Sentences with phrase «men out of their natural position»

I lost count how many times Wenger played men out of their natural position.

Not exact matches

(3) formation flexibility — it took 20 years for Wenger to return to a back 3 and now he can't seem to choose anything but that formation... the teams in the premiership and those we could face in the Europa will present vastly different tactics and we need to have a manager who can prepare this squad for this eventuality and have the fortitude to make the necessary adjustments throughout the season... I have seen nothing in the past 6 - 7 years to suggest that he is the man to take on this challenge... I can't even remember when he changed formations when he would replace a small, pacy striker, like during the Walcott experiment, with the lumbering Giroud... of course this is exactly why there is no other manager in the world that plays more players out of their natural positions (square peg in a round hole)

Wenger has already splashed out almost # 50 million this summer on adding Alexis Sánchez and Danny Welbeck to his attacking options but he regards Giroud as the most natural target man in the main central striker position and a player who offers something completely different to the rest of his squad.

Despite being suspected of crimes against humanity by the ICC, Uhuru Kenyatta holds a three-fold unique position in the eyes of Kenyans: He is the son of independence leader Jomo Kenyatta; he is believed by many to be the richest man in the country; and he is considered a natural representative of out - going President Kibaki's core ethnic region, the Kikuyu (the single largest tribe in Kenya).