Sentences with phrase «especially in the midfield»

Of course we had the priceless advantage of having real men play for us instead of little timid and afraid children in defence and especially in midfield or attack like Ozil, Walcott and all the other serail coasters who have made a rich living under their benevolent Uncle Arsene, who indulges their timidity and blames the refs, rather than coward players.

This game shows that we need more depth, especially in midfield.

Arsenal desperately need more combative players, especially in midfield, because we're so easily bullied out of games.

We have some very good players especially in midfield.

You are highlighting the attacking depth — especially in the midfield and even more specifically the central midfield.

Arsenal as a whole need to beef up especially in midfield being more forceful and direct.

Ramsey can not play central midfield - especially in a midfield 2 with Xhaka - who can not tackle.

They haven't been taught to defend, and in general our defensive organization is all over the place again, especially in midfield.

Competition for places in the starting eleven is quite literally that high especially in midfield, and I think that can only be positive news for the Gunners.

Arsenal can not afford to carry any passengers against a determined and physical opponent, especially in the midfield area and we do not want Ozil to come back and perform badly either, as it would do nothing for his confidence.

... The guys should really be careful today especially in midfield...... Guys like Coutinho and Henderson don't need to walk the ball into the net..

Just in case folks don't realize it, we have major problems to contend with in the future especially in midfield.

It was great to see, especially in the midfield where there were battles all the way through the race.

Most especially in the midfield.

I'm already busy and I said already one month ago we are a bit short to deal with all the competitions we face, especially in midfield.

I think it's difficult to nail down a starting eleven with everyone fit, because Wenger finally has lots of depth in the squad, especially in midfield... which is a great thing!

The team as no true leader (especially in the midfield).

Friggin hate chelski spuds & manure... one thing about Ars is that we have too much quality especially in midfield to win against Spuds tomorrow!

«The boss has been struggling with options especially in midfield and up front, so I think a few of the boys were tired having played last weekend, midweek and today.

History shows that arsenal's style of play will always struggle with the way chelsea approached the match and them having better players made it quite easy.we didn't play poorly and I quite enjoyed some of the football we played.we just need players with power especially in midfield since we aren't barcelona and we don't have messi

The depth chart, as it stands today, only makes that clear, especially in midfield and attack where there is very little depth of the kind Liverpool will surely need if they are to make a deep run in Europe and hold on to a top four spot in the league.

It's the one - on - one match - ups which deeply concern us, as all over the pitch Chelsea are stronger, especially in midfield where games are so often won and lost.

I think the squad is an unusual, idiosyncratic one, in that the individual value of our players is very high but finding the right mix and balance in the team, especially in midfield, has proved difficult and is not yet solved.

I haven't seen a Barca side in near memory being so overly dominated especially in the midfield.

Not exact matches

I hope people can see the hardwork of welbeck especially when he is grafting and assisting in ithe midfield.

I think you could see his presence most in midfield, especially in the second half.

The visitors must embark on 50 - 50 challenges if with clear intentions of winning it especially the aerial balls which can be crucial mostly in midfield in the entire course of the game.

We are not winning the league that is for sure, especially with our centre midfield and in that I include ozil.

Like I always say, there are certain players that can fit into Wenger's philosophy but he fails to get those kinda players IMHO Players that have excellent technicality ala Cazorla both in defence, midfield and attack especially midfield so the failure is in identifying and getting the right players for the system

Young midfielder greatly impressed towards the end of last season, especially against Liverpool, and is a bright talent who could make an impression in Jose Mourinho's squad this term.

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.

Wouldn't you agree that Ox should get a game in the midfield, especially after the way Xhaka failed to impress two games in a row?

We might have wanted Arsene Wenger to give Francis Coquelin more of a chance in previous seasons, especially as the team's need for a defensive midfielder was often glaringly obvious and caused us to fall short of our targets.

The name of Francis Coquelin has been on the lips of many an Arsenal fan in recent weeks, especially since his disciplined and destructive performance at the heart of the Gunners midfield helped to produce our first big away win in a long time.

That is what I think anyway especially if you consider that in defensive midfield, we now have Xhaka, Elneny and Coquelin.

We have Cazorla and Ozil and therefore no need for Cesc in our team, especially considering the fact a forward is a our priority not an outdated midfielder.

Even with all of our injury problems in every area of the pitch but especially in defence and central midfield, Arsenal are finding a way to dominate games and more importantly, to win them.

We are more focused on defending than we have been in a few years, especially the midfielders tracking back and the fullbacks sitting deeper, but it has come at the cost of some of the possession game.

With Schweinsteiger and Schneiderlin they may very well have gotten more points, especially since even Rooney had to play in central midfield more than a few times.

Jack went with England to the Euros after barely playing at club level, and it'll be the same for the WC, because England are so bad, especially in central midfield.

If he turns out good for us, I don't think we will have problems in our midfield in the next 3 years... Coq: 24 Xhaka: 23 Elneny: 23 Wilshere: 24 Ramsey: 25... And of course Cazorla who may leave in the next 2 years... and then we have Toral and Bielik to step up especially Toral..

Good news has come in that a number of clubs are keen to sign the midfield star, whereas my initial thoughts were that he would be retiring, especially having missed the entire campaign with injury.

Midfield is really a place that we really DO NT need any more acquisitions, in fact we could do with selling Walcott and maybe the OX (Walcott especially rankles me as I feel he's lazy and ineffective and has lumbered himself on us forever as he can not justify his wage bill.)

It's difficult to blame Ozil for the difficulties he's faced at Arsenal without looking at the big picture... like the fans, he too was lied to by Wenger... there is no doubt in my mind that he was told by Wenger that he was trying desperately to recreate our earlier success by acquiring players that fit the system he ran when Henry was in his prime... as we know this hasn't happened... in order for Ozl to flourish he needs some speed up front, forwards that can make intelligent runs, a boss in the midfield to compensate for his obvious defensive liabilities and defenders who can transition from defence to offence quickly and efficiently... much like he had in Real and with the German National squad... unfortunately he ended up on a squad that has a striker who plays with his back to goal, very few intelligent runs into the box, minus Sanchez, no one to take pressure off him in the midfield, once Cazorla was injured, average defensive midfielders around him, which simply highlighted his lacking defensive qualities and defenders who lack the necessary cutting edge when it comes to transitional passing... instead of blaming Ozil, which is simply too easy, especially considering his mopey disposition, we should be asking ownership and / or Wenger why they brought him in if they didn't intend on doing what was necessary to get the best from him... can you imagine Ozil playing with the likes of Henry, Viera, Petit and Pires, it would be incredibly to watch and even more difficult to stop... so the only thing different between his experiences in Real and with the German team versus his time at Arsenal are the players around him and we all know who is in charge of making those decisions, the Grinch who stole soccer

We were all hoping he would come back in January, especially as we knew that Mohamed Elneny would be going off to the African Cup of Nations, but instead we are now in a precarious position in midfield as Francis Coquelin is also out again with a hamstring injury, after having already missed one month of the season previously.

But the home side had put us under real pressure for most of the game and must have felt they had been mugged being 2 - 0 down at halftime, especially after our former midfielder Alex Song had produced a thunderbolt of a volley in the opening minutes.

But starting late in the first half, and continuing in the second, Portland's midfield, especially, began getting better at hunting down and attacking Orlando's dribbles.

His partnership with Cesc Fabregas in central midfield has been especially important for the London based side.

The Saints are especially unhappy with how Spurs have attempted to sign Victor Wanyama and Morgan Schneiderlin with very low bids in recent summers, while unsettling the pair of midfielders.

I found it strange that Wenger didn't play him in the Champions League clash on Wednesday, especially as the midfield anchor was unable to play at the weekend.