Sentences with phrase «more defensive work»

Clichy has bombed forward haphazardly in the last two games, Vermaelen and Gallas» forward forays cost us against United and Everton while Song got caught forward for Chelsea's second and generally made Abou Diaby, one of our most effective attacking weapons, do far more defensive work.

Lamela could potentially make his first Premier League start for Spurs, Sandro could fit back in defensive midfield for his first start, as Chelsea's midfield will offer more in attack; which will mean more defensive work for Mousa Dembele, but in such a big profile game, Villas - Boas may keep the same 11 that have won at Cardiff away and Norwich at home.

thought elneny is more of a b2b rather than cdm; hope to see more defensive work from him.

But it is good for him to get back his fitness maybe on the wing he is doing a bit more defensive work as well.

I'm all for making players work for that place in the starting 11 and making them do more defensive work but walcott hasn't really been given the chance since hes came back from injury!

Pod will always look good in the last 10 - 20 minutes of the game, as long as he is a sub, arsenal team is putting in a lot more defensive work than usual, i know Pod does not have the discipline to do so, why arsenal looking better?

The midfielder filled in admirably for Blind, but was forced to do more defensive work than he would've liked.

It was no surprise, Pjanic won several balls and did more defensive work.

Not exact matches

Campbell deserves his chance although he hasn't been outstanding in all his games one thing he always offers is 110 %, his defensive work is alot better then the ox on the wing & I would have him there over ramsey as he is more direct.

Ramsey's attacking threat is greater there but he also offers more defensive qualities than Cazorla or Arteta and his work rate is amazing.

Ok can this side work against chelsea, i think it can but i would be a little more defensive in the middle, by taking out ozil and pushing cazorla behind the striker and add Hayden / Coquelin beside Flamini, we can carry on Ozil in the last 20 minutes, Chelsea defensive players hates a pacey forward line, so they will be committing lot of fouls and their backs will be occupied.

Although Wilshere has not nailed down a regular position in his career so far, playing both as an attacking midfielder, either centrally or on either flank, as well as a more defensive - minded player, it appears that he wants to work on becoming more of a deep - lying ball player in the Alonso or Pirlo mould.

Case Keenum is at his best when he is getting rid of the ball quickly, so Schwartz may want to consider his corners playing up a little more on the line and buying just a few more seconds for the defensive line to work its magic.

I think that Cazorla has much more to provide for us, so I think that just a pacey right side will be enough to do the trick... Or else play Walkott, Ox on the flanks, Sanchez as striker, Ozil and Rambo as providers, but we do luck a monster CDM to do all the defensive work...

«After that, we promised ourselves to come out of that comfort zone and be a bit more focused, especially to know that what comes first is defensive work and not just for the back four.

Peres / Giroud kept fighting, kept working, i need to see giroud demanding more crosses, telling them where he wants it, in the case of perez he needs to do the defensive work too and use his right foot.

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)

Knowing cazorla defensive work, he will be more appropriate on the left wing position than mesut

Having these players on the field will not only keep our number of chances created by team high but it will also ensure that we score more and also defend better, as cazorla and ramsey do better defensive work than ozil.

The major issue here is that, there are other players who are more suited to play the RW position, who would give the offensive and defensive work required to make the team more balance.

Most teams will try to press us this season so we need more work on intercepting the ball this method frustrates a high pressing opponent and this work does nt fall on MA8 alone the whole team needs to sharpen up and improve their defensive work rate

If Arsenal stick with three centre backs then Mustafi must be considered a far better choice for the third birth alongside Kos and Holding rather then Monreal.Kolasinac has to come back in at left eing - back and Bellerin revert to the right.Midfield is a very different matter.Arsenal still desperately need a proper defensive central player.Ozil in this current side can not be considered anything more than a luxury.All of Bournemouth's creativity will come down the flanks so it's necessary to put players on to the pitch who are prepared to fulfill their defensive duties.This also means that unless Ramsey can work out that he's playing in midfield not as a number 10 he has no place on the team either.

Secondly if, say for example, it worked and Vidal decided he would change his game slightly to a more sitting defensive role, it would quite simply be the end of Coquelin's budding career.

We need to change some players, even if they are good players to make our game more dinamic, more complete.If Walcott will leave, definetly Sterling is the right choose to play with Sanchez.If Bayern will want Ozil, I think we should let him go.I think mutch people will be not agree with this, Ozil is a great player BUT is not a complete player, doesn't have enough speed and is seems sometimes like he is not involved in the game.I think a switch with Gotze can be benefic for our team, he run alot, is creative and make the defensive as well.We need a Striker to, but a good one, someone like Benzema or Cavani, someome who can get at least 20 goals per season.A new DM is what we need for balance the game, I think Vidal is the best in the world in this moment (is just my opinion), he working hard in defence and can win a game with a long shot.This is the way I see footbal.

What we need, if anything, are more two way players, who are good offensively and also do a good defensive work, when the opponents have the ball.

Lemar or lemina would be great also, lemar for more of is offensive work and lemina for is defensive work, anyone of 3 would be great

I said experiment because I am not sure how their chemistry would work out on the pitch as we do not see them everyday in training... for example I am not sure if Neny can play the defensive role as effectively as Coq, but since Coq is not performing at the level we usually expect of him anyway, I would pun for Neny there for now... Based on what I have seen so far, I would say Neny defensive game would be based on covering and interceptions rather than going in strongly for tackles like Coq but the plus is he runs and covers more ground than Flamini, and his movement and ball distribution is definitely better than both Flamini and Coq.

That freed up the team significantly, taking defensive pressure off Kroos and Modric and giving the defense a better shield, and even allowing the attack to play with more freedom instead of having to worry about covering the defense from up high and doing all the creative work themselves.

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.

Don't think FC had a huge amount of defensive work to do and accordingly he was actually able to spend more time on the ball than normal showing a bit more of his playing ability.

But if you were like me, and expecting a much more heated midfield battle for dominance in midfield you'd have to opt for Ramsey in their due to his work - rate and superior defensive qualities.

Between a flawless defensive effort and even more goals from Suarez, Neymar and a rare goal from someone other than those two (Iniesta), Barcelona made quick and easy work of their La Liga arch-rivals and ran away with a 4 - 0 victory over Real Madrid.

Wenger changed the style of play to a more fluid and attacking style, which worked great when we had the superb defensive set - up largely inherited from the old - style Arsenal, and it was a winning combination.

The Brazilian edges out more defensive options in this very attacking line - up and would have to be willing to do more of the dirty work in the middle of the field

If he faces fewer work load and makes more defensive errors then it should be a conclusive testament to his inferiority to Francis.

My suggestion is that if Sanchez can learn that, he has the potential to do it much better than giroud does because he is faster off the mark and can dribble.he's too honest in his running so I disagree with those that think it's the set up of the team that failed him.his movement is still a little naive for the premier league Secondly on the left wide argument.Wenger is jamming attacking midfielder out there so as to provide cover for the defensive midfielder using two box to box battlers.it only makes sense because we have lots of them and it can be effective if well mastered.the catch is sacrificing a winger for the the attacking midfielder.if your memory serves you well you'll remember that artetas downward spiral began when teams noticed he was the hub for our possession and started deploying their number 10 to press him.it's been working for ages and can be used on any defensive midfielder regardless of the size so You'll end up with your much cried for cavarlho, kedihra, bender, schneiderline, and every other one passing sideways and backward because of the pressure so I personally appreciate the innovative move but Again appeal to Ramsey and Wilshire to take their job more serious.

Wenger may take a more defensive approach and actually play Ramsey instead of Walcott, it all depends on what they feel it's working in the team right now.

It's more than the players, we need a defensive structure that works and defenders who aren't lazy.

Bring in Ospina for Cech; Gabriel for Koscielny (Kos is 31 and its time we start testing Gabriel and Holding beside Mustafi to see what our long term first choice defensive partnership will look like); Gibbs for Monreal (Wenger needs to start rotating these 2 more frequently as we need to ascertain if Gibbs can adequately produce the quality to hold that position from next season for a few years as I'm thinking this might be Nacho's last or penultimate season with Arsenal, it will also give a hint as to the type of Left - back to target in the summer — first teamer or backup and age as well); I'll like to see an Elneny — Xhaka partnership in this fixture as we might just never know, this might be our replica of the Kos Mustafa partnership in the centre of the park, Two disciplined (positionally, i mean) central midfielders who can play box to box; Chamberlain for Iwobi, and Perez for Alexis should do the work.

Everyone in this team works hard and doesn't cop out on defensive duties (bar Ozil), not a bad thing because he is our most creative player when on form and this team accommodates his shortcomings so he has more freedom.

ballerin is superb, just needs a little more work on his defensive play but that will come with game time.

As I've said before on this site, I wonder how Rubio would have worked on the defensive end if allowed to play with Butler, Taj Gibson and more seasoned versions of Kat and Wiggins.

Even though he is not a defensive midfielder, he is younger than N'Zonzi, has high work rate, is used to play with Barcelona football level, can play as a right wingback as well, more skillful, more creative and has learned a lot from Messi.

Its time for Oxlade - Chamberlain to add more discipline to his game... Would be an amazing player if he just cut out the stray passes and worked on getting abit more responsibility into the defensive side of the game..

His defensive work is more fitting for a winger than a striker.

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.

Qualities: Giroud - Hold up (but not against top defenders Tery, Cahil, etc), short pass, hard working, team player, defensive duties (set - pieces), injuries Benteke - Hold up, short pass, better dribbler, long shots, finishing, positioning, defensive duties (set - pieces), can play with his back to the goal and also drop deep and face the goal when marked weakness: Giroud - very slow, easily marked, poor finishing (not wc finisher), technique Benteke - injuries, not a hard worker If you look the stats for the since 2012/2013, they have almost similar records except that Benteke scored like total of 19 goals (correct me if I'm wrong) in his 1st season and also have a decent record against top teams, keep in mind he plays for AstonVilla not Arsenal where you get much more chances and better players around.

Should we try to be more defensive on the whole or do we need to be more direct or work harder on our attacking play?

He will be faster, more penetrative, some goals in there and will shield the four back players not out of brute force but intelligence... He will not be a defensive midfielder, but a deep positioned play maker... A Xavi of Barcelona and the 4.1.4.1 AW attempted and found Arteta too isolated could now work with a hard working Ramsey... imagine a 25 year old Arteta converted to his present role... definately he would be more effective than what we have today.

The other possibility is Sheldon Richardson, but the tag for defensive linemen is even more expensive and the Seahawks just don't have that much cap room to work with.