Sentences with phrase «midfielder playing behind»

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.

Also, simply comparing the 2 last year by spewing goal / assist numbers doesn't exactly provide the context that one (Ozil) was our primary attacking midfielder playing behind the ST, whilst the other (cazorla) was playing deep alongside our defensive midfielder.

Not exact matches

Adelaide could be the next to join the list but as a central attacking midfielder, I think he will likely play as third choice back up behind Mesut Ozil and Santiago Cazorla, mainly featuring in domestic cup competitions.

ozil has no place in a 3421 he can perform in a 3412 where he play behind the two strikers so i will go with ozil behin both danny and lacazette sanchez and giroud can be used as a supersubs but i will tell u this, i hope we win but i am sure we will loose arsene wenger is blinded against top teams and he will play ramsey and xhaka again in the middle and we will be dominated by chelsea midfielders

Beside the issue of Walcot's contract, Wenger loves his midfielders and in fairness to him, when we play Ramsey on the right, we don't have a lot of movement behind the opposition's defence and we are not as fast as we are when playing walcot.

I am not sure what the idea behind playing a tall CF is when the midfielders are not scoring enough!

From my recollections Dennis Bergkamp always played as a number 10 just behind firstly Ian Wright and then Thierry Henri; his role could not be called «an attacking midfielder».

If you can't pick Kevin De Bruyne up that is a massive issue and the way in which he plays behind the forward line but in front of the midfield is an area where it can potentially hurt Arsenal because they don't have that traditional set - up.

-- Wilshere: Plays better in a deeper central midfield position, than playing behind a striker, like Cazorla.

we have great fire power with probably the 2nd best creative attacking midfield in the EPL now the problem is that if we get congested in every game just outside the oppositions box there is no way we can score goals with 15 to 18 players in and around you, we need to change the way we play we can not play the million passing the ball game outside the box, we have to draw out the opposition to half way to be able to get behind their deference

Dempsey can play in an orthodox striking role or in an advanced central midfield role behind those up front.

Before Sanchez was deployed as a central forward / attacking midfielder, Ozil played behind Giroud and the attacks were monotonous.

Sanchez is okay as a striker, but I think he would be better if he plays as a central attacking midfielder, behind a striker.

Campbell will look for runs in behind as well and the midfield trio can all play a pass.

Max used a 4231 formation with Pjanic and Matuidi in midfield while Costa, Dybala and Alex Sandro played behind Higuain.

Shevchenko was the best striker in Europe for two consecutive years at Milan, with creative midfielders like Seadof, Pirlo, Kaka playing behind him, before he moved to Chelsea and played behind a goal scoring Lampard.

he is playing back a bit further than a traditional 4 -3-3, but he has a 3 man defense behind him so he doesn't have to spend so much time focusing on defending and can use that time to win balls in the midfield and push forward.

Just like Santi, James is a versatile playmaker who can play on the flanks, in central midfield or in his preferred position behind the striker as a Number 10.

Because he plays high, pretty much the position Özil plays for Arsenal but with two defensive midfielders behind him.

Putting Alexis in a free role with Ozil playing behind Walcott with Bellerin and Baba playing as wing backs with quite a narrow midfield.

Everyone one in the entire world (except Wenger clearly due to today) knows we needed a striker that could do all the hold up play and bringing others into play that Giroud actually does very well, but also the movement and pace that Walcott brings to be played in behind by our great midfielders.

I think Jamie Carragher got it spot on with his analysis of Ramsey last week, his best position would probably be in a midfield 3 with an enforcer behind him so he can play box to box.

I think he should play behind Welbeck as a central attacking midfielder / playmaker.

Sanchez is a work horse and I've seen him in all the matches that he played, calling his teammates to pressure the opponent's defense, but the guys won't do that and just stay behind the midfield.

since he's so good at assisting or creating chances or bringing others into the game or holding up the ball and less of a potent goalscorer, it'd be fair to say he could try out playing in midfield or behind a Lethal striker!

Dat hole in midfield will b taken up by cazorla, cazorla's place to be taken by sanchez (behind d striker) welbeck to play rite, and podolski on d left.

Who cares spurs prop beat them anyway we are falling giant in bits everywhere team to da owners to da manager always up to da fans, club needs a big name someone who Sanchez will say hey great signing I'm staying I believe in this project but same shit every year some fans still think we're great and hope it be this year haha I no the way it is ahwell we go anfield and win haha draw be good result we're already playing catch up to Jose but they no we're no treat we're prop behind Everton like Jesé who scored yesterday could play for us but we got Walcott or ozil even thou I thought Ozick did some good play but to weak gives up easy I honestly think if we lose Liverpool da house will fall down everywhere we need top defender and steel in midfield and we need right winger I say van diik and nzonzi if not nzonzi go get hamsik worldy player he is and go get wolfed zaha if not him Carracci of Atlanta Madrid load out there handily is da player we should get thou wat lift he give us

The fans could include Ozil if they want, but he had better play in deeper central midfield area, because he is not suitable to be playing behind a striker.

The Ox also enjoyed his best term, impressing largely in many outings in various positions, but I'm not sure his best play is seen when is placed behind the striker, and looks much more competent playing as a wing - back or central midfielder.

Wenger has to stop playing midfielders wide, and play ozil behind welbeck, seriously, imagine a front line of sanchez - welbeck and walcott with OZIL behind them.

Wilshire can play anywhere in the 5 man midfield, that is a mark of his quality and in a couple of years he will probably find and settle into his best position, for now he just needs to lay his injury troubles behind him, build up his ankles and focus on his football.

The main problem for me is our tactics; central midfielders occupying wing positions with wingers on the bench, no runners ever in behind the opposition defence, passing football with no end product, nobody driving forward at pace with the ball, instead opting for a sideways or backwards pass and an overall lack of counter attacking, penetrating play.

Two defensive midfielders and permanent 10 behind striker 3) We need a cdm to drive this team forward so we can play through the middle since we thrive on possession.

Ideally, Ozil would play in the hole, but (annoyingly) we do nt quite have the right type of midfielders to play behind him.

At the end of the day, the best formation to suit Ozil is a classic Arsenal 4 -2-3-1 which means he can play in the hole behind that striker feeding balls to the pacey wingers and striker without having to worry about tracking back too much seeing as there will be 2 midfielders behind him playing the double pivot to track back aswell as the wingers.

I agree with Danny Murphy, Wilshere looked more comfortable and more mobile in deeper midfield position, than playing behind the striker, because he gets less pressure from the opponents.

I think gmv8 is right, there is something sinister going on behind the scenes, the way the team played today wasn't just usual wenger's fault, yes his time is up and he needs to retire but i think there is more to the team than we know, players weren't communicating with each other on the pitch, they weren't caring about the game at all, at one of the goals i saw ramsey was talking to another player and not giving a damn about the game at all, there is some internal crisis between players, some probably hate each other, the defenders and the midfield lost the ball too much that it seemed they are doing it deliberately, some players seem to want out but not gone yet that makes me think they want out not because of money or the club but because they hate each other, specially Ox and Sanchez!!

He can play in central midfield, behind the striker or on either flank, giving the team more options in attack and his energy will surely give the team more dynamism going forward.

Like the usual 3 -4-2-1, Sanchez and Iwobi acted as central attacking midfielders behind Giroud, but Xhaka played as a defensive midifielder, supported the creative central midfielders in front of him (Wilshere and Ozil).

I'd play him in midfield with jack he reminds me Micheal Thomas we have bring sead kolosinic back in or even put him right back cause bellerin has being nothing short of disastrous in every way I like him as a man but my god he has not pushed on and I must say Cech looks so old and sluggish like last nite when Hernandez hit cross bar Cech looked so slow reactions gone we need keeper and I think Forster be great for us da guy at Southampton I think ozil will stay he's trying a lot more so would I to get 280 thousand weekly and Sanchez won't go cause not that he wants stay but he's form is very worrying hard take 3 weeks ago I looked at table and said we'll finish above spuds by ten points and in top 4 easily now we're behind them we have no consistency and manager that's just too old I love wenger always will but it's time and I think artery would be great choice for manager he meant be great coach maybe he's the one get Man City so great after all he loves arsenal maybe it's wenger plan go learn from pep and come bk when I leave take over and mersaker as he's no2 arteta and bfg take us forward and hand picked by wenger conspiracy theory begins

Even though one is listed as a striker and one a midfielder, the two players actually tend to play a similar role, either on one of the flanks or behind the central striker.

Then again, Ramsey and Coq can be Europa League midfield, Giroud up top with Onyekuru and Iwobi playing behind him.

Jack Wilshere is far behind in the pecking order, the likes of Xhaka, Cazorla, Ramsey, El Neny, Coquelin are all ahead of him and deservedly so, he needs to go get game time at Bournemouth where he'll play about 30 league games to become a better player who can fight for a midfield position at Arsenal

We need to have more runners in behind, fair enough last season playing 5 central midfielders and Giroud your not going to get that but this season we have an abundance of fast attacking players that need to be utilised.

He has some top midfielders like Ozil, Cazorla, Ramsey, behind him, do you see how frustrated they get with Giroud in almost every match because he gives the ball away so much, he rarley produces this so called great holdup play you preach about.

The Spain hitman, who played alongside the Turkish international in La Liga, has thrown his weight behind Jose Mourinho's potential move for the midfielder.

It's draining we lost to spurs but more over than anything the way we lost was embarrasseing and shocking we were played off park most game that has concern us as fans spurs bullied us out played us hungry in every department it's has fall with wenger when is time when he just accepts game has passed him matter of fact it has passed us arsenal fans aswell no control in middle very poor from xhaka and elneny and again dembele bought mortgage in midfield he's the owner my god vieria would of knocked he's house down but look we're very poor and away from home sad really how wenger keeps he's job is just pure stupidity but not just with today's results over all away from home we're relegation side go get Enrique before Chelsea get him and let but of class and youth take our great club back before Tottenham spuds leave us so far behind we won't even complete this series lack lustrous club

As see it Ozil is a luxury player player who you either accept his weaknesses (not defending, can't / won't tackle, etc) and put a couple of defensive midfielders behind him or you should not play him.

I don't think his job is to initiate attack, he's main job is to win the ball back and play a simple pass to our more offensive players, and he is not bad in possession as d stat and u re suggest, and I don't see any tactical reason behind carzola being backward order than ramsey being injured, nobody initiate our attack better than ramsey and dats d work of a box to box midfielder and not the defensive midfielder.

Wonder if trying Rosicky in the deepest midfield position (like Cabaye plays behind Pogba and Matuidi) could work for us?