Sentences with phrase «midfield and attacking line»

But there is one very big problem: Ziyech is, and will probably always will be, an attacking midfielder who seems specifically designed to pitch a tent between his team's midfield and attacking line.

Not only is Conte not a coach who overly utilizes a high press, we don't have the players necessary to do so — only Kante and Willian in our midfield and attacking lines are players who could pull off a high press (Pedro too).

Not exact matches

With Theo Walcott almost permanently injured and Lukas Podolski possibly leaving, Arsenal could be lining up an exciting # 26m move to sign Barcelona winger Pedro, who can fill in a number of attacking midfield roles and provide the team with another goal threat.

Laurent Blanc responded to the loss of his most defensive midfielder in somewhat surprising fashion, throwing on a much more attacking player in Lucas Moura and abandoning the 3 -5-2 that PSG had struggled with in favor of a 4 -3-3, bringing Marquinhos off the back line to serve as his holding midfielder.

A midfield 3 of either Xhaka - Ramsey - Coquelin or Xhaka - Elneny - Coquelin, will allow us more of a presence in the midfield and allow the team in general to move further up the pitch, seeing as in the past two games the back line and the midfield has constantly sat back inviting pressure to build up, whilst the attacking trio of Theo, Ozil and Sanchez would just remain up top.

The midfield and attack in Everton match line up is probably our best starting lineup with exception of maybe Xhaka.

The bottom line this summer in Arsenal signings is Le Prof MUST sign a top quality holding / attacking midfielder of Goretzka's caliber to fully complement his entire starting XI team next season and just limits himself to the signings of Kolasinac and Lacazette alone which if he does without signing a top quality holding / attacking midfielder, his starting XI team next season could be understrength at midfield as Santi Cazorla won't be available in the first half of the season and Elneny can't be relied on to deliver high performances for Arsenal on consistent basis.

The Guardian put forward a predicted line - up with the Frenchman involved, sitting on the left of a midfield three where he is arguably at his best and free to play a more influential role in the attacking third, with Marouane Fellaini already tipped to start.

He pointed out that we had too many defensive midfielders wanting to bomb forward and leaving space behind for potential counter attack, and if you read between the lines and use it as a source of info for analysis, you can clearly see he is implying we need to be stronger in the midfield by not losing ball possession, pressing more when we don't have the ball and not let ourselves exposed.

It's more effective when using a high - line — and you can really pack the midfield — instead of having 1 bruising tough tackling midfielder you attack the ball when not in possession in packs — that's similar to what Arsenal did against City — they looked like a 4 -1-4-1 formation when they didn't have the ball and 4 -3-3 when they had the ball.

Due to this lack obvious forward threat, it then encumbers the rest of the team, mainly the midfield to provide the majority of the attacking offensive threat and to get the goals, as well as supplying the already mentioned ineffective forward line.

Marvin Sordell and Lukas Jutkiewicz will vie for a place in attack, but the likes of David Jones and Arfield from midfield may be their best chance of a goal, whilst Mike Duff continues to marshal a surprisingly solid back line that could give the relegation favourites a genuine chance of survival.

Arsenal could be lining up three exciting raids on the Bundesliga this summer with Arsene Wenger eyeing up three potentially world class talents in midfield and attack.

A real driving force in the United midfield as he got between the lines and was always looking to push the team on and attack Stoke with his probing passing and runs forward.

It was a bit ridiculous the imbalance between the lines as we went fully on buying forwards and attacking midfielders.

simple, we were top of table more than any other team last year, only loss in back that started was sagna, we managed last year w arteta & flamini, of course I want to strengthen there, but the glaring issue to me is at striker, we have a full complement of good to mediocre strikers, adequate but not going to compete season long against city and chelsea, in my opinion, back line fine, DM needs upgrading, attacking midfield strongest in EPL, central striker??? put a thierry henri on this squad in his prime, we win the league,

The argument is our DM needs to be better at passing the ball, that means he needs to have the eye (and more importantly the ability) to pick out our attacking players between the line of midfield as opposed to recycling possession to CB's and FB's or having an attacking player come deep.

It was not a bad day at Euro 2016 across the board as far as Arsenal players go, because our attacking midfield star Mesut Ozil helped Germany to top their group and our on loan keeper Wojciech Szczesny saw Poland take second place, even though he was not back in the starting line - up after picking up an injury.

An on the counter they are very dangerous (Sinclair, Nzogbia, Grealish and even Benteke) they have pace, hence why an attacking midfield line up will lead to men over committing and exposing our Achilles heal.

Welbeck should never play striker ever again, he should be an attacking midfielder, his athleticism is perfect for that role, i watched Jack Wilshere in both of the U-23 games, he was brilliant and he was everything that i wish Xhaka was, also every time Coquelin has came to pitch he has been good so he should have a place in the starting line up.

Its a hard one call really, to attacking of a midfield line up, then Villa will just sit back and hope to hit us on the counter, which they can do.

Moreover in order for you to do it successfully you HAVE to have a very strong back line that link well with the midfield or a midfielder who is willing to be the link between the defense and the attack.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

Whenever the likes of Alexis (Sanchez), Walcott and Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain leads the line in tandem with the creative talent of Mesut Ozil in midfield Arsenal's attacking foray's are difficult to deal with, and it was evident as Stoke struggled to contain Arsenal as they made their quality count in the game.

We knew they would be stronger than us in midfield, why not play a proper attacking line up like 4 -2-4 bypassing the midfield to attack them and get something out of the game.

I've noticed that backward step throughout November, huge gap between our last line including defensive mid and to our attack including midfielders.

Defenders are in fact becoming more like their colleagues further forward in their abilities to start moves out from the back and push - on, high up the field, not just breaking through the different lines in possession, from defence into midfield and even attack, but almost playing multiple positions at once.

Emre is that type of a midfielder who likes to play upfront in between the lines and have an eye for scoring goals unlike Lucas who wants to sit back and orchestra the attack from there in a role that doesn't seem to fit in this Liverpool team next season.

Key in helping his team bring the ball out of their own third, he maintains balance within the attack through incisive passes to break the midfield line and an intelligent positional game that links teammates.

A feature of Liverpool's attack when lined up 4 -3-3 (2 - 1) is the rotation between the Attacking Midfielder and Wide Attackers.

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.

The Center Forward and Attacking Midfielder will form the front line, while the Central Midfielder (or Fullback) and Wide Attacker form the back line.

Once the ball reaches the halfway line the Attacking Midfielder and Wide Attackers are encouraged to drop deep to collect the ball in order to continue play from Phase 3.

Pavlov has privileged a bold 3 -5-2 tactical approach that was easily transformed in a 3 -4-3 attacking driven formation (which happens to be his all - time favourite formation) with Oleg Vlasov working as the liaison between the midfield and the forward lines.

Doing so allows the attacking midfield three — two wingers and the second striker — to play more narrowly, try and get behind the opposition midfield line to receive, then turn and run at the opposition defence.

I disagree with samuel, we have a better defense than arsenal, liverpool and chelsea, we have a better midfield than liverpool, tottenham and chelsea (maybe in chelsea minus kante), we have a better attacker than liverpool and tottenham... So I do get what you (samuel) is trying to say, what we do not have is a coach to bring the best out of them... Our defense is good for a high line... our midfield can defend, attack, out run and disorganize most team.

Van Gaal had always told fans and reporters not to obsess over formations; that the values of his philosophy ran deeper than the numerical notation of how many players fell into defence, midfield, attack and the slots between those lines.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan is set to return after being ineligible for the League Cup final, and the Armenian is likely to feature alongside Mesut Ozil in an attacking midfield role with Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang leading the line.

«I think we got caught in a bit a mindset where we didn't have so many of our good attacking pieces that other guys started trying to overcompensate and forgot to do their own jobs in the midfield and on the back line,» Johnson said.

An attacking midfielder who plays between the lines and concentrates on playing killer passes, he's unquestionably Brighton's major creative threat.

Considering the lineup of both Arsenal and Stoke City, the Gunners have far better line up with strongest midfield and attacking division.

He doesn't look 100 percent natural as a right winger or attacking midfielder, and it's been quite a while since he's lined up as a center forward or striker.

Arsenal injury worries are still there as Wilshere, Welbeck, Arteta, Rosickey and Coquelin missing out which means we will see Giroud leading the line with Alexis Sanchez Ozil and Ramsey playing in attacking roles while Cazorla and Flamini to take central midfield roles.

If Can was able to move in to a more advanced position as highlighted in the image then Henderson would have an option to play through the midfield line for Hull City and provide an advanced central platform from which Liverpool could build their attack.

Team News & Possible Lineups: Spurs are set to start with their preferred 4 -2-3-1 formation where Harry Kane to lead the line while Erikson, Alli and Sissoko to take attacking midfield roles.

Given the attacking talent on the wings, at the front, and in centre - midfield, United need a sturdy back line to allow the attacking talents to push up and score goals.

His style of football With his teams usually lining up in a 3 -4-2-1 formation, the Croatian's approach might not be as attack - minded as his predecessors on Säbener Strasse, but a desire for defensive stability and to build from the back befit his background as a midfield enforcer.

A 23 - man squad made the journey to Dublin and Divock Origi led the attack, while James Milner lined up in midfield and Simon Mignolet began the encounter in goal.

If a midfield featuring Rooney, and an attack starring Ibrahimovic, won't do their fair share of defensive labour, then the defence may have to come to them and push high up the pitch to close the gap between rearguard and the front - line.

After reinforcing their midfield and the strike - force by signing players like Victor Wanyama and Vincent Janssen, Tottenham are looking to strengthen their attacking midfield and the back line this summer.