Sentences with phrase «of quality central midfielder»

Not exact matches

After Xhaka we have no one of any real quality in central midfield, and even Xhaka himself isn't on the same level as a Santi, or Modric for example.

We don't have enough quality in back of Central midfield be it a top holding midfielder or top box 2 box.

«On the flank, today you need more pace, more change of direction, more agility and he has the stamina, the power and the quality to be a central midfielder or a central defender.

I am not going to say that we do NOT need to sign a top quality central midfielder this summer, just that it should not be at the expense of Coquelin.

Well it's done now...... but I'd hazard a guess he wanted an established central midfield partnership with strongest possible defensive qualities (Coquelin / Elneny) infront of an untried, young, emergency centre back pairing.

Normally with a player of Cazorla's quality that would not be a question but the fact is the central midfield is the strongest part of the Arsenal squad and Wenger has lots of options and all of them have finished their international duties this week.

In central midfield, Michael Carrick showed his wortth for England against Lithuania and should be brought in as one of the more defensive options for the match against Italy, who have plenty of quality in that area of the pitch.

Having lost Wilshere to a long term ankle injury and Arteta for a number of weeks in recent days, bodies are certainly required in central midfield for Arsenal, so a loan move for Ledesma could represent a canny piece of business as long as it is backed up by quality additions.

It could also be viewed as a superb piece of business by Bayern boss Pep Guardiola, as Vidal is regarded as one of the best central midfielders in Europe at the moment and proved his quality last season as he scored seven goals and registered four assists en route to Juve being crowned champions of Italy once again.

Though they won Serie A, they lack a true central, creative midfielder, who is the quality of Deco.

The Portuguese has played on the flanks on more than a couple of occasions but has not performed too well because he is a quality central midfielder and not a winger.

Give him some rest for PSG But I think most of the players playing Southampton will play PSG I think we should make good use of our Central Midfielders for both matches because we have plenty of quality players: Ozil, Cazorla, Xhaka, Coquelin and Eleney We have only 3 CBs available at the moment Koscielny, Mustafi and Holding

But the weeks between now and then may also give the Gunners a stark reminder of how much we need some battling qualities in central midfield.

Cazorla is an amazing player and owns central midfield when he plays Even if Cazorla plays half the season or one third of the season, he is still worth having because of his quality.

Ozil needs quality behind him in central midfield (not just in front of him) ie Cazorla, Rosicky, Viera quality players.

The Gunners are widely believed to be in need of a powerful central midfield — a position which Pogba would fill brilliantly for Arsene Wenger, whilst also offering significant quality going forwards.

Arsenal fans will be hoping for a lot more than this one transfer during the window but with veteran Gunners Tomas Rosicky, Mikel Arteta and Mathieu Flamini all set to leave the club at the end of the season it is clear that a quality central midfielder is the manager's biggest concern.

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

AM - N badly needs Wenger gone and then, but not otherwise, I feel sure we will soon have a central midfield attacking player of quality on our hands.

Wenger for year after long year has persisted, in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, in the belief that no quality proper holding central midfielder with pace and power MUST sit in front of the defence at all times, and particularly so when away at tough away grounds.

Arsenal please if Wenger can not deliver a striker of great quality a central midfield play and play them in the correct positions get rid him.

Every man and his dog knows that we are in desperate need of a defensive midfielder and a central defender and considering that there are no shortage of those in the market, Le Prof should really land quality reinforcements and stop complaining about his backline being «bit soft».

I personally would guess that the three would be a centre forward, central midfielder and central defender and of course we want them all to be top quality, but is this enough transfer business to give Arsenal a title winning squad?

In fact, looking at our squad, central midfield and the goalkeeping department are the strongest areas in our team, in terms of numbers and quality.

Asides not buying enough to give us depth in quality (which is very essential in winning the EPL), Wengers style makes us an easy team to defend against by playing central midfielders on the wing, who always drift to the center of the pitch when we are on the attack.

Overall, Wenger's system is heavily reliant on quality passing, and technical ability, especially in central midfield when one doesn't get a lot of time on the ball.

Bring in Ospina for Cech; Gabriel for Koscielny (Kos is 31 and its time we start testing Gabriel and Holding beside Mustafi to see what our long term first choice defensive partnership will look like); Gibbs for Monreal (Wenger needs to start rotating these 2 more frequently as we need to ascertain if Gibbs can adequately produce the quality to hold that position from next season for a few years as I'm thinking this might be Nacho's last or penultimate season with Arsenal, it will also give a hint as to the type of Left - back to target in the summer — first teamer or backup and age as well); I'll like to see an Elneny — Xhaka partnership in this fixture as we might just never know, this might be our replica of the Kos Mustafa partnership in the centre of the park, Two disciplined (positionally, i mean) central midfielders who can play box to box; Chamberlain for Iwobi, and Perez for Alexis should do the work.

With a lack of depth and quality in other departments, namely central defence and midfield, perhaps they'd be better served looking elsewhere for a marquee signing.

«I think they're also short of a top - quality centre and central - midfielder.

There is also lack of quality in Central Midfield behind Ozil which hurts our attackers too.

Yeah I'm bang on with you Grandad.Chambers again looked fairly solid and certainly did not let the side down like Mustafi AGAIN.Holding came on and did what was required from him in the centre as Chambers moved to RB.COULD Chambers and Holding really perform together as CB's in a back four?NO and nor could anyone else without the TOP QUALITY CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER we have been crying out for since the departure of Gilberto.

Also in Summer we need to get 2 Centre backs and 2 central midfielders of quality and replace Ozil if he leaves.

A 4 -3-3 system is favoured by Barca, Real Madrid and Man City and Bayern, the top four teams in Europe.It suits the attacking philosophy of Arsene Wenger which is to his credit.Unfortunately we do not have the top quality defenders these teams have nor a dominant DM.Nevertheless it is the best system for our current team which is top heavy in attacking midfielders hence the need to play Ozil and Mik in wide positions.In my opinion the most balanced central midfield would consist of Elneny, Ramsay and Wilshere.Elneny was first class against Watford yet was left out against an average Milan side to accommodate the ever present Xhaka who will no doubt feature against CSK.

Yes he's quality, and better than what we've currently got, but he, like the rest of our CB's, will get zero protection from central midfield until Wenger signs a quality DM.

And it is not sentiment that has caused Wenger to bring Diaby back, because the central midfielder has the qualities to be a significant boost to the Arsenal team, especially in the sort of big game that we struggled in last season.

None of our central midfielders are of his quality ie.

None of our central midfielders (Wilshere, Ramsey, Xhaka, Eleny) are of the necessary quality for either Defensive midfielder or Box2Box like other teams have ie Kante, Matic, Fernandino, Pogba, Gundogan, Wanyama, Sissoko

I guess that Arsenal fans will soon find out whether Arsene Wenger really does think that another quality central midfielder is needed for our Premier League title push, or whether the boss feels that he has enough quality and cover in the shape of Francis Coquelin, Mikel Arteta and Mathieu Flamini.

But however good he is, it appears that Wenger is still looking to sign a top quality central midfielder in the summer transfer window, if that was ever his intention in the first place of course.

so arsene wenger should leave aside giroud being french or keeping his french reputation and fire olivier giroud and brings us a striker of arsenal quality, defensive midfielder adding on lecoq plus elneny and a central defender if at all we are to be successful.

I've never seen a central midfielder at Wolves with anything close to that kind of quality.

If I am honest, this isn't a rumour I hold much hope for and, to be fair, our central midfield is quality enough without the introduction of another person.

Ancelotti also secured something of a coup with the signing of World Cup winner Toni Kroos who has developed into a top quality central midfielder.

There could though be opportunities for him in central midfield, given the dearth of quality holding midfielders

At times I have felt we really lacked some creative quality in the central of midfield.

The Red Devils are currently struggling with short of quality in midfield department, as the duo Anderson and Tom Cleverley were failed to make a consistent impact for the club, thus it has been expected there might be the scope for another central midfielder to overcome the midfield department.