Sentences with phrase «good defence in front of»

It helps when you have a good defence in front of you, and it is here where Arsenal have made huge strides and Chelsea have gone backwards.

Not exact matches

Agree on Sanchez, he was very poor; but coquelin, despite losing possession multiple times still did his job in front of the defence very well and whenever he did lose the ball he was sprinting back to make sure nothing would come of it.

The best formation Arsenal could have in defence and attack would be three at the back, three man midfield of a world class defensive mid, Xhaka and Ramsey just in front with Sanchez and buy a world class striker (maybe Costa from Chelsea).

Good idea to judge goalies on one game, especially when you have a defence in front of u that's as mediocre as Sp * rs.

Yes I think the work rate of our front three is going to be a major factor, as well as midfield, we will be able to press in defence and give the opposition no room.

It's difficult to blame Ozil for the difficulties he's faced at Arsenal without looking at the big picture... like the fans, he too was lied to by Wenger... there is no doubt in my mind that he was told by Wenger that he was trying desperately to recreate our earlier success by acquiring players that fit the system he ran when Henry was in his prime... as we know this hasn't happened... in order for Ozl to flourish he needs some speed up front, forwards that can make intelligent runs, a boss in the midfield to compensate for his obvious defensive liabilities and defenders who can transition from defence to offence quickly and efficiently... much like he had in Real and with the German National squad... unfortunately he ended up on a squad that has a striker who plays with his back to goal, very few intelligent runs into the box, minus Sanchez, no one to take pressure off him in the midfield, once Cazorla was injured, average defensive midfielders around him, which simply highlighted his lacking defensive qualities and defenders who lack the necessary cutting edge when it comes to transitional passing... instead of blaming Ozil, which is simply too easy, especially considering his mopey disposition, we should be asking ownership and / or Wenger why they brought him in if they didn't intend on doing what was necessary to get the best from him... can you imagine Ozil playing with the likes of Henry, Viera, Petit and Pires, it would be incredibly to watch and even more difficult to stop... so the only thing different between his experiences in Real and with the German team versus his time at Arsenal are the players around him and we all know who is in charge of making those decisions, the Grinch who stole soccer

alexis gotze ox would be a difficult front line for most defences with some combo of ozil santi and jack providing the feed... just need a powerful DM and gabriel as starter and we would be in way better shape... wengers reluctance to make the necessary changes is frustrating beyond belief

perfect analysis, I actually would like to see a midfield base of coquelin and arteta when he's fit, I think that would provide us with better protection and allow our attackers more freedom as unlike ramsey, coquelin likes to sit in front of the defence and anticipates danger quite well (really impressed with some of his tackles yesterday).

Yes, Ospina had a defence in front of him that made him look good but face it, Szcz makes mistakes that makes everyone nervous, including the defence in front of him which is never a good thing.

In the premier league maybe you do need someone who's a bit rougher than you would in other leagues but still you only have 6 players in front of the defence and ideally every one needs to have a good all round gamIn the premier league maybe you do need someone who's a bit rougher than you would in other leagues but still you only have 6 players in front of the defence and ideally every one needs to have a good all round gamin other leagues but still you only have 6 players in front of the defence and ideally every one needs to have a good all round gamin front of the defence and ideally every one needs to have a good all round game.

He was a lot better than most of the team that night all bar Ramsey (was everywhere in attack and defence) and Giroud (had a great presence up front and a good touch).

We certainly have a much better defence than last year with Mustafi alongside Koscielny and it is obvious that the Hammers are having trouble adjusting to their new ground, but we can only beat what is put in front of us and we dealt with them decisively.

So today people are confessing that Szczesny is better than Ospina.It was funny how it was made to look Szczesny was the cause of Arsenal's goals because of his mistakes.People also forget the kind of defence he's had in front of him from the time he started till he went on loan.I can't believe anyone watches Ospina and Szczesny in terms of goal keeping ability and says Ospina is better.When Ospina first came he was also making the same mistakes Szczesny made but some ignored it insisting he was better.I'd like to see Ospina go to AS Roma and do better than Szczesny.Even Juventus are in for him even if their bid is derisory.Some also said the fact that Ospina had a cool head over Szczesny meant he should start over him.If you've watched Ospina and Szczesny well from a neutral point and not being bias you'll clearly know who's better.If I was Szczesny I won't return because I'm in my prime.

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

I feel lloris is a better keeper after watching the spurs vs arsenal game, but the defence in front of lloris is a hell of a lot better than what's in front of cech or ospina.

I still don't understand people's obsession with boxing players in to a specific role... The whole «true DM» is a dying breed, even Coquelin is arguably something else considering the advanced positions he takes up often in front of Santi and takes major risks in winning the ball back for us... IMO, the reason Coquelin has had such a successful integration into the first team is that he focussed incredibly hard on the basics of his role first and foremost before adding other elements to his game (long - balls, driving runs into space, more aggressive ball movement in general) it's not rocket science to tell a player to curb the attacking side of their game and focus primarily on defence before attack... Nor is it that hard to see that playing in a midfield pairing with either Ramsey or Cazorla is going to be different as well.

A really tidy display from the midfielder as he swept things up in front of his defence and kept Arsenal ticking over with some good passes forward too.

Since the days of us being a counter team (that's when we were at our best in the golden Wenger years — teams hadn't really developed parking the bus consistently yet) our defence has always had space behind it and in front to exploit.

Two of the best goalkeepers in the world at the moment, David de Gea arguably just edges Thibaut Courtois after having a worse defence in front of him but single - handedly winning games for his club last season.

It helps, of course, if the solution is already at hand and if our midfield warrior Francis Coquelin is as good at playing in central defence as he has been at breaking up play in front of the back four then Wenger will be a very relieved manager.

well at the end of the day, ospina was calamitous in the game against olympiakos and it certainly didn't instil much belief in the defence in front of him.

I would offer some defence for Cech.We have a very fragile Defence in front of him with little or no Midfield cover, and he certainly had better and more drilled players in front of him when he was at Chelski.But it's there to see that mistakes are happening too often and he will know himself he is not at the level he ondefence for Cech.We have a very fragile Defence in front of him with little or no Midfield cover, and he certainly had better and more drilled players in front of him when he was at Chelski.But it's there to see that mistakes are happening too often and he will know himself he is not at the level he onDefence in front of him with little or no Midfield cover, and he certainly had better and more drilled players in front of him when he was at Chelski.But it's there to see that mistakes are happening too often and he will know himself he is not at the level he once was.

But considering the trouble Bayern gave us when Bellerin was isolated in defence, and his weakness in the air, playing him in front of Debuchy may be a good move at Allianz..

The tactics at home are all wrong, the players buckle under pressure, panic from the outset in defence, the manager looks bereft of ideas eventually panic sets in up front as well when the players start to realise they aren't going to score or win.

Although Cech is finished, he's still a better option than the disastrous Ospina, give Coq another chance in front of the back four, he's best position and sit there in a disciplined defensive roll, Monreal back to he» best position at left back, he overlaps and gets behind the full back better than Kola who moves along side Kos in central defence to replace the injured Mustafi.

The defence in any team is as only as good as the midfield and strikers in front of them.

also I don't see why Lloris whose Spurs finished below Arsenal and wasn't even among the top 3 goalkeepers last season (Cech, DeGea, Schmeichel) in cleansheets or saves... went to the Euros and didn't perform so spectacularly or outta this world thanks to the good team and defence in front of him in which Koscielny was the main man in that defence.

The defence should be getting used to playing the new system and each other by now and there is good protection in front of them and hopefully a focused Ospina behind them, so with our firepower and the respective forms of the two sides this has to be an Arsenal win right?

City need to bounce back quickly from a very blunt edged performance in front of goal and will need to pick the lock of a well organised United defence.

His 13 key passes completed this season can only be bettered by Fletcher's 17, although the Scot has always possessed a natural inclination to get forward, while you're more likely to see Carvalho securely stationed in front of the defence.

With the important role our wingers play in the way we play our football, I wonder in certain fixtures against clubs around us if the 4 -1-4-1 formation might be a better alternative as the attacking players have that support in front of the defence and can play with more freedom.

This is why 4 -1-3-2 would accommodate players the best as it keeps at least one player in front of the defence and keeps the bank of three and allows two strikers to start up front.

The Gunners were keeping their cool in defence, with Arteta doing a good job in front of the back four.

Marcos Rojo and Phil Jones again remained solid in front of him, whilst Antonio Valencia was even better on the right side of defence.

Adrián had been one of the better keepers before last season and the constant chopping and changing, on top of the feeble defence in front of him, have left him the fall guy until now.

Swept up in front of defence well, breaking down Bayern's long spells of passive possession in Liverpool's half.

The midfielder looked solid in front of the defence, supplying the attckers well in the process, completing 92 % of his passes, as well has having two shots and completing three take - ons.

Though the article explicitly suggested Arsenal's interest is based on him playing in defence, either as a starter or cover, it is worth noting Blind is at his best sitting in front of the back four.

«If they can turn up, start on the front foot, put pressure on that back four with the pace they've got as well on the wide areas - Danny Welbeck and Alexis Sanchez will be in the wide areas - then they could cause a few problems for Chelsea's defence,» Parlour, who was speaking on behalf of England team sponsor Vauxhall, told Sky Sports News HQ.

Man of the Match: Mikel Arteta - I'm often critical of the Spaniard but he screened in front of the defence ever so well.

It might have looked a good option for the defence but ignored what would happen in front of it.

addressing the defence first why not try kosser in front of back four and have JD and Squill as defenders, until TV comes back, when we signed petit he was a defender and we converted him to midfield and well.....

We need more cohesion in front of goal, better understanding between the defence and the midfield, and less reliance upon left - sided attack.

MF Lucas Biglia, 6 — Did well sweeping up in front of the defence and put in a real shift for the team.

And with Liverpool having the joint second best defensive record in the league, the accusations levied against the defensive work of the side, although some of them are pertinent, seem to have not as much importance in comparison to the issues raised here, although with the slight caveat that there is a noticeable drop off between the two seasons in terms of interceptions from midfield and the forwards, which has lead to Liverpool not being so strong on the counter attack and the fact that the majority of the shots Liverpool have conceded seem to be in the space in front of the defence and behind the midfield.

With Kanté patrolling the area in front of defence so well there will be little need for the Brazilian to step out of defence so aggressively as he used to be forced to do in his previous Chelsea spell.

Mohamed Elneny has performed well in his last two matches and deserves another chance to anchor that midfield in front of, or dropping into, the last line of defence.

What Song does best is rotate in the midfield area right in front of defence.

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