Sentences with phrase «just over midfield»

Gomez showed some sprightly legs in the 6th minute, picking up a loose ball after a corner and going on a one - man break vs. Vancouver before attempting a Carli - Lloyd-esque shot from just over midfield.

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Just give bolton the 5 - 7 million and get it over with, its one area of arsenal academy development i find to be very weak, we can always find young talented forwards, midfields, but when it comes on to defenders that area is quite lacking

oh and just to help you out ah little, please take into consideration, that deep lying midfielder who can play through the lines, has not been available for over a year, because if the man who has assembled this group of players can't improve them, then is it the players or the manager?

Wilshere for all his injuries is far better than both Ramsey and Xhaka.I just don't know the importance of Xhaka in the team if he can't defend.He's the real problem in the squad.Why do fans keep accepting mediocrity?Aren't we tired?It's painful seeing him play every match in our midfield then the same people who claim to love him would come and be making noise about how average he is after a bad match forgetting that he's actually average.I'd easily play Maitland - Niles or Coquelin over Xhaka.They would provide more steel in the midfield.Is it going to take us four seasons to realize how average Xhaka is?The painful things is that by that time many trophies would've have by passed us.

Yes he could be alot better at finishing, but let's see, maybe we got a new sturridge... What I am mad on Wenger about is not so much the lack of a proven striker to our ranks... No it's that we haven't bought a central defender to cover, but most important, we haven't bought a defensive midfielder, that we need so much!!? Wenger makes the same mistakes over and over, everybody else can see it, just not him... hmm: / but still lets respect him as a man and judge when we are atleast half way into the season... COYG!!!!

I get your point mate.But in truth Ramsey is the CM and Xhaka is the DM according to our formation anf tactic.It's even debatable if Xhaka is capable of playing DM.I think Ramsey's tactical awareness is poor but he has every right to take risks and move into the opposition box.He's a box to box player.The only problem is Ramsey overdoes it.If we had a proper CDM the team would be more balanced.Now it's like we have two CM's playing in midfield and due to their poor tactical awareness we're always left exposed.I conclude by reminding people that Wilshere is better footballer and is more intelligent than Xhaka.It'll be better playing Wilshere and pairing him with a CDM than having Xhaka play there.He just gets to play over him becausr we signed him for # 35.

Mehn, Just Bring In Idrissa Gueye And The Issue Of The Midfield Is Over.

Made the experienced Gareth Barry look second rate during the Saints» 3 - 0 win over Everton earlier in the season, and just happens to be exactly what England need in a defensive midfielder at the moment.

The 25 - year - old midfielder, who is out on loan at Bournemouth, has just over 12 months left to run on his Arsenal contract.

Bellerin and Monreal is always almost on the corner line crossing ball's, we are always leaving defense bankrupt and vulnerable for a take over, by the time Monreal and Bellerin return to their station they have just sprinted the whole of the pitch to make a defensive tackle sometimes coming in from behind the player in our box without giving a penalty or just outside for a free kick which we can not defend set peaces, if we are to use them some midfield players have to drop back which is not happening at the moment

Lets try to dominate midfield as that's City's strongest point and once they over power us in that Midfield we might as well just give them the 3 points in amidfield as that's City's strongest point and once they over power us in that Midfield we might as well just give them the 3 points in aMidfield we might as well just give them the 3 points in advance..

Just over 2 weeks to go and they need several players plus a marquee midfielder and it still looks like they won't be getting anyone soon.

WE NEED A MIDFIELD CAPTAIN!!!! Someone who shouts at the ref when zouma don't get booked someone who shouts at welbeck and nearly chins him for not squaring the ball to lacazette fans r a tap in someone who will threaten the linesman when he gave stoke 4 throw ins in a row so that he's to scared to give us offside coz he knows it's onside (corrupt) we don't have a presence just pass pass with no end product and a tiny petty team who lets defenders push them over in the box it's boring arsenal bore me and Wenger is the master of boringness conte Jose are what I like coz they have a bit of an edge i wish I could be arsenal so CM captain

Despite man city spending over 200m pounds in d summer, just two injuries, they r playing a midfielder as a lwb and mangala is their defensive cover u guys should just stop moaning,, i think arsenal still have cover this season, a striking trio of welbeck, giroud and walcot can hold their own, a midfield duo of Wilshire and elneny can hold their own, we might be light in defence buh not as terrible as u guys r exaggerating it, trsnsfer window is over let's support d guys

Y is no one talking abt that pass from the midfield to set up ozil first goal... n the fact that chamberlain just turned andre pirlo over night... like those precise thru balls to ozil to set up walcot n that to perez to set up ozil...

Just about every Tottenham midfielder has contributed to a score over the last four weeks.

wenger needs to broaden his thinking and horizon... and think beyond sanchez, so many players can replace him, carrasaco, even baruwa (of lipstik) whom we just saw in the emirates cup, dembele etc... i just watched liverpool trash bayern... liverpool have always has a sharp attack, now their defence seems solid... wenger is just a straight jacket, i do nt care what others are doing, i know it all coach and it will really hurt come begining of season, unless he prunes his pride and look over the wall at what his competitors are doing that is strengthing the weakness and planning ahead... our midfield was weak and indeed still is... we glad about lacazzete, but unless our defence gives 110 all games, and we look at life beyond sanchez... we will have our fellings hurt this season

Let's get real here.It is very unlikely that ANY professional player will ever say anything derogatory about a teammate that has just left the club.If Jack had said about Coq - «Grew up playing with him in the Youth Team and have fond memories of a player they though he had very limited ability he always gave his all.Very surprised and disappointed the club never invested in a World Class defensive midfielder that we have quite obviously been lacking for a number of seasons and would no doubt have improved the defensive weakness we have shown over a number of seasons» we would have echoed his thoughts entirely.If he had said about Theo - «A player who should have been so much better than he ended up being.He had everything needed to be a prolific player for our club but I can understand the fans frustrations with his continued lack - lustre performances and total lack of a football brain.I think this is best explained by the managers preference to play a player of such limited ability as Alex Iwobi in front of Theo pretty much says it all» we again would have all nodded our agreement.Although Jack never mentioned Alexis Sanchez I would imagine something along the lines of «If the Manager had not persisted with players with such limited ability such as Francis and Theo and instead bought the world class players needed into the club then Sanchez would still most likely be here.The fans must wonder what the hell goes on at the club as they pay fortunes for the privalage of following our club but it seems the millions generated ends up purchasing a new Texas Ranch for the Owner or in a yearly renumeration of # 9million pounds to our manager».

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

His ability to play at Center - Back, Right - Back and as a defensive midfielder was what made Wenger splash out # 16m to bring him to the Emirates and, when it comes to competition for places, Chambers has a good chance of getting the nod over others to play anywhere at the back or, just ahead, as defensive midfielder.

As his body is just too weak for the PL, so he can never shield the ball in midfield and that's a liability, you've seen it over and over he is good untill he comes up against a player and then we either get a foul or a counter-attack your pick of the day!

No proper winger at all, — I do not count Walcott, since he is thankfully out of the eighteen and long may he stay out — just a succession of average central midfielders or strikers over the years played wide and out of position for many years past.

I'd play him in midfield with jack he reminds me Micheal Thomas we have bring sead kolosinic back in or even put him right back cause bellerin has being nothing short of disastrous in every way I like him as a man but my god he has not pushed on and I must say Cech looks so old and sluggish like last nite when Hernandez hit cross bar Cech looked so slow reactions gone we need keeper and I think Forster be great for us da guy at Southampton I think ozil will stay he's trying a lot more so would I to get 280 thousand weekly and Sanchez won't go cause not that he wants stay but he's form is very worrying hard take 3 weeks ago I looked at table and said we'll finish above spuds by ten points and in top 4 easily now we're behind them we have no consistency and manager that's just too old I love wenger always will but it's time and I think artery would be great choice for manager he meant be great coach maybe he's the one get Man City so great after all he loves arsenal maybe it's wenger plan go learn from pep and come bk when I leave take over and mersaker as he's no2 arteta and bfg take us forward and hand picked by wenger conspiracy theory begins

The perennial sick note and someone who has come to serve as a metaphor for Arsene Wenger's constant injuries, but in reality it's a very sad state of affairs for a midfielder who has played just six times over the past two seasons.

It's draining we lost to spurs but more over than anything the way we lost was embarrasseing and shocking we were played off park most game that has concern us as fans spurs bullied us out played us hungry in every department it's has fall with wenger when is time when he just accepts game has passed him matter of fact it has passed us arsenal fans aswell no control in middle very poor from xhaka and elneny and again dembele bought mortgage in midfield he's the owner my god vieria would of knocked he's house down but look we're very poor and away from home sad really how wenger keeps he's job is just pure stupidity but not just with today's results over all away from home we're relegation side go get Enrique before Chelsea get him and let but of class and youth take our great club back before Tottenham spuds leave us so far behind we won't even complete this series lack lustrous club

We were over in midfield in our last match, I just that Wenger has learnt from that experience.

Keown is no doubt a hidden goalkeeper as his gigantic leaps over Ruud van Nistelrooy just went to show and Murphy would provide the steel from midfield but provide the goals for the deadly attacking duo of Lineker and Shearer.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

The French midfielder also moved to United from Juventus just over a year ago, and United fans got more than a little excited recently when the pair were seen Facetiming.

Facts are stubborn things.yes they are but a kid in the village who watches Benzema and Giroud every week would know who is better and is his mind will also feel that he is light yes better than Giroud.for example some players might be better than some players but due to some reason stats may support them.i am not really looking at only goalscoring but i look at everything the player does on the pitch.i said it here first i would have used an 18 year old Chuba Akpom over Giroud.The midfield makes Giroud look very good.I do nt know what makes an inform Giroud better than an inform Chamakh or inform Adebayor or inform Bendtner.Giroud when i watch him to me is nothing just nothing special.stats do nt lie but my eyes wont lie and stats may not even be accurate.so as i said Benzema will always be light years above Giroud.how some people think we can compare Giroud to Benzema is beyond me.oh!

Both the Wales international midfielder and the Chilean forward put in impressive performances for their countries over the summer, with Alexis helping Chile to a remarkable second Copa America win in a row after securing their first ever triumph just a year ago.

«I don't remember what exactly happened, I just remember the ball coming over,» Matthew, a freshman midfielder, said.

Just over six years ago, affable midfielder Jimmy Bullard moved to Hull City for a transfer fee of # 5m.

Considering the midfield is one of Juventus's strengths, it promises to be a very hard battle in the middle of the pitch that Juventus just might win superiority over, but if that will be enough for Juve to win the Champions League final is a different story, because as I said above, Barcelona isn't as reliant on the midfield anymore.

Liverpool have reportedly joined the race for Bayern Munich midfielder Arturo Vidal, who has just over a year remaining on his contract with the German champions.

11th — free kick from 35 metres blocked by GK Irwin, cleared momentarily, ball falls to Bradley who shoots high 14th — Takes pass from Findley, eludes a player and runs the length of the field from the midfield stripe, hits right foot shot from top of box, deflects off defender and ball goes through the hands of Irwin and in (18th goal) 18th — Cheyrou plays ball through middle, Osorio backheels to onrushing Giovinco, takes touch then bends right foot shot past Irwin and in (19th) 36th — takes pass from Bradley, floats a cross to back post where Altidore heads just wide 37th — takes long pass from Cheyrou, beats defender, charges in but shot is deflected out for corner 38th — takes corner to near post — Perquis heads in to score (14th assist) 60th — starts run from defensive half, left side of field, cuts into middle, tripped by Pittinari who earns yellow card — resulting free kick from 30 yards is just over bar 76th — takes breakout punch from corner from Konopka, is fouled by Cronin, who earns yellow card 82nd — steals ball from Ramirez, sprints past Burling, attempts cross but hits own foot and rolls behind end line

The powerful midfielder lasted just over an hour against Italy in his countries 1 - 1 draw, and today it has been revealed that he has torn a cruciate ligament in his knee, meaning that Real Madrid will have to do without him for around six months.

Nathan Redmond's 17th - minute cross provided Sims with another inviting header, this time saved by former Southampton goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg - and from midfield Pierre - Emile Hojbjerg threatened with a strike that rose just over the bar.

Lining up on the left of a midfield three that also featured Victor Wanyama holding the middle ground and Mousa Dembele over on the right, charged with aiding Kyle Walker as well as helping to dominate the centre of the pitch, Winks performed a similar role just ahead of Danny Rose, who caused chaos bombing on from left - back.

The midfield is working just fine at the moment, but Flamini and Arteta are aging, and it might be an area he'll want to address at some point over the next few years.

There's a chance Emre Can starts ahead of Henderson in midfield, but outside of that and given the rest players like Mané, Firmino, Salah, and Coutinho have been given over the last two games, the front six seems to just about pick itself.

My reasoning is that the impact of a non-goal scoring midfielder over the stretch of just three games is probably not going to be particularly acute.

The former Juventus midfielder became renowned for his 3 -5-2 system in Turin, but the Old Lady also had a flexibility about them under Conte which saw them lose just 18 games in his 167 as a manager over three seasons.

Oh, and just for a topper, the GDS says that if midfielder Paul Pogba heads back to Manchester United for a boat load of money — which, at this point, who the hell knows what is going on with that because of all the blah, blah, blah — then Dybala will be extended the chance to take over as the guy who wears Juventus» No. 10 jersey.

Just like with the wingers, there's been a select number of central midfield targets linked with a potential move to Juventus over the last few months, if not longer than that.

He may only have been on the pitch for just over 15 minutes but in that time brought a fresh dimension to the midfield.

Coco would go on to make just 26 appearances in five years with Inter, while Seedorf would establish himself as one of Europe's greatest midfielders, making 300 league appearances over a decade spell and winning two Serie A titles and two Champions Leagues.

Ferguson would later describe Hargreaves» Red Devils career as a «disaster», writing in his autobiography that he considers the midfielder, who made just 27 Premier League starts in four seasons, one of his worst signings in over a quarter of a century as United boss; a sad indictment for Hargreaves when you consider that flops such as Bebe and Anderson had pitched up at the Theatre of so - called Dreams since the turn of the millennium alone.

Appointed captain of Chelsea at just 18, Wilkins played over 200 games in midfield for the Blues and subsequently enjoyed three separate spells as assistant manager.