Sentences with phrase «of midfield lineup»

That sort of midfield lineup might be good enough to keep Liverpool ticking over in the Premier League, but could hamper their quest for Europa League glory.

Not saying we don't need a striker, which we definitely do, but I think even Giroud would be scoring in front of a midfield lineup of Alexis, Ozil, Xhaka, Mkhitaryan and Cazorla.

Not exact matches

Arsenal midfielder Francis Coquelin has named his ultimate dream XI, with no room for Gunners greats like Patrick Vieira or Thierry Henry, though one notable inclusion of a Chelsea great in this slightly controversial lineup...

Manchester have left Yaya Toure out of their starting lineup despite his return to health, instead opting to go with the same midfield duo of Fernandinho and Fernando Reges that started in France.

That pairing struggled mightily against PSG's midfield, so the decision is something of a curious one — but perhaps not as curious as PSG's lineup.

The midfield and attack in Everton match line up is probably our best starting lineup with exception of maybe Xhaka.

Debuchy, gabriel, boss, monreal Rambo, Coquelin, cazorla Bellerin, Walcott, ox With this lineup we can beat Chelsea at their own game, lots of pace on the counter, strong midfield and defense, plus extra security on the right with Bellerin helping debuchy with hazard.

A 4 -2-3-1 lineup consisting of the following players would win this match: Cech Debuchy Koscielny Mustafi Kolasinac Coquelin / Niles Wilshere Welbeck Ozil Sanchez Lacazette We need a defensive midfielder who can sit back and defend.I feel we've lost many matches or close to losing this season because of that.

But much like at Arsenal, Dortmund's midfield is packed full of talent and the 19 year old may struggle with breaking into the lineup.

One of the best players in Barcelona's history and an all - time midfield great in the European game, veteran playmaker Xavi is no longer a guaranteed starter for the club and is considering an exit in January if he can not claim a place in the starting lineup on a more regular basis, according to Spanish source Fichajes.net.

One of the stand - out defensive midfielders in Europe, Nemanja Matic has been immense for Chelsea and deserves his place in this lineup.

Monaco are without both of their starting fullbacks, have their RB playing in midfield, yet he plays a narrow lineup, does nt include Walcott either.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

He has been the best of midfielders and has shown maturity in the often confused arsenal lineup.

Stahre could try to get more attacking midfielders on the field by introducing Jahmir Hyka — still without an appearance this season — which could necessitate moving the Quakes captain out of the lineup.

The US starting XI featured three changes from the first game of the series on Thursday: Jane Campbell making her first career start in goal, Becky Sauerbrunn returning to the lineup in place of Abby Dahlkemper, and Carli Lloyd replacing Andi Sullivan in the midfield.

Team News & Possible Lineups: Bayern are set to start with the trio of Robert Lewandowski, Coman and Thomas Müller in attacking roles while James Rodriguez, Javi Martinez and Athuro Vidal to start in the central midfield roles.

Team News & Lineups: West Brom will start with Rondon upfront with a packed midfield of Brunt, Philips, Gardner, Chadli and Fletcher.

Barcelona on the other hand has a full team to choose from and Messi will lineup alongside out form - duo of Suarez and Neymar as front three while Rakitic should lineup alongside Iniesta and Busquets in central midfield.

Massimiliano Allegri (6.0): I can't say I was a fan of the lineup that he chose but Allegri will tell you that it got the job done with his two full backs, a striker and a midfielder resting for Tuesday's clash against Borussia Dortmund.

To secure their lead, Massimiliano Allegri surprisingly abandoned the three - man midfield lineups that had served to build Juve's run of 13 wins in 14 league games and returned to the 4 -2-3-1 that served him so well last season.

I have read various team news speculation during the week about formations and lineups which range from pragmatic damage limitation to the more bizarre including suggestions of playing Zabaleta at centre back or in midfield; strange that those having criticised Bilic for playing players out of position would believe that such an idea would have any more legs than the player himself.

A surprise inclusion in the starting lineup ahead of James Rodriguez, Mateo Kovacic was arguably selected by Rafael Benitez to provide more solidity to the Madrid midfield line in order to deal with the likes of Dani Parejo and André Gomes.

Antoine Griezmann is likely to start upfront with resurgent Fernando Torres while a packed midfield of Koke, Gabi, Saul and Augusto to lineup in four man midfield.

Possible Starting Lineups: Guardiola is set to start with wing - backs in 5 -2-3 formation with Jesus, Aguero and De Bruyne starting in three man attack while David Silva and Fernandinho to play in central midfield roles who will have the cover of wing backs in Mendy and Kyle Walker.

As far as the team news is concerned Argentina are set to go with the same lineup which took the field against Paraguay three days ago although we can expect couple of changes in Uruguay lineup as they will be looking to pack the midfield to counter Argentina's superior ball possession abilities.

Considering the lineup of both Arsenal and Stoke City, the Gunners have far better line up with strongest midfield and attacking division.

Leicester are likely to keep the front duo of Musa and Vardy in starting lineup while Mahrez, Drinkwater, Grey and Mendy should starting in midfield.

That, after all, has been the real issue with integrating the Frenchman into the Red Devils» lineup in recent times, as his inclusion in the midfield undoubtedly limits the freedom of some of those ahead of him.

In midfield, Sergio Busquets and Andres Iniesta are also expected to be handed a rest, which means that the likes of Sergio Roberto and Arda Turan will be taking their place in the starting lineup.

While Eden Hazard, Costa and Pedro all remained from their regular Premier League lineup, the second - string midfield pair of Fabregas and Nathaniel Chalobah struggled to impose themselves until the game stretched out in the last half hour, the latter in particular struggling to emulate the intensity brought so reliably by N'Golo Kante.

Prospects of Milner playing in central midfield in this Liverpool lineup are seemingly nothing but a pipe dream.

Team News & Lineups: Trio of Gabriel Jesus, Barbosa and Neymar are set to start upfront while Renato Augusto, Wallace and Thiago Maia will take the central midfield roles.

A lineup that includes both Lallana and Alli in the midfield ahead of a single pivot could cause even strong defenses fits, though it also risks leaving those questionable defenders badly exposed.

In terms of the starting lineup, the only probable change will be enforced: Sergi Roberto will replace Iniesta in midfield, because new signing Paulinho is not in the squad as he'll be unveiled on Thursday and join training on Friday.

In regards to the rest of the lineup, Wayne Hennessey, Damien Delaney, Scott Dann, Joel Ward and Pape Souare look set to start in defence while the midfield will be marshaled but the duo of Yohan Cabaye and Mile Jedinak.

The former Velez midfielder went for two whole months without any appearance on the football field and it was a couple of games into Stramaccioni's tenure that Alvarez returned to the Inter lineup.