I may be wrong but im pretty certain we arent
looking at any defenders.
Arsenal are already said to be
looking at defenders to replace Vermaelen, such as Valencia's Adil Rami and Swansea City's Ashley Williams.
Hopefully we are
looking at defenders and the holding / defensive midfielder we have been crying out for.
Anyway, I don't think it would mean Giroud leaving (even though with Wenger nothing is impossible...
look at the defenders situation... Just daft and unprofessional).
Not exact matches
The 23 year - old's future
at the Emirates
looks doubtful following the emergence of Hector Bellerin, but with the former Barcelona youth product linked with a return to Spain, the English
defender could return in the future.
Chelsea will once again
look to raid Atletico Madrid with # 7m
defender Toby Alderweireld having attracted Mourinho's interest during his loan spell
at Southampton.
Still, Liverpool are suitably impressed by the # 7m - rated
defender and could move for him ahead of next season as they
look more than likely to lose Johnson
at the end of this campaign.
At the moment
looks like one of the most overpriced
defenders in world football, but will be wanting to prove his doubters wrong against the Eagles.
Next up is struggling Crystal Palace and with the game being played
at the Emirates stadium on new years day and
looking at Palace's league position and recent form you might think it is another three points in the bag, except for the fact that they have a new manager in the shape of Sam Allardyce and according to a Sky Sports report the Palace
defender Martin Kelly reckons that the Big Sam effect is already making itself felt
at Selhurst Park.
Our
defenders and keeper were largely spectators and with a 4 - 0 scoreline
at the break, Tony Pulis
looked like a man who had found a pound and lost a tenner.
if sanchez continues lyk ths,
at the end of tha force to reckon with, he
looks consisted and comfortable with the ball, even the
defender did nt expect what he did b4 he shot, am so hapy 4 arsenal
Reminds me of gervinho,
looks better
at finishing and passing, we need players like these who go direct
at the
defenders, we only have ox and sanchez who does this and sometimes iwobi, which gets us goals, fouls in or around the penalty area.
A striker with the ball
at his feet is
looking to dribble past
defenders and take them on.
At around 81 minutes the ball gets played back to Schez who
looks for OG way down the pitch and OG holds off a
defender while having the ball hit his chest and the ball falls to his feet.
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.
The Mirror adds that United are
looking at another La Liga star in Valencia
defender Nicolas Otamendi, who has been in superb form in recent times to attract interest in the transfer market this summer.
The
defender will become available for a lowly # 3 Million should the Baggies find themselves drop down a division, which
looks a highly likely reality
at present, but would easily command a # 20 Million return this season, and we were believed to have been willing to splash out around # 30 Million before the close of the window in August.
Other journalists either seem to believe that a central
defender is key to our campaign, or are hearing that our club is predominantly
looking to bring in one, as there are plenty of links
at present to get the mind thinking.
Giroud actually
looked like he bumped heads with Bournemouth
defender at the end of the game as he kept on rubbing his hand against the back of the head to see if there was any blood there, so I'm hoping it's nothing more than that.
Wenger can get
defenders to be good footballers and with a real def leader to control them then it can work really well, just
look at out unbeaten season and how Wenger had a signing lead his built def which did work.
Mikael Granlund, MIN — Granlund's creativity along the boards in the offensive end led to both of his points, including a beautiful spin - o-rama pass to Eric Staal
at the faceoff dot that make Jets
defender Dustin Byfuglien
look silly.
Manchester United are
looking at a # 35m bid for
defender Mats Hummels, 26, as boss Louis van Gaal
looks to take advantage of Borussia Dortmund's perilous league position in the German Bundesliga --(Daily Mirror)
Steven your correct mustafi was back pedaling eyes on ball aguero had feet planted with no attempt or even
looking at the ball he intentionally interfered with that space and it gets called all year its a clear foul if he trys for a header or makes an attempt for the ball then it is legal bit that was illegal you cant plant your feet make no attempt to play or battle fpr ball and just put your shoulder into back of a backpedaling
defender but honestly the officiating across the whole league this year has been an embarrassment to professional officials of all sports its been bad game after game they need a real
looking after and more training in off season
It's difficult to blame Ozil for the difficulties he's faced
at Arsenal without
looking at the big picture... like the fans, he too was lied to by Wenger... there is no doubt in my mind that he was told by Wenger that he was trying desperately to recreate our earlier success by acquiring players that fit the system he ran when Henry was in his prime... as we know this hasn't happened... in order for Ozl to flourish he needs some speed up front, forwards that can make intelligent runs, a boss in the midfield to compensate for his obvious defensive liabilities and
defenders who can transition from defence to offence quickly and efficiently... much like he had in Real and with the German National squad... unfortunately he ended up on a squad that has a striker who plays with his back to goal, very few intelligent runs into the box, minus Sanchez, no one to take pressure off him in the midfield, once Cazorla was injured, average defensive midfielders around him, which simply highlighted his lacking defensive qualities and
defenders who lack the necessary cutting edge when it comes to transitional passing... instead of blaming Ozil, which is simply too easy, especially considering his mopey disposition, we should be asking ownership and / or Wenger why they brought him in if they didn't intend on doing what was necessary to get the best from him... can you imagine Ozil playing with the likes of Henry, Viera, Petit and Pires, it would be incredibly to watch and even more difficult to stop... so the only thing different between his experiences in Real and with the German team versus his time
at Arsenal are the players around him and we all know who is in charge of making those decisions, the Grinch who stole soccer
With the news that Borussia Dortmund
defender Mats Hummels has rejected the chance to sign for Manchester United this summer, here's a
look at five other top class centre - backs the club could consider signing, including some big names from La Liga, an exciting Brazilian youngster and one of the Premier League's top prospects also wanted by rivals Chelsea...
Guardiola then went on to add «Maybe we are thinking of
looking at another central
defender because of Vincent's problems, John Stones is four or five weeks out.
Everyone with even a vague interest in football
looked at the six Arsenal
defenders had
at the start of the year, following the surprising decision to get rid of Thomas Vermaelen and Carl Jenkinson, and said «they haven't got enough
defenders», and so it has proved.
Exactly, the ones who don't
look like they have the weak mentality get sided out for no reason, Sanchez was scoring for fun when he was free to play in the centre and the wings, but he was outshining Giroud so the manager restricted him, Ramsey was scoring for fun when he was allowed to shoot outside the box and had players supporting him
at the back but now the manager tells him to play Cazorla role instead, when Ox was new he was dribbling past City
defenders for fun but then he was benched for Walcott who can't even dribble past one
defender, now we have Campbell who always impresses on the pitch but the manager benches him for a player with no confidence.
The Italian tactician has seemingly made signing a new
defender a priority this summer as he continues to
look at ways of strengthening his squad.
The White Hart Lane club are also
looking at Feyenoord's Portuguese - born Dutch international
defender Bruno Martins Indi, 21.
Signed for around # 32m, it's fair to say Eliaquim Mangala has been a big disappointment
at Manchester City so far, with the French
defender looking error - prone and unconfident despite earning rave reviews
at previous club Porto.
He still might, of course, but it
looks very much like it will not be happening this summer
at least, especially now that The Telegraph is reporting that Barcelona have turned their transfer sights on the Chelsea and Spain
defender Cesar Azpilicueta instead.
Three Reds
defenders look helplessly
at each other as Naismith ghosts into space — nobody followed the Scotland international's run — and Mignolet should not be beaten from that angle.
So there are 2 ways to
look at it: 1) Our loss to Man U was due to a bad day, mostly from our
defenders, and next time it will automatically get better.....
Arsenal
defender Hector Bellerin rocked up
at London Fashion Week in # 645 slippers and some interesting -
looking golden pyjamas this week, reports the Daily Mirror.
Linked with Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City, it is no surprise to see big interest in world class Real Madrid
defender Sergio Ramos as his future
at the Bernabeu
looks uncertain.
The Mirror note that Liverpool are capable of trebling the
defender's # 25,000 - a-week wages, and so it
looks ominous for Roma
at this stage.
The 24 year old Antwerp born
defender can effectively fill both a left - back or central defensive spot and with Liverpool
looking to strengthen
at the back Alderweireld is perhaps something of an ideal capture.
Allowing Carl Jenkinson to leave the club on loan when they had just six senior
defenders always
looked like an odd move by Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger — but his solid and consistent displays
at right back for West Ham will only be increasing the frustration of Gunners fans.
THe attackers were snatching
at things and trying too hard to force the game and the
defenders never
looked calm.
A new GK is an absolute need,
look at Man u their defense is average, our
defenders individually are better than them except bailly but that freak they have in goal is hiding it.
Wow
look at everyone debating which
defender not to start..
When you
look at what Arsenal have in that position it would be better for a left back as Gibbs is now just ordinary.Also a
defender of quality as Per is on the wane.I think Wenger has bought well, so let's wait till the fat lady sings and be for or against his decision.
The
defender arrived on a free transfer from Schalke this summer, joining
at the end of his contract with his former club, and
looks to have been a shrewd bit of business by Arsenal Football Club.
Another example of someone who
looks at a teams record and not one bit of consideration into a team losing it's best
defender, and only two viable QB's for the offense it runs by game 3.
The Cardinals stacked eight
defenders at or near the line of scrimmage,
looking like they were blitzing.
good
defenders don't go cold like offensive players The issue is that I don't think Donovan is even gonna
look at them as potential solutions to the problems he largely created by benching them.
But with the arrival of Gabriel Paulista it
looks much better now and I believe we can still do alright without any of the first choine central
defenders at the moment.
Look at all the circles and where the
defenders are in relationship to them.
In that time we've brought in Ozil (world class), Sanchez (world class), Debuchy (top quality
defender), Chambers (going to be a top quality
defender), Welbeck (quality and will hopefully further improve) and Ospina (who knows but
looked pretty good
at the wc).