A tough tackling and energetic
holding midfield player, Joe excels in breaking down opposition attacks and retaining possession.
Guardiola once again continued with his experiment of using Keita as
a holding midfield player, a role in which Keita has been found wanting in recent matches.
Come on Arsene buy a quality
holding midfield player with strength and height
Realistically we probably need 4/5 defensive players if you include
a holding midfield player and a keeper in that.
On the other hand, the Portuguese manager and his Red Devils side are in need of a consistent
holding midfield player, who can be of great value to their team.
But if you are a central defender,
a holding midfield player, where you can control your energy, positional play, you can resist, survive.
«And I think it would be good business for Manchester United because they need
another holding midfield player.
a holding midfield player who can see the next pass and would be agressive and has a great assist and passing mobility would be scott brown, he fits perfectly plays champions league football and scottish player of the year.
«Arsenal are strong and I've tipped them to win the Premier League but I would still like to see them sign
another holding midfield player,» said the former Arsenal striker.
'' [Francis] Coquelin has done really well but I would like
another holding midfield player to come in, perhaps a [Morgan] Schneiderlin type of player.
Any ways I still feel we need
holding midfield player.
Replacing under - performers such as Phil Jones, Chris Smalling and Marcos Rojo will be a priority, while Michael Carrick's retirement at the end of this campaign also means the manager's search for a new
holding midfield player makes perfect sense.
He wasn't signed to be
a holding midfield player and that's clearly not what he enjoys or is best at.
One keeper, one centre half, one
holding midfield player, one creative attacking midfielder and a striker that can do something different and more regularly effective than Lacazette.
Sorry for continually being ignorant and missing the point («your» point to be precise)-- but playing one - twos with Alexis in the opposition penalty area in the Copa and being deployed at the head of Juve's midfield diamond is not convincing me that his coaches / managers see his best position as a disciplined
holding midfield player.
A holding midfield player is a must and 3 league games doesn't.
Champagne Charlie said, «Arsenal are strong and I've tipped them to win the Premier League but I would still like to see them sign
another holding midfield player.
«People are now asking why Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool all failed to identify Kante when they were looking for
a holding midfield player in the summer.»
«Coquelin has done really well but I would like
another holding midfield player to come in, perhaps a Schneiderlin type of player.
You can't have your two
holding midfield players bombing forward and overlapping the wingers and being in the box.
In my opinion, Özil, should be dropped from the No 10 role for cazorla who had been playing like a God prior to ozils return and we should have our two
holding midfield players, similar to the way we played against City (it was Ramsey and Le Coq that day).
Not sure about his performances this season and did not watch him this season to comment on him to be honest but would be a good signing imo because he is a tall strong physical and natural
holding midfielding player but first priority should be to get either schneiderlin or kondogbia if they are not gettable then sign carvalho to be a backup to coquelin or play both of them in tough away games next season in champions league and premier league chelsea at stamford bridge, old traffold, etihad etc..
They need two
holding midfield players and they need another centre forward.
At the last World Cup,
holding midfield players proved to be the difference for many sides including Spain, Uruguay and Holland.
Not exact matches
This is being reported by the Sun, who state that the
player's wages are not what's causing a delay in talks, with the
midfielder's want to get more first team minutes under his belt being the main reason for there being a
hold up in negotiations.
Still, just 18, the Blackburn
player has proved himself a capable performer in both central defence and as a
holding midfielder — and has kept the likes of Didier Drogba quiet in his eighteen Premier League appearances.
We have Flamini and Arteta as «
holding midfielders» WAKE UP WENGER: - Mertesacker Arteta Flamini Sanogo Monreal These are Squad
players NOT
players with ambitions of the title or CL, bench
players for the capital cup..
Allan operates predominantly as a
holding midfielder, and would provide a useful foil for the flair
players in Chelsea's ranks.
«They needed a
holding central
midfielder and they've paid around # 30m for him, which is the type of money the Arsenal fans want to see being spent on the best
players.
Barcelona have reportedly turned down an offer from Inter Milan for
midfielder Rafinha as they
hold out for closer to # 35million for the
player.
Bottom line, if he is angered bench the
players who were not good enough and play those who deserve some game time based on the Southampton game or on games where they had a positive impact: - Take Özil out and play Ox in the hole (he has to understand your the highest paid
player of the club, your given freedom like nobody else and your even seeking even more money with a new contract you can't play like that ever and go AWOL)- Put Sanchez on the wing or up top but put Welbeck in (Walcott didn't track back near enough for the Alsonso goal)- Iwobi has been bright from the wing let him play there - Xhaka has to go back in the
holding midfield role and I would take out Coquelin because he could've taken a foul on the hazard's goal.
Pogba is picked on because he's our best and most expensive outfield
player, but Mourinho has primarily played him as a
holding midfielder, which I think we can agree isn't what he was bought to do, and is not what he's good at.
Quality
holding midfielder purchased instead of both of those horrible
players
Flamini is not bad when paired with another
holding midfielder, but we need a
player in that position who can thrive in isolation.
He is learning gradually how to use body strength to
hold up the ball and get
midfield players into the game.
On top of that, Francis Coquelin is their only solid
holding midfielder, unless Wenger is able to invest in a
player who's not cup tied, come January.
For Liverpool fans, they'll be delighted to see Coutinho is no longer Barca's only target for that creative
midfield role, and will hope that means they can keep
hold of their star
player for at least a little longer.
Our proBlem is just in central
midfield, one only thinks about scoring goals, one likes
holding on to the ball for long, cant pass before he runs and bumps into other
players, the others just weak and slow.
Laurent Blanc responded to the loss of his most defensive
midfielder in somewhat surprising fashion, throwing on a much more attacking
player in Lucas Moura and abandoning the 3 -5-2 that PSG had struggled with in favor of a 4 -3-3, bringing Marquinhos off the back line to serve as his
holding midfielder.
Mexico manager Juan Carlos Osorio said he «sees possibilities for him to become an important
player» if the Monterrey
midfielder picks El Tri, noting that he believes Gonzalez can expand his game and play a box - to - box role, rather than the
holding midfield position he plays for Rayados.
From signing big name
players to keeping
hold of the best ones we have already got, from adding the firepower up front to strengthening the
midfield and firming up the defence and then last season we sorted out the big away game blues.
If this is true then schneiderlin would be a very good signing IMO and we will then have two excellent
holding midfielders le coq and morgan to rotate and also to play both of them in tough games like chelsea at bridge next season etc so he would be welcome addition otherwise go for kondogbia or wanyama tall tough strong physical
players and they will give
players like matic and yaya toure run for their money..
Where he will play is still unknown, Vidal is a tough tackler but he also provides for his team further up the field, scoring 7 goals last season including 4 in the league for Juventus, not really the
holding player that Arsenal appear to need but another box to box all action
midfielder.
Welbeck will probably never be in the same league as a
hold up
player, but it really isn't necessary if the
midfield can keep the ball better.
Give him some rest for PSG But I think most of the
players playing Southampton will play PSG I think we should make good use of our Central
Midfielders for both matches because we have plenty of quality
players: Ozil, Cazorla, Xhaka, Coquelin and Eleney We have only 3 CBs available at the moment Koscielny, Mustafi and
Holding
lst season at stamford bridge, was the first time i saw that 4 -1-4-1 formation being used, and for some weird reason i feel a very strange negative vibe and well all know the outcome.the manager has come back with this formation and its not yielding result, but he still sticks with it.i do nt know much about formations dear friends, but if you are playing a slow dm in arteta and a very very slow cb, then you are toast against quality teams with sound tactics.wen playing wellbeck as a lone striker, i think 4 -2-3-1, will work better, but if we have a big
player like oliver (boooos), thn we can try the 4 -1-4-1, thingy cos he can
hold the ball for our
midfielders to run in.but on the overall, shame on wenger for not giving our defence a good cover DM.NO BODY PLAYS A SLOW DM / CB AND EXPECT TO B REGARDED AS CHAMPIONSHIP MATERIAL.IT HURTS GUYS, REALLY HURTS.
Not with our vulnerable
holding midfielders, we need to play Kant's type of
midfielder if we want take that risk, eleny and shaka don't retrieve ball from opponent, they run around the field all the time, giroud has prove himself but is time we look beyond him and sign quality
players next summer
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.
I.think we need at least five
players, a defender,
holding midfielder, a winger goalkeeper and a striker, so let Alexis Sanchez go.
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