Sentences with phrase «defensive midfield position»

The Algerian lost his place in the first team when he picked up an injury, since Eric Dier has occupied the defensive midfield position, who has since cemented his spot in the starting eleven and in the England squad.

Sherwood has options in the central defensive midfield position with the likes of Gueye and Sanchez.

Steven Gerrard — 6 A fairly quiet peformance from the skipper, but he still managed to make five tackles and three interceptions in his defensive midfield position.

I keep hearing people saying that Campbell will allow Vermaelen to move into the Defensive Midfield position.

Carlo Ancelotti has probably figured that using the Ghanaian in the defensive midfield position, causes him to lose a fascinating dimension to Chelsea's attacking prowess.

Perhaps more as a box - to - box marauder, Herrera played some of his best football in the defensive midfield position in 2016/17.

The Defensive Midfield position has been a talking point among Arsenal fans for a very long time.

The other main options in the defensive midfield position are Mathieu Flamini, who is more combative and less reliable in his passing, and Calum Chambers, who has never previously played in that position for Arsenal since joining the club several weeks ago.

Birkir Bjarnason is making the defensive midfield position his own.

The 23 - year - old Brazilian international is naturally a right back but in the last campaign, Monaco utilized him in the defensive midfield position.

In the second half this spacing seemed to improve as Nico dropped into a defensive midfield position.

A roaming playmaker can be the driving force of any midfield and can be used from the defensive midfield position or the central midfield position.

Today has brought bad news on the Arsenal rumour front as it has been reported that the Barcelona starlet Sergi Samper is definitely NOT on his way to the Emirates, which only goes to show that Arsene Wenger is probably not looking for any extra cover in the defensive midfield position, so we will have to get used to the idea and deal with it.

It just highlighted once more that without Francis Coquelin the Gunners have a problem in the crucial defensive midfield position and it appears that the new signing Mohamed Elneny is more of an all - rounder.

The goal certainly provoked a reaction from the favourites and they were level within ten minutes thanks to a classy effort from Can, who strode forward from his defensive midfield position and calmly stroked the ball into the bottom corner after losing his marker with ease.

Playing a glassed ankles Jack alongside Coquellin in a defensive midfield position is not only playing a skilled player out of his natural position its also a massive risk both with our chances at competing AND his career and health.

I didn't watch the match last night as I was on the field playing I ran my heels off I was in their faces I was angry I got a well - deserved yellow and could have been sent off later on I intercepted a good few balls and assisted with 2 goals and won the match From the highlights and the analysis I understand the Arsenal were weak in midfield the Arsenal needs an enforcer someone just like me a motivator and in the face of the opponents a thorn in the side I also believe MR wenger was at fault we all knew we would be weak in defence the least MR wenger should have had is a strong fresh midfield after all we had a tough encounter with city + traveling why didn't he use Rosciky, Carzola and Campbell On a different note I like chamberland stature he is tall and has pace and energy why not adapt him to the defensive midfield position with clear emphasis to be in the opponents face The arsenal and Mr wenger need to wake up fast now we have this weekend to prepare for Chelsea if we believe we are title contenders

AMN is a long - term candidate for the defensive midfield position.

Well Elneny, Coquelin and Xhaka are considered and plays in a defensive midfield position for both club and country.

At least 2 top strikers are needed, as well as a world class central defender and backup for the defensive midfield position.

The Gunners need strengthening in the defensive midfield position ahead of the new season but have not yet managed to find an affordable option as the likes of Morgan Schneiderlin and Arturo Vidal have slipped away, joining Manchester United and Bayern Munich, respectively.

Maybe the Ox could do an excellent job in Ozil's position with Maitland - Niles taking over in the defensive midfield position.

How can you play ramsey on the wing and carzola in a defensive midfield position and not sub ozil when not playing well.

PLAYING wilshire in a defensive midfield position will only lead to injury.

Pedro and Willian would serve as better wingers as we saw in the league last year and Matic is a massive improvement on the Defensive midfield position compared to Elneny and Coquelin.

The second critical position is our defensive midfield position.

Much of their defensive solidity has been down to having a settled back - four, in front of David Ospina, who has displaced Wojciech Szczesny as the number one, in addition Francis Coquelin does a brilliant job in his defensive midfield position.

Lucas played from the start in his now accustomed defensive midfield position and put in a solid display to keep the Reds sured up in the middle and secure at the back.

Our counterattacking is not good enough and missed chances pile up more pressure with a weakening defensive midfield position we need accurate and high tempo passing which require a lot of off the ball movement to give the guy with the ball more options of where to pass the ball.

Who are currently in that defensive midfield position?

We have had cracks to filll in the striker and defensive midfield position for ages, but we keep on ignoring these positions.

That defensive midfield position I was talking about illustrates where Arsenal are as a club — they've gone a bit soft.»

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

I wish Coquelin is assigned back into the defensive midfielder position and get a good partner, then we will see.

The same logic could be applied to the defensive midfielder position.

Using him in a position which demanded his use of his toughness vis - a-vis tackling made for his red cards (though they were not all in defensive midfield positions.

There is no - brainer in having Cazorla and Xhaka paired up in the Defensive Midfield positions.

That was his first game in the defensive midfielder position......... give him a break...........

And for heavens sake, resolve the defensive midfielder position, if you are going to have Ozil and Xhaka as your Nos 10 and 8, then we need a solid no 6.

Josh Cullen will also be in the mix for the defensive midfield positions.

Now that we have explored the possibilities of a formation change, and seen that this is probably a path that Mauricio Pochettino should not look at taking heading into next season, we can start to look at who might start next season in those two defensive midfield positions, assuming that Pochettino sticks with the 4 -2-3-1.

The 24 - year - old Brazilian is a versatile by position, who can match both Right Back and defensive midfield positions are highly valued in the upcoming transfer window.

We have one of Nordtveit and Obiang in the defensive midfielder position (I prefer the latter, but I don't think the manager does), Noble and Kouyate (almost guaranteed picks) slightly in front, and that leaves just three more spaces for attacking players to fill if he stays with the 4 -1-2-2-1 formation.

Not exact matches

so left with just 4 players for 4 defensive positions... i think we should definitely strengthen our attacking midfield in january

When Arsenal played with Arteta as defensive midfielder that situation never occurs he tends to control the flow and pace of Arsenal game with his passing and by holding his position, he also runs into space very well and always available for a pass.

By now we sould have known a defensive midfielder is of extreme importance and so are a few other positions.

As far as this transfer window is concern if wenger fails to buy players for the two obvious positions i.e striker and defensive midfielder, then he is no more the right man for ARSENAL.

Though England are currently well equipped at centre back, and Rovers boss Sam Allardyce believes that will eventually become Jones» permanent position, there is certainly a void in defensive midfield that Jones could well fill — especially with poor Owen Hargreaves having suffered another setback.

Last season we needed a Defensive midfielder this Fraud of a coach ignored signing a defensive MF player and we had to rely on Flamini till the emergence of Le Coq in midfield which was purely Luck, that season we would have ended in a weak position 7 probably if he did not comDefensive midfielder this Fraud of a coach ignored signing a defensive MF player and we had to rely on Flamini till the emergence of Le Coq in midfield which was purely Luck, that season we would have ended in a weak position 7 probably if he did not comdefensive MF player and we had to rely on Flamini till the emergence of Le Coq in midfield which was purely Luck, that season we would have ended in a weak position 7 probably if he did not come around.

In fact, the boss is so determined to field chambers regularly that he has got his name penciled down for three positions in right back, central defense and defensive midfield.