Sentences with phrase «for places in the midfield»

The competition for places in the midfield becomes too much to be productive with some players in the squad possibly losing form for lack of consistent play.

Huge competition for places in the midfield now with Sanchez Ox Jack, Rosicky, Cazorla, Ramsey Gnabry Podolski, Ozil Walcott and Campbell.

In turn, it would naturally be a frustrating time for the youngster, as although there is fierce competition for places in midfield and he'll have to bide his time, he'll only improve, develop and mature as a player if he gets regular playing time.

All the time that the Ox, Iwobi and Walcott remain fit, then Ramsey should probably stick to fighting for a place in midfield.

Competition has never been harder for places in midfield and if the Englishman doesn't impress sooner rather than later, than he could soon find himself being considered for the exit door at the Emirates.

Six years on from that loan spell and Wilshere has only made 80 Premier League starts for Arsenal and so with the addition of Xhaka as well as competition for places in midfield, it seems that Wenger feels it is best he gets first team football elsewhere.

Competition for places in midfield has become highly competitive and as a result there is more rotation in the central position.

If Ox can settle for a place in Midfield...... I will be happy for.

Julien Faubert has played much of the season at right back for West Ham despite being predominantly a midfielder and David Bentley would add competition for places in midfield.

He's a very similar player to the squad members already fighting for a place in midfield and if Arsenal have plans of using Wilshere next season, then Barkley's role in the team becomes redundant.

With Real Madrid recently linked with Chelsea's Brazilian star Ramires, it could be that he will be allowed to leave as Khedira comes in to provide further competition for his place in the midfield engine room.

Not exact matches

Arteta is certainly very talented, despite getting on in years, and will be hoping to get chance to impress Arsene Wenger before the season ends, but with the dogfight Arsenal are in with Man City and Man United for second place means that he is unlikely to be risked at the moment as the club has a whole host of talent in midfield right now.

Here are a few select tweets from fans praising the midfielder for his performance this evening as his side all but booked their place in the next round of the competition.

Welbeck has been doing it for Roy Hodgson for a while, while the Ox kept his place in Hodgson's midfield because he knew how to maintain shape and track back.

The need for a win is shown clearly by the boss picking a positive central midfield of Ramsey instead of him bringing Coquelin back, while the contract rebel Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain also keeps his place in the side as summer signing Kolasinac drops to the bench.

There is plenty of competition for places across the Arsenal midfield, so he will have to show that he is the pick of the bunch to maintain a regular spot in the side.

For me, we must not take risk in midfield as that is the most important place on pitch.

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Diaby can miraculously come back into contention for a starting place in the Gunners starting XI as a midfield enforcer option during the Gunners crunch period of their season.

When everyone is fit, the Englishman has to compete with Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Ozil, Santi Cazorla, Theo Walcott, Granit Xhaka, Francis Coquelin and Mohamed Elneny for a place in the Gunners» midfield.

Competition for a place in the Arsenal midfield is fierce, and it seems that Oxlade - Chamberlain is a casualty of that.

The Arsenal midfielder was in a race to prove his fitness before the end of the season, and is now set to start for his country in one of two matches remaining before finding out if he has secured his place in the final 23 - man squad.

The midfielder has since cemented his place in his international side is tipped for a move to a bigger side in Europe, with Arsenal claimed to be eyeing a # 10 Million bid.

Why so many articles about Wilshere?Is he a Messi or something we can't live without?Why is this guy so important for Arsenal, what special thinks he did for the team in the last 6 - 7 years?Just because he's a» darling» of supporters?Trying to secure a place in England's team at the expense of Arsenal's players?Trying to secure a good contract before exit?Wolcott's name come to mind, he was playing good only before contract renewal.At least he was scoring goals.Wilshere?Fe w goals in a 10 years Arsenal career.Where is the lost if this guy do the right thing and leave?we lose nothing.Good luck to you, Wilshere, but you are not good enough and are taking the place for a real midfielder (Max Meyer's name just popping up).

Rest 4 will be given freedom We should sell Xhaka on Summer and buy Jorginho from Napoli... He is terrific defensive midfielder talent and can pick long passes as well... He can be directly slotted in place of Wilshere and then Ramsey and Wilshere will compete for further in midfield..

If we had focused Ainsley Maitland - Niles as a Central midfielder, Xhaka and Ramsey would have been scared for his position right now and that would have brought out the best in him and we won't be looking for one Seri all over the place.

Some may argue that is a bit harsh for a attacking midfielder who has scored two goals, but Mata just can't find a place in Louis van Gaal's XI which is poor for a # 37.1 m signing.

A great Premier League midfielder, Mikel Arteta has been unlucky to face too much competition for a place in Spain's midfield.

The former Chelsea midfielder has been heavily linked with a move to the current leaders of the Barclays Premier League for the majority of the summer transfer window and there is reportedly an agreement in place between the two clubs and negotiations are set to continue over a few minor details according to Sky Sports.

Strong on his debut against Tottenham, Morgan Schneiderlin is another player set to keep his place for this game, though there could be other changes in midfield.

Although he has only missed two PL games for Spurs this season, Dier has lost his place in Tottenham's midfield to Victor Wanyama, who is now seen as the better option to partner Dembele.

Francis Coquelin has been a revelation for Arsenal since being recalled from his loan spell at Charlton and there is certainly now way he's losing his place in the side, while Aaron Ramsey and Santi Cazorla have taken it in shifts to partner the Frenchman in the heart of the Gunners» midfield.

Wayne Rooney may find that the competition for attacking places is so stiff that he is moved into midfield, where he has impressed for United in recent weeks.

It is really about time that the Ox showed some of his early potential, but his problem is that it has arrived when there is now enormous competition for places in the Arsenal midfield.

It literally takes pretty much all the strengths away from our world - class triangle of Mesut, Santi and Ozil to place a struggling for form Campbell in a more attacking role when the part of his role he's been doing best is providing extra defensive cover, while making us weaker in midfield when our strongest midfielder has been injured!!

Kante seems like a player that likes to keep his head down and just get the job done and although it is going to be a battle to get him away from Leicester City in the first place as well as to fend off the challenges from other clubs, if Arsenal is looking for a defensive midfielder this summer to replace the outgoings, then Kante should definitely be a top priority.

The Saints have emerged as favourites to sign Song and are in a position to offer the midfield enforcer Europa League football next season after being rewarded for their seventh placed finish in the Barclays Premier League.

Nevertheless, Los Blancos are said to be eyeing a swap deal with midfielder Mateo Kovacic heading in the opposite direction, with the 23 - year - old struggling to make his mark at the Bernabeu since his move from Inter given the level of competition for places.

At Arsenal I don't think there is a position on the pitch that has quite as many players as our central midfield does and although it's good to have so much competition for places in the centre of the park, I can't help but feel that certain irregularity as to who will be in the starting eleven may cause a little unrest.

Equally specialist and dedicated coaching staff who are allowed to contribute for the better functioning of the team are in place working on areas like defense, midfield and attack.

If Arsenal stick with three centre backs then Mustafi must be considered a far better choice for the third birth alongside Kos and Holding rather then Monreal.Kolasinac has to come back in at left eing - back and Bellerin revert to the right.Midfield is a very different matter.Arsenal still desperately need a proper defensive central player.Ozil in this current side can not be considered anything more than a luxury.All of Bournemouth's creativity will come down the flanks so it's necessary to put players on to the pitch who are prepared to fulfill their defensive duties.This also means that unless Ramsey can work out that he's playing in midfield not as a number 10 he has no place on the team either.

With Mesut Ozil, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette scrapping for places, and with not enough defensive midfield quality or solidity in the backline as reflected in their poor Premier League defensive record, there's a case that Arsenal should be looking elsewhere.

Luckily for Wenger they both picked up injuries which forced him to bring on the two he should have started with in the first place, Ox (wing) and Santi (midfield general).

Now it would appear that Arsenal have turned their attention to the Nice midfielder Jean - Michael Seri, who has helped the South of France club make it back into the top three of Ligue 1 and a place in Europe's elite competition, the Champions League, for the first time in over 50 years.

After seeing a couple of games where he featured and also the one for england he's got it all for me... 1) He has the physical ability to offer the kind of game that our Giroud offers (back to the net: deflecting, relaying passes and 1 - 2 touches) but also 2) Pace, mobility and technical agility to offer so much more: dribbling past opponents (creating space), running / turning over defences either to lay down the killing pass to a better placed player or finishing a through ball from our over talented midfield and all that with speed and 3) Tactical awareness, willingness to defend players if asked (like the game Man U-Real Madrid in the CL) and could provide support not only in the air on corners!!

He's a bit overrated I must say.I also don't get those who are asking him to tackle well.The fact is he's not a good tackler.I fear Wenger has made him untouchable in our team such that even if he plays badly he still starts.I mean if people are saying he's not a DM in the first place then is he also a CM?If he's a CM does he have the quality to play along side a DM?These are the questions we need to ask ourselves.If he's a CM then he's good at distributing from deep and also up top but he can't hold thd ball in tight spaces or dribble which is very important.If he's a DM then he simply can't defend.That's why for us to be successful in the long term with him we need a hybrid midfielder or what I call a defensive box to box midfielder.

The competition for places in Arsenal's midfield is too fierce that leaving out any of these playmakers will be a waste of talent.

I really would like to see him go on loan for a year, especially when our midfield is already full of CAM like ozil ramsey cazorla rosicky, not mentioning if for real Schneiderlin or Wanyama (or even Isco) is coming in summer, there will be no place for Wilshere.

The only thing which makes our team unbalanced is playing the luxury item we bought called ozil.I thought he would need time to adjust to physicality of premier league so i supported him, but the guy hasn't improved he tries to dribble past ppl but runs into them somehow, tries to do showboating at unnecessary time which he fails to do miserably.And i see him giving too many back passes when he should drive forward.And the biggest reason i stopped liking him as a player is bcoz of his sulky attitude.No passion or drive for the club, as if he wanted to be at some other club and is just doing the job without his heart in it.He neeeds to be placed on the bench and make him work hard to retain his place.Ramsey and coq in middle with ox and sanchez on both wing and cazorla as cam will make us a more balanced 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.