Sentences with phrase «of midfield all season»

Xhaka has impressed at the base of the midfielder this season, and would arguably be an upgrade on the likes of Lucas Leiva and Joe Allen.

The repeated use of Zidane in the left of the midfield this season has also confounded many considering that he has been the star of Real's campaigns in previous seasons as an offensive central midfielder.

Like Rose, the 24 - year - old is very much an attack - minded full - back, who's spent time on the left of midfield this season.

Completing Milan's trio of young prodigies is Manuel Locatelli, who's emerged from nowhere to become an integral part of their midfield this season.

Not exact matches

With the likes of Mikel Arteta, Mathieu Flamini and Jack Wilshere far from good enough this season, Arsenal could unveil an entirely new midfield partnership this winter as they reportedly target both Morgan Schneiderlin of Southampton and Cruzeiro starlet Lucas Silva.

The midfielder has proven to be a vastly consistent performer in recent years, and is one of the first names on the team - sheet so far this season.

being that OG is at the apex of our amazing midfield, he gets a crap load of chances, converts some of them (misses a significant number of sitters) and at the end of the season he has a decent tally.

We did very well in the beginning of last season with our Coquelin + Cazorla at the base of our midfield.

There is a strong feeling that the England international midfield star Jack Wilshere is going to rescue his Arsenal career and come back to be a first team regular again, as long as this season on loan at AFC Bournemouth sees him play the regular football that all of his injury problems have denied him at his boyhood club, the mighty Arsenal.

Arteta is certainly very talented, despite getting on in years, and will be hoping to get chance to impress Arsene Wenger before the season ends, but with the dogfight Arsenal are in with Man City and Man United for second place means that he is unlikely to be risked at the moment as the club has a whole host of talent in midfield right now.

Considering Arsenal's tight schedule, the duo are not going to play every game and with a few more performances like the one against Hull, Mohammed Elneny may well rise above the pecking order in central midfield before the start of next season.

Ozil and Sanchez (The Chilean basically carried us for the first half of the season when the keys of the team were given to the worse midfielder in the Arsenal squad, Jack Wilshere... He is tired and it is easy to see) have come to Arsenal to get paid because they know they will win f*ck all here.

If the club is to compete effectively next season we need to buy a defensive midfielder who is an upgrade of all those names you throw around, Matic included.

With the likes of Ozil and our incredibly creative midfield, all we need is our strikers to continue making their moves forward, and consistently put those clear - cut chances away, and Walcott showed last season that he can not regularly do so.

«Jack's moving forward, and you could see tonight that he's really ready now to play,» Wenger said of the midfielder, who has yet to start a league game this season.

Apart from his preferred role of playing as a box - to - box midfielder, the Juventus star can also play as a winger, a full - back or as a wing - back, whilst also having played as a centre - back in a three - man defence during his spell at Marseille in the 2014 - 15 season, under manager Marcelo Bielsa.

The back 5 anchored the team all last season while the midfield changed every game because of injuries.

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.

Add midfielder Paulinho to the mix and the return of Gerard Deulofeu after his fine form during his loan spell at AC Milan last season, reinforcements have arrived across the pitch.

However, if all our midfielders by some miracle were to be fit for the whole season, I don't see need for this defensive midfielder because of the new formation.

I really started to believe in that midfield second half of last season.

With the midfield we have now or for the past 2 years and with Van Persie at the helm, we would have one the league in one of the past 2 seasons.

Looking at the season he's had and considering the competition in Arsenal's midfield, the Arsenal skipper Mikel Arteta looks likely to leave the club at the end of the season, despite signing a new contract not so long ago.

Liverpool suffered greatly without injured Brazilian Lucas for more than half of last season, having to turn to inexperienced local born midfielder Jay Spearing, and Rodgers may see Fellaini as a player who can offer added bite when needed.

No CB would solve our problems.People seem to think the signing of Van Dijk will solve our problems.I'll be back here to remind us next season that we need another defender.The system, combinations and mentality is what is wrong with Arsenal.I can see it being overlooked this season too.All we needed this season was a striker, a midfielder who's a defensive and attacking hybrid and possibly one luxury signing.

Young midfielder greatly impressed towards the end of last season, especially against Liverpool, and is a bright talent who could make an impression in Jose Mourinho's squad this term.

Right now he is a one season wonder and we have loads of midfielders / wingers already.

The 21 - year - old looks a top talent after seeing increased playing time in United's midfield this season, despite plenty of big - name competition from the likes of Paul Pogba, Nemanja Matic and Ander Herrera.

In turn, as reported by The Sun, Chelsea and Liverpool have both been linked with a move, while Juventus has become a possibility for the youngster as all three clubs in question are looking to bolster their midfield options ahead of next season.

United made light work of Leeds and the game also saw midfield outcast Bastian Schweinsteiger make his first appearance of the season.

Liverpool face the departure of Steven Gerrard at the end of this season, so it is no surprise to see the club targeting new additions in midfield that can provide both energy and creativity in a number of different roles in the middle of the park.

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Granit Xhaka was added to our midfield ranks but has so far failed to nail down a regular first - team role, while Santi Cazorla being in his final season of his contract could lead you to want extra oomph to our central positions.

Although most Arsenal fans would still like to see Arsene Wenger spend good money in the transfer market on an experienced and top class central midfielder like Morgan Schneiderlin, we do not seem too concerned about the boss waiting until the summer and giving young Coquelin the chance to keep strutting his stuff for the rest of the season.

Whilst Xhaka and Ramsey have been good towards the latter stages of the season, Santi's technical brilliance and creativity on the ball has been sorely missed and Arsenal could benefit significantly by bringing in a midfielder who has the ability to bring that kind of artistry back to the Gunners» midfield.

Doesn't matter that they are not dm's against the mancs 3 seasons ago they had the United midfield in their pockets completely bossed them and ramsey scored the only goal of the game.

The 31 - year - old has been one of the top attacking midfield players in Europe in his eight seasons at City, and would be a major loss if he were to move on, particularly to a Premier League rival.

The 25 - year - old has 12 goals and 6 assists in just 20 appearances in all competitions this season, and has become regarded as one of the world's best attacking midfield players in the last few years.

Last season we needed a Defensive midfielder this Fraud of a coach ignored signing a defensive MF player and we had to rely on Flamini till the emergence of Le Coq in midfield which was purely Luck, that season we would have ended in a weak position 7 probably if he did not come around.

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The most recent injury update has claimed that he will now miss the remainder of the season, but thankfully his record of absences has not persuaded our club to part ways with the midfield dynamo.

How good can the midfielder be for the Reds during the second - half of the season?

But I think we may lose one of our best midfielders at the end of this season due to someone being unhappy with a lack of game time because there's so much competition.

Arsene Wenger already has the likes of Olivier Giroud and Danny Welbeck to choose from upfront this season, so may not feel Gomis is a priority as he looks instead to strengthen in midfield and defence.

We might have wanted Arsene Wenger to give Francis Coquelin more of a chance in previous seasons, especially as the team's need for a defensive midfielder was often glaringly obvious and caused us to fall short of our targets.

my only hope is wenger to buy kanté of leicester.this guy is a beast at dm position with a good technical and physical quality.with him and coq in midfield against barca we can hope for anything special to happen.with finally olivier giroud slowly becoming WC striker, walcott most efficient and campbell who is a revelation this season, the return of alexis we can be dangerous against any defence.our only weak position is a dm position and wenger won't have any excuz this mercato bcoz there are players available that we can buy if we want.plz wenger go for at least one of this: kanté, wanyama, w.carvalho, l.bender, krychowiak, biglia, neves, l.gustavo, rabiot... if we try to sign s.roberto he will be a good addition with great quality.gunner for life!!!

How many of our midfielders have been better than wilshere this season.

Ramsey also had a little advice for Arsene Wenger, suggesting that the boss would do well to let him show what he can do in his preferred position as the box to box midfielder rather than sticking him out on the wing as he did towards the end of last season.

Liverpool will hold talks with captain Steven Gerrard after the midfielder admitted he may leave the club at the end of this season.

Louis van Gaal looks set to continue this approach of high - profile, expensive moves in the transfer market, with two Serie A midfielders now on the Dutchman's agenda for when the transfer window re-opens in the middle of the season.