Sentences with phrase «midfielders would struggle»

ANY attacking minded midfielder would struggle playing alongside Flamini that's a FACT, Aaron had to play roles that aren't part of his strength because no other midfielder was available, blame the manager NOT the player.

The defensive midfielder has struggled with some injury problems in recent years but if someone can get him fit he could be a clever buy.

The Daily Telegraph states that chief among Tottenham's Bundesliga - based targets is Borussia Dortmund midfielder Sven Bender, with the international midfielder having struggled for regular first team action at the Westfalenstadion in 2014/15.

French midfielder has struggled with form and fitness, and now is the time to bid farewell to the 26 - year - old, who has simply not fulfilled his potential during his six years in north London.

Any midfielder would struggle alongside Flamini, or did you forget the Bayern thrashing we received when Ramsey wasn't in the team??

The Egypt midfielder has struggled to establish himself following a # 5million move from Basel 18 months ago.

The midfielder has struggled to settle in at Spurs, with many fans becoming frustrated with Paulinho due to the amount of below - par performances the 26 - year - old has been put in over the past two seasons.

Andre Gomes on his «hell» at Barcelona: «I am not enjoying what I am doing» ESPN Andre Gomes has opened up about his «hell» at Barcelona in a revealing interview with Spanish magazine Panenka.The Barca midfielder has struggled to find his best form since joining the club from Valencia in 2016 and has been the subject of jeers and whistles from his own supporters on more than one occasion.

The midfielder has struggles to find his first - team opportunities limited this season, who has made just three starts in the top flight.

The 23 - year - old midfielder has struggled to hold down first - team football alongside the likes of Ronaldo and Benzema, especially since the arrival of Mateo Kovacic from Inter over the summer, having started in seven of his nine La Liga appearances so far this term.

Pedro Chirivella: # 2m (out on loan to Eredivisie strugglers Willem II, the midfielder has struggled to impress in the Dutch league; player is still good enough to find a career somewhere but certainly not in the big leagues)

The defensive midfielder has struggled for first - team football under Jose Mourinho this season — having played only 11 minutes during the 2016 - 17 Premier League campaign.

The midfield has struggled to cope going forward and new signing Jermaine Beckford is begging for service.

The 21 - year - old midfielder has struggled to make an impact at Madrid this season following his move from Real Betis in the summer of 2017 for a transfer fee reported by The Daily Mail to be worth # 14.5 million.

The Polish midfielder had struggled in Italy before Sarri took over at Empoli and transformed the young player into a complete box - to - box midfielder.

Not exact matches

The signing of Vidal would be a big help for the club, who have long struggled in their attempts to find a top class midfield player to replace the recently - retired club legend Paul Scholes.

To me the fact that we have a striker in Giroud that can not make runs beyond the defence allows teams to play a high line against us which makes our midfield struggle with space.

Now we are back on this DM issue again, of a truth we need a strong athletic midfielder buh i believe it has to do with the way the team has been established to play ie the attacking way.Arsenal under wenger is set up to be attack minded so getting a DM will always be a priority Buh imho, i think even Matic, Matinez, kondogbia just to name a few will still struggle in our team.

Then we have the midfield and the decision to stick with the struggling Granit Xhaka despite the Swiss international costing us the game at Stoke and almost doing the same at home to Leicester.

The 24 year old attacking midfielder could be seen as a player who could offer Brendan Rodgers a fresh injection of creativity to a side that has struggled this term and the players # 20m price - tag is perhaps within the Anfield side's budget.

The German midfielder has looked uninterested of late, and has struggled with confidence this season.

There was a sense that Haas would turn up and lead the midfield, Force India would be far from satisfied, and Williams would struggle for points.

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.

Di Maria has not been at his best as a United player, struggling to show the fine form that saw him regarded as one of the best midfielders in the world at previous club Real Madrid.

The Gunners midfielder came through the ranks of our youth system, and has long been touted as a future captain of our first - team, but due to a number of long - term injuries and struggles, he has taken the big jump to move out on loan this term.

The Old Trafford club could certainly do with adding some guile to their struggling midfield and I reckon that Mourinho would love the idea of taking one of Wenger's former favourites and then making the Frenchman regret letting him go.

Croatia midfielder Niko Kranjcar has added to Portsmouth's misery by admitting he is keen to leave the struggling Premier League club at the end of the season.

Most of us have been crying for a defensive midfielder and I personally think this should be our first priority as Arteta is getting on with age and with all due respect, seems to struggle a bit against more physical teams who apply pressure.

Mourinho — who has overseen a series of sub-par performances by the attacking midfielder during Chelsea's struggles this term — will surely be furious that his star man is being risked.

The Reds were stated as having etched the versatile midfielder's name on their summer wish list, but they were expected to struggle to clinch his signature with Los Blancos also said to be in the race, the Liverpool Echo reported.

Herrmann has 10 goals in 56 league games for Monchengladbach and can in central midfielder or off a main striker — a role in which Spurs new - boy Gylfi Sigurdsson has struggled to impress in so far this term.

19 - year - old Halilovic moved to Barca from Croatian heavyweights Dinamo Zagreb in 2014, but has struggled to establish himself amidst the Catalan giants» myriad of midfield options.

Laurent Blanc responded to the loss of his most defensive midfielder in somewhat surprising fashion, throwing on a much more attacking player in Lucas Moura and abandoning the 3 -5-2 that PSG had struggled with in favor of a 4 -3-3, bringing Marquinhos off the back line to serve as his holding midfielder.

The 24 - year - old attacking midfielder is on loan from Lazio after struggling to make an impression in Serie A, but has got fans talking about an England recall after this sublime solo strike.

Dembele has struggled with injuries throughout his stint with the club, but his physicality, athleticism, defensive qualities and overall influence in midfield have made him a fundamental figure for Tottenham.

here was what i read on manure forum» That first 20/30 minutes from Arsenal is the best football I've seen in the Premiership since Liverpool a few seasons ago.Fast, incisive, deliberate, and every single pass was absolutelyinch perfect.Whatever 11 we fielded, we would have struggled to keep upwith them I feel... but I think having a solid midfield (3 in there instead of 2 — which shouldbe par for the course away at the Emirates) would have stopped the wave a little bit.»

Kovacic is a midfielder, so why would they let a striker go when they are struggling for goals themselves.

when we had fabregas Wilshere in our midfield then, we never struggled to dominate teams, we never played ugly football... our game was so good to watch.....

especially with our recent struggles in midfield, I would rather give him a chance than persisting with Fabregas each and every game

I will assure all the Ozil is never in the wrong brigade, the days of an attacking midfielder that is one dimensional are long gone, just assisting and contributing nothing else to the team is in the past, all players now have to do more than just waiting for others to fight for them, as that's why Mata struggled at Chelsea under Moanrinho and he is struggling at Man United too.

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!!

I will assure all the «Ozil is never in the wrong brigade», those days of an attacking midfielder who is one dimensional are long gone, just assisting and contributing nothing else to the team is in the past, all players now have to do more than just waiting for others to fight for them, that's why Mata struggled at Chelsea under Moanrinho and he is struggling at Man United too.

In the past few months, most notably against Manchester United, PSG and Everton, Arsenal have struggled to control the midfield and constantly are unable to dictate and control the tempo the game.

1Mandzukic is better than giroud 2 turan is slightly better than santi 3 koke is better than jack 4garcia is better than welbeck 5 Guizmann is similar level to Walcott with better technique 6gabi would walk into our midfield he is better than arteta 7miranda is as good as kosc / godin is better than mertesacker 9 juanfran better than debuchy 10 monreal would struggle to make there squad 11 Mario Suarez is better than flamini 12curci is as good as poldi 13saul is as good a young talent as chambers

The Gunners, however, struggled to live up to the high pressing and high tempo game plan from their German opponents and, had it not been for some profligacy in front of goal from Klopp's frontline and midfielders, Arsenal were looking at a much bigger margin of defeat.

the transition from midfield to attack which Santi do orchestrate very well became a task so difficult for Ozil + Ramsey to handle just because the two of them don't have the techniques and dribbling skills needed to make things happen... we struggles to break a defensive team just because Santi, Rozza and Jack were injured... Sanchez became the only source of breaking them.......

Pogba was regarded as one of the best midfielders in the world at previous club Juventus but has struggled to take that form with him to United, though it seems Mourinho may have always had some reservations about him.

even if u wanted to «try» Elneny who we all know doesn't have the ability to dictate play in midfield much more give penetrating passes n a Ramsey who was still in bad form, ddnt have the best games last time out against Ludogorets n also struggled on the wing.

Because our young midfielder has revealed that he has spoken to Wenger about possibly being used for Arsenal in the same way that Roy Hodgson has begun to use him for England with considerable success, but the Prof seems dead set against it, even though Mikel Arteta and Mathieu Flamini have sometimes struggled in the deep lying midfield role.

However, a move never materialised, and Chelsea have since shown an interest in bringing him in to improve their struggling midfield in January, though Real Madrid are also keen.