Sentences with phrase «man midfield at»
The Blues boss tried to combat City with a five man midfield at the Bridge, which couldn't match up to the Citizens» technical skill.
http://www.latestchelseanews.com/ Not exact matches
If you go onto Squawka.com or another stats providing site, you can look at the performance of Ozil against Man City compared to that of Jack Wilshere, the Arsenal midfielder who was rightly named as Man of the Match.
At least Liverpool have lost their main midfield man Jordan Henderson to injury as well and so have gone for three combative central midfielders in Lucas, Milner and Emre Can.
Arteta is certainly very talented, despite getting on in years, and will be hoping to get chance to impress Arsene Wenger before the season ends, but with the dogfight Arsenal are in with Man City and Man United for second place means that he is unlikely to be risked at the moment as the club has a whole host of talent in midfield right now.
Apart from his preferred role of playing as a box - to - box midfielder, the Juventus star can also play as a winger, a full - back or as a wing - back, whilst also having played as a centre - back in a three - man defence during his spell at Marseille in the 2014 - 15 season, under manager Marcelo Bielsa.
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.
The former United man believes that the England international's vision and work - rate would see him in shine in midfield, and it is a sensible move with Rooney's diminishing pace and lack of goal threat at times becoming a problem for the Red Devils.
The «extra man» would force errors when we are attacking by the opposing team's confusion over who to mark, he would close down the enemy in the midfield and he would help steal the initiative off the opponent attackers by his mobility to position himself at the less served areas.
The best formation Arsenal could have in defence and attack would be three at the back, three man midfield of a world class defensive mid, Xhaka and Ramsey just in front with Sanchez and buy a world class striker (maybe Costa from Chelsea).
Where I hope Wenger won't be «Wenger» will be to start playing him at Wing back, HE IS A DAMN GOOD ATTACKING MIDFIELDER AND HE IS NOT VERSATILE (in Yesterdays» game he scored 2 great goes the moment he moved to the AM position from the WB position — that tells you where home is for this talented young man) He will fit well across the front 3, end of story.
giroud plays well as a dm in his usual no9 position based on his «hold up play»... but don't mistake that gibberish with playing in midfield which requires more concentration and technique which the tall man does not possess at all... hed make a good defender though
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a midfield pairing of prob 1 of the worst I've seen at this club (35mil for xhaka - cmon man who thought that was a good idea).
The big Toffees midfielder revealed in a recent interview that he saw his future away from the Merseyside club, comments that he has tried hard to make a U-Turn on, and the 24 year old would almost certainly jump at the chance of a move to Man United.
But his age is making me to panic of his manning the Gunners defensive holding midfield role against the speedy Barca's pouncers in Feb Ucl clash at the Ems in Feb next year.
Yes he could be alot better at finishing, but let's see, maybe we got a new sturridge... What I am mad on Wenger about is not so much the lack of a proven striker to our ranks... No it's that we haven't bought a central defender to cover, but most important, we haven't bought a defensive midfielder, that we need so much!!? Wenger makes the same mistakes over and over, everybody else can see it, just not him... hmm: / but still lets respect him as a man and judge when we are atleast half way into the season... COYG!!!!
Conte evidently still wishes to bolster his midfield, and with the Inter man able to add aggression and creativity in that department, he could be the perfect signing at this stage.
This confidence was clearly on show when the Gunners dismantled Man United in the space of 20 minutes at the weekend, and our midfield general was not surprised by their performance.
No other top 6 team would have this guy as a starter... He's ok on the bench but at this moment I would go kolosinac and wilshere in midfield with ozil miki laca and pea as attacking force... Otherwise they will overrun the midfield and dominate possession... But as with the imperishable mr fox I have no interest in an ersatz victory based on man city underperforming and giving the fossil an excuse to «respect his contract»
At least Ramsey, as reported by The Guardian, the midfielder was sounding upbeat about the chances of the Gunners doing just that, despite the fact that out next opponents are the league leaders Leicester City who are in fine form and are coming to north London having produced a great away display to put another title rival Man City to the sword.
if he's able to shake off those lapses, poor performances and increase his influence in our game at least offensively (Assists and few goals), linking - up with the midfield and counter attacking... man we will have a fantastic season cause Sanchez is picking up... but Ozil, please WAKE UP!!
I knew aubameyang would not be as effective here at arsenal because of our style of play, our football is pathetic, lack of vertical penetration, lack of proper wingers to offer width and one on one dribbling or crosses from the by - line, lack of a proper defensive midfielder, zonal marking on corners instead of man marking, i can go on but we all know our weaknesses.
It seems as though Man Utd midfielder Paul Pogba can't escape the papers at the minute as his problems at Old Trafford continue to make headlines.
Man Utd midfielder Ander Herrera is at the centre of a spitting controversy after the weekend, but that's not why Danny Murphy dislikes him so much.
One of the finest midfielders in the Premier League during his time at Anfield, Alonso is certainly a fine player for Wilshere to try and copy, while the Gunners man has also expressed his admiration for Juventus and Italy metronome Andrea Pirlo.
The national team coach has named the Arsenal midfielder as part of a 40 - man shortlist of Three Lions players who will attend an England get - together at the St George's Park HQ in the Midlands this week, with the tabloid noting that the 24 - year - old will almost certainly be in attendance.
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Alexis must play, I just hope he doesn't do that thing were he acts like he is a man on a mission while the others look like they had different orders, whenever he faced Pep at Bayern he done this and it left a huge gap between front players to midfield.
Delph has found himself out - of - favour at his current club Man City, having only made 13 appearances in all competitions last season, and Newcastle boss Rafa Benitez is keen on bringing the 27 - year - old to the club, as per the Daily Mail, with the midfielder's # 12M asking price set to test Newcastle owner Mike Ashley's transfer ambitions.
Despite signing on a two - year loan deal, the Colombian midfielder is considering his future at the German outfit after the manager in whom he trusted has gone and replaced by a man who historically puts native players ahead of their foreign counterparts.
Man Utd midfielder Michael Carrick will close the curtains on a glittering career and stint at Old Trafford at the end of the season, and his next job is reportedly being lined up.
Whilst Pogba is one of the finest young players in world football and almost perfectly suited to the needs of Arsenal in central midfield, there has to be a feeling that tracking the highly rated Juventus man over Khedira could prove to be a suicidally optimistic move, with Khedira likely to be available on a bargain deal due to the fact that his contract expires at the end of the season.
With veteran Thiago Motta on his way out at the end of the season, the French giants have a void to fill in their midfield and it seems Kante has been identified as the perfect man for the job.
I will assure all the Ozil is never in the wrong brigade, the days of an attacking midfielder that is one dimensional are long gone, just assisting and contributing nothing else to the team is in the past, all players now have to do more than just waiting for others to fight for them, as that's why Mata struggled at Chelsea under Moanrinho and he is struggling at Man United too.
That's arguably also down to the fact that should he leave, which is a real threat now given his current contract expires at the end of the season, Man Utd would be left very light in midfield.
In leading the Wolverines to that shock November upset of Ohio State at the Big House, Harbaugh looked every inch a Michigan Man — and every inch the Michelin Man — as he shook hands with Urban Meyer at midfield, where the Buckeyes» coach couldn't resist asking, «What's your deal?»
This is according to Spanish news outlet Don Balon, who are reporting that Los Blancos, who currently sit third in La Liga, value the midfielder at $ 100M, and that all of Chelsea, Man City and Tottenham are interested in the 25 - year - old.
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.
The «extra man» would force errors when we are attacking by the opposing team confusion over who to mark, he would close down the enemy in the midfield and he would help out steal the initiative off the opponent attackers by his mobility to position himself at the less served areas.
Tottenham Hotspur were close to signing the former FC Porto man during Andre Villas - Boas's time in charge at White Hart Lane [Telegraph], and Monaco's decision to make the player available for transfer may tempt the Lillywhites to move for the midfielder once again.
The Man United boss is keen to freshen up his midfield this summer and having scouted the 21 year old on a number of occasions, including a personal monitoring mission of his own at a recent La Liga fixture, the Scot will look to tempt the cash - strapped La Liga side to consider an offer for the youngster.
I will assure all the «Ozil is never in the wrong brigade», those days of an attacking midfielder who is one dimensional are long gone, just assisting and contributing nothing else to the team is in the past, all players now have to do more than just waiting for others to fight for them, that's why Mata struggled at Chelsea under Moanrinho and he is struggling at Man United too.
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Our 3 back is just so wrong.We don't have natural wingbacks even in this formation.It also seems to me that lots of people here believe if you're good at right or left fullback then automatically you're good at RWB / LWB which quite frankly is untrue.That's why Oxlade Chamberlain can be considered at RWB but not right back.At RWB or LWB you're asking too much in terms of attack from Bellerin and Kolasinac.A proper wing back can be viewed as a more defensive winger which quite frankly none of them are and they don't possess the flexibility too to play that way.Our midfielders are also not disciplined enough because in 3 back there's a huge gap in the centre of the field that must be covered by our CM's so indiscipline only means disaster.We also have Ozil who looks like he's playing at RW in 3 back.In that we're limiting his impact because Ozil takes on his man because he wants to not because he likes to.You can't play such players at the wing.He's a proper No. 10 who likes to be given freedom.That's why Ozil plays likes he's lazy on the ball and stuff.It's because he wants to be free and for that you need to put him at No. 10.
A move for Delph would make sense on a number of levels for Liverpool, with the former Leeds United man set to be available on the cheap in January as his contract expires at the end of the season, whilst he is also the sort of enterprising, creative central midfield player who could excel in Brendan Rodgers» midfield.
Arsene Wenger plays Coquelin at the base of three man central midfield which includes Ozil and Cazorla.
If Gabriel Paulista does leave Arsenal this summer due to his likely becoming surplus to requirements at Arsenal which himself might have sensed, apart of the 4 specialist defenders of: Koscielny, Monreal, Mustafi and holding who have been regularly manning the Arsenal back three line of recent, other centre backs like Mertersacker & Chambers, and defensive wingbacks of Bellerin, Kolasinac, and the defensive midfielders of Elneny & Niles, can all also play as centrebacks in a back three or back four denfese - line whenever the need arised.
In fact, in the modern day game, as much as any team requires a «midfield creator» who can provide assists and be the engineer to break down the defensive walls; it's equally important that you possess a «midfield destroyer» who, at times, proves to be the 3rd Center - Back, ahead of the two men at the heart of the defence.
Now that Francis Coquelin has comeback as a new man in midfield (and signed a new contract) and the recent arrival of the beast - looking Gabriel Paulista to shore up the defence, we are now looking like the finished article at last.
mates its time we say hard truths and stand by them.we want arsenal to win the title not arsen so spending is not an issue.this season we hve seen how our squad is of average quality only three or four world class players.is wenger the man to take us the next level.someone who drops joel and picks Walcott who is currently playing like an amateur.our midfield is shocking we keep passing the ball backwards till we concede is when we st art shifting gears.we need more urgency from both the players and manager.play the same way everyweek and expect a win.its time arsenal moves on we need new man at the helm to lead the club.