a rare breed of
midfielder who couples the finesse of a regista, with the destroyer qualities needed in that
deep - lying role.
If Xavi could be considered the ultimate figurehead for the latter, then Xabi Alonso
who Benitez selected to build his Liverpool team around — a more gritty, pragmatic take on the
deep - lying, Spanish
midfielder — would similarly sum up the contrast in approach.
He's a good technical player
who can play as an attacking
midfielder, or as a slightly
deeper lying playmaker, and someone
who also possesses a handy set piece.