Sentences with phrase «lying midfield generals»

It is the deeper lying midfield generals who in such a team control transformation from defense — to — attack, and vice versa, making sure shape and sharpness is maintained in attack as well as retreat.

His exploits in Liverpool red — whether as a graceful winger, deadly frontman or deep - lying midfield general — made «Digger» one of the most popular players in LFC history and in 2013 he was ranked number a number seven by supporters in LFC's 100 Players Who Shook The Kop vote.

Not exact matches

CM is what we refer to as a B2B midfielder as that is how the Arsenal CM is utilised, however CM also encompasses the deep lying playmaker or the midfield general archetypes.

My interest in the diamond 4 is to have Ozil playing close to 2 strikers (Sanchez and Vardy) a DM (Xhaka, Coq), A deep lying playmaker (Cazorla,) playing close to the DM who can dribble and play long balls, A box to box Midfield general who can run and cover grounds.

Although the Dutchman has so far only played in defence for the first - team, regular watchers of the club's academy teams suggest the former - Ajax youth product's ultimate destiny lies further forward, as an unassailable midfield general.

Cleverley has made zero accurate through balls all season — this could be understood if you were the deepest lying defensive midfielder in the world but he's not, he's a general central midfielder by trade and you could argue he's meant to be more offensive than Michael Carrick.