It is a scary thought for the Gunners because we believed we had moved on from the days of having to rely on Flamini
holding our midfield together.
Ramsey and Coquelin will
hold the midfield together, whilst the fullt time AMF can roam the last third.
He's a leader, he can
hold the midfield together and can get things going from back to front.
Not exact matches
I maintain Ramsey s more of a curse than a blessing... no10 role is nt jes fr him.He shud stick more to keeping d
midfield together n his defensive input... Walcott still nt convincing enough... jes need som1 exciting up front for once... not jes speed of even
hold up play... itz gotten us this far, need sth diff yet again... And som1 pls tap Ox, the game s started!
It isn't our best formation at the moment because we have no decent defensive
midfielder to
hold it all
together.
As for Thiago, Guardiola knows him well having worked
together previously at Bayern during the Spaniard's stint in charge of the Bavarian giants prior to joining City, and with a lack of
midfield depth particularly in the
holding role to offer competition for stalwart Fernandinho, it could be a sensible addition for the Citizens.
schez md lk pm kg mf ar jw ^ / ^ mo tw ^ dw / this gives us a balanced
midfield and allows us to play jw and ar
together in to b2b roles and mf
holding and mo at no 10 and tw pealing off to the right and dw playing c / f bingo!
Yeah I'm bang on with you Grandad.Chambers again looked fairly solid and certainly did not let the side down like Mustafi AGAIN.
Holding came on and did what was required from him in the centre as Chambers moved to RB.COULD Chambers and
Holding really perform
together as CB's in a back four?NO and nor could anyone else without the TOP QUALITY CENTRAL DEFENSIVE
MIDFIELDER we have been crying out for since the departure of Gilberto.
Give MN an opportunity in central / defensive
midfield and give Chambers and
Holding a run
together at centre back in a flat back four system with our fullback first priority being to defend.Too often we find both our fullback s caught upfield when we get hit on the break.If Bellerin is upfield Monreal should not be.Defensive planning?Just what is Bould contributing?
In a system with 3 central
midfielders this is fine but when playing as a 2 it leaves us too open, the 2 need to
hold and play close
together, this also makes it easier to start moves.
I have passionately wanted Wenger out for a full decade and one idiot who thinks we should just shut up and support this long term loser manager who has no tactics; can't use subs properly; mis handles players; plays them constantly out of position and who doesn't get the need for defence / attack balance (constantly sending two full backs upfield
together and playing attacking
midfielders as
holding players) is in cloud cuckoo land.
However, Pochettino would ask his two centre backs to stay close
together and the opposite full back to sprint high leaving space for the
holding midfielder to go in to the vacated space.
Milan
held the edge in possession at the end of the first half, mainly because Juve couldn't string
together anything in
midfield when they gained possession in their own half.
Midfielder Grzegorz Krychowiak converted the winning penalty for Poland and through the previous 120 minutes was the glue that
held the Polish side
together as their reached their first quarter - final.
Where Hull have struggled is in
midfield, where Tom Huddlestone has been attempting to
hold together a central
midfield trio that doesn't quite match his quality.
The trio of Song, Ramsey and Arteta in
midfield is working ever so well with Vermaelan
holding the back four
together and Van Persie can not stop scoring.
Hopefully Davis will be fit to feature today, as we could do with his addition to
hold the
midfield line
together.
After the sale of Xhaka and Håvard Nordtveit this summer, to Arsenal and West Ham, respectively, Germany international Christoph Kramer is now the played relied upon to
hold court in
midfield and effectively
hold the team's formation
together with his reading of the game and link - up work.