With the likes of Hector Bellerin, Isaac Hayden and Semi Ajayi already knocking on the door of the Arsenal first team defence, as well as
some excellent midfield and attacking options like Chuba Akpom, Benik Afobe, Gedion Zelalem, Daniel Crowley coming through, Jonkers and his colleague have a great chance of taking the academy on to the next level as the former head Liam Brady challenged them to do.
Not exact matches
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
Flamini does nt have the ability to bring d ball out from defense to
attack, he cant dictate the play nor launch
attack from his position which is bad especially when you compare him to the way modern defensive
midfielders plays this days... Things has evolved, good
and modern coaches now prefers to have ball playing
and technical defenders, we have that in koscieny
and Gabriel, also our full backs are
excellent with the ball, but Flamini is not, you can see all see how we kept on loosing possession against Liverpool.
A legendary playmaker
and one - club man, Francesco Totti has an
excellent scoring record for an
attacking midfielder and is closing in on 300 goals with 297 for AS Roma.
In fact I said I am happy he is with us because he is
excellent in both
attack and defense
and completes central
midfield.
The report says that the
attacking midfielder, who was offered a spot at Barcelona's
and AC Milan's academies before joining Watford, has been
excellent for the club's under 16's where he is both top scorer
and assister.
Niles was very good again
and why crazy wenger does not put him in his real position at Centre
midfield for xhaka, he can defend,
attack, has good workrate
and an
excellent attitude (did you see him scolding alexis).
He may not be a DM but is a good tackler, gets back possession of the ball, so an
excellent all around
midfielder on both
attack and defense
Helped by the
excellent retention skills of Aaron Ramsey, a surprise selection in an advanced position on the right - hand side of
midfield, we kept possession well
and our transitions from defence to
attack were perfect.
Lucas Leiva — 8 An
excellent game for the deep
midfielder as he closed down
and nipped in the bud any potential
attack through the centre of the field.
Tangibly, they require athletically strong
and hyper - mobile
midfielders who enhance our defensive
and offensive aerial game, have strong positional discipline to shield our defensive half - spaces
and destroy play through disruptive tackling
and anticipatory closing of passing lanes, have
excellent ball control, dribbling
and vertical passing vision
and ability,
and finally, they must be able to purposefully dominate moments of
attacking transition
and protect counter-attacks in defensive transition.
TFC has
excellent finishing power in Giovinco
and Altidore, with a talented
attacking midfield.
35 year old Stefano Mauri was
excellent at getting into
attacking positions against a strong Roma defence
and midfield.
These two were both
excellent on Wednesday, working tirelessly in
midfield,
and Ryan Mason got forward a lot, adding something a little bit different to the Spurs
attack.