Tried to play a quick free kick into Sanchez who had no space to manoeuvre and left all
our midfielders out of position.
Not exact matches
Hence our
midfield overload
of like minded ayers playing
out of position.
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.....
I can see the 22 year - old being a top central
midfielder with a little bit
of time, and we know how Arsene Wenger loves a bargain, as well as seeing how to get the most
out of players with a
position change.
You are counting reserve players and
midfielders playing
out of position as a good way to operate??
Ramsey also had a little advice for Arsene Wenger, suggesting that the boss would do well to let him show what he can do in his preferred
position as the box to box
midfielder rather than sticking him
out on the wing as he did towards the end
of last season.
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.
We need defenders and defensive
midfielders not another attacking
midfielder who Wenger will play
out of position.
reality is campbell's play and worth ethic make him most deserving
of all
out midfielders for a wide
position (bar alexis) but doubt he'll get the opportunity because he's not part
of our «british core»
... His combination with the inept Willock and a permanently
out -
of -
position Ramsey means that Arsenal are currently playing without a
Midfield!!
This means that the other natural play - makers and central
midfielders have been played
out of their preferred
position.
Of course, losing wingers Robben and Ribery will have forced his hand slightly here, but it still shows a lack of a Plan B that Pep couldn't bring out a similar threat from other players like Gotze and Muller, who can both play wide, or indeed use Lahm in his preferred position of right - back and utilise his quality from there — in fact, the former Germany captain's use as a midfielder since this manager's arrival is one of many examples of his attempts at tactical innovation going wron
Of course, losing wingers Robben and Ribery will have forced his hand slightly here, but it still shows a lack
of a Plan B that Pep couldn't bring out a similar threat from other players like Gotze and Muller, who can both play wide, or indeed use Lahm in his preferred position of right - back and utilise his quality from there — in fact, the former Germany captain's use as a midfielder since this manager's arrival is one of many examples of his attempts at tactical innovation going wron
of a Plan B that Pep couldn't bring
out a similar threat from other players like Gotze and Muller, who can both play wide, or indeed use Lahm in his preferred
position of right - back and utilise his quality from there — in fact, the former Germany captain's use as a midfielder since this manager's arrival is one of many examples of his attempts at tactical innovation going wron
of right - back and utilise his quality from there — in fact, the former Germany captain's use as a
midfielder since this manager's arrival is one
of many examples of his attempts at tactical innovation going wron
of many examples
of his attempts at tactical innovation going wron
of his attempts at tactical innovation going wrong.
You cant escape he fact that Podolski was played rarely and when he was he was played
out of position much the same way that Wenger has assembled a squad
of players most
of which are a talented bunch, but, Wenger has failed to build a team who fit n with each other, we have a
midfield that overtly populated with players who al excel in the same role BUT have no solid defensive
midfield talent and no options in defence when players have crap periods or are long term injury problems.
This stems from a lack
of strong defensive backs and
midfielders, being played
out of position, and Wengers sh@tty job at team rotation.
We were all hoping he would come back in January, especially as we knew that Mohamed Elneny would be going off to the African Cup
of Nations, but instead we are now in a precarious
position in
midfield as Francis Coquelin is also
out again with a hamstring injury, after having already missed one month
of the season previously.
Look back at our heavy defeats last season and you will see it was our fullbacks and most defensive
midfielder that were too far
out of position when we were conceding goals
Nelson will be a handful on the right hand side and Laca and Auba in the team running off each other they will pull in defenders
out of position to give our
midfielders more chance to run in clear.
In the
midfield, (including RWB & LWB) we have a whole bunch
of tweeners... none offer the full package, none make sense in our manager's current favourite formation, except for Sead on the left and Ox on the right, and all
of them have never shown any consistency for more than a heartbeat... Sead, who I'm including in this category because
of our present formation, looks like a positive addition, minus his occasional brain farts, but I would rather see what he could do in a back 4 before making my mind up... Ox, who has never played better, which isn't saying much considering his largely underwhelming play in previous seasons, seems to have found a home in this new formation; unfortunately, can we really expect this oft - injured player to handle the taxing duties that come with said
position over the long haul, not to mention, it looks like he has no intention
of staying... Ramsey has relied on the empathy that stems from his gruesome injury years ago and the excitement that was generated a few years back when he finally seemed to put in altogether, but on the whole he has been a big disappointment (neither he nor the Ox have scored enough to warrant a regular spot)... Wiltshire should be put on a weekly contract then played until he suffers his first injury, if and when that occurs he should be shipped -
out and no one should very be allowed to say his name on club grounds ever again... Elnehy & Coq are average players who couldn't make any
of the top 7 teams currently in the EPL... both have showed some great energy on the pitch, but neither are top quality and no good team can afford to have that many average players on their bench playing the same
position, especially with Coq's injury history / discipline concerns and Elheny's headless chicken tendencies... as for Xhaka, his tenure here so far has been incredibly underwhelming... we know he has some skills to provide the long ball but his defensive work is piss poor and he gives the ball away too cheaply and far too often... finally, the enigma himself, Ozil, so much skill with his left foot but his presence has been more frustrating than uplifting... in many respects his failure has been directly related to the failure
of this club to provide him with the necessary players up front, minus Sanchez
of course, and unless something drastic happens very soon his legacy will be largely a negative one (much like Wenger's)
He also has a
midfield who is wandering
out of position.
He'll only sit on the bench next to Walcott while a central
midfielder is played
out of position on the wing.
To go after him or not may or may not be a wise idea, I don't know, all I know is that between Walcott and Giroud, there's 40 goals and with Welbeck's 10 plus the rest from
midfield, there's enough goals in the squad, however Wenger needs to take his head
out of the sand and look at the right wing and or the CDM, for those
positions are lacking depth; sorry but Arteta I don't ththink is ample cover, we've loaned Hayden and Wilshire is injured so there's a void there.
His passing was uninspired, he was
out of position and his lack
of agility was exposed by Southampton's power in
midfield.
By the way Roman Abramovich will fly
out to Russia to personally secure the transfer signing
of Zenit St Petersburg
midfielder DM Axel Witsel, their third in that
position.
I think he can play everywhere in the
midfield — certainly not in a defensive role — but all the other
positions are not
out of reach for him.»
We have Debuchy, Sanchez, Ramsey, Wilshere, Campbell, Rosicky, Chamberlain, Walcott, Welbeck... All these players have pace and work rate, as well as technical skill, but we can't tell them to press high when they lose the ball or to bring chaos to the opponent's defence because not only do we lack cover in
midfield and central defense, we also play them
out of position.
Our defence is suffering numerous injuries which has forced us to play players
out of position or to dip into our reserves and that puts a lot
of pressure on our
midfielders.
We play with overlapping fullbacks, without defensive cover in the
midfield than we are often exposed if we loose the ball high on the pitch and fullbacks are
out of position.
The problem is when you have an average defensive
midfielder then your backline can never be at rest.Coquelin should have started this match.Some people think he's average but I feel he's been played
out of position and being tasked with doing too much like a box to box player.How can someone who bases his game on tackling and interception lose that ability all
of a sudden and you tell me nothing's wrong but bdcause he's average.Are we fans going to ignore what is plain to us?Let's just pretend things are alright.Then after we win the cracks will be papered only for them to be exposed another day.
We are lucky if he doesn't try a new
midfield for the first time in a big game or play a player or two
out of position.
it depends on what style
of d / m wenger has in mind to he might want big strong dominating type like a carvalho, imbula or one like arteta a holding
midfielder who can pass like lars bender or illramendi not big in size quite mobile but very intelligent on how they
position themselves but can still plug the gaps in front
of the defense, or a seek and destroyer type like le coq but with no major passing skills but shuttles around the d / m area and snuffs
out all danger most likely example sven bender.
Already we can see the probably with arsenal team we need two natural winger who stay wide pull defender
out of position there's no space for our
midfielder to run into
However, the Udinese
midfielder struck for the second time in the encounter with this brilliant effort, as he kept his composure and volleyed home with Napoli goalkeeper Gabriel
out of position.
Aside from the usual tactical / systematic naivety he displays by playing players
out of position (when better options are available) and generally over packing the
midfield with like minded players, This transfer window has thrown up the same baffling questions for me in relation to our manager and his actions (or is that in - action?).
Lemar is not an
out and
out winger, also plays inside with short interchanging passes, uses a short burst
of pace to get the ball
out of congested areas, through passes from the middle
of the park (all attributes
of Cazorla) and is a wonderful crosser
of the ball from wide
positions (a winger) and helps break up plays mostly in a CM
midfield position.
For crying loud some pundits are right, most fans are right.our decline has been the negligence from the manager to stop being stubborn and get an imposing DM who give us solidity and confidence lost.the cbs are always exposed and lack
of physical presence that other teams beat us in
midfield.5 years now and still we cant get one just playing players
out of position or sticking to players who have not passed the grade such us jack, ramesy, arteta so get some money and do us a favor..
This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety
of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style
of play has become a shadow
of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play
out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying
position, efficient one touch
midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide
positions, without the aid
of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly
out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs
out wide, we've seen pace from the likes
of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play
of Monreal, but none
of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio
of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our
midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the
midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part
of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part
of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature
of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player
of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played
out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front
of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's
midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that,
of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one
of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back
position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one
of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already
of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs
of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack
of mobility is an albatross around the necks
of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because
of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits
Playing the deep
midfield role since the age
of 8, Neves has developed tactically far quicker than most, very rarely caught
out of position, aggressive in his attempts to win back possession, he also has fantastic intelligence for his age and is able to read play very well which his Porto B manager sees as his best attribute.
But we still have arguably six
out of seven
midfielders whose best
position is as a number 10.
Yeah Ozil scored again, but he can't control games from the wing, his lack
of pace kills us
out wide, I'm not going to pick on Coquelin because he was probably our best
midfielder, but I think it's clear his lack
of ball retention might be a factor on whether he nails that
position down full time!
Yaya and Fernado had little support — eventually all
of City's attackers were brought
out of position to support the
midfield and when that happened and Arsenal got the ball it was difficult for City to recover.
But we all know wengers gonna play Ozil
out of position on the wing to unbalance the team offensively and defensively with no no10 in
midfield and jack and aaron together which has been a worse than sh*t formation and
midfield pairing so far this season.
He said in the Standard: «At the moment, the general dynamic at Arsenal is that we have got a lot
of central
midfielders who are more specialists in that
position and
out of that group
of players, if you were going to put me in there, I'd be the one who stood
out as someone who could play on the wing,»
Whether draxler or not arsenal is still a weaker team, is it something bad if we have both draxler and Sanchez in the same team fighting for places, just imagine van persie, Sanchez, ozil, carzola are in the same team, with likes
of inform konsieny, mustafi, and konlansinic, and good holding midfider,... our problem with this 343 information or 3421 information apart from Wenger playing players
out of position we don't have a strong holdmidfider that retrieve the ball back when we lost possession... Kant's is perfect example
of that, look at the job he does at Chelsea is amazing...... without a good holding
midfielder our defenders are vulnerable
If anyone Kos was at fault for the equaliser, he was the closest and the ball went over him and whilst he was also closer for the Aguero goal that was down to MF, stopping in
midfield assuming the ball was going
out instead
of tracking Aguero — if he played to the whistle he would have been in
position to block SA.
With Louis van Gaal's side somewhat short
of options in
midfield last season as Michael Carrick spent a lot
of time
out injured and new players like Ander Herrera and Daley Blind took time to settle, it's clear that Schneiderlin could make a fine addition in that key
position.
Considering the amount
of times Coquelin has been exposed this season and the lack
of an
out - and -
out alternative to the Frenchman, Arsenal really have to go into the summer transfer window in search
of a holding
midfielder and looking at the market now, Danilo seems to be the only top - quality player in that
position who is likely to be on the move.
First
of I want to make it clear that Arsenal have no more room for
midfielders, especially in Keita's central
position, so I'm not too bothered about the fact that we missed
out on him.
sadly its a little late but we appreciate his effort to leave on a high note.we all know he is gonna confuse himself with all the options he will have in
midfield and end up playing people
out of position but thank heavens it will be for only a season.
There's two reasons why I think it's been a poor window: firstly,
out of the four
positions that need strengthening (CB, DM / CM, RW, CF), I would have said that central
midfield is at the bottom
of that list in terms
of priorities.
Huge gaps between forward
midfield defence, then an unfit and
out of form Coquielin is in a
position he hasn't got a clue about.