Played in the false 9 role, Cesc Fabregas has been able to emulate the attacking
midfielder role with Plomp, but Messi's role of striker is not something which comes naturally.
442 diamond - like formation might work if we had the base of the diamond as a dedicated defensive
midfielder role with Coquelin (or new addition, or even perhaps Elneny), playmaker at the top of the diamond, the side operating like wingers (or falling back for more defensive cover as required) and two strikers.
I would have put Debuchy instead and pushed Bellerin into a conservative right
midfield role with Gibbs doing the same on the other side.
Coutinho had shone in a central
midfield role with Liverpool, where Jurgen Klopp played the likes of Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino, and Mohamed Salah in a front three, and a similar ploy could be deployed at the Camp Nou, though Paulinho could be hard done by the decision, given his impressive showing in the right - midfield position in a 4 -4-2 setup.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan is set to return after being ineligible for the League Cup final, and the Armenian is likely to feature alongside Mesut Ozil in an attacking
midfield role with Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang leading the line.
Tottenham seem pretty secure in the Centre Defensive
Midfield role with the experienced Mousa Dembele, Eric Dier, Victor Wanyama as well as Harry Winks who seems to be a future star.
Not exact matches
Man United are ready to offer $ 70m (# 51m) for the Stadio Olimpico duo and
with Michael Carrick entering the latter stages of his career, Marouane Fellaini working more effectively in an advanced attacking
role and loaned out
midfielder Tom Cleverley likely to be sold outright, there is scope for strengthening this area of van Gaal's squad also.
With the emergence of Francis Coquelin as Arsenal's first - choice defensive midfielder and with the likes of Aaron Ramsey, Jack Wilshere and even Santi Cazorla, who has grown accustomed to playing a deeper role, fighting for a place alongside the young Frenchman, the Gunners captain will certainly find it difficult to get into the first - t
With the emergence of Francis Coquelin as Arsenal's first - choice defensive
midfielder and
with the likes of Aaron Ramsey, Jack Wilshere and even Santi Cazorla, who has grown accustomed to playing a deeper role, fighting for a place alongside the young Frenchman, the Gunners captain will certainly find it difficult to get into the first - t
with the likes of Aaron Ramsey, Jack Wilshere and even Santi Cazorla, who has grown accustomed to playing a deeper
role, fighting for a place alongside the young Frenchman, the Gunners captain will certainly find it difficult to get into the first - team.
However,
with Coquelin, Ramsey, Wilshere, Arteta, Cazorla and all fighting for the central
midfield roles, would Milner have played any more for us than he did for City?
As well as those two Arsenal stars, Adelaide will also be fighting
with the likes of Wilshere and Ramsey, who have both also featured in that
role, whilst competition as a whole is extremely tight across the
midfield this year.
Unfortunately that is a big question mark following a number of setbacks in recent years, but Arsene Wenger is trying his best not to overuse the creative
midfielder, and
with any luck his extended time working into his key
role will help him to stay fit through - out the campaign.
He is
with a great potential as a
midfield player and I hope he will play a great
role at Arsenal in the near future.
Personally I would go for this formation
with Welbeck playing a box to box
role because of his strength and energy to help counter Kante and Bakayoko in
midfield:
The
midfield is a diamond arrangement
with Ozil at the north of the diamond, Carzola and Xhaka on the sharing the deep lying
role in the west and the east of the diamond and Coquelin on the south of the diamond as defensive
midfield.
Our
midfield is also extremely strong, and
with various types of player who can play different
roles for our side, it is difficult to pinpoint a weakness.
29 - goal Harry Kane is set to lead the line for the Three Lions tonight,
with Kane's Spurs teammate Eric Dier chosen over West Brom stalwart Jake Livermore as the player to partner Jordan Henderson in the defensive
midfield role for the home side.
Finding a regular first - team
role in a
midfield with the likes of Coquelin, Ozil, Cazorla and Ramsey is always going to be a tall ask... No disrespect to Rosicky
With Theo Walcott almost permanently injured and Lukas Podolski possibly leaving, Arsenal could be lining up an exciting # 26m move to sign Barcelona winger Pedro, who can fill in a number of attacking midfield roles and provide the team with another goal thr
With Theo Walcott almost permanently injured and Lukas Podolski possibly leaving, Arsenal could be lining up an exciting # 26m move to sign Barcelona winger Pedro, who can fill in a number of attacking
midfield roles and provide the team
with another goal thr
with another goal threat.
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.
With Ramsey or Arteta in that position, they will position themselves farther up field and play an active
role in the build up play as well as helping to overload the
midfield.
It would also seem unnecessary to risk Ramsey
with a starter or bench
role this weekend, solely based upon the fact that we already have a number of quality
midfielders available at our feet, meaning there is no need to see Ramsey rush back.
The report also state that Wenger is tempted by Luiz's versatility,
with defensive
midfield another
role he could fill and one that looks a particular weak spot for the Gunners at the moment.
And on top of it he has great technical skill to fit in the mould & not be a simple destroyer just like Kante & maybe more... 5) Now getting both would be too much to ask... specially
with our already stacked
midfield &
with Elneny bright outings since trusted into a bigger
role spell good things ahead of next season &
with full preseason... even Coquelin is playing less!
But buddy, wen get picks the players, weber buts the players (or not as has been seen recently) weber sticks
with those players when like Ozil last night, they don't perform, so yea the players didn't do what they should have BUT it's wen gers fault that we didn't have a mire clinical finisher up front who would have put away the chances that group missed, it's wengers fault that Arteta and canola were Un able to play the defensive
midfield role; it's wengers fault that he didn't buy backup for coquellin.
Chambers would have been playing the holding
midfield / 3rd Central Defender
Role (Its still beats me how and why wenger didn't even try Vermaleen in that role — his cautious attitude is one of Arsenals biggest albatros) If Arsenal had started playing Joel Campbell on the flanks since the beginning of the season, when it was obvious Carzola was misfiring, Campbell will be getting used to the league by now and will have been chipping in with the odd goals time and again - but NO Arsene will stick with Carzola and even play him in the wings thereby putting pressure on gibbs because he lack the discipline to stay there and will rather keep roaming to the cert
Role (Its still beats me how and why wenger didn't even try Vermaleen in that
role — his cautious attitude is one of Arsenals biggest albatros) If Arsenal had started playing Joel Campbell on the flanks since the beginning of the season, when it was obvious Carzola was misfiring, Campbell will be getting used to the league by now and will have been chipping in with the odd goals time and again - but NO Arsene will stick with Carzola and even play him in the wings thereby putting pressure on gibbs because he lack the discipline to stay there and will rather keep roaming to the cert
role — his cautious attitude is one of Arsenals biggest albatros) If Arsenal had started playing Joel Campbell on the flanks since the beginning of the season, when it was obvious Carzola was misfiring, Campbell will be getting used to the league by now and will have been chipping in
with the odd goals time and again - but NO Arsene will stick
with Carzola and even play him in the wings thereby putting pressure on gibbs because he lack the discipline to stay there and will rather keep roaming to the certain.
We can have 2 up top
with Ramsey Will be slotted as Box to Box
role and Wilshere
with Deep lying
Midfielder to control
midfield.
You would think that Wilshere would struggle to break into our central
midfield roles at present,
with Aaron Ramsey currently ranked amongst our best players.
As per the report, two full - backs, a
midfielder and playmaker will be targeted, and they've even offered names to fill those
roles with Hector Bellerin, Theo Hernandez, Marco Verratti and Philippe Coutinho set to be targeted.
Coutinho scored 14 goals and provided nine assists in 36 appearances in all competitions for Liverpool this past season, but if he were to move to Barcelona, then as detailed by Tite, he would have to move back into a
midfield role given the current attacking trident at the Nou Camp
with Neymar, Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi.
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.
Hopefully we will have Ramsey back in
midfield but if not then I think it should be Rosicky that comes in
with Cazorla moving back into the number 10
role.
Our manager is thought to be a long term admirer of the 22 - year old and according to The Mirror he might be about to make a club record offer of around # 55 million for Draxler,
with the idea that he might be able to play as a centre forward for us as well as his more usual
roles of wide forward or attacking
midfielder.
Elneny has impressed in his limited opportunities in the first - team squad, but has found himself battling
with one too many rivals for a central
midfield role, but we may just have found the perfect position for him, and just like Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain, maybe we could maximise the ability in our squad thanks to the ew move.
Despite being deployed in a central
midfield role rather than on the wing, Di Maria was still happy to pick up the ball and run
with it.
Oh my god what is he doing?!! I think we need a world class winger and put back messi in f9
role and switch back to 4 -3-3 and
with coutinho - busquets and another world class
midfielder we will be barcelona again.
Anfield boss Brendan Rodgers has improved his central
midfield options over the summer
with experienced England international James Milner offering Liverpool a versatile weapon whilst last summer's addition Emre Can has matured into a player who's best position is in a defensive enforcer
role.
Deployed in the anchoring
midfield role, Mascherano has made countless tackles, passed the ball well, and won back possession
with interceptions.
Mohamed Elneny played a big
role in calming the nerves
with a solid
midfield display, and he also had a rare impact going forward
with two fine assists to level the game.
On Loan * Akpom (depends on our striker buy) * Crowley (he needs to step up and fulfill his potential) * Zelalem (had hot and cold season
with Glasgow, would be great if he can be loaned out another year) * Maintland - Niles (hot and cold too, plus we are packed on the right) * Bielik (lets see what he is made of) * Glen Kamara (
Midfielder that is 21, it is a loan or he will be sold) * Stefan O'Connor * Mavididi (goes on loan so Malen can play first
role in U21)
With Welbeck and Ramsey in form and more comfortable and natural in the wide forward and box - to - box
midfield roles, the German and the Spaniard will contend for the number 10
role.
Another impressive defensive
midfielder, Daley Blind can also fill in as a left - back, so may not have too much to worry about
with Gundogan's arrival, even if his best
role has perhaps been in front of the back four.
Now thinking about the style that won arsenal trophies we had physical / technical
midfielders and we had wide players who could play the forward
role easily who were also equipped
with pace and technical ability.
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.
Coquelin can compete
with whoever Wenger decides to bring in, and Ramsey, Wilshere and Cazorla can compete for the other deep - lying
midfield role.
After joining Arsenal in the January transfer window, Diaby initially impressed
with his performances in centre
midfield, drawing widespread comparisons, including from Wenger, to club legend Patrick Vieira and playing a
role in Arsenal's progression to the 2006 UEFA Champions League final.
It would really be interesting to see Toral integrated in the team, but its going to be difficult
with an already crowded
midfield, he his pretty good in the air, good technical skills, love to shoot at goal, i think he could also play in a forward
role.
With Elneny establishing himself in the team's starting line up it means when Ramsey is fit he will fight with Iwobi (who is a central midfielder as well) for the wide r
With Elneny establishing himself in the team's starting line up it means when Ramsey is fit he will fight
with Iwobi (who is a central midfielder as well) for the wide r
with Iwobi (who is a central
midfielder as well) for the wide
role.
wenger needs to build a golden idol in the shape of ozil @ no10 statue and make everyone in the squad bow down before it to make ozil feel special again and he will be rocking and rolling again wengers first commandment will be play ozil @ no10 only no where else, command no 2 build the whole arsenal attack around ozil only at no 10, ozil is the future of our attacking play along
with wilshere and ramsey controlling
midfield in box 2 box
roles along
with a worldy d / m in front of back 4.
The Wingers will provide support to the three - man
midfield of Elneny or Xhaka (I would go
with Elneny right now) in the defensive
midfield role; Ramsey in the Vieira
role — Yes, our Vieira, if well motivated, is Ramsey — and Ozil in the attacking
midfield role.
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