Sentences with phrase «flamini in defensive midfield»

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The Gunners defence has been fortified by the return of Laurent Koscielny, and against the Hammers Arsenal played with two defensive midfielders in Flamini and Coquelin and Wenger has been very pleased with the recent performances.

My money's on Flamini going — to make way for a new top - class Defensive midfielder, and there is simply no way that Lukas Podolski will be returning to the fold after his comments in January.

Coquelin, Flamini and Ramsey are not of that same mould, Victor Wanyama and Villiam Carvaho are good defensive midfielders but do not control the flow of a game, they are more likely to a rest or stays static when their team is in possession of the ball.

Last season we needed a Defensive midfielder this Fraud of a coach ignored signing a defensive MF player and we had to rely on Flamini till the emergence of Le Coq in midfield which was purely Luck, that season we would have ended in a weak position 7 probably if he did not comDefensive midfielder this Fraud of a coach ignored signing a defensive MF player and we had to rely on Flamini till the emergence of Le Coq in midfield which was purely Luck, that season we would have ended in a weak position 7 probably if he did not comdefensive MF player and we had to rely on Flamini till the emergence of Le Coq in midfield which was purely Luck, that season we would have ended in a weak position 7 probably if he did not come around.

And with Flamini left out the squad completely amidst rumours he is now surplus to requirements, it is blatantly obvious that the Gunners are short in the defensive midfield area.

Flamini is a limited Defensive midfielder who enjoys staying in front of the back four.

With Mathieu Flamini sitting in front of the defensive line, the four midfielders should have more chance of being able to control the centre of the pitch and stop the talented and powerful Chelae players from getting too much pressure and pushing the Gunners back towards our own penalty area.

Mathieu Flamini is a fairly one - dimensional defensive midfield option who is not the same player as he was in his first spell at the North London club, whilst veteran Spaniard Mikel Arteta is suffering with continued injury concerns and can not offer the same presence that Krychowiak would offer.

Wenger simply must buy another defensive midfielder, especially as he seems to have lost faith in Coquelin lately, and Flamini and Arteta will be gone.

While Flamini is happy with the «healthy competition» with Coquelin, I'd rather see «Le Coq» compete with players like Morgan Schneiderlin or Arturo Vidal for the defensive midfield slot in the team.

The north London side could well do with a strong tackling midfield presence with neither Mikel Arteta or Mathieu Flamini consistently impressing in either a holding or out and out defensive midfield roles and having taken a shine to Wanyama during his time at Celtic Wenger is now ready to re-ignite his interest in the 23 year old.

Pairing him with Cazorla and Flamini for defensive duties in the midfield was a horrible decision, no wonder we had hardly any possession.

At the moment I would not need to take a gooner vote to find out which player would make their starting 11 in that defensive midfield role out of him, Arteta and Flamini.

guys look i am going to sound ridiculous but arsene is going to sign a defender and not a central defensive midfielder cause arteta and flamini are both in wenger's good books as these players have settled for the fourth they hit 30 or maybe the mediocrity mind has pulled an hamstring on the club, it seems that Wenger played a game of «expected» but it itself is now derail course so therefore pressure mounted up looks like he is heading for the french market under 10 million valuation» JUST MY PREDICTION»

Also, it is not Flamini or Arteta's fault if your manager decide not to buy a better defensive midfielder in the transfer window.

As a result of a long - term injury to Francis Coquelin, Mathieu Flamini is now Arsenal's only choice in defensive midfield.

If we need a more defensive midfield he can bring in the likes of arteta flamini Coquelin chambers and diaby.

He also played really well for the under 21s against West Brom on Thursday evening and is the only player in the Arsenal squad, apart from Mathieu Flamini, that is a proper defensive midfielder.

But we have Arteta, Flamini and Coquelin to play as defensive midfielder, if they all get injured there's not really that much you can do as manager — you can only name 25 players in your squad at the end of the day, it can't be an endless list of backups.

Subs: Flamini — 1 He's a diabolical player and it's baffling that Wenger didn't bring in another defensive midfielder.

In place of Francis Coquelin we have Mathieu Flamini, the only senior defensive midfielder who happens to be fit at this point in timIn place of Francis Coquelin we have Mathieu Flamini, the only senior defensive midfielder who happens to be fit at this point in timin time.

Defensive midfielder Mathieu Flamini, in his second spell at the north London club, is set to leave the Emirates Stadium with a move back to his native France on the cards.

«My short - term option is [to play] Campbell or get one more defensive midfielder in like Flamini and put Cazorla on the flank.

Girouds» and Sanchez heat map showed considerable activity in the right central defensive midfield area, which means they covered the arses of Flamini, Bellerin and Debuchy a lot, little wonder Flamini has cooled down on the yellow cards recently.

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.

Gabriel over Mert when you play against a counter team Flamini because with a stronger defensive midfield we would have been less vulnerable against their counter attacks Cazorla in off midfied.

The report goes on to say that Flamini is looking for a payoff for the last year of his contract before he leaves, to compensate for the loss of wages by not seeing out the end of his deal, and further (if this is true) it seems that Wenger is trying to make a space in the squad for th arrival of a new defensive midfielder as competition for Coquelin.

Are you really naive enough to believe that Wenger would bring anyone into this current locker room that is going to be given a strong voice... have you not been watching, listening or reading about our club for years... Lehman is a blind Wenger follower, which is the only reason he was even considered... just for a second think of all the strong personalities that have played for this club that have never been seriously considered even though they have expressed legitimate interest in participating in the coaching process... even worse, think of all the former greats who aren't even allowed on the same pitch as Wenger because they have offered their advice and / or criticism to the infallible one... I dare you to find a manager that has distanced himself from his former players as much as this man... it's the very reason why only one player I can think of has ever returned to play for Wenger and that was Flamini, which was hilarious considering we were desperately looking for a top quality defensive midfielder but Wenger could somehow find no one better than Flamini in the whole wide world... let's face it this club was simply trying to appease it's disgruntled fans by declaring that Wenger would no longer be given Ca rte Blanche when it came to the backroom staff so they probably asked him to give them a list of those who he would allow in the locker room... on that list he wrote Lehman, Pires and Bergkamp, likely because the first two are the only former players who haven't publicly questioned his horrible decision - making and the last one because he won't get in an airplane

If we sign Paulista, a Wenger has got to realise we must sign a top class defensive midfielder in the summer, I'd personally get rid of Arteta and Flamini and let Diaby's contract run down, get rid of them because they're deadwood and have Coquelin and a new top DM battling it out for a place and then have Bielik coming through.

I think Coquelin has covered our needs for a defensive midfielder, but we still need another option in the team with a more ball - playing approach, especially because Arteta is coming to the end of his career and Flamini will, I think, be moved on this sommer.

Wenger has also mentioned that he thought Calum Chambers could also be an accomplished Defensive Midfielder, so Arteta now has two more challengers to his place in the first team, on top of his straight replacement Matthieu Flamini!

Coming to the issue of defensive midfielder, I will start by saying in the last transfer window you wanted Arteta and Flamini sold, with Morgan brought in from Southampton.

Let Flamini go at the end of the season and bring in another defensive midfielder in his place.

Wenger has been using veteran skipper Mikel Arteta in a holding role which arguably doesn't suit him and failing that has turned to Mathieu Flamini to provide an out and out defensive midfield option, with the Frenchman some way past his best.

Therefore ideally we want a shape that places our star players in their primary positions, one area we can struggle is in defensive midfield — I like both Flamini and Arteta, but other players outshine them — the 4 -4-2 removes this challenge -

Despite some good performances for Arsenal in the absence of Francis Coquelin, it seems as though Mathieu Flamini will be leaving the club this summer as Arsene Wenger continues his search for a more long - term alternative in defensive midfield.

Sell Mert, Flamini, Arteta and Rosicky, bring in a new LW that can play CF, drop Walcott and Ox, bring in a new RW to compete with Campbell and 2 new defensive midfielders because not having leCoq and Cazorla has really put a dent in our title chances.

It is very strange that just after sources at Arsenal apparently revealed that our defensive midfielder Matthieu Flamini is expected to leave the club this summer, when we are also informed that a group of Arsenal representatives were present last night in Spain to watch the Sevilla midfielder Grzegorz Krychowiak.

With Coquelin having to endure a lengthy spell on the sidelines, it is up to Flamini to take over the reigns in defensive midfield, a job he is managing to do so far.

Brozovic is a highly rated central midfielder, although he is said to be more of a playmaker than a defensive player, maybe more of an Arteta than a Flamini and it is clear that Zagreb think a lot of Brozovic as they signed him to a seven year contract back in 2012.

Keeping the various casualties in mind, I'd go with Mathieu Flamini as the defensive midfielder and alongside him should be Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain if he's passed fit, otherwise it will have to be Francis Coquelin accompanying his compatriot.

Another change in defensive midfield was forced onto him by injuries to first team players like Ramsey, Flamini, Arteta and Wilshere.

I suppose you could say that the manager's failure to sign another defender and a defensive midfielder in the summer left us short of options, but you would still expect better from players like Flamini, Mertesacker, Welbeck, Gibbs, Chamberlain and of course Alexis Sanchez.

This would have been an ideal game to use hayden in the midfield with flamini, now we have less defensive cover, because wilshere is not the solution in that position

I think Flamini will go next season and we will buy a player that plays in defensive midfield and defense.

Mathieu Flamini was brought in for free from Marseille at the age of 20, despite his tender age, Flamini played in 20 games in his opening season, and when he left after 4 seasons at the end of his contract, it was a bitter blow as he had become the main man in defensive midfield.

Although Matthieu Flamini and Mikel Arteta have both returned from injury, they are both getting long in the teeth and are unlikely to be able to play all season, and most Arsenal fans are still clamouring for a younger stronger defensive midfielder to be able to step in if (god forbid) anthing untoward happens to Francis Coquelin.

Flamini filled in as our make shift left back during the champions league where we made it to the final and I am sure with his experience he would be a great option, defensive midfielders read the game well and his distrubution is better than MERT.

It sounds like Wenger is ready to throw the young Spaniard in at the deep end, but he does have more defensive options in Mathieu Flamini and Francis Coquelin, the two French midfielders who have both played their on occasion.

As a former defensive midfielder, I have found myself in the position that Flamini was in before half - time and it is a thankless task.