Not exact matches
The Gunners defence
has been fortified by the return of Laurent Koscielny, and against the Hammers Arsenal played with two defensive
midfielders in Flamini and Coquelin and Wenger
has been
very pleased with the recent performances.
Arteta is certainly
very talented, despite getting on in years, and will be hoping to get chance to impress Arsene Wenger before the season ends, but with the dogfight Arsenal are in with Man City and Man United for second place means that he is unlikely to be risked at the moment as the club
has a whole host of talent in
midfield right now.
There are not many fans that
have faith in Jack returning to his old self and making inroads into our
very talented
midfield any more, but with the Englishman's tenacity and fighting spirit you never know if he could force himself back into the reckoning, and there is no doubt he
has always been one of Wenger's favourites.
He is not just all about attack either, because in the last year or so the boss
has been using him in a deeper lying central
midfield role and Cazorla
has proved
very adept there, better than Arteta to be honest.
Spanish football expert Guillem Balague
has been discussing the latest speculation, and he
has revealed that the Catalan giants are
very close to tying up a deal for Gremio
midfielder Arthur Melo.
Yes we
have an injury crisis in
midfield but Ox was
very good in cm.
Arsenal
has a lot of players that can play in the wide areas, however, the technically ability needed in the central
midfield is
very low, so i figure the is so much effort been put in to get Lemar.
Our team is
very very strong we now
have great keeper a good defense a world class
midfield and world class striker.
As a team we look
very weak, Our
midfield have no bite to them as we keep buying little fancy players but they are no good at tackling and getting stuck in, Santi for me this year do nt want to play maybe he is looking for a move!!!! Jack in in and out of games he is so inconsistanat, Arteta past his best and needs to be replaced, Wenger needs to look at the time and improve it, Last year we got Ozil this year we got Alexis but we are not using them to there full potental, Ransey is class but we can keep hoping for is magic to get us out of shit, Giroud for me is a waste of time we need a top top forward he battles away but he is far below the class we need,
We will
have 5
very different centre
midfielders vying for two spots.
Also Akpom is a proper CF and although he's not
very experienced, he wouldn't drop too much to
midfield and will actually stay central.
With the limited budget that the club
have, (no comparable with our mains rivals) plus the attitude of Wenger in relation to bring new players I think that the team needs at least one
very good and expensive
midfielder and retain Perez instead of going for Lemard.If they need a wing; Nelson will do it.
Winning the ball in
midfield, maybe a tall strong player is a positive thing, but, he also
has to be
very good and doing something with it once he
has.
Arsenal
have been
very happy with the
midfield situation at the club.
Arsenal board are silly to give ozil for another contact worth280, 000 pounds a week bcos he is a
very lazy guy are using his whole life with girlfriends in hotel and is not doing hard training bcos of cigarettes and women are making him lazy and I still prefer Sanchez hard working is doing for the club than ozil, please find another attacking
midfielder is really want to commit himself for the club than the lazy guy is not
have anything to offer the club and is only to demand for increasement of the payment without doing nothing for the club and is the one poison Sanchez mind for increased of the.
It's
very unfortunate news for Coquelin if this does turn out to be the case, because the French
midfielder has clearly put in some well recognised performances to keep Granit Xhaka out of the starting eleven.
On paper Arsenal
has a
very strong
midfield.
We will need a good working arrangement between defense and
midfield they got to be
very strong the battle will be in the
midfield the Arsenal will need to be compact and precise work together and move together fast pin barca back with a fast group push we
have to be strong and defend well but we will need to be loud come on Arsenal
The biggest battle for selection will be in central
midfield where we
have very good technical players in Ramsey, Wilshere, Cazorla, Coquelin, El Neny and Xhaka (one
midfielder too many?)
We
have only 4 regular
midfielders left to rotate on 3 spots,
very taxing for them as only 1 get to rest each time.
I
'd seriously experiment and play Kolasinac as a Defensive
Midfielder — He is built like a friggin tank, play alongside Xaka (I'm assuming Coq is injured) for a
very defensively secure team shape.
Elneny
has great energy and while not
very physical is a real bother as a defensive
midfielder.
The team looks
very good, light on the defensive side of
midfield and a slow with Per in defense but in general if we can avoid injuries, and show that we can compete with the big boys, we can
have a good season.
coquelin hardly ventures past the centre circle and is
very quick at intercepting breaks, this
has given the
midfielders greater license to get forward without being exposed.
With Schweinsteiger and Schneiderlin they may
very well
have gotten more points, especially since even Rooney
had to play in central
midfield more than a few times.
Attacking
midfielder Gomes is
very highly regarded inside Old Trafford and
has been fast - tracked into United's Under - 18s as well as England's Under - 16 setup.
Coutinho is the real problem for me in that Liverpool team.He can destroy
midfield strategies.That's why I worry when I see us with no DMF.Years back (14/15) I remember Coquelin back pocketing Coutinho yet it's likely Wenger will bench him for no reason.That guy
has so much potential if only he's used wisely.He
has the abilityto mark players out of a game and intercept many passes.I know many of you will call me stupid and say he's average but imagine if Coquelin was used in a
very defensive sense.Being brilliant tactically is all about producing the best system with the players you
have and clearly that's not what's happening.I already lose hope when I see Kolasinac and Bellerin at WB whsn clearly it doesn't suit them.WB's are so important in a 3 back but clearly we
've ignored that.
Don't
have a main striker — should be buying one — if we don't, Giroud will continue to waste a lot of the good work done by our
very talented
midfield.
What that tells me is that we are still
very light weight in the
midfield and we do not
have the best strikers either.
Furthermore, the adaptation process should be
very smooth — he
would be playing next to his fellow Mexicans Hector Herrera (
midfielder) and Diego Reyes (defender).
I'm
very happy with the business we
've done, now before the window closes maybe a defender or two and holding
midfielder, or is that too much to ask for.
It
has been reported many times that the Basel attacking
midfielder Mohamed Elyounoussi
has been scouted by Arsenal, West Ham and Leicester but now the 23 year - old
has very clearly implied that it is the Gunners that
have been keeping an eye on him.
It's difficult to blame Ozil for the difficulties he's faced at Arsenal without looking at the big picture... like the fans, he too was lied to by Wenger... there is no doubt in my mind that he was told by Wenger that he was trying desperately to recreate our earlier success by acquiring players that fit the system he ran when Henry was in his prime... as we know this hasn't happened... in order for Ozl to flourish he needs some speed up front, forwards that can make intelligent runs, a boss in the
midfield to compensate for his obvious defensive liabilities and defenders who can transition from defence to offence quickly and efficiently... much like he
had in Real and with the German National squad... unfortunately he ended up on a squad that
has a striker who plays with his back to goal,
very few intelligent runs into the box, minus Sanchez, no one to take pressure off him in the
midfield, once Cazorla was injured, average defensive
midfielders around him, which simply highlighted his lacking defensive qualities and defenders who lack the necessary cutting edge when it comes to transitional passing... instead of blaming Ozil, which is simply too easy, especially considering his mopey disposition, we should be asking ownership and / or Wenger why they brought him in if they didn't intend on doing what was necessary to get the best from him... can you imagine Ozil playing with the likes of Henry, Viera, Petit and Pires, it
would be incredibly to watch and even more difficult to stop... so the only thing different between his experiences in Real and with the German team versus his time at Arsenal are the players around him and we all know who is in charge of making those decisions, the Grinch who stole soccer
The report says that Arsenal may already
have been in talks with the central
midfield or his representatives and that things could happen
very soon.
Elneny was everywhere he was the boss of the
midfield he ran after the ball he closed down players
very well I do nt know what match you were watching but I suggest you watch it again and keep an eye on elneny and what he is doing debuchy was commanding and even took a yelow for the team
have a look at the stats and how many balls we intercepted and how many fowls the game was pure tactics west ham
had no chance this is the level of football for me it is top level because you go out there you control the game you boss it you win it for me the team effort was 100 % the work rate was 100 % and if you want to learn football this match is a text book match to observe learn and execute
Liverpool — Henderson — Gerrard Real — Modric — Kroos Don't get me wrong, we absolutely need a pure DM for tough matches — but spending 25M + + for extra depth in that position is really luxury Vidal is a versatile all around central
midfielder — If we play 4 -2-3-1, let him pair with either Ramsey / Carzola and we
have a
very strong
midfield base in both attack and defense.
Elneny in his first season slightly outperformed Xhaka in his first season.To me he's far better.He
has improved so much this season and I hope he won't be benched.He's a defensive
midfielder but people confuse him to be a box to box player just because he's everywhere.He's really good in 1v1's and is usually positionally excellent.His passing is also
very good.I look forward to seeing him build on his performances and
have a break out season.
If Sanchez is fit, its a no brainer for him to play however if he's not 100 %, I
would rather he's rested against manure.he's a
very important player in our tittle chase, so I prefer he's missed in one game rather than miss a couple of weeks, which could happen if he's unduly risked.for the
midfield, le coq and boomer.yea carzola's absence
has been felt however xhaka
had his best game so far against spuds, only problem was the massive physical presence of dembele and wanyama, which fortunately manure can not boast off.so I expect we dominate them with combination of lecoq's tackling and xhaka's intricate passes and his extra physical presence.
We are looking
very thin carzola wont be back elneny is out until at least the end of February we need to bluster our
midfield our attacking
midfield yes we can shuffle around with elexis and ozil and iwobi but is it the long term answer no I do nt think so as the attacking
midfield is the place where most injuries occur along the side of the defense so if any one else gets injured we will
very short and in deep trouble maybe after all we should call upon fabergas if no one else is available on a personal preference I
would prefer veratie
If United are to spend # 40m on a
midfielder then they
would be well served investing it on a defensively minded player, a position where United currently
have very little quality in the centre of the park.
I just Read it this moring that Barca want to add 3
midfielders, Denis Suarez, Rafina and Ardan Turan plus money for Bellerin, Let's make it
very difficult for them to get Bellerin so that they won't think is business as usual by selling their potential players to us at teenage and after we
have mould them into world class they will want them back.....
Another area i feel we should adress is our mildfied, since carzola get injuries every time, i think we need well experienced players like Andres Iniesta of Barcelona
would be a massive adding to our
midfield, he wants to leave Barca, he wants new challenge, we could make him come to Arsenal, and give him up to 280 weakly wages and take him for 2 years, but with Wenger our coach i doubt it, Getting a Deffensive
midfielder in person of Everton Idrissa Guaye, won most tackles last season, won 2nd most tackles 2 seasons ago,
very similar to kante.
Many of us thought the Frenchman
would do that
very thing last summer and then it seemed even more of a necessity in the January transfer window and we can only hope that he
has realised that he made a mistake by only signing a keeper and a central
midfielder in the last two windows.
These two
midfielders were dismissed after a
very public punch up, which Bowyer
has since put down to a will to win.
Putting the wage gap between Tottenham's two English
midfield maestros to one side, Spurs
have unquestionably done
very well to get these two to commit their futures to the club.
The Saints are especially unhappy with how Spurs
have attempted to sign Victor Wanyama and Morgan Schneiderlin with
very low bids in recent summers, while unsettling the pair of
midfielders.
I just hope that does nt mean our
midfielders give
very little protection otherwise we will
have a problem... only Debuchy Chambers or Monreal starting might not be the problem as it could be Mert... or it could be a slight lack of pace out wide with Chambers... or not enough experience in Bellerin.
If we
had the transfer window we all expected, like buying a decent cover or maybe even an upgrade to central defense and a rock to the
midfield maybe we could be talking about a title challenge as it stands 3rd
would be an incredible achievement 4th
would be
very good.
I think a
midfield trio of ----------- Cesc ------------- ------ Pogba ---- Matic --------- is a
very disturbing possibility, considering it
has all the element of SUPREME solidity and creativity.
16 goals and ten assists is a
very good return for Cazorla's first season in English football and the tiny
midfielder has adapted well to the pace of the Premier League and is always available for the ball and is not afraid to
have a crack from distance, usually with spectacular results.