Sentences with phrase «in deeper role»

Defensively they have been very sound, thanks in no small part to Ferguson deploying Wayne Rooney in a deeper role in an audacious bid to add some steel and combativeness to a midfield which was overrun by Man City last month in that infamous 6 - 1 loss at Old Trafford; they've not conceded a single goal in five games since.

Ander Herrera was impressive in the deeper role while Pogba in the latter half started to show more responsibility and played well as part of the midfield two.

Perhaps Mourinho will keep him in a deeper role, similar to the one he used Cesc Fabregas in as the creative hub of his Chelsea side in a 4 -2-3-1?

Lemina is a dynamic player who can link the midfield and the attack effectively, as well as operating in a deeper role.

Steven Gerrard — 6.5 Brendan Rodgers persisted with Gerrard in the deeper role, and he looked slightly more at home in the position today.

Despite playing in a deeper role, he kept us ticking throughout the midfield.

From that moment Palace were never in the game as United controlled proceedings through Wayne Rooney, who excelled in a deeper role.

Over in north London Santi Cazorla has been superb in a deeper role for the past 18 months and Francis Coquelin does the dirty work better than anybody else.

Against Spurs, Elneny not only looked well - suited to playing the role of acting midfielder instigator but also allowed Ramsey, who scored the opening goal with an audacious flick, to focus on his strengths in the final third rather than working to cover his weaknesses in a deeper role.

He sees more of the ball in a deeper role, and is better at using it to put Liverpool on the front foot.

In a deeper role, he was able to give Arsenal the midfield control that had been missing in recent weeks, and this was crucial.

It is very clear that the Frenchman lacks defensive discipline and should therefore not be played in a deeper role.

Under Sampaoli, the attacking midfielder is being deployed in a deeper role on the left side of their midfield.

Wayne Rooney seems to have hit fine gal scoring form of late scoring four in his last two games playing in a deeper role in midfield becoming the supplier for Robin Van Persie.

Paulinho, Etienne Capoue, Christian Eriksen, Gylfi Sigurdsson (although not part of the «summer seven») all reduced Holtby's chances of making the starting eleven, either playing in a deeper role in a 4 -2-3-1, or a more attacking role in the same formation, and it was mainly the latter that Holtby was given his chances in the first team.

Henderson has his limitations in the deeper role.

Santi's been producing arguably his best form at our club while playing in a deeper role and Ozil's playing in his preferred position with a lot of creative and positional freedom between the two.

viz: olivier whom you dispise so much, Kos which brought back the Kos - Per partnership that had 16 clean sheets a season before, Ozil coming back from injury, Carzola regaining form in a deeper role, understanding between Alexis and other players.

That, coupled with the possibility of using Wilshere in a deeper role as he has done so successfully for England, and you can start to rationalise the decision on Schneiderlin.

He plays best in a deeper role but needs protection from a player like Coquelin.

It is not just Chambers that Ramsey needs to worry about either, because there is a certain Jack Wilshere chomping at the bit and not far from his own injury comeback and he has done really well for England in a deeper role.

Likewise he will swap out with Santi in the deeper role for the same reasons.

Rooney completed the most passes of any player in the opening 45 minutes, and Jose Mourinho would certainly have had a close eye on proceedings as he perhaps contemplates using the England ace in a deeper role at Old Trafford next season.

So when Theo came on, did Carloza really stay out wide despite being our best CAM and did Rociscky really stay at CAM when he was near man of the match in a deeper role against QPR?

Why you have changed the place for Santi playing in a deeper role..

Aaron Ramsey is expected to return to action this week, and could well be used in the deeper role as a creative spark much like Cazorla is.

I recall at the time wondering why as Cesc had trained as a Volante (DM) and he could have been the ideal deep lying playmaker for us, he shown enough fight in my opinion to trust him in that deeper role.

No his not but, he can work in a deeper role..

I know that Santi Cazorla has done really well in that deeper role but it is not the Spaniard's best position either so we have two players out of position.

He's criticised rightly to some degree in his deeper role — but always played well further up the pitch

It would be nice to see Wilshere play as a deep plying playmaker and Ramskey being the tough tackling all action B2B player, Wilshere has done well for England in that deeper role and if Wilshere and Ramsey can get a good understanding... It could be so beautiful

7 of the top 12 Premier League scorers were centre forwards (although one of them spent the majority of his season in a deeper role, Rooney).

IMO we have two of the most dangerous supporting scorers in the league in Sanchez and Theo, and Ramsey's late runs are a thing of beauty when he's playing in his deeper role.

To manage this and to fit Özil into the team, we have deployed Cazorla in a deeper role this season to help retain the ball.

which would mean more so a player who could play in a deeper role.

For instance, Oscar is their number 10, Fabregas is 9 times out of 10 deployed in that deeper role.

I also feel he's being wasted in a deeper role.

«I try to develop him in a deeper role.

Was out of position most of the time on Monday in that deeper role.

How sweet your comment would have being but Ozil in a deeper role made it out of tune..

As a result, it's highly unlikely that the Italian giants will have any interest in selling him, while as noted above, it arguably doesn't make much sense for Liverpool unless they plan on deploying him in a deeper role like Coutinho.

And Wilshere is crap in a deeper role.

I think Arsenal's Bad form in last few matches was down to the fact that Cazorla has to play in deeper role and Ramsey is injured.

We haven't tried it, Hodgson played him in a deeper role for England, he looked pretty good and has discussed numerous times how comfortable in that role he is.

if he can work on his positioning and adapt playing in a deeper role then he can be one hell of a player for us.

Would you honestly play Cazorla in a deeper role against a team like Chelsea?

Maybe Wenger should really consider playing him in a deeper role as he has excelled for England in that position.

Interestingly enough, this is not Jack's first such performance for England, which begs the question, is he better off playing in that deeper role for Arsenal as well?

In 2014, Wilshere began playing in a deeper role for England, using his vision to play long passes forward and create attacks.

The way in which he wins the ball back with truly elite numbers, the changes in our team's overall, stronger defensive mentality, our record with him in the team and without, the defensive cover he added to allow Santi to flourish in the deeper role.