I have many
more midfield and attack combinations for other games instead of the stagnant and rigid combination Wenger employs every week.
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.
And for more prowess at Arsenal's central attacking midfielder option and cover, Arsenal should explore the opportunity at signing Moussa Sissoko to the fullest and sign him if he agrees to come to us and his argent and Newcastle FC will reasonably lower their asking price for him to enable Arsenal to sign h
And for
more prowess at Arsenal's central
attacking midfielder option
and cover, Arsenal should explore the opportunity at signing Moussa Sissoko to the fullest and sign him if he agrees to come to us and his argent and Newcastle FC will reasonably lower their asking price for him to enable Arsenal to sign h
and cover, Arsenal should explore the opportunity at signing Moussa Sissoko to the fullest
and sign him if he agrees to come to us and his argent and Newcastle FC will reasonably lower their asking price for him to enable Arsenal to sign h
and sign him if he agrees to come to us
and his argent and Newcastle FC will reasonably lower their asking price for him to enable Arsenal to sign h
and his argent
and Newcastle FC will reasonably lower their asking price for him to enable Arsenal to sign h
and Newcastle FC will reasonably lower their asking price for him to enable Arsenal to sign him.
With the likes of Coquelin, Xhaka, Elneny
and hopefully Cazorla competing for those
midfield spots you could say that the always
attack minded Welshman is a bit of a luxury player whose impact off the bench could be
more than from the start, don't you think?
And the fact that we would be denying Liverpool and Brendan Rodgers another of his transfer targets would make it even sweeter, but I just wonder whether it would not be more proof that Wenger is too focused on the attacking side of the game when we desperately need a defender and a proper defensive midfield
And the fact that we would be denying Liverpool
and Brendan Rodgers another of his transfer targets would make it even sweeter, but I just wonder whether it would not be more proof that Wenger is too focused on the attacking side of the game when we desperately need a defender and a proper defensive midfield
and Brendan Rodgers another of his transfer targets would make it even sweeter, but I just wonder whether it would not be
more proof that Wenger is too focused on the
attacking side of the game when we desperately need a defender
and a proper defensive midfield
and a proper defensive
midfielder.
To all giroud bashers, who claimed other strikers would score 30goals for all the chances wil created, man city, liverpool actually created
more scoring chances than us which depicts that our
midfielders need to create
more to meet up with these teams
and our fans must stop picking on players to
attack.
I'd like to see Nelson in a
more attacking midfield role
and Niles in a defensive
midfield role.
Barkok has recently been picked for the Germany Under19 side
and according to the German publication Spox, Wenger has been watching this exciting
attacking midfielder for some time
and after being turned down last summer he has now gone back with another offer that is «no
more than # 10m».
I think Arsenal needs an
attacking midfielder that has
more ball control
and high work rate, not just vision
and flair.
Roberto Mancini has opted to play a
midfield pairing of Gareth Barry
and Yaya Toure in the centre of the park as the Italian opts for a far
more attacking approach this term
and this has left Dutch international De Jong warming the bench with the 27 year old making just four Premier League starts compared to the 30 out of 38 he made last term.
With Van Persie operating as a lone striker, Wenger wanted to add a third central
midfielder and give his wide playmakers
more attacking freedom.
He has scored a whopping 22 in 15 Ukrainian league games this season,
and a further three in the Champions League — a return made all the
more impressive considering that he has largely been playing as an
attacking midfielder.
None of the strikers are coming Reus wont be coming, Griezmann won't be coming, Draxler is an injury prone winger who is
more or less what Cazorla was in Malaga
and Götze is an
attacking midfielder.
The 24 year - old has netted 16 in just 22 League games
and he is probably much
more likely to be a success in England as he can play as an
attacking midfielder or winger as well, rather than being an out -
and - out front man like Lacazette.
Our defence does have frailties,
and you could argue that if we were stronger at the back we could free up another player for our
midfield or
attack,
and that could potentially open us up to win many
more matches.
If Arsenal want to improve quickly, they can not wait for Wilshere's potentials, but they have to get a
more skillful
and more creative
attacking midfielder as soon as possible.
Both Wenger
and Mourinho could do with
more quality in that
attacking midfield area at the moment, with the two managers facing some doubts over their current options in that area.
However, Rodgers is tactically smart
and changing his style is probably the
more likely option, with Daniel Sturridge as the focus in
attack and a unit of exciting
attacking midfielders being him.
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.
Man United currently rely a great deal on veteran Paul Scholes
and do not really possess much in the way of a goal threat with the likes of Michael Carrick, Anderson
and Darren Fletcher not being all that
attack minded, whilst also not providing a great deal in the way of a link between
midfield and attack, being
more concerned with keeping hold of the ball.
Our
midfield is bad like before, valverde changed our
midfield to 4 man
midfield and sacreficed our
attacking style for
more balance in the team.
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.
He's vulnerability a lack of Height during set pieces (I.e Giroud being the only realistic target because of his height
and the fact he is a striker) has meant our CB «s are playing a bit
more up top than they should be
and because our
midfield is mostly
attacking defusing the situation / stopping opposition
attacks in the first half of the season wasn't happening, the second half we had coquelin but if he gets injured, without any cover at CDM we end up in the same situation.
if the energy on the field doesn't translate back into some meaningful movement
and attacking, then what's the use of playing
more midfield engines anyway!?
Saint - Etienne
midfielder Yohan Mollo enjoyed his weekend goal against Lorient
and sees himself as
more of an
attacking threat for Les Verts moving forward.
Ox still needs to learn how to read the games, pass
more accurately
and work on his first touch, if he wants to be a great winger or
attacking midfielder.
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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.
I thought when he was coming through he looked like he could nail down a right
midfield position,
and looked a bit like Parlour with a bit
more cleverness to his
attacking play, but I don't think he's ever fully adjusted to playing CM in the 4 -3-3 formation.
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!!
Good enough as a squad player, but Arsenal definitely need
more creative
and more skillful
attacking midfielder in the next season.
What we have is three
attacking midfielders which depending on who is playing have slightly different instructions, who interchange constantly, the «wingers» have a job to come inside at nearly every opportunity
and one of the three, Sanchez
more often than not recently, has extra licence to act
more as a secondary striker.
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.
Paulo Dybala was vital in getting their
attack rolling,
and as the game went on
more players started getting involved as well, including a surprisingly strong supporting performance from Alex Sandro on the left side of the Italians»
midfield.
A
midfield 3 of either Xhaka - Ramsey - Coquelin or Xhaka - Elneny - Coquelin, will allow us
more of a presence in the
midfield and allow the team in general to move further up the pitch, seeing as in the past two games the back line
and the
midfield has constantly sat back inviting pressure to build up, whilst the
attacking trio of Theo, Ozil
and Sanchez would just remain up top.
Until we find the complete
midfielder like matic who can initiate
attacks and defend at the same time, or a quicker ball playing cb instead of per, we need two
midfielders shielding the back four which gives our fb's
more freedom to operate further down the pitch
We heard a few days from the Arsenal
and Spain international
midfield maestro, Santi Cazorla, about why he felt that he was more effective in the Central Attacking Midfield role for the Gunners, rather than being stuck out wide as he was for much of last
midfield maestro, Santi Cazorla, about why he felt that he was
more effective in the Central
Attacking Midfield role for the Gunners, rather than being stuck out wide as he was for much of last
Midfield role for the Gunners, rather than being stuck out wide as he was for much of last season.
You are highlighting the
attacking depth — especially in the
midfield and even
more specifically the central
midfield.
Although he favours an
attacking midfield position, over the years, Cazorla has proven himself equally adept at playing from a deep - lying position
and, despite his stature, he is
more than willing to contribute to the defensive side of the game.
In my opinion, Arsenal would need
more skillful
and braver
attacking midfielders than what they have now.
Our 3 back is just so wrong.We don't have natural wingbacks even in this formation.It also seems to me that lots of people here believe if you're good at right or left fullback then automatically you're good at RWB / LWB which quite frankly is untrue.That's why Oxlade Chamberlain can be considered at RWB but not right back.At RWB or LWB you're asking too much in terms of
attack from Bellerin
and Kolasinac.A proper wing back can be viewed as a
more defensive winger which quite frankly none of them are
and they don't possess the flexibility too to play that way.Our
midfielders are also not disciplined enough because in 3 back there's a huge gap in the centre of the field that must be covered by our CM's so indiscipline only means disaster.We also have Ozil who looks like he's playing at RW in 3 back.In that we're limiting his impact because Ozil takes on his man because he wants to not because he likes to.You can't play such players at the wing.He's a proper No. 10 who likes to be given freedom.That's why Ozil plays likes he's lazy on the ball
and stuff.It's because he wants to be free
and for that you need to put him at No. 10.
If you're not going to invest in a legitimate DM who can actually play at this level, then you might as well play nobody
and just roll with your best 3
attacking midfielders, because playing a player who clearly isn't good enough anymore hurts the team
more than having no DM would.
I would also release diaby
and rosicky
and bring in a
more attacking midfielder too, someone like cabaye, isco illarimendi.
Unless Arsenal can create such system that will force their players to work harder to help their teammates, a
more skillful, pacey, hardworking
and tricky
attacking midfielder like Isco / Thiago / De Bruyne is
more suitable for Arsenal's current system
Well to be
more precise, the
attacking and creative side of
midfield, as the need for what we might call a «proper» defensive
midfielder had become a tried old topic for Arsenal fans
and the football media alike.
Ramsey / Moura — Right leaning
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Attacking Midfielder, Mkhitaryan (Centrally placed Attacking Midfielder), Ozil (Left Leaning if Ramsey remains but if Moura is brought in and Ramsey is let to go, then he operates from the more familiar - Right leaning attacking m
Midfielder, Mkhitaryan (Centrally placed
Attacking Midfielder), Ozil (Left Leaning if Ramsey remains but if Moura is brought in and Ramsey is let to go, then he operates from the more familiar - Right leaning attacking mi
Attacking Midfielder), Ozil (Left Leaning if Ramsey remains but if Moura is brought in and Ramsey is let to go, then he operates from the more familiar - Right leaning attacking m
Midfielder), Ozil (Left Leaning if Ramsey remains but if Moura is brought in
and Ramsey is let to go, then he operates from the
more familiar - Right leaning
attacking mi
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Arsenal's
midfielder is often seen as being quite lightweight,
and by bringing in big, strong defensive
midfielder, it'll cause opponents to go into Gunners games with
more caution,
and with the extra defensive cover, will allow the Arsenal forwards
and fullbacks to go forward
more freely, allowing them
more freedom
attacking freedom, which can only be seen as a good thing.
I keep saying give Cazorla his No10 position
and we will look
more dangerous, Ozil is just getting away with it season in season out, we are missing out on a goal scoring
attacking midfielder because Ozil just can't support the striker
and he is the one further up, he just floats around the penalty area with no goal threat.
Ability to score: Ozil is a good finisher from the central
attacking midfielder position, but that position needs
more than the finishing
and creating chances abilities.
Hamann thinks that their playing style is not suited to Lewandowski
and that is backed up by the fact that all three of the
attacking midfielders, Robben, Gotze
and Muller, have scored
more goals than the Pole.