Sentences with phrase «leader at the back»

Koscielny is old and injury prone now, we need a powerful commanding leader at the back and another two to compliment that in midfield before we can consider ourselves title contenders.

What we need is an aerially dominant leader at the back who can organise a defence.

A real leader at the back, and he will an important figure for Tottenham as the defence looks to keep a clean sheet at Anfield on Saturday.

«They have leaders at the back like Coloccini.

Sir Alex said he'd turn out to become Man United's greatest every signing, a bold statement but Jones is the clubs future leader at the back — if he can steer clear of injuries.

We also need a strong leader at the back with Koscielny's injury problems, Mertesacker retiring at the end of the year and Mustafi not considered a leader.

With Pique approaching 30, perhaps the former Lyon star could even grow into the new leader at the back before too long.

The current team, with young Jamaal Lascelles an articulate and inspiring leader at the back, will fight very hard to retain top - flight status.

What's interesting however is that Klopp also had Sakho doing the same and it was the Frenchman who has been the defensive leader at the back and giving a good vocal presence, which meant Lovren could focus on the basic stuff: short passes, no - nonsense defending and not trying anything too spectacular.

Every club that is successful, more often than not, has a commanding leader at the back, which is something the Gunners have lacked ever since Sol Campbell departed the club in 2006.

Chelsea have been formidable at the back over the last few months, and a large part of that is down to the individuals mentioned above, as well as Gary Cahill who deserves recognition, but he drops out in favour of Arsenal's leader at the back who continues to prove to be one of the best defenders in the Premier League.

yet to see if mustafi can be a leader at the back obvious monreal will be the one feeling nightmarish now.

out of last summers transfers the ONLY one who is real game changer is Mustafi, He hasnt been in the side long enough for it to be obvious yet but I feel he could well be the next club captain and leader at the back.

A leader at the back, Terry doesn't get as much credit for his techincal qualities which are immense.

Meanwhile our very own ospina has been brilliant in the games he's played, few errors tht didn't prove costly notwithstanding.Let's give our own a chance rather than spending 11m on what I think is an area we don't need to prioritize atm.striker and cm should be our areas of focus, plus I think we need a new CB more than we need a new gk judging by mertesacker's age and lack of a leader at the back

and theres no leader at the back to organise the defence

top keeper indeed and a leader at the back.

Now you might say that we have enough crocked players of our own to worry about and while that is true, we seem to be coping better and it was clear once again last night that Man City are just not the same team without their talisman and leader at the back.

Anyone else think we have no leader at the back.

Although Laporte still has much to learn the potential of the starlet is clear for all to see, but whether he can be relied upon as the leader at the back straight away remains doubtful.

It is fairly obvious we need a strong defensive midfielder and a leader at the back, to replace the BFG — look at the difference it makes to have leadership on the field, and you don't need to have 30 years in management and be on 10 million a year, to realise that, the only reason, unless Wenger is clinically insane, is that he's been restricted financially, no money anyone?

Centre - back and goalkeeping futures still also lie in the balance, as Chris Smalling — who has emerged as a leader at the back — could find his position under threat if another addition were to arrive, while Blind will be sweating on game time when a natural left - sided defender in the shape of Marcos Rojo returns to full match fitness.

A leader at the back, Silva is quick, strong in the air, tactically superb and a brilliant reader of the game.

A player of his class and being a leader at the back needs to cut out this particular repeating mistakes.

Southampton are keen to keep Van Dijk as he is a colossal figure for them and would leave them without a leader at the back.

We also need a leader at the back, go back to the days of 1 - 0 to the Arsenal, you had Tony Adams back there, what would I give to have him back there now, that is as a young TA not a failed manager TA.

Since his sending off in United's derby day defeat at the Etihad last November, his rise has been impressive; going from an occasionally shaky presence to a noticeably tall (in every sense) leader at the back.

However, barring that moment of madness, he took control, delivered the instructions and proved the leader at the back.

He has been a leader at the back, marshalling his troops and rightly won the Player's Player Of The Year award last week.

Whoever is brought in to be the leader at the back needs to be able to answer the bell week after week for LFC to avoid problematic months like they had in January.

The leader at the back must return to last season's form and banish the mental fragility which has so long haunted him in the past.