Sentences with phrase «forward out of defence»

He's an amazing weapon to have driving forward out of defence, and then how he can retrieve what looks like a lost cause in both defence and attack is truly remarkable.

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I want a back - to - basics centre back who excels at defending first - & - foremost at Arsenal, that rules out Stones - he's made his reputation by being very accomplished at dribbling the ball out of defence and playing it forward.

Obviously, he is now in a state of panic when he went all out to bring forwards when the main weakness was in the defence.

If he wants this attacking formation he needs to wake up to the fact that our Back Four will require a Top Level RB to replace the ever regressing Bellerin plus a WORLD CLASS CB who will organise the defence and (hopefully) kick the living shit out of forward players who don't drop back to help out occasionally.Oh nearly forgot - We need a new Goalkeeper as well.

Pace only part of his problem... though a big one... his distribution of ball out if defence is awful... one of worst in EPL... slows down our forward movement massively and often puts receiving player in akward situation wher only option is back pass... He is also average in air... So his one quality is positional sense so he is alright as a bench player which is how Germany use him... So yes the guy is right we will not win league with this mertesaker starting

Now check out Arsenal (Ramsey, Ozil, Ox, Xhaka, coquelin, Elneny,) all of them static mid fielders no forward drive or incisive plays and no steel to stop opposing teams from piling pressure on our defence).

The general impression is that our full backs are performing average, our central defence is nothing but decent, our midfield is non existent, and all our forwards besides Lukaku are bang out of form.

so a first choice defence of bellerin gab kos and darmien with kondogbia in DM position would give forward players real confidence... debouchey, chambers mert monreal as backup... and then a quality attacking option reus sterling pedro lacazette whatever... all better than walcott...... thats 3 in and half a dozen out... shouldnt be a big deal..

He's more likely to win a hoofed ball out of defence, then he can hold it up and allow the pacey players like Walcott and Alexis to sprint forward — they can run a lot faster when they don't have to take the ball with them up the pitch.

If you have 20m to spend add another 12 and get Mustafi that should be your only concern... Also Lacazette just scored a hat trick today albeit against Nancy not really the best defence out there but worth mentioning that the movements were really those of a poacher, a striker always looking to go forward with an eye towards the goal at all time!!

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

Huge gaps between forward midfield defence, then an unfit and out of form Coquielin is in a position he hasn't got a clue about.

This win for Arsenal over Premier League rivals Manchester United saw a great all round performance from the Gunners, both in attack and defence and there were lots of candidates for the Man of the Match, such as Petr Cech who made three crucial saves, Alexis Sanchez for his two great goals and Theo Walcott for his best game at centre forward, but for me it was Mesut Ozil who stood out with his sublime passing, movement, vision and work rate.

My four man defence is Debutchy, Martesacker, Konsienly and Flamini (Yes Flamini in the LB position instead of Monreal who had a nightmare outing against Lukaku last season) Middle, Chabers as DFM, Ox as AM and Ramsey as second striker operating from the advanced midfiled position, Sanchez is my RFW, Campbell in the LFW and Giroud / Sanogo in the center to form a 3 forward unit... i would predict 2 - 0 for gunners with such a line up

Former Arsenal fullback Gael Clicky is the latest to make a rampaging run forward, skipping through the heart of the defence before finally chickening out and laying the ball off to Sergio Aguero, who's rather too wide to do anything.

We don't have time for him to adapt and settle back into his role, we need someone to grasp the position and be magician feeding the forward line as well as get us out of tight spaces in defence.

Todays game shows we hve so many errors not only defence, our forward guys luk lost and out of context.

A long, angled pass in behind Saints» defence seeks out Danny Welbeck, but Alex McCarthy is well - positioned to grab the ball ahead of the Arsenal forward.

Further individual errors would cost Arsenal later in the half as Laurent Koscielny's pass out of defence was misplaced and the Seagulls broke forward, with Gross crossing in for Murray to head home unmarked for his sixth goal in as many games, with Cech at fault once again.

Helps Lovren out on the left side of defence, and isn't too shabby on the rare occasion he ventures forward.

While most of the transfer rumours coming out of the Emirates point towards Arsene Wenger strengthening his forward line, the French coach is also looking to reinforce Arsenal's defence.

It has been their defence holding out, keeping three clean sheets out of the last four, which has helped them scrape together points, but there forwards just aren't firing, and losing Larsson isn't helping their cause.

Rio Ferdinand sat out United's 3 - 2 win over Liverpool with illness, but the England defender started in United's 5 - 2 Carling Cup victory over Scunthrope on Wednesday and is set to thwart Bolton's aerial advances, as without Ferdinand in defence the pairing of Davies and Elmander may have put their aerial prowess to good use, but Ferdinand is set to replace the inadequate Jonny Evans at centre - half meaning there will be little room for the Bolton forwards to exploit.

It's well known that Rodgers likes Liverpool to play good attacking football, with lots of short passing designed to tire the opposition team out before surging forward when an opening appears in their defence.

Defence minister Kevan Jones will take forward the review of the scheme and is now preparing for its work, with medics and legal experts being sought out to contribute.

Moreover, in so called one - against - one situations, as a first line of defence, Lidström usually tried to create more room for himself, and, hence, improve his chances by reaching out his stick extensively against the opposing forward.