They played the majority of
their games as centre forward, Walcott played the majority of his on the wing, not really a fair comparison.
«This season has been so important for me, playing
games as a centre - back,» he said.
He said while he was «playing in that competition: «This season has been so important for me, playing
games as a centre - back,» he said.
Is it possible for Theo to join this lot, playing 38
games as a centre forward.
He said: «This season has been so important for me, playing
games as a centre - back,»
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Not exact matches
The deal — the largest of its kind in NHL history — also includes the NHL
Centre Ice and NHL
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The convention
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gamer's head explode.
While Microsoft and Sony trip over themselves trying to position their consoles not merely
as consoles but
as «entertainment
centres» (movies, music,
games, etc.), modern TVs are to a large extent already doing this natively through telecom companies.
On the lowest level are tactical precepts such
as occupying the
centre squares, avoiding loss of material through forks and pins, protecting the king — precepts which every duffer can master, but which the master is free to overrule by shifting his attention to the next higher levels of strategy, where material may be sacrificed and the king exposed in an apparently crazy move which, however, is more promising from the viewpoint of the
game as a whole.
You would say that losaing one of your first choice
centre backs just before a huge and possibly key
game in the Premier League, so for Arsenal to lose both Lautrent Koscielny and Per Mertesacker must be seen
as a complete nightmare and brings back all those horrible momories of the ongoing injury problems that have ravaged Arsenal for years.
I expect Giroud to get a rest and Welbeck to replace him at
centre forward,
as the Frenchman could do with a rest and the England striker could do with the
game time, especially after doing so well against his former club in the last round.
He also has pristine finishing with little back lift required just like Messi and Aguero (having a low
centre of gravity plays a role
as well) Sanchez is also not injury prone so any team he plays for will see him play a minimum of 30 league
games per season despite his very high work rate.
Monreal has really made a difference to the left side Gibbs plays to many balls back and across to the
centre backs he is so prone now to get injured he doesent go forward and his defending is woefull can't see him even playing for England again, don't get me wrong I do like him but his
game has declined Play him
as a sub
as Monreal if one of the defenders is injured can fill in like Sagna did CB
Would be wise to use Alexis
as a
Centre Forward in some
games, not all.
One thing in our favour is that Petr Cech didn't play in any of those losing
games, and we didn't have Matthieu Flamini
as centre - forward until the Tottenham
game!
Wenger will be hoping that his only properly experienced
centre back will be fit and sharp for the EPL opener, while the inclusion of Alexis Sanchez and Aaron Ramsey suggests that he is considering one or both of them for the Liverpool
game as well.
That is one of the reasons why I think Arsene Wenger should start with Olivier Giroud in the
centre forward role,
as this sort of
game really suits his strength, link play and ability
as a target man.
Arsenal have a massive Europa League
game against CSKA Moscow at the Emirates on Thursday but with Aubameyang cup - tied and Lacazette injured we have had to use Danny Welbeck
as our sole
centre - forward in the two legs against AC Milan.
Is it quite hard to believe that Arsenal failed to bring in a top class
centre - back in the January transfer window
as it is blindingly obvious that this is the Gunners most pressing concern at the moment after conceding 36 goals already this season after just 27
games.
Two
games in a row Kolasinac dropped to the bench
as well
as a recognised
centre half in Chambers..?
Unless the boss uses the transfer market to sign another
centre back then we do not have too many options, especially
as both Mertesacker and Koscielny have fitness issues and are not going to play every
game.
I still feel we need to sign a quality
centre back
as Koscielny has injury problems, looks like Chambers is going, Mertesacker won't be a regular, Gabriel is inconsistent and it may be too much for Holding to start every
game.
The Italy international hasn't quite reached top form since leaving Juventus for Milan last summer, but has long been regarded
as one of the top
centre - backs in the
game.
What's up with Coqhelin he has got better and better if he gets a few more
games he will be
as good
as any one that you could buy his value now has put him in the 10 million bracket at 23 he has passed Flamini past Arteta and could well be a new Vera lets get behind him now we don't need another, with Ramsey Wiltshire Oxy to rotate fill the left side get Milner from City,
centre back Chambers drop Mertisacker for a while CB
Before the
game had even kicked off at the John Smith's Stadium, the weekend's major talking point had already been established during Manchester City's emphatic victory over West Brom,
as official Neil Swarbrick wrongly sent off the Baggies»
centre - back Gareth McCauley, instead of teammate Craig Dawson.
And because the win over Hull means we now face a cup quarter - final with Watford this weekend instead of the Premier League clash with West Brom,
as well
as there being an international break around the corner, Wenger only has one Premier League
game to get through before Cazorla can come back into the
centre of midfield.
UOL recently claimed Luiz feels he has no future at Chelsea under Antonio Conte, who has left him out of a number of
games recently
as youngster Andreas Christensen now looks to be first choice at
centre - back.
It must have been a huge relief for Arsene Wenger
as well
as for the Arsenal and England international star Theo Walcott when he broke his pre-season duck against the Norwegian side Viking FK on Friday,
as the manager is going to be without his main
centre forward Olivier Giroud for at least the first
game of the season.
But on current form, surely Wenger must keep Alexis
as centre - forward while he is scoring in every
game?
I also compare Chambers
games as Central defender with his
games in the right side of defence and I think he is a better Central Defender, more composed and assured in the
Centre than on the right.
Well he didn't have to wait long
as three
games into his career
as a Gunner, our new
centre back has been called up to the squad and could make his international debut at the Emirates stadium next week, against his new team mate Alexis Sanchez and his Chile side.
So Arsenal still need a
centre back, even though young Calum Chambers» first few
games as a Gunner suggest that the 19 - year old could become a real rock at the heart of our defence in the future.
Not many
centre forwards in the
game today can boast a record
as proud
as the 30 - year old, with six league titles with Dinamo Zagreb, Bayern Munich and Juventus.
Still feel we should sign a physically imposing
centre back in the summer e.g. Tah / Van Dijk / Koulibaly or even Sakho, especially if we play a back 3 and rotate defenders
as we will have a lot of
games next year.
I don't know what
games you have watched, but Monreal has done a great job
as for Bellirin his last
game was his best and full backs have cover from
centre backs watch and see Monreal cover for Gibbs going forward and also for Mertisacker Remember Sagna covered for
centre backs too and never had a bad
game they seem to play better
as more room inside to play from Stop picking on Monreal without him we would be in the s,,,,, pick on Wilshire cost us the
game against United.
It therefore comes
as little surprise that one of the
game's biggest talking points will be Harry Kane, a 21 - year - old
centre forward who before this season had only played in 14 Premier League matches, scoring just three goals.
Fellow Juve
centre - back and club legend Giorgio Chiellini has said, «Daniele arrived
as a 21 - year - old, has come on a great deal and is on the right track for a guy who has 10 to 15 seasons at Juventus ahead of him,»... «When you arrive here you can't expect to play every
game in your first season, that's also how it was for me.
Debuchy best
games for us has been
as centre back.
At times this season, and pretty crucial times
as well, Arsene Wenger has been left with almost no options for the
centre of the Arsenal midfield, Cazorla is out for the season after playing a big role in our good early form and there have also been injury problems for Coquelin, Ramsey and Elneny, while the summer signing Granit Xhaka has missed a fair few
games himself for disciplinary reasons.
Remember that he only played 25 Premier League
games for Man United last season, with quite a few of them
as sub and that he was not in the
centre forward position which he is likely to take for Arsenal.
It appears to me that Ozil and Alexis are swapping positions during the
game, with Ozil acting more
as centre - forward!
His team mate for club and country Olivier Giroud is a different matter though,
as the big
centre forward could do with a confidence boost and with Karim Benzema left out of these friendly
games he should get the chance to shine.
If he can nail it, then we can have deep mid covered with a new signed player
as first choice, and also give us an option in the middle, Arteta being the experienced old man for the
games when experience is required and Chambers being back up to the
centre - backs, right back and deep mid.
The intriguing part will be
as whether or not Guardiola goes for a
game - changing signing like Bonucci, with the Juve and Italy
centre - half establishing himself
as one of the best in Europe and a certain starter, or a player like Rudiger who is still improving all the time and would arguably be stiff competition for Kompany.
For example 4 -3-3 concentrate less on playing in the
centre and attempting to dominate it
as it's contest Arsenal will win and take advantage of the fact that the full backs haven't got pace, which normally means the defensive midfielders or center backs often end up doubling up on the wingers... thus clearing a space in the middle and allowing people like Ozil and Giroud to play to the strong points of their
game.
A lot of fingers of blame have been pointed at the big
centre forward Olivier Giroud for missing a few chances in that
game but
as reported by the Evening Standard, the man who used to score the goals for Arsenal does not agree.
But now it has been revealed on Arsenal.com that Steve Gatting has been playing the Polish youngster
as a
centre - back For the Academy side in all this seasons
games.
Alexis has shown to go missing at times during
games because although he is feisty and has strength to either drive forward with the ball at his feet, or to battle amongst his opponents, in terms of height he can often get pushed out of the
game playing
as a
centre forward, much in the way that Walcott did when he had a go up front.
The big young Pole was bought from Legia Warsaw
as a defensive midfielder but has since been converted to a
centre - back by Wenger and has had experience of 10
games in that position on loan at Birmingham last season.