Sentences with phrase «enough in the attacking midfield»

We have enough in the attacking midfield.

Not exact matches

Still, the eleven that started in Portugal is still enough to rival anyone in the world, with Manuel Neuer, Rafinha, Jerome Boateng, Dante and Juan Bernat at the back, Philipp Lahm, Xabi Alonso and Thiago Alcantara in midfield, and Mario Gotze, Thomas Muller and Robert Lewandowski in attack — world class quality in almost every position, and yet, no sign of being able to work a way around their tactically smart opponents.

He's good enough to slot in ahead of Richardson or Fletcher / O» Shea when they need a more attacking midfielder.

Good enough as a squad player, but Arsenal definitely need more creative and more skillful attacking midfielder in the next season.

Sanchez on the right further from the goal with enough space to explode forward in quick attack, Cazorla on the opposite side with room to man the Central Midfield like he has always done, opposite action from Sanchez... the two can interchange wings as they are both very apt from both wings, with a telepathic understanding with Sanchez more amenable to move the ball forward from the deep but Cazorla more amenable to defend from the deep.

Our 3 back is just so wrong.We don't have natural wingbacks even in this formation.It also seems to me that lots of people here believe if you're good at right or left fullback then automatically you're good at RWB / LWB which quite frankly is untrue.That's why Oxlade Chamberlain can be considered at RWB but not right back.At RWB or LWB you're asking too much in terms of attack from Bellerin and Kolasinac.A proper wing back can be viewed as a more defensive winger which quite frankly none of them are and they don't possess the flexibility too to play that way.Our midfielders are also not disciplined enough because in 3 back there's a huge gap in the centre of the field that must be covered by our CM's so indiscipline only means disaster.We also have Ozil who looks like he's playing at RW in 3 back.In that we're limiting his impact because Ozil takes on his man because he wants to not because he likes to.You can't play such players at the wing.He's a proper No. 10 who likes to be given freedom.That's why Ozil plays likes he's lazy on the ball and stuff.It's because he wants to be free and for that you need to put him at No. 10.

If you're not going to invest in a legitimate DM who can actually play at this level, then you might as well play nobody and just roll with your best 3 attacking midfielders, because playing a player who clearly isn't good enough anymore hurts the team more than having no DM would.

and thier injuries need to be manage better maybe less playing time for some than others, unfortunately wenger cant afford to give them the proper time of his coaching, as he is under massive pressure to succeed these days and hasn't got time to train them up properly, also he isn't tactically flexible enough to accommodate them into different attacking systems, to test what they can do like having the ox in a 3 man midfield could work wonders.

However, another accusation labelled at our long serving manager is that he is always too focused on the creative and attacking side of the squad and does not do enough to make the Gunners hard to beat at the other end and in the centre of midfield.

As we wrote in an earlier post, there is some doubt about whether arsenal will have the Germany international star Mesut Ozil available for the trip north to face Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday, although the hopes are high that the illness which caused the attacking midfielder to be sent home from training will not be a long enough issue to stop him playing.

Flamini isnt the best player we have but he is the only midfielder disciplined enough (for the most part) to stay back in front of our backline which allows the likes of ozil, cazorla and ramsey to commit numbers to the attack without worrying about leaving the back exposed.

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

His passing game isn't good enough to link our midfield to attack and he doesn't have good enough dribbling to play as the lone frontman in a possession based team.

The midfielder could well prove to be more than strong enough to allow us to switch back to a back four, freeing up more players to attack, but would be a great addition regardless of his the system in place.

Predictable and risky... Mert is poor in the air and will be bullied by Austin and in boffal and tadic they have a couple of nippy and skillful forwards who will trouble the defence... Much will depend on whether this very average midfield can control enough of the game to allow the attack to do their job their defence is solid but if the three are on form it should be enough to see them off..

Asides not buying enough to give us depth in quality (which is very essential in winning the EPL), Wengers style makes us an easy team to defend against by playing central midfielders on the wing, who always drift to the center of the pitch when we are on the attack.

And he is not disciplined enough in midfield, he has pace but we will need more than that, we need cool heads that can keep possession and attack too..

We need to have more runners in behind, fair enough last season playing 5 central midfielders and Giroud your not going to get that but this season we have an abundance of fast attacking players that need to be utilised.

A player will not change our fortunes — we have enough quality in the team if the manager does not force people to play out of their positions and if the players do their job — Next match Arsenal should just focus on shutting shop at Liverpool and go for a cleansheet — the midfield needs to be told to focus on disrupting more and just give the ball to ozil / Sanchez — just sit back and stop attacks.

decent but just not enough creativity in the middle of the park... elneny passes the ball backwards more than ramsey... xhaka does not move ball on quickly enough... iwobi fine but ox and bellerin looked very poor so still the same issue... quality midfield ballplayer and attacking options still needed

Max Verstappen got close to Kimi Raikkonen but couldn't launch an attack, and for much of the second half of the race a whole train of cars in the lower midfield could barely even get within a second of each other, let alone get close enough to make a pass.

Although often used as an attacking midfielder, he is robust enough to play in that deeper - lying role — he has good positional sense and can tackle.

Raheem sterling is an younger version of theo in case of contract negotiations and why another attacking minded midfielder in our squad, even if theo departs i think we have enough quality in our own backyard to replace.

Coaches are paid to produce results on the pitch and yo win trophies for the team.If a coach fails those basic things then he is not go enough and must leave.Sucess or failure comes down to the decisions of the coach ranging from decisions in the transfer market, training methods, team selection, tactics etc.Looking @ the transfer market - Wenger has a shambolic record - failure to act decisively and always acting when it's too late, selling our top players to rival clubs, leaving other positions thin and reinforcing wrong positions especially buying lots of attacking midfielders ignoring defensive positions and failing to buy top class strikers or decent strikers.If Wenger is really serious about winning trophies would he buy a player like Welbeck a fourth choice play at Man United whom Vaan Gaal said is only good for the bench and now he plays every game at Arsenal.Why sell Vemaleen and buy Chambers?

A 4 -2-3-1 set - up sees United with more attacking options, whilst also having enough bodies in midfield to stem the threat of the Liverpool attack.

Carroll or whoever plays lone striker is isolated, there is no width or penetration in attacking positions, there is little creative influence with Lanzini wasted stranded out on the wing, midfield players do not do enough to support the defence and passing decisions and execution are poor.

We did nt get it and the longer the season goes on the more dependant we will become on goals from midfield, which makes our attacking predictable and easy to defend, we have no element of surprise in attack, nobody dribbles or runs past an opponent at pace at Arsenal, its all based on rotating positions and passing until a gap opens, the big sides, and smaller ones aswel wont always give you the gap, and even when the gap does prevent itself your depending on Giroud being clinical enough to take the chance, and he is not clinical.

Worst: He struggles to find a place in Arsenal's 3 -4-3 system: not trusted enough to play in central midfield and not able to outshine Arsenal's other attacking options.

Everton's summer transfer window promised much but even though the club spent over # 18m, in the absence of either Roberto Martinez's much - vaunted «No. 10» or a marquee creative signing to transform attacking midfield it doesn't feel as though the squad has enough to support a top - four challenge.

Dybala roams between the midfield and attack, providing just enough unpredictability in a mostly stable system.

If Andre Villas - Boas is to save his job, he will have to make his side quicken the tempo, be more creative, and in general, try to attack sides that come to White Hart Lane, rather than filling midfield with three players that don't create anywhere near enough chances to supply the Spurs forward players with.

Looks better in the more attacking central midfield positions, but did well enough when asked to drop into the holding role towards the end of the second half.

With two wingers in Alexis Sanchez and Alex Oxlade Chamberlain available for selection, the flanks would be a huge threat, dragging Palace midfielders wide and leaving enough space in the middle for Ozil and Santi to roam freely, with the wingers also useful on the counter against an attacking Crystal Palace side.

The versatile Argentine could aid the Catalans in midfield or attack, and a $ 50million plus variables bid could be enough to secure his services.

The Blues» back three should have enough to deal with that attack, and it leaves the two sides evenly matched in midfield.

The partnership he has formed with Diagouraga has been incredibly efficient at sweeping up in that sitting midfield role, and despite the fact Leeds can easily be accused of not having enough attacking flair, I see both of them staying in that position next year.

If the Reds continued to persist with a rigid 4 -3-3 formation like they did last season then questions may be asked as to whether we have enough cover in this position, however, Klopp's use of the 4 -2-2-2 formation means there's been less pressure put on these attacking midfielders to link the midfield and attack together which has meant Lallana's absence hasn't been as detrimental as it could've been.

His role is too add balance to the midfield, as I feel Arsenal have enough attacking options and do nt need him to chip in.

Technically adept enough to play as an attacking midfielder or central striker, Tarashaj was part of Switzerland's Euro 2016 squad, although he failed to see any game time in France.

And it was against the Blues that Tottenham's own tricky pairing of attacking midfielders directly combined for Dele to rise above his markers to head home from an Eriksen cross after the Dane found himself a gap to work in, and just enough time to look up and spot his teammate.

It is generally packed defences sometimes better organised than others and to play intricate one teo tippy tappy you need a calibre of players who is not only good but has a quick brain and we don't have enough of these players in the attack or even midfield.

Looked sharp enough, as he tried to thread some attacks in midfield.