Rodriguez could be an ideal purchase for the Reds as they look to replace Philippe Coutinho following his January departure to Barcelona, with some more depth surely
needed in that attacking midfield department.
Not exact matches
All I know is we
need to see some changes
in our
attack or
midfield while it so, so obviously didn't click against PSG.
Here he becomes the extra defender when we are under
attack, he becomes the extra
midfielder when we
need to subdue a team that puts
in a fight and he becomes the extra man running
in to flick the ball past the goalkeeper when we are
attacking.
But
in order to set a new Premier League record of 21
in one season, the
attacking midfielder needs another four and if our strikers and other outfield players continue to spurn chances the way we have been seeing then he might just fall short.
A DM will always be a holding
midfielder though and will not try to be overly involved
in the
attack but will always
need to link play.
Finally, we
need to loan out Jeff Adelaide and Geidom Zelalem to a premier league or championship teams or a top division team
in Germany or Spain as they are
attack minded
midfielders to see if they will indeed fulfill that potential.
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.
wenger is a legend
in his own mind so other peoples opinions... fans, ex players, journalists, etc... have no bearing on his greatness or the righteousness of his own decisions... from end of last season it was clear we
needed two quality
attacking options to put up a serious challenge (getting rid of walcott and campbell or ox and bringing
in a serious upgrade over giroud) instead he brought
in another
midfield option (having done the same
in the winter window) which only makes sense
in his own delusional world rather than the reality of facing up to serious and strengthening competitors and which defines the job at hand....
Gonzalo Huigine or Lacazetteg Wingers or
Attacking midfielders we don not
need at all as we have some of the best
in these two postions Do not forget we have Gnarby also along with with OX and Theo, Welbeck also can play
in wings May be solid CB
Liverpool — Henderson — Gerrard Real — Modric — Kroos Don't get me wrong, we absolutely
need a pure DM for tough matches — but spending 25M + + for extra depth
in that position is really luxury Vidal is a versatile all around central
midfielder — If we play 4 -2-3-1, let him pair with either Ramsey / Carzola and we have a very strong
midfield base
in both
attack and defense.
We are looking very thin carzola wont be back elneny is out until at least the end of February we
need to bluster our
midfield our
attacking midfield yes we can shuffle around with elexis and ozil and iwobi but is it the long term answer no I do nt think so as the
attacking midfield is the place where most injuries occur along the side of the defense so if any one else gets injured we will very short and
in deep trouble maybe after all we should call upon fabergas if no one else is available on a personal preference I would prefer veratie
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
Don Balon recently claimed Liverpool had made an # 88million bid for Bale, which makes sense given their loss of Coutinho and
need to replace him
in attacking midfield.
He's good enough to slot
in ahead of Richardson or Fletcher / O» Shea when they
need a more
attacking midfielder.
we
need dynamic
in midfield so go with El neny
in DM and let the others free flow
attack..
Ozil
needs to work harder If Ozil replicates the 2015 - 2016 when he was the best
attacking Midfielder in the league and scored the most assists
in the league then we will be awesome But Ozil
needs to work a lot harder than last season
We
need attacking midfielder, someone who plays
in the middle,
attacking (not Xhaka — because he is not) not on the wing like Sanchez, Ozil but a creative goddamn
midfielder!
But Wilshere does, and Flamini is a ticking time bomb, Ramsey is reliable
in attack but he's not a DM, we
need proven quality that will keep teams like Norwich and West Brom from overrunning our
midfield
Been a big name signing, Sanchez will always be a marked man and will not be given as much space as the City players whose focus was on
attacking did, he
needs all the help he can get from Debuchy, the other
midfield players plus our ST
in order to find his sharpness.
Good enough as a squad player, but Arsenal definitely
need more creative and more skillful
attacking midfielder in the next season.
Marco Reus could also be on his way out of the club before the end of the summer as he continues to attract interest from the likes of Arsenal and Liverpool, and his exit would certainly see Dortmund
in need of a new
attacking midfield player such as Kagawa.
As reported by Sky Sports the manager has defended his decision to stick with the same starting XI for all three group games so it looks like he will do so again and if he does
need to change things it is likely to be
in midfield or
attack.
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.
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.
And the Gunners have been strongly linked with a transfer move for the 27 - year old, but with Arsene Wenger seemingly happy with his
attacking options, at least for now, and the squad desperately
needing cover
in the areas of central
midfield and defence, it was widely believed that any move from us for Cavani would not happen until the end of the season.
He
needs to be played
in an
attacking role where he doesn't
need to go to ground trying to win the ball back from deep
midfield.
In this situation you graze on the radius of your tether, Get lacazette for 50m and a ball playing box box midfielder but I still do feel in premier league you need a tall, pacy, and a skillful stiker thats auba or Mbappe but a midget like lacazette or griezman we lose the aerial battles in the attac
In this situation you graze on the radius of your tether, Get lacazette for 50m and a ball playing box box
midfielder but I still do feel
in premier league you need a tall, pacy, and a skillful stiker thats auba or Mbappe but a midget like lacazette or griezman we lose the aerial battles in the attac
in premier league you
need a tall, pacy, and a skillful stiker thats auba or Mbappe but a midget like lacazette or griezman we lose the aerial battles
in the attac
in the
attack,
and thier injuries
need to be manage better maybe less playing time for some than others, unfortunately wenger cant afford to give them the proper time of his coaching, as he is under massive pressure to succeed these days and hasn't got time to train them up properly, also he isn't tactically flexible enough to accommodate them into different
attacking systems, to test what they can do like having the ox
in a 3 man
midfield could work wonders.
Thing with ozil is that he
needs someone from
midfield get the ball
in the
attack quickly.
I will welcome Cesc back with two arms, we can't pay him up to 200k weekly, and we can't pay up to # 15mill for him because his about 30 years of Age, two years younger than Santi, but of cousre, he would add the exact value we
need in that
Midfield, since Carzola injury, He's better than Ramsey
in my opinion, and he has alot of experiences, he will combine very well with both Xhaka and Ozil, can deliver pass Ozil to open up
Attack, and also deliver those long passes to the Main strikers..
Even though he will not be the deepest lying
midfielder for Arsenal, the Ox will
need to help out defensively but with Coquelin
in front of the back four he will also hope to get forward and help the Gunners
attack and that is his main strength.
I think Arsenal
need to modify it a little, to build the
attack from the back easier and to dominate with more
midfielders in deeper area.
Desperate for a bit of spark, Moyes bought the playmaker instead of the defender or
midfielder he
needed, and Van Gaal compounded that error by buying yet more
attacking players
in the summer.
wenger
needs to broaden his thinking and horizon... and think beyond sanchez, so many players can replace him, carrasaco, even baruwa (of lipstik) whom we just saw
in the emirates cup, dembele etc... i just watched liverpool trash bayern... liverpool have always has a sharp
attack, now their defence seems solid... wenger is just a straight jacket, i do nt care what others are doing, i know it all coach and it will really hurt come begining of season, unless he prunes his pride and look over the wall at what his competitors are doing that is strengthing the weakness and planning ahead... our
midfield was weak and indeed still is... we glad about lacazzete, but unless our defence gives 110 all games, and we look at life beyond sanchez... we will have our fellings hurt this season
YES e Coq has proven that he CAN do the job, but has yet to prove he WILL do the job all season long and even then its a tall order to expect no suspensions or injuries to befall him, Arteta, Flaminni Chambers and Wilshire are all second rate
in the DM position and Cazorla doe not shine there as he's an
attacking midfielder by nature so its the cheaper option YET AGAIN!!!!! iM NO hafiz Rhaman who parrots the «Spend spend spend» Mantra all day long but EVERYONE and thie dog knows what we
need and what should be done so AW pull your finger out and get to it, stop thinking cheap and nasty and bring somereal glory back to the club you purport to love so much.
Agree and as I've stated before
in this forum we
need a disciplined
midfielder that can read the counter
attack when we bomb forward because behind the wing backs, there are acres of space to be capitalized by the opposition.
The last thing we
need is another
attacking midfielder slash winger, it's about the only area we have PLENTY of depth
in.
With Arsenal going into the crunch Champions League game against Barcelona at the Emirates, the Gunners will
need exactly that kind of performance from the combative
midfielder in order to contain the Catalan
attack.
So wait a minute.Are Arsenal looking for a defensive
midfielder or a box to box player.I'm really disappointed
in Xhaka's defending.He's very good with his long passing but I don't think he's the best option when it comes to box to box.
In Arsenal he's normally used as the defensive
midfielder particular deep lying playmaker and this actually means that we
need someone who is fantastic at
attacking and can also do very well defensively so as to compliment for Xhaka's defensive short comings.Ludo Goretzka is very good defensively from the little I've seen but I don't really know much about his
attacking qualities.But I also hope Arsenal does not forget about Mario Lemina.He's a complete
midfielder and to me has the capabilities to be one of Europe's best if given the chance.He can defend very well and
attack very well.He's a player Juventus would regret selling.As for Goretzka I know he's very good defensively but have» t seen much of him
in terms of
attack.If he's as good as
in attack I'd sign him.
He pointed out that we had too many defensive
midfielders wanting to bomb forward and leaving space behind for potential counter
attack, and if you read between the lines and use it as a source of info for analysis, you can clearly see he is implying we
need to be stronger
in the
midfield by not losing ball possession, pressing more when we don't have the ball and not let ourselves exposed.
This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense
in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch
midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can
attack the defensive lanes
in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess
in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself
in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required
in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling
in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our
midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the
midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points
in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis
in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself
in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him
in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset
needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive
in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players
in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-
attack offence
in Real or the space and protection he receives
in the German National team's
midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived
in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components...
in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them
in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion
in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin
in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation...
in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often
in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and
in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place
in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits
We have a wealth of talent
in attack and
midfield BUT
need a complete new defence top to bottom.
Auba and Mik are gud signings if we get them but we still
need a top class D / M and push Xhaka further up
in no. 8 role where he is best gud then get rid of Wilshire and Ramsay as they are average, Arsenal is too big for them then have them replaced by one gud central
attacking midfielder.
We may have been raped
in the SF, You all forget what was, said since last season, everyone agreed the
midfield was poor, and the summer didn't help and we braced our selves for the worst, now we have made history perhaps with poor football but the problems never left, some people say «we lost to fucking Roma» I doubt you all understand what it means to have the players you
need and want, eusebio di Francesco has what is
needed to play HIS football, lucho signed poor
midfielders BUT they were required for his FOOTBALL not
in any way the Barca way (he played
attacking and entertaining but it's sad to see no one wanted to acknowledge that those signings weren't right, He got figured out and left like a man with BALLS Valverde restored positional play and brought emphasis to the
midfield but he lacks the MF to do it.
He is returning to form
in France, and is apparently on Wenger's wanted list, because what we really
need right now is more players who can play between
midfield and
attack...
We
need some
midfielders that can be strong and battle for us!!!! al our
midfield are forward thinking and there is such a big hole from them and the back 4, It does not matter who we have playing at the back we will always get
attacked with goals against us with the style of
midfielders we have, Let get some steel
in the middle of the park, Lets bring
in some players that other teams feel fear playing against us, Look back at our best teams and we have always had players that will get back and cover and can tackle and win balls
in the middle of the park, So many of our
midfield now can, t even get back never mind win the ball back when we
need it, It is NOT about the price of players it is all about buying players that can balance a good strong team, At time we
need to buy a player who is not a star but is good at doing what we
need him to do,
we
need a
need a replacement asap, with welbeck, wilshere, rosicky out longterm and no guarantee of dem making an impact this season, one player comes to mind that can debutise and make an impact
in both
midfield and
attack Madrids ISCO is d man.
Lets not kid ourselves — We
need to sign maybe a Seri
in Midfield to give us drive and creativity and Lemar as well to add to our
attacking qualities.
Should this system stay
in place, that could well pose a huge threats to a number of key players places
in the squad, with more numbers
needed in defence and
midfield, than
in the
attacking roles.