Sentences with phrase «in midfield where»

However, the most telling attribute now associated with West Brom is their defensive qualities, more notably in the midfield where no longer are they overawed and overrun in the centre of the park.

His last season in England saw him thrive too, and everyone assumed it was down to playing in midfield where he could simply run around with abandon, but really it was because he was playing in a Mourinho side, aka a side with structure.

Chelsea needed a strong response, but were struggling to replicate the impressive form of recent weeks, too often moves breaking down in midfield where Spurs looked quicker to the ball and continued to threaten on the counter.

Put him in midfield where he can do his job defensively, which then gets him motivated to make forward runs and during which he is an extra man (because he comes from midfield).

The Boro goal was well - worked but began with carelessness in the midfield where we had committed too many forward and we were hit by a quick counter attack; something that should not have happened at that stage of the game.

It's the one - on - one match - ups which deeply concern us, as all over the pitch Chelsea are stronger, especially in midfield where games are so often won and lost.

Lanzini's suspension adds to the selection problems in midfield where there are also doubts about Michail Antonio, Mark Noble, Cheikhou Kouyate and Edmilson Fernandes.

I commented at the time that we were being over-run in midfield where MU had 4 players to our two thus stopping our distribution out wide.

The 17 - years - old Balic plays in the midfield where he can play as defensive, central and attacking midfielder.

We were in control of the game throughout, the team played very well, above all in midfield where the three played well.

Elsewhere Cheikhou Kouyate is set to return in a midfield where we will be able to assess the extent of Slaven Bilic's marble lossage if he persists in selecting Mark Noble ahead of Pedro Obiang.

They looked sharp and hungry, full of energy in midfield where they overpowered United.

Ramsey in midfield where he belongs doing what ozil is suppsed to be doing giving the killer passes.

With Juve adopting a 3 -5-2 formation under Conte, Lichtsteiner has often featured as a wing - back with greater freedom to go forward, and with Rafael Da Silva looking first choice for David Moyes» side at the moment, it could be in midfield where the Swiss international is used if he moves to the Premier League.

It was great to see, especially in the midfield where there were battles all the way through the race.

Aubameyang, Ozil and Mkhitaryan needed to help out in midfield where we were getting overrun by bigger, more powerful players.

That way there would be more urgency in his game not in midfield where he slows down our attacking play by having to turn 360 degrees every time he has the ball before passing backwards or sideways.

The problem was in midfield where we were overrun.

It does happen sometimes, but usually down in the midfield where it doesn't really get noticed.

And we have quality, but only in certain areas principally in midfield where every player is identical in style and physicality.

Not exact matches

I guess you live in an alternate reality where the attacking midfielder does the defending and the 2 cms, 2 wingbacks and 3 cdms are blamesless.

This team is still no where close to balance RiDICULOUS, wenger is playing with our CL slot, once again small forwards and small midfield RIDICULOUS, if we had a one goal lead i could understand, but if this side plays offence we will be in a lot of trouble

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

ozil has no place in a 3421 he can perform in a 3412 where he play behind the two strikers so i will go with ozil behin both danny and lacazette sanchez and giroud can be used as a supersubs but i will tell u this, i hope we win but i am sure we will loose arsene wenger is blinded against top teams and he will play ramsey and xhaka again in the middle and we will be dominated by chelsea midfielders

The problem remains the same the depth in the squad is not as good as it seems... sure Cazorla & Wilshere were not fit but we're talking about attacking midfielders an area where we're staked!

The biggest battle for selection will be in central midfield where we have very good technical players in Ramsey, Wilshere, Cazorla, Coquelin, El Neny and Xhaka (one midfielder too many?)

Where I hope Wenger won't be «Wenger» will be to start playing him at Wing back, HE IS A DAMN GOOD ATTACKING MIDFIELDER AND HE IS NOT VERSATILE (in Yesterdays» game he scored 2 great goes the moment he moved to the AM position from the WB position — that tells you where home is for this talented young man) He will fit well across the front 3, end of sWhere I hope Wenger won't be «Wenger» will be to start playing him at Wing back, HE IS A DAMN GOOD ATTACKING MIDFIELDER AND HE IS NOT VERSATILE (in Yesterdays» game he scored 2 great goes the moment he moved to the AM position from the WB position — that tells you where home is for this talented young man) He will fit well across the front 3, end of swhere home is for this talented young man) He will fit well across the front 3, end of story.

Arsenal sent scouts to watch Goretzka at the Confederations Cup last summer, where he helped Germany to a winners trophy and amazingly he has scored 6 goals from midfield in his 12 appearances for his country.

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.

According to wenger we are only short in midfield positions where he wants to improve.

Even if they don't put in a lot of crosses, the players draw defenders wide to stretch the defense and look for passes back to the midfield behind the striker where space may open up for a key pass or a shot from distance.

If you can't pick Kevin De Bruyne up that is a massive issue and the way in which he plays behind the forward line but in front of the midfield is an area where it can potentially hurt Arsenal because they don't have that traditional set - up.

He's more likely to be fielded in midfield or in the No. 10 role, but Hodgson seems to have no idea where he wants to field his captain.

We are looking very thin carzola wont be back elneny is out until at least the end of February we need to bluster our midfield our attacking midfield yes we can shuffle around with elexis and ozil and iwobi but is it the long term answer no I do nt think so as the attacking midfield is the place where most injuries occur along the side of the defense so if any one else gets injured we will very short and in deep trouble maybe after all we should call upon fabergas if no one else is available on a personal preference I would prefer veratie

If United are to spend # 40m on a midfielder then they would be well served investing it on a defensively minded player, a position where United currently have very little quality in the centre of the park.

The Arsenal transfer rumours about Jack Wilshere and a possible move to play for our old rivals Manchester United are still in the embryonic stage, as reported by Metro, but with the Gunners already having more options in the central midfield area where Jack plays there is a good chance that his loan season at AFC Bournemouth is not going to be enough to earn him a return to play for his beloved Arsenal.

Nowhere is that more apparent than on social media, where Benfica midfield star Renato Sanches has just dropped a subtle hint that a move to Manchester United could be in the works.

I believe he can play in defensive midfield and that's where I see him.»

Pogba was undoubtedly more effective on the left of a midfield three at Juventus where he established himself as one of the top midfielders in Europe.

Pogba is rated as possibly the finest young player in the world and has flourished into a superb box - to - box midfielder since moving to Turin on a free transfer from Manchester United, where Pogba had grown frustrated with a lack of playing opportunities under former Old Trafford manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

Arsenal have had an inconsistent start to the season, and could do with improvements in a number of areas, including central midfield, where they have become overly reliant on Francis Coquelin and Santi Cazorla, with little in the way of backup in that area.

Wayne Rooney may find that the competition for attacking places is so stiff that he is moved into midfield, where he has impressed for United in recent weeks.

As the midfielder had already been farmed out to Benfica's fierce rivals it could well be that he decides to stay in the country - where he managed seven goals in 27 appearances in the Portuguese top flight - and the Metro have already considered the prospect that he could be used as a makeweight in a deal for Gaitan.

Ultimately, I think he could play where Ramseys been filling in on the right side of midfield.

Quick notes on arsemal team 1 - paulista is not good as i though 2 - coquelin is essential in arsenal midfield to give stability but he can't hold the ball in his feet or give the right pass in the right time so we can't dominate teams anymore especially with santi absence 3 - ramsey = horrible, just a headless chicken running everywhere 4 - ozil could have easily 30 + assists by now 5 - Olivier Giroud the handsom french guy shouldn't ever be a big team first choice striker 6 - where are the 4 world class strikers that wenger said we had i didn't se anyone of the yet

I agree and it's Hummels, Sneiderlin, and Dybala from your list for me... We need some serious presence in our team mainly in the midfield area because we're either too small or weak minded and that's unacceptable to the fans... Love Özil and what he can do but if we manage to acquire players of presence this summer that can no doubt cover him while he floats and he still goes missing then I'm afraid it will have been a very expensive mistake with him... I'm at a point now where I'm completely numb to us losing because I don't expect us to win and that's bad.

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.

In leading the Wolverines to that shock November upset of Ohio State at the Big House, Harbaugh looked every inch a Michigan Man — and every inch the Michelin Man — as he shook hands with Urban Meyer at midfield, where the Buckeyes» coach couldn't resist asking, «What's your deal?»

Inevitably, a defensive midfielder will find themselves tackling because they operate in the area of the pitch where all the opponent's genius players are, but most of the tackling and dirty work is done by the box to box midfielder.

Nothing can be done in the back but the midfield should be rotated; where's gnabry, rosicky, poldi, Campbell?