Our
lack of defensive midfield cover doesn't help things, and neither does our obvious lack of defensive coaching, but I certainly haven't given up on him.
I doubt whether either will start but I also reckon they will both be on the subs bench, even though both play in the same
position of defensive midfield.
At the start of his career he was
more of a defensive midfielder but it was his touch and ability to control matches with superb compose passes which makes him stand out.
Arsenal fans have been calling for Arsene Wenger to buy a
beast of a defensive midfielder for many, many years, and it looked like we had found one by chance when Wenger recalled Francis Coquelin was recalled from a loan period at Charlton in 2014.
According to the Daily Mirror, the Bundesliga giants have raided rivals Bayer Leverkusen for the
signing of defensive midfielder Gonzalo Castro, who has already agreed a move for next season.
The last time I checked on relevant statistics
of defensive midfielders for period spanning 2014.15 season to date, Morgan was far far inferior to players like Francis, Fernandinho, and Matic.
Only real consideration was Walcott instead of Welbeck but my issues lay with the lack
of defensive midfield options, an issue we have tried to address.
However, the inclusion of Kamara in particular is an interesting one as it gives an indication of what Arsene Wenger is planning to do in regards to his lack
of defensive midfielders at the moment.
Many of the defensive midfielders we have been linked with in various Arsenal transfer rumours, such as Sami Khedira and William Carvalho, will not be able to help the Gunners go further in the Champions League as they would be cup - tied, but Schneiderlin would not.
If Wenger deploys the traditional 4 -3-3 system that allows him to play two creative midfielders
ahead of the defensive midfielder, Ozil could play alongside Aaron Ramsey or Jack Wilshere and hope to start weaving his magic once again.
Teenage Napoli midfielder Amadou Diawara is much closer in style to the
kind of defensive midfielders Mourinho has favoured throughout his career than anything akin to a Michael Carrick-esque regista, although that isn't to downplay his technical gifts.
no world class no 10 can thrive without a solid defensive midfielder.even zidane himself complained and even struggled when GREAT MAKELELE WAS SOLD.FABREGAS HAS MATIC.THE SUCCESS OF A WORLD CLASS 10 IS DEPENDENT ON THE
SOLIDITY OF THE DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER BEHIND HIM.OTHER EXAMPLES --- SILVA — YAYA TOURE, FERNANDINHO, DENNIS BERGKAMP — PATRICK VIERIA, ZIDANE — MAKELELE,.
I've watched a
lot of defensive midfielders with Nzonzi being one of them.If we're getting someone better than Coquelin why not get someone better than him in all aspects.If you think Nzonzi will protect our backline better than he does then you're wrong.I'm sure the stats which I usually don't like to rely on will favour my argument.If we sign Nzonzi our midfield will not be any better.
The powerfully built Everton man offers the tough tackling robust
qualities of a defensive midfielder whilst also being able to provide the goal threat and assist making attributes of an attacking midfielder.
Embed from Getty Images Despite the obvious gaps that persist in Arsenal's first - team squad — most notably the absence
of defensive midfield cover for Francis Coquelin and a credible central - forward option to rival Olivier Giroud — one can persuasively argue...
no world class no 10 can thrive without a solid defensive midfielder.even zidane himself complained when GREAT MAKELELE WAS SOLD.FABREGAS HAS MATIC.THE SUCCESS OF A WORLD CLASS 10 IS DEPENDENT ON THE SOLIDITY
OF THE DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER BEHIND HIM.OTHER EXAMPLES --- SILVA — YAYA TOURE, FERNANDINHO, DENNIS BERGKAMP — PATRICK VIERIA, ZIDANE — MAKELELE,.
bsides it wasn't only strikers we lacked...
wat of defensive midfielders????? wat rili pisses me off is dat sim1 like kondongbia went for $ 35m (less than # 25m and we refused to bid???? must he b playing for Madrid ir barca b4 we r in d running or r Madrid / barca players specially designed by God.....
Arsenal were famously the only Premier League team not to buy an outfield player in the summer transfer window, despite fans clamouring for Arsene Wenger to buy some cover for the strike department as well as a new beast
of a defensive midfielder as cover for Francis Coquelin.
But the game does a decent job at giving you plenty of options — young and old — who are free agents, if you find that your current
group of defensive midfielders don't include Nemanja Matic or Paul Pogba in their ranks.
Keeping Mustafi, Lacazette and playing Xhaka and Ramsie in the midfield as non o them is a
holding of defensive midfielder has weakened more the already weak defense > people were so eager to see Sanchez and Lucazette playeing together and instead Wenger played welbeck as the main striker > Wenger always trying to do strangr things and Arsenal pay the price.
i really expect arsenal to win this match, i actually think we are far better than last season, even without the
addition of defensive midfielder and centerback (both desperately needed).
may be we should let some few average guys leave and get this guy, one hell of a defensive midfielder