Sentences with phrase «look at central midfield»

Let's take a quick look at the central midfield options we have: Phillips, Vieira, O'Kane, Forshaw, Anita, Klich, Murphy, Ideguchi.

First of all let's look at central midfield.

Not exact matches

Where questions have been raised, at least from me, looking at the team from a little bit of distance, it's been the central midfield and of course also up top, where Olivier Giroud is yet to prove himself as the main man to fully trust.

We simply have to look at strengthening our central midfield area also, and bring in a comfortable centre - back.

Having added a striker and midfielder, a central defender is arguably next at the top of his to - do list as he looks to rebuild the spine of a team that finished 10th in the Premier League last season and is short of options at the back with John Terry, Gary Cahill and Kurt Zouma arguably not enough.

But I know I see other teams without a central midfielder now (when I look at Chelsea, Man City, Man U) that compares to what Ramsay offers.

So assuming that Henry does have a certain insight into the transfer plans of the Prof, it looks like the Gunners will be adding at least two new players to the squad and they are likely to be a central midfielder, perhaps two, and a forward.

Another central midfielder we are supposedly looking at bringing in next month is Real Madrid's fringe star Dani Cabellos.

«Arsenal need to look at signing a new centre - half and definitely a central midfielder because people like Mikel Arteta may leave in the summer.

They remain in a number of conversations as they search for a back - up central defender and a holding midfielder, but currently it looks like nobody will be arriving at Emirates Stadium.

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

Cazorla, mind you, has started the last couple of games at central midfield — in the Champions League against Besiktas and in the Premier League against Leicester — and looks to have played his part to perfection.

So looking at our midfield we really need a ball playing central midfielder.

They need at least one top class striker, a central midfielder, a centre back and possibly a keeper, just as Arsenal do and it already looks as if they might beat Wenger to a couple of the players supposedly at the top of the Frenchman's wish list.

In fact, looking at our squad, central midfield and the goalkeeping department are the strongest areas in our team, in terms of numbers and quality.

The matter at hand is merely a suggestion in the case of Matic who is an experience central midfielder in the form of a DM, which would give the arsenal a more robust look.

One of those should be a defensively minded central midfielder, with Sami Khedira and William Carvalho looking like the most likely players according to the Arsenal transfer rumours in the papers at least.

If you ask most Arsenal fans whether the club could do with a defensive midfielder, be ready for a verbal hairdryer, because we have needed one for at least the last three years, But once again during the summer transfer window, the Gunners have been linked with every central midfielder out there but once again look like going into a campaign with Mikel Arteta as the main man.

But even with our young Frenchman doing so well, it appears as though the Arsenal manager is still looking at signing a central midfielder and according to a Metro report, it could be the young Portugal international after all.

The 28 - year - old is currently looks to have slipped out of favour at Anfield, having fallen behind the likes of Jordan Henderson, James Milner and Emre Can in the central - midfield pecking order.

Without Santi, we haven't got another WC central midfielder when looking at all of our other options for that position.

The right back has altered between central midfield and defence under Pep Guardiola's reign at Bayern, but definitely looks more adept at full back as demonstrated during the World Cup with Germany.

Meanwhile, the issues in central midfield and up front have been longstanding and need serious looking at this summer, as do the tactics in big away games which are often questionable to say the least.

Any analyst or observers can look at squad and see that we are unbalanced with too many central midfielders.

Which should suggest that we should be looking at a 4 4 2 with real wingers, and not central midfielders or strikers playing out wide.

Xhaka holds an acute sense of how to drift into pockets of space in midfield that are guaranteed to be packed at the World Cup, with most sides looking to use three central midfielders.

A couple of more transfers look necessary with not much beyond Victor Moses and Marcos Alonso at fullback and not much cover in central midfield.

When the ball is brought in waves by the midfield and defence and the attacking / wide midfielders get the ball in central areas they look to run at the opposition midfield and defence looking for runners behind the defensive channels / line.

There is always the possibility that Alonso's move does not go through and if that proves to be the case then Wenger needs to look at other options to plug that central midfield hole.

This is Salah's first season with Liverpool, look at how good he is, what's going to happen next season with the things are going for Liverpool, at man city, this is De bruyne's first season as a central midfielder, look at how good his preforming, what about sane and G.jesus, look at how good they are becoming and coming of age.

Personally from where I sit I'd be looking at a pretty new spine of the team with a new «keeper, centre half, as well as an energetic and ball - winning central midfielder who can cover for players like Ramsey et al..

Even when played, at times, in his more natural central midfield position, he has looked far from his old self.

We are not looking at the moment but we are looking at combinations of central midfielders now at the club.

Adam Forshaw, the new arrival from Boro, will likely get a chance to start at central midfield with Ronaldo Vieira looks to possibly still be recovering from an injury.

There is certainly internal concern that the weakness in central midfield went unaddressed - and I understand that in the days leading up to the deadline Wenger did look at rectifying this, though it was too late - but generally the hierarchy were happy with the window and optimistic for the campaign.

When you look at it realistically we need a top keeper, at least one commanding central defender to play with Vermaelen, a top holding midfielder and a pacy aggressive striker.

The Germany international is at the top of Juve coach Massimiliano Allegri's wishlist, the Italian boss looking to strengthen his squad, particularly in central midfield places.

The ball to Hazard was good, but it was pretty routine and Mustafi and Koscielny, along with our two central midfielders, will probably have another look at that and wince at their contribution.