Sentences with phrase «defensive pecking order»

Mourinho hauled off Terry during Chelsea's heavy 3 - 0 defeat to Man City earlier in the season and has found himself behind Gary Cahill and Kurt Zouma in the Blues defensive pecking order ever since.

Young centre - back Varane found himself behind Pepe and Sergio Ramos in the defensive pecking order under Carlo Ancelotti and his future at the club will depend greatly on whether Rafa Benitez, who is set to be named the new Real Madrid boss, values the 22 year old highly.

However, the Daily Mirror believe the former FC Porto man could fall down the defensive pecking order under new boss Rafa Benitez.

And though Southgate has kept faith with John Stones, he appears to have slipped in Manchester City's defensive pecking order, behind Nicolas Otamendi, Aymeric Laporte, and maybe even the big ball of sellotape keeping Vincent Kompany's legs attached.

Not exact matches

Arsene Wenger subsequently found defensive additions in Rob Holding and Shkodran Mustafi during the summer, and now it would be fair to say that given the impressions both players have made so far this season, Mertesacker has been pushed down the pecking order.

Furthermore Granada of Spain midfielder Uche Agbo who although is listed as a central defender can also play as a defensive midfielder and all of this players are ahead of Esiti in the pecking order of Rohr.

The German national team skipper, with Bayern for 16 years, is a club standard bearer, but in recent months has slipped somewhat down the pecking order, losing his automatic defensive midfield slot to Xabi Alonso and generally having to make do with the role of middle of the park stop - gap.

It was the little things Delgado does and a much - improved defensive game that nudged him ahead of Jonathan Osorio in Vanney's pecking order, because they are very similar players in possession.