Sentences with phrase «job of a defensive midfielder»

I personally do not believe that is the job of a defensive midfielder to create goal scoring opportunities.

All those clamouring for Arturo, are absolutely right, he plays up the pitch because he can play there, and because Charles Aranguiz is the goto Defensive Midfielder for Chile, at Juve, Pirlo occupies the deepest position, plus the midfield is packed with Pogba and Marchisio, hence he does nt need to do the Job of a defensive midfielder, and added to the fact that Juve completely dominate other Italian teams.

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But the game does a decent job at giving you plenty of options — young and old — who are free agents, if you find that your current group of defensive midfielders don't include Nemanja Matic or Paul Pogba in their ranks.

This stems from a lack of strong defensive backs and midfielders, being played out of position, and Wengers sh@tty job at team rotation.

Actually, the infamous sideways passing stats that most famed defensive midfielders achieve are just dictated by the nature of their job in a passing team.

Much of their defensive solidity has been down to having a settled back - four, in front of David Ospina, who has displaced Wojciech Szczesny as the number one, in addition Francis Coquelin does a brilliant job in his defensive midfield position.

If you contrast his performance in the games where Arsenal had less possession, where he had to do the job of a true defensive midfielder, that is, chase the ball, close down the opposition, help his team play confidently from the back by coming out with the ball and taking on the one on one chase back toward his goal.

My suggestion is that if Sanchez can learn that, he has the potential to do it much better than giroud does because he is faster off the mark and can dribble.he's too honest in his running so I disagree with those that think it's the set up of the team that failed him.his movement is still a little naive for the premier league Secondly on the left wide argument.Wenger is jamming attacking midfielder out there so as to provide cover for the defensive midfielder using two box to box battlers.it only makes sense because we have lots of them and it can be effective if well mastered.the catch is sacrificing a winger for the the attacking midfielder.if your memory serves you well you'll remember that artetas downward spiral began when teams noticed he was the hub for our possession and started deploying their number 10 to press him.it's been working for ages and can be used on any defensive midfielder regardless of the size so You'll end up with your much cried for cavarlho, kedihra, bender, schneiderline, and every other one passing sideways and backward because of the pressure so I personally appreciate the innovative move but Again appeal to Ramsey and Wilshire to take their job more serious.

PS Since we like taking advantage of clubs in problems by poaching their players, can we sign Martin's Indi from Stokes City to do our defensive midfield job only?

Wenger has done a wonderful job and should be praised at times, but also should be cuss out when he tampers with his own team, for years this team have suffered due to his negligence of not buying or using a proper defensive midfielder, if it was not for the accidental emergence of Coquelin we would be further down in the table

It is no accident that when coquelin stepped in the breech arsenal suddenly became more balanced, even the players themselves have been quoted saying something similar, we have been asking for this type of player for years now, a true Defensive Midfielder, not the flashy type, not the box to box, but one who sits in front the back four and do the ungrateful job.

Yaya Toure has been available at times in the past, while others like Lassana Diarra and Alex Song looked at points like maybe they could do the job, but the current crop of players like Mikel Arteta and Jack Wilshere who have been used in defensive midfield just aren't fit to lace Vieira's boots.

I don't think his job is to initiate attack, he's main job is to win the ball back and play a simple pass to our more offensive players, and he is not bad in possession as d stat and u re suggest, and I don't see any tactical reason behind carzola being backward order than ramsey being injured, nobody initiate our attack better than ramsey and dats d work of a box to box midfielder and not the defensive midfielder.

The obvious conclusion any thinking person should draw let alone one paid 8 million quid is that quality makes a difference at the top of EPL and the team needs a defensive midfielder at the same level as santi or alexi... Coquellin did a great job yday but he isn't that quality....

before we get rid of the whole team we should first get a new manager and then a goalkeeper then a back four defender's then defensive midfielder then someone should wake Ozil up from his winter hibernation and then the job is done

no, he is not, but he's good enough to do the job and be an improvement on the team, plus at 22 years old you still have a chance to mould him into the type of defensive midfield player that you want.

MF Franck Kessie, 6 — Carried out a crucial job in midfield with his intensity, coverage of the field and defensive work to give Milan a foothold in the game.

Without Mile Jedinak and forced into the substitution of Glenn Whelan, Bjarnason stepped into the defensive midfield role last week and did a sterling job.

Barca's first statement on Tuesday read: «Although he was originally signed as a defensive midfielder, he was used at centre - back to cover for the many injuries in that area of the pitch and did such a good job that he would go on to play just as often in that position as he did in the middle of the park.

The fact that this shape doesn't allow him the cushion of a defensive midfielder playing behind him, makes his job all the more tougher.

Despite endless calls from fan over the summer that the signing of a defensive midfielder was of paramount importance, Arsène decided that Flamini and Arteta were of sufficient quality to do the job.