The 25 - year - old has been a key performer for Spurs in recent years, and looks one of Europe's best attacking
midfield players on current form.
Nominally in Barcelona's strongest line - up, Andres Iniesta operates as the widest
midfield player on the left, but the job of marauding up and down the flank is reserved solely for the Brazilian and it's a role he performs to great effect.
Not exact matches
Kante was the best
player on the best team in England this season, the speedy box - to - box
midfielder who unlocked Leicester City's devastating counterattack by defending well and distributing even better.
Himself and Alexis would help add a little bite to the
midfield, and because Alexis is such a special
player there would not be as much pressure
on Wilshere to always be producing chances and finishes.
Walcott should not start as a first teamer he is a bench
player I'd rather have the ox there with sanchez
on the other wing.As for the central
midfielders I'd like to see xhaka with cazorla with ozil just behind giroud.I won't be able to see the match but i hope we win or else its curtains for another title challenge: -LRB-
Despite impressing
on almost every opportunity, it appears the Old Lady's
midfield is too strong for the
player to break into and the club are said to be willing to listen to offers in the range of $ 20 million for the 23 - year - old, a price range that is right down Wenger's alley.
The best
player on the pitch as Southampton beat Arsenal 2 - 0 at St. Mary's was
midfielder Victor Wanyama, whose physicality and dominance in the centre of the pitch was much too much for the visitors to deal with.
His absence should allow our forward
players much more space going forward, and with Yaya Toure and Fernando likely to operate at the base of the
midfield, we should be able to get them
on the backfoot when countering.
And due to wenger insistence of playing and stating them ahead of other better
player (like cazarola, roisky, in
midfield and campbell, podolski
on wings), and maaking other
players play out of position (Ozil
on wings) to accommodate «British core», the result is everyone to see.....
If we need every
player on the pitch to work hard in the defense, there is something groundbreakingly wrong with our back four and defensive
midfield.
iwobi
on Wolcott as winger will not work for a whole season team
on there manager will figure how to defend against us very easily because they both come into the middle not
on the outside so there no space for the other
midfield to work
players like.
there is no doubt that we need a
midfielder with the ability to dribble, fast but having a good
players is not only enough, hard training for stamina, strength as a team to continuously press
on the opponents not to give them time and space to settle and win the ball, go fast to the goal destabilize the defense, fiercely fight around the goal to create a space and shoot
on goal with the strong power and
on target needed and wenger also has to be hard and serious for the accomplishment of this.as we have seen with such a spirit even with the defence all reserve we won FA CUP
If cl qualification is secured for next year I'm hoping wenger continues to spend and ready us for next year, (starting cb to replace per, genuine left winger that doesn't cut in
on their right foot and a defensive
midfield player to rotate with coquelin).
The guy had a great game v west ham but his ego lets him down, but Wenger his comments
on the defensive cock ups, it is the same comments
on all the losses so surely he needs to rectify the prob Number one drop the BF German that can't head a ball can't run he is a liability every time he puts
on the shirt even Debuchy jumps higher than him Gibbs can't defend he is a nice guy but not first choice L Back Chocqelen has proved he is a good
player that can get better what we need is an Ozil type
midfielder that has more guts to play good balls through to runners not high balls that you hope will find a target So a defender that can defend a left back and a
midfielder and then look out enough is enough
on what the problems are If the car won't run right you Fix it Wenger now is the time to FIX it CB
Campbell is better
player than Theo, he run forward and backward to support the
midfield, it must be a personal with Wenger.i got the impression Wenger does not like a threat or someone to challenge him at any cost.There are few
players that should have been sold and use the money to buy a couple of
players.We lost
on Kanye, ibramovitch, Bailey, and a few others, simply refuse to pay market value.
High work rate
players in
midfield and attack for 70 + minute a game (when not
on the ball), Sanchez, Welbeck, Cazorla and Coquelin and Elneny.
Now we have an unhappy
player in sanchez
on our hands, missed out
on a quality
player Lemar, Din't go after a decent winger or
Midfielder, Sold our RWB Ox without finding any replacement, sold our best defender in Gabriel, Sold left back for peanuts.
One
player that the boss would have been hoping was
on the plane, however, is our injury ravaged England international Jack Wilshere, but once again the
midfielder's recovery has been put back from it's original timescale, reports the Daily Mail, and I have to wonder whether this latest injury blow may signal the beginning of the end for him and Arsenal FC.
Once again though, Arsenal fans were not too hard
on our former captain, as Wenger had the option to buy him back but chose not to, mainly because we now had a number of
players like Cazorla, Ramsey and Ozil in the centre of
midfield.
The 31 - year - old has been one of the top attacking
midfield players in Europe in his eight seasons at City, and would be a major loss if he were to move
on, particularly to a Premier League rival.
Just because our last two captains Arteta and Vermaelen spent more time in the treatment room than
on the pitch does not make it a good idea, so it seemed logical that the boss would hand it to another
player who would be playing and it was reported that it could be our
midfield maestro Santi Cazorla.
Last season we needed a Defensive
midfielder this Fraud of a coach ignored signing a defensive MF
player and we had to rely
on Flamini till the emergence of Le Coq in
midfield which was purely Luck, that season we would have ended in a weak position 7 probably if he did not come around.
Beside Sanchez we do nt have much
players that are able to shoot and atleast get decent shots
on target from outside the box, Like De Bryne, Yaya, Hazard, Mahrez, Payet etc...
Midfielders but they are able to get a goal when strikers are tied down.
It's safe to keep that type of
player on the wing as you can get away with it sometimes with him there, but moving such a
player into a hot boiling EPL
midfield where we have tough / hard tackling
midfielders would suit Ozil?
If so then surely Wenger should jump at the chance to bring such an accomplished
player, and maybe persuade a couple of our present
midfielders to move
on?
Yes but it needed to be done, whilst it can be argued whether he would be able to produce the same performances he does now in 4 years time, the whole idea i would presume would be to let the younger
midfielders learn from such a talented individual now with the eventual hope that they would be able to surpass or perhaps match his ability, plus its always a good thing to have experienced
players of such calibre around the squad, like barca with Xavi he may not be able to perform to the level he was in his heyday, but every once an again produces a moment of magic when you need it
on account of the experience.
(he was monaco's stand out
player for me in both legs the way he just single handedly had a grip
on our
midfield he is a man mountain like toure / veiera he has really impressed me every time we have played monaco in last few years should be diaby replacement.
«They needed a holding central
midfielder and they've paid around # 30m for him, which is the type of money the Arsenal fans want to see being spent
on the best
players.
Ramsay is the worst
player in the
midfield right now, Ospina could have done a better job there... so disgusted to see Campbell
on bench.
He certainly did a Giroud when coming
on against Leciester
on Friday and Ramsey has had his fair share of injuries which have often come about from a busy schedule of games, so perhaps he could be an impact
player for Arsenal from
midfield just as the big Frenchman is up top.
Bottom line, if he is angered bench the
players who were not good enough and play those who deserve some game time based
on the Southampton game or
on games where they had a positive impact: - Take Özil out and play Ox in the hole (he has to understand your the highest paid
player of the club, your given freedom like nobody else and your even seeking even more money with a new contract you can't play like that ever and go AWOL)- Put Sanchez
on the wing or up top but put Welbeck in (Walcott didn't track back near enough for the Alsonso goal)- Iwobi has been bright from the wing let him play there - Xhaka has to go back in the holding
midfield role and I would take out Coquelin because he could've taken a foul
on the hazard's goal.
Despite reports that Aston Villa
midfielder Fabian Delph was
on the brink of completing a move to Manchester City, the
player has confirmed that he will not be leaving the club.
Spot
on We don't really need anymore offensive
players as Ramsey / ozil / ox etc theo, Sanchez, rosicky Cazorla and poldi are capable of throwing their hat into the ring for a goal or 2 and are without doubt the best
midfielders in the league..
Reading the thread
on this article and I noticed a lot of people naming strikers we could have gotten in past transfer windows that have gone to other club and failed, Balotelli, Falcao, Martinez, Boney etc are recurring names in all the comments, and am sat here thinking because they failed in thee clubs does not necessarily mean they would have failed if we had pulled out our fingers and hot them back then, Balotelli aside I strongly believe all of these
players could have made a difference playing infront of our
midfield and given the kind of attention and care Wenger gives Giroud and Walcott, adapting our play to suit them and giving them chances after chances even when its blatantly obvious they are average
players so please lets not keep using that as an excuse for Wenger's ultra careful attitude in the transfer market, they could have failed with us, or they could have been massive for us, all speculations.
France international Kondogbia, 24, has had a massive falling out with his club Inter Milan this week after refusing to turn up to training last week, which has lead to the
player being forced to train
on his own and away from the first team, as reported by Talksport, with the
midfielder having been fined # 200,000 following the incident.
I only wish to focus
on those who can play in the CF position (as that's what everyone's getting bent out of shape about) but it is clear we have wide
players who can score and we have
players who can do so from
midfield, some of whom are still developing — like Wilshere, Ramsay, the Ox — and from whom most of expect to see more and more this season.
To all giroud bashers, who claimed other strikers would score 30goals for all the chances wil created, man city, liverpool actually created more scoring chances than us which depicts that our
midfielders need to create more to meet up with these teams and our fans must stop picking
on players to attack.
Carlo Ancelotti may well have been forced to offload a
player or two in order to aid the La Liga side's chances of adhering to UEFA's FFP (Financial Fair Play) guidelines having spent almost # 100m
on the aforementioned Rodriguez as well as German
midfielder Toni Kroos and Levante keeper Navas Keylor.
Also we had no
midfield runners as they are all
on the ball
players, we could've done with better running from
midfield.
Celtic could be set to lose
on the signing of impressive 22 year - old
midfielder Stuart Armstrong from SPL rivals Dundee United, with the Mail reporting that Portuguese giants Sporting Lisbon are lining up an eye - catching move to take the
player to the Primeira Liga.
Thats just polite talk, many here think UNTD will be fighting for EPL, i think they will fight for top 4, you just can buy 5, 6
players and expect to win something, they will sell Di Maria, thats big loss to them, and De Gea isnt safe either, cohesion of
players is big part esspecialy in
midfield, they bought new mid, to work they will need time, and time in EPL means no title, Chelsea and Arsenal have the biggest chance to win it, City squad is getting older and less motivated for EPL, and i think Pelegrini isnt
on level of Wenger and Mourinho
According to Don Balon, there are six names
on the Spanish giants» radar, though Perez will hope to bring in two
players from that list — a striker and an attacking
midfielder or wide - forward.
Throughout his career so far, Goretzka has proved to fans that he is able to play in a variety of positions, with the
player having been deployed all through the centre of the pitch, and even as a right and left
midfielder on occasions.
Liverpool had a terrible defence but almost won the league because they had the best striker in the world, now imagine having the best
player and the best striker with some of the best
midfielders on the globe, you could win anything with just one one top class defender and 3 average ones.
He can also play as a CDM or
on the left side of the
midfield and is a
player who can play genuinely in more than one position.
Pogba is picked
on because he's our best and most expensive outfield
player, but Mourinho has primarily played him as a holding
midfielder, which I think we can agree isn't what he was bought to do, and is not what he's good at.
Why is Xhaka still in your lineup?He's massively overrated and I'm not even basing it
on this one game.I also predicted he'll be overrun in
midfield if played today.People should stop criticizing him.It's Wenger's fault he was played when clearly knowing his weaknesses.I warned against this yesterday.I knew he was going to be overrun.It is highly debatable if he was the kind of
player we needed in the first place.It's funny how people think Wilshere is done yet apart from passing I can't see which area of football he beats Wilshere.Even Wilshere has a higher IQ.
Xhaka can not tackle which is amazing considering he is supposed to be a defensive
midfielder, Ramsey lacks discipline which he has always done and regards himself as up there with Messi & Neymar which is he is nowhere near, both of them lack the athleticism which is necessary in their positions in today's game as could be seen from Sundays performance they were completely outplayed some fairly average
players on the Liverpool side.
If Arsenal Football club and our record
on the return dates of
players on the injury list being put back over and over again is to go by, then there is a huge chance that we will not be seeing the Spanish international
midfield star kicking a ball in anger again for the Gunners this season.
In 45 appearances for the Premier League table toppers, the
midfielder has bag a total of seven goals and 11 assists, an impressive return considering the
player has spent a large part of this campaign
on the substitute's bench.