Sentences with phrase «holding midfielder against»

Arsenal fans, if they are anything like me, will still be wondering why Arsene Wenger chose to start with Mathieu Flamini as the holding midfielder against AFC Bournemouth instead of the fit again Francis Coquelin.

He is an ok» ish holding midfielder against weaker teams, but thats about it.

Last year our biggest problem was not being able to hold the midfield against the big boys and the lack of pace Per showed against fast forwards.

I do nt know but holding the midfield against Chelsea with this squad might not be possible.

Not exact matches

Some people have jumped on the situation that Wenger is using Coquelin in the CB position at training, now he only has 3 CBs there and a whole bunch of midfielders, he has 2 teams a guess practicing against each other a midfielder would more than likely be used since Bellerin, Debuchy, Gibbs, Monreal, Chambers, Holding and Bielik would already be occupied.

But his age is making me to panic of his manning the Gunners defensive holding midfield role against the speedy Barca's pouncers in Feb Ucl clash at the Ems in Feb next year.

Nice line - up, I'd prefer that 3 back line all day, except it will be Gabriel for mustafi, that's grit, steel, aggression and intelligence at our back line, but imagine monreal as a CB when we have Gabriel, holding, I don't understand wenger Mustafi goes into tackles headlessly The front line and midfield is also super human, just dat Ozil is a pussy against aggressive and big teams, I'll prefer ox or Wilshere or mahrez....

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.

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).

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all

I am certain that if we play like we did in the second half against United and buy a top, top class defender and a holding midfielder we are nailed on for Top Four.

Our midfield (And EV) was at fault for this who were absolutely switched off, and Iniesta, Busi sometimes over complicated things by not passing the ball and trying to hold it against two big roma bulls with lots of testosterone.

We were broken against too easily, a proper holding midfielder will sort that problem out, not Flamini who dives into a challenge when he's the last man.

You'll be shocked at what a good holding midfielder can do to a team, he slows down opposing attackers and turns the game against them, a game like the 4 - 4 against Newcastle will NEVER happen with a good holding midfirlder in the team, NEVER!

Comparing Kondogbia to Sterling is laughable, Kondogbia won the u20 world cup, played at Sevilla in La Liga then went onto Monaco, for one so young he's done more than you know and it's not just against Arsenal, the Juventus game he held his own that was a tight 2 legged affair he wasn't overwhelmed by facing a midfield trio of Vidal, Pirlo and Pogba

l think we need a lot of steel in the midfield against Chelsea and would suggest that ozil be dropped, let santi be the creative midfielder with Xhaka and Le Coq holding the midfield.

Against stronger teams I'd go for our standard formation — Either Welbeck or Giroud as lone striker, Alexis on the left, Walcott or Ox on the right, Cazorla / Özil in the middle, Ramsey as box to box and Arteta / Flamini as holding midfielder.

Wilmer Cabrera @houstondynamo does not expect to get back holding midfielder Juan David Cabezas or Dylan Remick (still in concussion protocol) against @SanJoseEarthqua this weekend.

The wing backs and holding midfielders will likely not play as aggressively to protect against conceding cheap goals on the break, but things should look familiar apart from that.

Every positive facet of the Englishman's game was on show throughout one of the best Premier League games in living memory, and he more than held his own against a wonderful midfield trio of Fernandinho, Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin De Bruyne.

Last season, Southampton won 1 - 0 at Old Trafford, and held Chelsea to a 1 - 1 tie at Stamford Bridge; his performance in both matches was evidence that he's ready to be battling for midfield dominance against the best players in world football.

For all the solidity that Nemanja Matic offers in midfield coupled with the unique qualities that Marouane Fellaini brings to the table, it is unwise or too early to deem that a partnership that can not just hold but dominate the midfield against sides that are pose a stronger threat than Everton.

Despite playing in an unfamiliar left midfield role, the U-21 international did more than enough to hold his own against the reigning Serie A champions.

Intro: Qualification for the promised land of Champions League football doesn't come much finer than on goal difference with two minutes of the entire season remaining, but thanks to Swedish holding midfielder Pontus Wernbloom's dramatic goal against Rostov, the Army Men just managed to pip Krasnodar to the second place available at Europe's top table.

Former Arsenal midfielder - turned - pundit Stewart Robson is notoriously critical of Gunners boss Arsene Wenger after he decided to keep hold of Alexis Sanchez against his wishes.

It has been reported that Arsenal midfielder Mathieu Flamini believes the team's experience in the Champions League will hold them in good stead for their qualification decider against Olympiakos.

Tottenham striker Harry Kane expects his team to hold their own against the Germans, even without star midfielder Alli.

Meanwhile, the Chelsea midfielder is soon expected to get on field before their League Cup quarter - final against Bournemouth, scheduled to be held on Wednesday night.

Villa and holding midfielder Alex Ring participated in full team training on Friday after securing essential second - half minutes against RSL.