Sentences with phrase «long as this defender»

I think Arsenal could beat Chelsea, as long as the defenders do not make any errors.

As long as this defender would keep level throughout the season.

Not exact matches

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They will have Gomis available again to give our defenders a problem and they are a good technical team but as long as Arsenal are on our toes; even with a few injury problems like Ramsey, Welbeck, Arteta, Debuchy and the Oz, then we should be too strong for them.

The young Arsenal and England defender Calum Chambers may have had the sort of game he would rather forget on Monday against Liverpool, and he has taken his fair share of stick for is as well, but I do not think that it will mean a great deal in the long term.

He is very crucial for us and also we didn't have much defenders for back - up if some one goes out for long period of time... It should not happen, but if Debuchy is out for more weeks we should change our formation too 3 defenders i.e like of Netherland, because losing one more defender with already defender one out will bring us with atmost 1 defender as back - up... So, lets hope Debuchy is fit for next BPL game...

Likewise they believe talents waste away under Wenger due to outdated coaching methods despite the fact there is not one player who left Arsenal and kicked on in personal (not collectively won trophies) development impressively (say like ex-Chelsea players such as Lukaku, Bruyne, Matic etc.) not one not even a defender which Wenger according to the masses can't coach which should mean a long line of succesful ex-Arsenal defenders once they escaped the shackles of Wenger.

Even with Coquelin the defense will continue to suffer as long as there aren't consistently 3 defenders back.

The Arsenal defender has revealed that his recovery is coming along better than expected and even though he is not exactly sure about the new date for his return to the pitch his declaration that he was set to start running again this week suggests to me it will not be long as he has only been out for a few weeks so far.

CB: While it's tempting to pick the reliable Phil Jones alongside Bailly, we've narrowly gone for Chelsea's Cesar Azpilicueta, who has taken to his new role as a central defender like a duck to water, pinging out some superb long balls and crosses from that position to pick up four assists already this season.

Stoke City are favourites to sign French Chelsea defender Kurt Zouma on a season - long loan from the Blues, as reported by Sky Sports.

They were able to parade a cast of long defenders through the Game and they didn't allow Team Goldin to transition from Defense to Offense well, as is so often the case... This Game stayed tight throughout and it was actually tied with under 15 seconds to go..

Chelsea are reportedly lining up a # 30million summer transfer window swoop for Newcastle defender Jamaal Lascelles as a long - term replacement for John Terry.

Firstly you need to understand defending, secondly you need to be coached, thirdly you need proper defenders and lastly a manager or coach we don't have one just a guy masquerading as one in an overly long coat.

Mind you, Southampton lost 8 key players plus a manager in the transfer window, they now sit fourth, 3 pts ahead of us.We can no longer use injuries as an excuse because we have always had them, and if wenger was a smart manager, he would have addressed this problem by having better squad depth, but instead he chose to send a defender out on loan despite being short in numbers at the back, foolishly chose not to sign a defender despite an array of good defenders on show at the world cup.So now who is to blame?I guess it's anyone or anything but Wenger.

Subotic would serve as a replacement for either Sakho or as a long term option to replace veteran defender Martin Skrtel.

Real Madrid's young central defender Raphael Varane, regularly linked with Chelsea throughout the summer and one described as the best young defender in the world by Jose Mourinho, has signed a new long - term deal at the Bernabeu.

N'Doye claimed it, but the dubious goals panel might end up chalking it down as a Dann own goal; the Senegal international's long - range drive took a cruel deflection off the unlucky defender.

Meanwhile the Gunners are also rumoured to be interested in another defender as they too look for Per Mertesacker's long - term successor, with the Mirror reporting that they are keen on United defender Jonny Evans.

One of the best central defenders in the world, Borussia Dortmund star Mats Hummels has long been linked with a move to Old Trafford and is on their radar again as January approaches, as he would surely be the best possible signing for the club at this moment in time.

From evidence so far what is apparent is that Chambers and Gabriel can not start together as long as the other two defenders are available.

As a dominant 1 - on -1-winning threat, he does the maximum amount to pull defenders out of position as a WR, opening - up the run for guys built for running and more replaceable as runners, as long as you have that dominant player, outside, drawing 2 or more defenders away from everything you might want to do with your other 10 guys against their 8 or 9 guyAs a dominant 1 - on -1-winning threat, he does the maximum amount to pull defenders out of position as a WR, opening - up the run for guys built for running and more replaceable as runners, as long as you have that dominant player, outside, drawing 2 or more defenders away from everything you might want to do with your other 10 guys against their 8 or 9 guyas a WR, opening - up the run for guys built for running and more replaceable as runners, as long as you have that dominant player, outside, drawing 2 or more defenders away from everything you might want to do with your other 10 guys against their 8 or 9 guyas runners, as long as you have that dominant player, outside, drawing 2 or more defenders away from everything you might want to do with your other 10 guys against their 8 or 9 guyas long as you have that dominant player, outside, drawing 2 or more defenders away from everything you might want to do with your other 10 guys against their 8 or 9 guyas you have that dominant player, outside, drawing 2 or more defenders away from everything you might want to do with your other 10 guys against their 8 or 9 guys.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with Goal, the defender has revealed that he's still confident of enjoying a long career with the Pensioners, but rather than identifying John Terry as the player he's keen to emulate, he's name - checked another Premier League great as his inspiration.

The draw of the no - back is pretty obvious: If you identify a mismatch, you can quickly and cleanly exploit it by stretching the defense from sideline to sideline, minimizing the opportunities for double - teams and picking apart a mismatched defender (as long as you have the time to throw the ball).

Big in your list I can agree that all these players would improve us, but let's look at our CB At the moment Kos, top player but is struggling with a inj which may or may not heal, at the moment he isn't match fit so not up to his own high standard, so needs help or a defender of his quality so he can go and recover properly So then we have Mert, too slow and no longer good enough, I'm not sure if he's even good enough for 3 rd choice CB, too slow, poor on the air for his size and not brave enough, he's lasted this long due to Kos he needs a Top class CB just to allow him to play against average teams Ok now Reid not top class we can all agree so we couldn't really play him with MERT as he isn't Kos quality so can't cover merits deficiencys He could be ok with Kos but Kos is struggling So is Reid what we need???? And finally Wenger if he has all 3 fit will still play Kos / Mert first choice Oh and God forbid we play MERT / Reid against the top teams like Chels / city / utd / Southampton Chuckle chuckle

The Serbian will have just a year left on his current contract when this season ends and Wenger could see the 6ft 3in defender as a long term replacement for the under fire Per Mertesacker.

There is no getting around the fact that this is a blow for the Gunners and pretty symptomatic of the sort of bad luck we have been getting on the injury front for years, but I also think that it should not prove too damaging to our season, as long as no more defenders are ruled out in the near future.

Wenger doesn't like to spend on defenders and the great defence he inherited is long gone, as are his trophies.

We will win as long as the midfielders and the defenders stay focus and cautious of Tottenham's counter-attacks and set pieces.

we need 2 - 3 defenders, 1 central midfielder, 1 striker (in this order of importance) as long as we can keep alexis & özil.

The Arsenal and France international star Laurent Koscielny can thank his lucky stars that he turned out to be a defender, and a central defender at that, because only goal keepers have a longer shelf life as professional footballers than centre backs.

As long as they deliver on top, they can be lazy — unless of course there is really a necessity of having extra defenders, but again — isnt that something wenger as a manager should be able to make them dAs long as they deliver on top, they can be lazy — unless of course there is really a necessity of having extra defenders, but again — isnt that something wenger as a manager should be able to make them das they deliver on top, they can be lazy — unless of course there is really a necessity of having extra defenders, but again — isnt that something wenger as a manager should be able to make them das a manager should be able to make them do?

While it remains to be seen whether or not this new role is something that the veteran defender is interested in, he cut an emotional figure on Friday as he couldn't hold back the tears as those in attendance at the awards ceremony gave him a long - lasting round of applause as part of a prolonged tribute to his time at the club.

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Most should be sold off or go I feel we gave build a great club on quick sand Over the past 10 years The old board sold us out and took the money and ran The new board just keep taking the money Problem is when aw does to leave or get pushed we still have people at the top who do nt seem to care for us Things and personnel are being put in place now but the damage is done I soooo fear from us as we are slipping from top 4 to top 7 I look at pool and feel a bit envious They were so far behind us a few seasons ago and now they seem a long wsy in front for now They willingly or unwillingly got a defender they needed and we got sweet fa Up the gooners We are arsenal till we die

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Apart of Arteta and Flamini who are no longer top quality DMs, Arsenal have a host of midfielders and defenders out of them the Boss could successfully convert one them to a DM as he has converted Coquelin who was not originally a DM.

Liverpool defender Jon Flanagan will join Burnley on a season - long loan deal this year as he looks to prove his fitness and form with the Clarets.

He will become better and can be used as sub in many matches But when walcott plays as sole striker, every long ball from our keeper or defenders will go directly to opposite team.

It does kind of cancel out the bad news about Gabriel and may even prove to have a bigger effect on our title challenge than the defender's hamstring problem, as long as Gabriel is not out for too long.

I long for the day we see Sanchez walcott and the ox as our front 3, I would almost feel sorry for the opposition defenders.

His tackling also isn't very strong, there are much better passers of the ball in the team and he holds onto the ball for far too long, often conceding possession as he dribbles straight into a bank of about five defenders.

Theo is an expensive failure and to keep giving him the chance when he has repaid the clubs faith with being a bottler and acting as if he's a lazy git (watched him a number of seasons ago against Blackburn away and all he did was run up and down the wing without even calling for the ball to draw defenders away from the centre) I hate to say it but in my mind Alan Hansen was right when he said that «Walcott has not got a natural footballers brain» It infuriated me at the time but its been proven to be true I feel he's been collecting his money for too long without a result to justify keeping him in our employment.

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

As defenders get used to pace, get tired from having to defend 2 - 3 different players based on the fluent interchange, he comes in and brings something different: physicality, hold up play, height (crosses, long balls,).

Bayern manager Carlo Ancelotti has reportedly been a fan of the 30 - year - old Arsenal defender for a long time and sees him as a player who can challenge projected starters Jerome Boateng and Mats Hummels.

However, with Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny having a great understanding in central defence and Calum Chambers showing great ability as long with his versatility, there is a feeling that Wenger is not looking to add a real top quality defender to the Arsenal squad.

I'd go with a four three three, it would look like five midfielders at times or six defenders, when attacking allow one of them to join attack so long as he sprints back.