Sentences with phrase «new holding midfield»

Replacing under - performers such as Phil Jones, Chris Smalling and Marcos Rojo will be a priority, while Michael Carrick's retirement at the end of this campaign also means the manager's search for a new holding midfield player makes perfect sense.

Many Arsenal fans are adamant that the Gunners need a new holding midfielder and a new centre - forward this summer at the very least, but it seems that Arsene Wenger has already made his mind up as to who will be our new striker to challenge Olivier Giroud next season.

Most Arsenal fans are expecting Arsene Wenger to bring in a new holding midfielder to compete with Francis Coquelin, and today we are hearing that the Dortmund Star Ilkay Gundogan is definitely going to be on the market after his club released a short statement that simply read: «He has decided not to renew his contract.»

We need a new striker, a new holding midfielder and a replacement for Alexis who has that special talent, and we also need more leaders brought into the side who can fire us up on the pitch, while also replacing any of the dead wood.

However, with Santi looking increasingly unlikely to return and most likely ramsey being the one to grab ozil spot, I would want a new holding midfielder.

Not exact matches

«When I talked about the spine and talking about the goalkeeper and a centre - back and a holding midfielder and a striker, I'm not saying to the guys [who are already there] «leave and let [new guys] come and play», no, [I'm saying] compete.»

Mertesacker has now moved to praise the leadership skills of new signing Granit Xhaka, who expected to rival Francis Coquelin for the holding role within the base of the midfield.

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.

In turn, that leaves Arsene Wenger with the likely solution of fielding Calum Chambers and summer signing Rob Holding in central defence, while fellow new boy Granit Xhaka could make his debut in midfield.

Ex pros the world over are scratching their heads in disbelief at how we can go into the new season with only 3 centre backs and no holding midfielders!

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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

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all

THis is the first time we will see Xhaka and Cazorla starting in midfield and the way they play could decide the outcome of the match, as could the new defensive pairing of Holding and Koscielny.

I was one of the Arsenal fans who raised their eyebrows when Arsene Wenger started using the little magician in his new central midfield role but soon had to hold my hand up and admit that the prof got that completely right.

The trouble is, if I give it up you could be certain the following year someone like Allegri will take over, build a fantastic defence, buy a new keeper and a brilliant holding midfielder and turn us back in to Premiership contenders and then I won't be able to get a ticket because of the 40,000 on the waiting list.

If these players and the likes of Beilik and Chambers are being developed into holding midfielders how will the introduction of a new player disrupt their development and evolution?

To me, i feel xhaka is well needed in dis new formation (d 3 -4-3) n moreso, he is a typical arsenal kind of player... can hold on to d ball n distribute it with precision... all we need to succeed with dis new formation is to get a combative football playing midfielder dat can win d ball n move with it... in d mould of naby keita, verrati n even Everton's gana can do d job or better still, take renato sanchez on loan... doubt if he is going to get enough playing time as he would want at bayern dis season again coz of their luxury of midfield player, not sure if he will be in d 1st team with vidal n thiago alcantara unbenchable n anceloti having a soft spot for kimmich (just as wenger has for Ramsey) I think if we propose a loan deal for renato sanchez dah bayern will grant it

Wenger himself admitted that he had been pondering over shifting to a back - three for quite some time now and it looks like the signing of Kolasinac has been made with the new system in mind, considering that the Bosnian is a quick and powerful full - back who can also play as a centre - half and as a holding midfielder.

Having been made to adapt to new roles which see them take up positions as holding midfielders off the ball, time will tell as to whether or not they satisfy Guardiola's criteria to secure their long - term futures.

Real are in the market for new signings in midfield, and have also been linked with Pogba's Juventus team - mate Arturo Vidal, though the Italian giants are desperately hoping to keep hold of both players.

I think we should sell theo Walcott as our new formation does not suit him, we need a centre half, a attacking midfielder a holding midfielder a striker a left back and a goalkeeper.

So in short I think it's more important to keep alexis than it is to sign a new striker, but only if we can sign another attacking midfielder and another holding midfielder.

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The Frenchman enjoyed an excellent breakthrough Emirates campaign last term, and it looks likely he will remain the Gunners» first - choice holding midfielder, with suggestions that Wenger won't be entering the market for a new signing in this position.

just wished we had Khedira or Cravalho in the lineup today... when I take a look at the line up the only part that bothers me is Arteta as our holding midfielder... Plus wished we had a new cb on the bench too... I am way too nervous regarding our defence, one small injury and we are in deep shiiit

However, if we do get our way and sign a new holding - midfielder then that could all change.

Our new system, featuring two designated holding midfielders, is utilising Santi Cazorla to his fullest.

These include a new right - back, a central defensive option, a holding midfielder and a world class striker to add to the recently acquired Memphis Depay from PSV.

I know that the new signings are showing their worth too, like André Gomes» contributions to holding and shifting the midfield, Samuel Umtiti's physicality and defensive awareness, and Lucas Digne's understanding of an attacking / defending fullback position and his ability to challenge Jordi Alba as Barcelona's left - back.

The Loons did have to field an entirely new back line because of the absences, along with a different holding midfielder in front.

He will join Swiss midfielder Granit Xhaka, Japanese striker Takuma Asano and defender Rob Holding as new signings during the summer transfer window.

The realistic attacking midfield options are Lanzini (assuming we keep hold of him), Antonio and Arnautovic backed up by Ayew, Fernandes and possibly new signing Haksabanovic.

Previously a left - sided defender for Ajax, Frank de Boer has converted Daley Blind into a holding midfielder, and the young Dutchman has been a revelation in his new role.

Speaking exclusively to Nina Kauser on the Euro Incision Podcast on their new Anfield Index Pro about the midfielder, Marcotti told Nina Kauser that whilst he still believes Juventus hold a certain level of interest in Can, he may no longer be a priority for them.

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has hailed Fernandinho as «one of the best three holding midfielders in the world» with the Brazilian close to signing a new deal, sources have told ESPN FC.