Sentences with phrase «midfield play»

In my opinion, a proper defensive midfielder playing in behind the two in the centre of the pitch would allow for their sort of ranging attacking play.

As I stated in one post, of the eleven goals conceded only one goal could be blamed on defensive midfield play.

What a great luxury to have two good box - to - box midfielders playing for our club, only thing they need is a midfield general!

The fact that this shape doesn't allow him the cushion of a defensive midfielder playing behind him, makes his job all the more tougher.

I think it would be good to see his first choice midfield play at least 45 minutes together again.

This is the lack of midfield play and the constant end - to - end action especially when playing against a human opponent.

Attacking midfielder played as deep lying playmaker with overwhelming success.

He reappeared in central midfield playing alongside one Dmitri Alenichev in the return fixture at the Millennium Stadium, a tempestuous affair as two equally gifted and technical sides outmatched each other for 179 minutes of football, except for a Vadim Evseev goal 22 minutes into the second - leg.

In the graphic above you can see that Doucouré received fewer passes than Etienne Capoue and Tom Cleverley, the two central midfielders he played alongside, but he made more passes from the defensive third of the field than either player by some distance.

The 29 - year - old attacking midfielder played under Dick Advocaat during his time in charge of PSV Eindhoven

Honestly i do nt see other Central midfielders play like this.

I agree and even though the Community Shield against Chelsea next weekend is not that important in the grans scheme of things I think we need to show that last weekend was a blip and just as a fast start in the Premier League is important I think a strong start to our Emirates Cup would be handy so let's not have some inexperienced young midfielder playing on the right of defence.

and from the Man U game I'd say the defenders and Holding midfielders play an important role going forward..

The young midfielder played a number of different positions for former club Bayer Leverkusen, leading him to be courted by European...

invincible days and if we sign Lemar then he can play across the midfield

The Manchester United midfielder played under West Ham United manager David Moyes at two different clubs, but it's Leicester City who lead the way to sign him - according to one bookmaker.

a Left back playing center back and a want away central midfielder playing right wing back.

The Serbian midfielder played well against his former side.

The 33 - year - old midfielder played out of position as Louis van Gaal was forced into a defensive reshuffle.

Shifting from a 4 -2-3-1 to a 4 -1-4-1 can be as simple as having the box - to - box midfielder play more forward and attack - minded than defensively.

The Croatian midfielder played along with Bale for several years before moving to Madrid in a # 35 million deal.

4 Mikel Arteta (Everton) Rangers and Everton fans alike will tell you that Arteta is a huge talent, but the modest Spaniard still doesn't get the credit his creative midfield play deserves.

Box - to - box midfielder playing defensive mid.

The former midfielder played for the Gunners for 12 years between 1985 and 1997 and is sometimes described as an «Arsenal Legend», but he seems to do nothing but talk badly about our club in recent years.

George Graham understood the need for a strong spine and defense being a Scottish international midfielder playing in the 70/71 double winning team under Bertie Mee and Don Howe.

Give the beast a chance in midfield he played there quite a few times for schalke and give chambers a run at centre back.

The Czech midfielder played some excellent football last season and played 39 games in all competitions, but this year has only started in the League Cup defeat by Southampton, and has been a sub just three times in the League.

None of Germans midfielders play the way Ozil does.

Arsenal are seriously looking at Grzegorz Krychowiak but Arsene Wenger doesn't want to pay the price he fees coq can do the job & what if coq gets injured wenger must sign krycohwaik The Poland midfielder played the entire 120 minutes against barca, despite rib injury

Some super midfield play and great forward movement.I thought Gibbs was superb and the back line was comfortable without being under pressure.

It would be a huge shock to see the veteran midfielder play for any other club than Barca, but at this stage of his career, it could be the most sensible option on the table in terms of being able to play regularly.

Fer is one of the few Queens Park Rangers players who may be in demand by Premier League sides in the summer, and despite a mixed campaign, he demonstrated his class here with some energetic midfield play and this fine finish.

And maybe the fact that Mathieu Flamini was rumoured to be close to leaving the club this summer as well as being known for his disruptive midfield play rather than for hitting the back of the net meant that all that talk was of the Frenchman coming back from the fringe.

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I haven't seen a Barca midfield play as many loose balls as this one does.

My main concern is Ramsey, if there was a player to replace him and show him how central midfielders play instead of running like a headless chicken wherever he wants then it would be very interesting.

The former Aston Villa, Manchester City and England midfielder played an integral part in Everton's success last season, and while his form has been less consistent so far this term, he's still an important player.

As much as I'd like to see Chambers in the middle (provided he is mentally recovered from Sunday), I'm much more interested in seeing if there is any change in the team's mentality — do we collectively compete to win the ball back, if we are up with 20 minutes to go will our wing backs and box2box midfielder play more pragmatically etc. etc..

Great defensive work from the backline (including Arteta) allowed clever and patient midfield play (mostly through the feet of Cazorla), only for things to break down time and time again once the final pass was required or the misfiring attackers skewed, shanked or Diabyed the ball wide of the goal.

The legendary midfielder played in no fewer than five separate editions (1982, 1986, 1990, 1994 and 1998)- more than any other outfield player in World Cup history.

You've made it pretty clear it's terrible midfield play.

Molby has been encouraged by Wijnaldum's efforts so far and believes the No. 5 will add further flourishes to his industrious midfield play.

Vako, more offensively oriented — he leads the team with two goals and two assists — and Salinas, a converted midfielder playing as a full back, haven't developed a partnership as quickly as is needed, and the majority of the goals conceded this year have started from this side of the field.

Jordan Henderson and Jack Wilshere will be favourites to become key players in the England side, but there is now an opportunity for some of the other English midfielders playing regularly...

The same midfield played, and failed, away at Tottenham the next month, but in fairness to all three, Arsenal's problems with pressing are deep - rooted, structural and almost independent of personnel, and point to a deeper coaching issue.