Sentences with phrase «in midfield and defence»

Just when Arsenal were looking at their weakest in midfield and defence, Arsene Wenger decided to make yet another tactically inept substitution.

The 33 - year - old Argentina international, who played both in midfield and defence for Barca after arriving from Liverpool in 2010, will officially move to the Chinese Super League club on Friday.

Spurs are very organised and drilled and will exploit arsenals weaknesses in midfield and defence.

But problems in midfield and defence are yet to be addressed.

I think in midfield and defence they can definitely be got at.

Manure after the international break and a few more games after that we are close to the transfer window where reinforcements are essential in midfield and defence..

Arsenal had these types of players in our great teams and now Arsenal in midfield and defence are bullied!

However, we need steel in our midfield and defence.

Arsene Wenger already has the likes of Olivier Giroud and Danny Welbeck to choose from upfront this season, so may not feel Gomis is a priority as he looks instead to strengthen in midfield and defence.

Not exact matches

«He's the coach of Arsenal and he forever believes that you can win games with inexperienced 19 - year - olds who play in midfield — and no defence, and no forward,» Thiam said.

The Gunners defence has been fortified by the return of Laurent Koscielny, and against the Hammers Arsenal played with two defensive midfielders in Flamini and Coquelin and Wenger has been very pleased with the recent performances.

The problem is the defence and the lack of cover, we need to get 3 players in January, a centre back to challenge or replace Mertisacker and 2 combative midfielders.

Where as even though we know there is a problem when it comes to defence, Wenger seems to be living in denial.All these talks of signing Lemar or Mbappe is just to keep fans guessing so that there are more ticket and merchandise sales.What we really need is a midfield general, someone like Viera or Gilberto

Like I always say, there are certain players that can fit into Wenger's philosophy but he fails to get those kinda players IMHO Players that have excellent technicality ala Cazorla both in defence, midfield and attack especially midfield so the failure is in identifying and getting the right players for the system

A chelsea fan down here even said Arsenal are currently in spot to clinch the EPL, that we're complete in defence and midfield, said with the way our players are hungry that nobody would be a threat to us but all we need to pull the trigger is get a WC striker.

Beside the issue of Walcot's contract, Wenger loves his midfielders and in fairness to him, when we play Ramsey on the right, we don't have a lot of movement behind the opposition's defence and we are not as fast as we are when playing walcot.

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.

Our rotated defence will have the extra protection of tweo holding midfielders in the absence of Coquelin at least, with Wenger going for Arteta and Flamini as a double pivot and it looks like Aaron Ramsey will be our number 10, with the Ox and Joel Campbell on either side of Olivier Giroud in attack.

I think its both Wenger likes central midfielders so spent a lot of money on one and is being cheap in defence and up front.

How can we play then when we have up to 2 3 people in defence and midfield that can not pass the ball well

That is because there is an issue in those games that is based in defence and central midfield and not in the attacking core.

Of course we had the priceless advantage of having real men play for us instead of little timid and afraid children in defence and especially in midfield or attack like Ozil, Walcott and all the other serail coasters who have made a rich living under their benevolent Uncle Arsene, who indulges their timidity and blames the refs, rather than coward players.

Specifically in the Arsenal system it requires the B2B to be part of our midfield 4 in defence and also be our late runner into the box.

When it clicks and you have the likes of Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez in full flow but also functioning as parts of a well oiled machine, the Gunners have the ability to breach any defence and with a strong defensive line and midfield players who can control a game, there are the ingredients in north London to make a title winning team.

I'd just like to see Wenger address the defensive side of things and get a rock in the heart of defence and an enforcer in midfield..

he's perfect there cus he does his job, his job is to keep the balance in the midfield btwn the defence and attack, the job of attacking is for our attackers and AM, box to box midfield your job is to get the ball and make sure your AM has it to distribute so you can cover his ass, and you can cover your DM's ass in our own half of the field.

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).

Yes... if the Manager already knows who and what his best combinations are in Defence; Midfield and Attack....

Wenger should leave Elneny in midfield and instead, use Welbeck in Central Defence.

The Spaniard's versatility can see him play in various positions, including left - back, central defence and in midfield, but given his natural position is on the left, Conte could yet decide to continue his search for a centre - half too.

Even with all of our injury problems in every area of the pitch but especially in defence and central midfield, Arsenal are finding a way to dominate games and more importantly, to win them.

We have a dangerous away match without a settled defence and Wenger details Ramsy to make runs into the box, leaving big gaps in the midfield.

Liverpool had a terrible defence but almost won the league because they had the best striker in the world, now imagine having the best player and the best striker with some of the best midfielders on the globe, you could win anything with just one one top class defender and 3 average ones.

Some stubborn resilience in midfield and solidity in defence can bring back the trophy come May.

According to France Football, Bodmer — who can play in the heart of defence and at the base of the midfield — is set to retake his place in the team after two months out due to a calf tear.

One of the other reasons we lost I believe was because we didn't play our best players of those who were available and played a midfielder in defence who hasn't played there before against the best team in England, yeah of course that doesn't mean we would have won.

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.

In defence We only have koscienly in midfield Ramsey and ozil and Sanchez up frontIn defence We only have koscienly in midfield Ramsey and ozil and Sanchez up frontin midfield Ramsey and ozil and Sanchez up front..

The latest Arsenal transfer news is that the Gunners have decided to sell Hector Bellerin this summer to give a big boost to their transfer funds which are desperately needed to upgrade our defence certainly and hopefully bring in a top notch Defensive Midfielder.

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

I'd settle for a George Graham defence right now... might have been boring but we need some real defenders and midfielders... we were totally out fought in the mid field make up of the team was totally wrong..

If Wenger can finally add some steel to the flair in the middle of his defence and the heart of his midfield, Arsenal will be pursuing more than the FA Cup and qualification for the Champions League this time next year.

This means we can keep them pinned in their half instead of having a gap between our midfield and defence.

When we lose the ball the rest of the midfield and defence need to be the ones to drop off, close the man down and put in a challange, once done Ozil is then available to be your option for the «out ball» and to get us moving on a counter.

You cant escape he fact that Podolski was played rarely and when he was he was played out of position much the same way that Wenger has assembled a squad of players most of which are a talented bunch, but, Wenger has failed to build a team who fit n with each other, we have a midfield that overtly populated with players who al excel in the same role BUT have no solid defensive midfield talent and no options in defence when players have crap periods or are long term injury problems.

Weigl is a defensive midfielder who directs traffic in both defence and attack and coupled with Mo Dahoud who is an attacking midfielder and can also direct traffic in the middle of the park.

Much will depend on Villa keeping hold of stars Ashley Young and Stewart Downing but other areas need to be freshened up, notably in goal, defence and the midfield.

Primarily a right back, Grosskreutz is also comfortable operating on the left hand side of defence or in midfield, and would offer cover across a back line that has been decimated by injuries and suspensions during the course of the season so far.

I'll admit to not being Giroud's greatest admirer but I have to admit he is a good striker, But as you have seen starting him in all the games isn't always a good move, for intelligent defences its quite easy to keep him isolated, he is not the most mobile striker on the planet and in those games it would be good to have a versatile, technical striker, one who could interchange with the wingers drop into midfield a Suarez type player.

The two Premier League giants are arguably in need of strengthening in a number of the same areas at the moment, with both teams looking short of options in defence and midfield this season.