Wenger may well have need
for extra midfield reinforcements this summer, with the trio of Mathieu Flamini, Mikel Arteta and Tomas Rosicky — all of whom are the wrong side of 30 — coming to the end of their current deals.
If we want to win the premier league next season cabaye could be that
extra midfield man in his prime to help us win it.
I think we also need
a extra midfielder in there.
It's not a shameful thing if we play with
an extra midfielder tomorrow.
Here he becomes the extra defender when we are under attack, he becomes
the extra midfielder when we need to subdue a team that puts in a fight and he becomes the extra man running in to flick the ball past the goalkeeper when we are attacking.
He often perfomes as
an extra midfielder with Bellerin fast enough to get down the flank and Mertesacker coverering up behind.
And that also gives
us extra midfield depth along with Baka who could play CDM in less important matches to give Kante a rest.
I would now go 4 at the back from Brighton and play
the extra midfielder to control the game and hopefully we can make up on some our rivals goal difference.
With Coq in the side this formation looks so much stable than what we had before and we also have
an extra midfielder assisting the attacks as well..
As of now, the place for
that extra midfielder is between Ramsey & Ozil..
With Wilshere, Ramsey and Arteta still unavailable the Gunners really need
the extra midfield strength he offers.
Midfield is well loaded barring any major injuries which of course as we know will most definetely happen, all we need is a world class striker, centre back, maybe a winger and handle the two other positions which are not that neccesary but could be useful for rotation like the ospina situation, back up position and getting
an extra midfielder in Ngolo Kante I love his simplicity and his mobility much much much better upgrade to flamini
Without the ball, because of his work rate we'd have
an extra midfielder.
They really need to lift to justify having
the extra midfielder and Giroud / Sanchez striking combo.
This could allow
the extra midfielder to drop back into the base of midfield, and allow Coquelin to track across to deal with the attacking full - back, with Ozil to stay forward as we look to exploit the gap in defence.
this narrows our options a bit... cause could've meant 1
extra midfielder that an opposition has to mark.
I'd say we need to take either wellbeck or giroud off and put
an extra midfielder on because we are being overrun..
Sure, there should be someone covering, but if he goes forward when there isn't another player back in a holding position it really hurts the team more than having
an extra midfielder in attack.
The back four formation is good for attacking and creativity, because Arsenal have
an extra midfielder, but it is very vulnerable from counter-attacks.
An injury to Mohamed Salah gave them the chance to bring on
an extra midfielder in Giorginio Wijnaldum, but City were utterly dominating possession and looking much better than in the first half.
With potential exits and loan moves we have the room in our squad for
an extra midfielder and attacker.
I've noticed that Arsenal play better with 4 at the back which gives
them an extra midfielder against teams where they know their going to dominate posession.
Maybe Wenger plans to use 4 -2-3-1 again, just for the future home matches, so they can use
the extra midfielder to dominate the midfield.
Valverde picked the lineup we all expected with Thomas Vermaelen in defense and Paulinho as
an extra midfielder.
An extra midfielder will be needed to help City's domination of the ball and also try to offer us another outlet when going forward.
Chelsea are more dominant than they ever were with
an extra midfielder; efficiency overcomes numbers.
Zidane likes to sub Benzema off for
an extra midfielder like Asensio; simultaneously packing the midfield and pushing Ronaldo up top as the «nine.»
Not being able to register Stephan Lichtsteiner so as to accommodate
an extra midfielder in the form of the prodigiously talented (not) Hernanes, is a bone headed situation for us.
The Black Cats may look to go in with one striker meaning either Fletcher or Wickham will miss out in order to bring more solidarity in the centre with
an extra midfielder.
In the first leg he lined up on the right and caused havoc for the Chelsea midfield when he cut inside and acted as
an extra midfielder.