Sentences with phrase «midfield role he took»

Pique remains but drifts in and out of form, Mascherano is a definite asset but strikes me as more comfortable in the defensive midfield role he took at Liverpool, Alba remains one of the best left backs in the world and Umiti seems to be settling very well since his summer move.

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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 gTake 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 gtake out Coquelin because he could've taken a foul on the hazard's goal.

As Lacazette becomes more and more frustrated throughout matches where his teammates create nothing for him, he slides deeper and takes up a de facto central midfield role so he can join the action.

Walcott's position is same as Ox but they dnt have same role, Ox is more a midfielder while Walcott is more a forward, moving into the box very often like a Muller - type winger, Ox is like a Willian so I dnt see how Ox ll take that position either.

It literally takes pretty much all the strengths away from our world - class triangle of Mesut, Santi and Ozil to place a struggling for form Campbell in a more attacking role when the part of his role he's been doing best is providing extra defensive cover, while making us weaker in midfield when our strongest midfielder has been injured!!

The north London side could well do with a strong tackling midfield presence with neither Mikel Arteta or Mathieu Flamini consistently impressing in either a holding or out and out defensive midfield roles and having taken a shine to Wanyama during his time at Celtic Wenger is now ready to re-ignite his interest in the 23 year old.

At the moment I would not need to take a gooner vote to find out which player would make their starting 11 in that defensive midfield role out of him, Arteta and Flamini.

I see no reason why we won't sign a quality striker that will be an upgrade on Giroud and a quality winger or midfielder that will make up for the loss of Sanchez if he goes or take Santi's role.

I sat «player «rather than «right back «or even defender because the «9 - year old has already taken up two roles in his fledgling Arsenal career and there has also been talk that he might get a chance to show what he can do as a defensive midfielder.

Having lost Cazorla to injury for the time being, a player whose deep midfield role has been one reason we are challenging for the title, Campbell takes over on the left wing with extra defensive duties.

I still don't understand people's obsession with boxing players in to a specific role... The whole «true DM» is a dying breed, even Coquelin is arguably something else considering the advanced positions he takes up often in front of Santi and takes major risks in winning the ball back for us... IMO, the reason Coquelin has had such a successful integration into the first team is that he focussed incredibly hard on the basics of his role first and foremost before adding other elements to his game (long - balls, driving runs into space, more aggressive ball movement in general) it's not rocket science to tell a player to curb the attacking side of their game and focus primarily on defence before attack... Nor is it that hard to see that playing in a midfield pairing with either Ramsey or Cazorla is going to be different as well.

Equally important is telling Ramsey to work with Coquelin to control the midfield rather than taking away Ozil's role as the attacking midfield!!!

He has the potential to take on the Cazola role as a deep lying midfield playmaker.

Alex Iwobi has emerged from the youth ranks to take the pressure off an addition in the midfield roles however, and it had been thought that a striker and a centre - back would be prioritised.

But when a teammate was injured, Packard asked Stinn to take over a defensive midfield role.

Although not the same type of player, it could be that the classy and intelligent midfielder would be a realistic contender to take on that creative role alongside the likes of Sergio Busquets, Ivan Rakitic and Andres Iniesta.

The new position is the central midfield role that was taken by the England and Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney on Saturday and although England did beat Malta at Wembley and should have scored a lot more than two, Rooney's performance has been heavily criticised.

Ox - 5 horrible on the left, took too many shots from outside his range (I so wish we had a couple attacking midfielders that could shoot from outside the box with any consistency)... showed some composure when he moved back to the right side, especially when he took on the RB role once Giroud came in for Holding... his versatility is great but only if Wenger uses him on the right side

In Wenger's traditional 4 -2-3-1 formation, Lemar could either take over Cazorla's role as the deeper - lying playmaker with a licence to roam forward or play on the left wing, but if Wenger decides to stick with the formation he finished last season with, three at the back, Lemar might struggle to displace Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez as one of the two attacking midfielders, however, that might change if one or both players leave the club.

For years now Arsene Wenger has spoken about the Arsenal and England international star Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain's best position being in central midfield, and more specifically the sort of box - to - box role that has usually been taken by Aaron Ramsey or Santi Cazorla.

Arteta leaving has left a space in the holding midfield role, which has now been taken by Xhaka, and we also have Jack Wilshere returning to the squad after a year out, not to mention Ramsey, Cazorla and Coquelin (and maybe the Ox?)

Having been made to adapt to new roles which see them take up positions as holding midfielders off the ball, time will tell as to whether or not they satisfy Guardiola's criteria to secure their long - term futures.

Correct... the lack of responsibilty of midfielders is our ongoing issue... I am sure that is why Ox left as he just wanted fo do his headless chicken running around that Ramsey is also prone to do... this is not Wengers fault in terms of the players noy adhering to their role though Wenger shluld take the blame for not recruiting a better player kn that CDM role... I think thats the only position we are lacking in..

Mario Suarez is a player who I would love to see move to the Emirates and take up the deep - lying midfielder role, and The Express thinks this is now likely.

Wilshere has been injury prone but has been injury free for a good while now... Missing a friendly against holland is hardly a sign of medical catastrophe so this is a massive overreaction... Wilshere is by a very long way the best of the British stable at arsenal and on his day he is a top flight creative midfield play maker... Don't take my word for it ask xavi arguably the best ever in that role... Since his return he has shown signs of his best but not over 90 mins... But wenger has played him all over the place does not no how to combine him with ozil and miki and surrounded him with utterly hapless players like Ramsey and xhaka... He needs a new manager to bring best out of him I hope at arsenal but if the fossil stays he should go...

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Played a total of 278 games and scoring 68 goals from an attacking midfield role Cahill ensured that many a Premier League corner flag took a battering with his trademark celebration.

If you took the high energy game of the box to box midfielder and mixed it with a more creative role like a deep lying midfielder or advanced playmaker, then what you get is a roaming playmaker.

His role will be the most key for the home side, if they were to take the game to the opposition in terms of not just stopping the likes of De Bruyne and Silva dictating the tempo from midfield, but also initiating attacking moves himself from deep with his rather underrated passing range.

Front line is unbalanced as is the midfield and in this team it would require the Ox to take a more influential midfield role than he has played so far.

Bonaventura will most likely take up his role on the left side of the midfield and be the creative spark that he was last season.

Depending on the situation, both have played more as a pair of number sixes — true defensive midfielders — and at other times they have switched roles to take on the number eight attacking midfielder position.

This responsibility limits his effectiveness as an attacking force (it is a role he may take up as he gets older, but for now Pogba remains best in a dynamic midfield role).

With Toni Kroos reportedly unsettled at Real Madrid, Pogba may be required to take up a deeper role alongside Luka Modric and Casemiro, bringing the ball forward, creating chances with long balls and short passes and ensuring one of Europe's most individually dangerous midfields doesn't lose any of its sense of deterrent.

With James McArthur and Jason Puncheon still ruled out, Joe Ledley and Mile Jedinak will be starting at the middle of the park and Yohan Cabaye is expected to shrug off a knock to take his place in an attacking midfield role.

Beyond The Washing Machine, Spalletti's midfield will most likely feature Daniele De Rossi and Radja Nainggolan, giving him three sizeable and ball winning midfielders, though it will be interesting to see which of Strootman and Nainggolan will take on the more advanced role.

These players will often be called upon to step higher up the field toward the ball or to cover for a fullback in wide areas, so players who are defensive - minded fullbacks of defensive midfielders have taken up new roles: César Azpilicueta at Chelsea, Nacho Monreal at Arsenal, Geoff Cameron at Stoke, and Eric Dier at Tottenham were all hybrid players who now regularly slot into three - man defenses.

The Dutchman's strike rate has also taken the pressure of Wayne Rooney and has allowed Rooney to adapt his game to play in a multitude of positions in and around the midfield and attacking midfield areas, and this will be good practice indeed for when Sir Alex decides to drop Wayne Rooney into a deeper midfield role which seems inevitable as his career progresses.

Tracey picked up the ball out on the right and picked out the midfielder in a pocket of space in Benfica's area, with Roles taking a touch before firing into the gaping net.

Moving into central midfield and taking the armband under Brendan Rodgers, many critics precipitously claimed (or rather worried) that Henderson was being groomed to replace Gerrard in that dominant, central role.

There is a positive consequence of playing Oxlade - Chamberlain: by deploying another runner, and giving Alexis instructions to create less and play in the final third more, Aaron Ramsey has taken on a deeper role in the Arsenal midfield.

This was an almost perfectly balanced midfield, with Arteta performing a Pirlo-esque role with aplomb, Diaby providing a physical presence and taking players out of the game with his running, and Cazorla providing incisiveness further up.

Ince takes up the central attacking midfield role and plays an important part in his team's progression of the ball through the middle third of the pitch.

Johnson went to right back with Can taking up Allen's place in midfield, but the German's role was a lot more attacking than Allen's.

That caused a chain reaction in terms of player roles with Can moving in to the role occupied previously by Wijnaldum and Wijnaldum himself moving over to the right hand side of the central midfield to take the role vacated by Lallana.

However until any concrete transfer is to occur, Spurs will deploy Dier in the defensive midfield role alongside Ryan Mason who will take up a box to box role, having put up a good performance against Stoke.

Mourinho, however, hit back at what believes are «lies» regarding the France international before he later talked about his desire to strengthen midfield with Carrick, 36, set to retire at the end of the season and take up a role on United's coaching staff.

Markovic will be playing wide left with Adam Lallana taking central midfield role alongside captain Jordan Henderson.

Nasri took on the Fabregas role midweek and performed superbly while Diaby showed yet again why he has gone from scary own - goal scoring dingleberry to one of the most constructive midfielders in the Premier League.

Martial, Lukaku and Rashford to start upfront with Mata, Pogba and Matic taking the central midfield roles.