Sentences with phrase «depth at the midfield»

After Cesc Fabregas went down earlier this week, Wenger realised that his squad could definitely use some added depth at the midfield position with the season starting on Saturday.

Maitland niles can be good depth at midfield, no need for el neny or Coq.

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At Arsenal although we have plenty of depth in midfield, we really do lack in quality on the wings.

Prandelli has the depth at central defense and central midfield to deal with the losses of Chiellini, Motta and De Rossi, but he's facing a crisis at right back if Abate can't get fit for the match.

While he adds quality and depth in the Gunners midfield following the departures of Mathieu Flamini, Mikel Arteta and Tomas Rosicky, Wenger will arguably be looking at other areas of his squad to strengthen moving forward.

To go after him or not may or may not be a wise idea, I don't know, all I know is that between Walcott and Giroud, there's 40 goals and with Welbeck's 10 plus the rest from midfield, there's enough goals in the squad, however Wenger needs to take his head out of the sand and look at the right wing and or the CDM, for those positions are lacking depth; sorry but Arteta I don't ththink is ample cover, we've loaned Hayden and Wilshire is injured so there's a void there.

My formation would probably leave us a bit open on the wings but we don't have much depth in midfield at the moment.

This injury curse scares me, no matter how much depth we have, this injuries just seem to attack one area of specialty at a time, for instance, some time last season we had a period where almost all of our midfielders were injured (santi, coq, arteta, wilshere, ramsey, rosicky) all at the same time.

3) There appears to be general consensus, despite the good depth that we have, that we need at least 2 more players; one centre forward and a defensive midfielder (probably in the summer now unless something bizarre or spectacular happens tomorrow).

As for Thiago, Guardiola knows him well having worked together previously at Bayern during the Spaniard's stint in charge of the Bavarian giants prior to joining City, and with a lack of midfield depth particularly in the holding role to offer competition for stalwart Fernandinho, it could be a sensible addition for the Citizens.

That would allow Milner to return to a midfield role, although he can obviously offer that versatility to cover at full - back if necessary, with Liverpool needing quality and depth across the pitch as they look to complete on various fronts next season including in the Champions League if they can make it through the qualifying round.

A favourite of Louis van Gaal, it is expected that Daley Blind will now make a # 12m move to United before the end of the transfer window, adding further depth for the club at centre - back, left - back and defensive midfield.

Thankfully, the free agent market in the game is full of top - notch wingers to add on the fly to really give your midfield a boost — or at the very least some much - needed depth.

But when people are saying we should sign X-player who contributed well last season while playing every single game for «depth» sure, on paper it looks great, but a lot of players hit patches of form that may not necessarily be given that opportunity here, as there may be someone else in the squad who hits the ground running and contributes straight away... If Coquelin, Arteta, Flamini, Wilshere, Ramsey, AOC, Ozil, Cazorla, Rosicky are all fit and firing, I think you're sorely mistaken if you think anything but a truly world - class midfielder would be looking at those names and not potentially evaluating their first - team opportunities.

Their depth at holding midfield is sketchy — Fernandinho, 32, has played 966 league minutes so far — but right now, this team is close to flawless.

Given the ridiculously deep depth of our midfield, it makes no sense to have such a skeleton crew at the back.

He seemingly effortlessly took on three players at a time, his fast feet and ability to run with the ball leaving the Espanyol midfielders and defenders looking entirely out of their depth.

One - time prospect and Ghanaian international Prince Buaben adds further depth to the midfield ranks having arrived on a free, and with creative force Stephen McGinn sidelined until at least December, the importance of Prince's arrival can not be under - estimated.

Instead, Borthwick - Jackson was behind Gaetano Berardi, a right back, Vurnon Anita, a midfielder, and even Stuart Dallas, a right - footed left winger, on the depth chart at Leeds.

The Red Devils» depth at centre - back has seen the Englishman played both in a holding midfield role and at right back, where he's started four Premier League matches this season.