Sentences with phrase «on as a holding midfielder»

Emre Can — 6.5 (Lallana 63 ′) Changed the game when he came on as a holding midfielder, as this allowed Henderson and Milner to go forward.

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Our rotated defence will have the extra protection of tweo holding midfielders in the absence of Coquelin at least, with Wenger going for Arteta and Flamini as a double pivot and it looks like Aaron Ramsey will be our number 10, with the Ox and Joel Campbell on either side of Olivier Giroud in attack.

While on the offense, as there is no attacking midfielder, both the central midfielders bomb forward leaving the holding mid and two central defenders exposed to counter attack.

giroud plays well as a dm in his usual no9 position based on his «hold up play»... but don't mistake that gibberish with playing in midfield which requires more concentration and technique which the tall man does not possess at all... hed make a good defender though

Pogba is picked on because he's our best and most expensive outfield player, but Mourinho has primarily played him as a holding midfielder, which I think we can agree isn't what he was bought to do, and is not what he's good at.

For someone who's long been touted as the midfielder to hold his own for many years, Wilshere has spent more time off the pitch than on the pitch.

If its Cavalho, then Chambers becomes Vermaleen's replacement and Hector is coming of age as our second Right Back for the season (Jenkinson is still on our books though not available to us this season) and if its Sokratis, Chambers will become our holding / defensive midfielder.

Laurent Blanc responded to the loss of his most defensive midfielder in somewhat surprising fashion, throwing on a much more attacking player in Lucas Moura and abandoning the 3 -5-2 that PSG had struggled with in favor of a 4 -3-3, bringing Marquinhos off the back line to serve as his holding midfielder.

Another commonly held belief among Arsenal fans is that our central midfield could do with strengthening, as Mikel Arteta and Mathieu Flamini are not at the top level and we rely too much on Francis Coquelin.

Quick notes on arsemal team 1 - paulista is not good as i though 2 - coquelin is essential in arsenal midfield to give stability but he can't hold the ball in his feet or give the right pass in the right time so we can't dominate teams anymore especially with santi absence 3 - ramsey = horrible, just a headless chicken running everywhere 4 - ozil could have easily 30 + assists by now 5 - Olivier Giroud the handsom french guy shouldn't ever be a big team first choice striker 6 - where are the 4 world class strikers that wenger said we had i didn't se anyone of the yet

On a serious note, as the source point out, Tottenham Hotspur already have Scott Parker, Olympic hero Sandro and Jake Livermore to fill the holding midfield role and the north Londoners surely have other, more pressing concerns this summer.

lst season at stamford bridge, was the first time i saw that 4 -1-4-1 formation being used, and for some weird reason i feel a very strange negative vibe and well all know the outcome.the manager has come back with this formation and its not yielding result, but he still sticks with it.i do nt know much about formations dear friends, but if you are playing a slow dm in arteta and a very very slow cb, then you are toast against quality teams with sound tactics.wen playing wellbeck as a lone striker, i think 4 -2-3-1, will work better, but if we have a big player like oliver (boooos), thn we can try the 4 -1-4-1, thingy cos he can hold the ball for our midfielders to run in.but on the overall, shame on wenger for not giving our defence a good cover DM.NO BODY PLAYS A SLOW DM / CB AND EXPECT TO B REGARDED AS CHAMPIONSHIP MATERIAL.IT HURTS GUYS, REALLY HURTas a lone striker, i think 4 -2-3-1, will work better, but if we have a big player like oliver (boooos), thn we can try the 4 -1-4-1, thingy cos he can hold the ball for our midfielders to run in.but on the overall, shame on wenger for not giving our defence a good cover DM.NO BODY PLAYS A SLOW DM / CB AND EXPECT TO B REGARDED AS CHAMPIONSHIP MATERIAL.IT HURTS GUYS, REALLY HURTAS CHAMPIONSHIP MATERIAL.IT HURTS GUYS, REALLY HURTS.

Tottenham could reportedly face a battle to hold on to Dele Alli, as Real Madrid are constructing an offer for the England midfielder.

If Arsenal stick with three centre backs then Mustafi must be considered a far better choice for the third birth alongside Kos and Holding rather then Monreal.Kolasinac has to come back in at left eing - back and Bellerin revert to the right.Midfield is a very different matter.Arsenal still desperately need a proper defensive central player.Ozil in this current side can not be considered anything more than a luxury.All of Bournemouth's creativity will come down the flanks so it's necessary to put players on to the pitch who are prepared to fulfill their defensive duties.This also means that unless Ramsey can work out that he's playing in midfield not as a number 10 he has no place on the team either.

He can play in holding midfield, he can play if needed on the flanks as well.

The bottom line this summer in Arsenal signings is Le Prof MUST sign a top quality holding / attacking midfielder of Goretzka's caliber to fully complement his entire starting XI team next season and just limits himself to the signings of Kolasinac and Lacazette alone which if he does without signing a top quality holding / attacking midfielder, his starting XI team next season could be understrength at midfield as Santi Cazorla won't be available in the first half of the season and Elneny can't be relied on to deliver high performances for Arsenal on consistent basis.

lets all thank arsene for finally doing the right thing only time will tell but have we finally signed the DM we need STRONG MINDED NO HOLD BAR MIDFIELDER WE HAVE ALL CRAVED, but lets take it back we all know it will take 2 or 3 more like minded players to make us great again, he has tricked us all buy buying one superstar in the last 3 windows ALEXIS, OZIL and CHEC great players but can't do it all on their own, spending huge amount of money and saying we can buy the best players, on the surface this looks great we are buying top top players big prices but instead of spending his usual 50 mill on 2, 3, 4, 0r 5 players he has pulled the wool over are eyes with 1 superstar thinking the fans are that dumb enough to believe it, infact he has never spent his budget only balanced on sales too purchases, i love arsenal but this summer i hope for more he needs to do that consistently through out the team spend the same amount on the team stop balancing the american owners, grow a pair say yes we will buy a top defender and a world class striker, stan we love arsenal please be one of us do whats needed then you will fell proud as we are and we will adore you for it.

From having to rely on Flamini and Arteta as holding / defensive midfielders, we now have Coquelin, Elneny and Xhaka.

we have enough midfielders, OG should concentrate on his primary job (scoring goals) then the hold up play should just come as a bonus

N'Zonzi's defence ability, calmness on the ball and will to break up attacks have seen some label the Frenchman as one the best holding midfielders in the league.

Cazorla our Main midfielder and orchestrator that makes us tick as a team had an absolute nightmare game, he could not hold onto the ball, could not pass, lacked energy for some reason and looked disinterested all the time he was on the pitch.

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

Officials from the North London club will hold more talks with Schalke as they continue to pursue young midfielder Julian Draxler, with the Gunners keen to sew up a move before the transfer deadline on Friday night.

But is lecoq alone enough??? is Wenger planning to use arteta as a backup to lecoq??? We need a strong holding midfielder, I don't think we can count on arteta.arteta is a good player but not the best when he is used as a DM.

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.

Reports from earlier today claimed that City will hold talks about extending midfielder Frank Lampard's loan at the club beyond January, with Manuel Pellegrini keen to keep the 36 - year - old, while Colombia striker Radamel Falcao as until April to convince United to pay # 44m for him on a permanent basis.

Coquelin is nailed - on to start as the holding midfielder as his brilliant season continues, and with Ozil, Cazorla, Giroud and the mighty Sanchez impossible to drop, that leaves the only possible change being a replacement for Ramsey, who has been declared a 50/50 chance by the boss.

Our most talented midfielder is on record as creating around 180 chances for the other Arsenal players, but only seeing a measly 19 of them converted into goals, leaving him one short of the Premier League record currently held by Thierry Henry.

He saw a holding player in Arteta and he was right, Arteta is extremely good as a holding midfielder and on top of that had extensive BPL experience, his only problem is his stature but for his price (8m) it was a good deal.

As we saw with the transfer of their French midfielder N'Golo Kante to Chelsea for something like # 30 million the Foxes are not going to hold on to a player that really wants to leave as long as they get a decent pricAs we saw with the transfer of their French midfielder N'Golo Kante to Chelsea for something like # 30 million the Foxes are not going to hold on to a player that really wants to leave as long as they get a decent pricas long as they get a decent pricas they get a decent price.

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

Against stronger teams I'd go for our standard formation — Either Welbeck or Giroud as lone striker, Alexis on the left, Walcott or Ox on the right, Cazorla / Özil in the middle, Ramsey as box to box and Arteta / Flamini as holding midfielder.

In turn, it's now claimed by Don Balon that Mourinho has set his sights on Fabregas and held a «secret conversation» with him, while it's a little more difficult to go along with the theory that he would also see it as a blow to Antonio Conte to prise the midfielder away given their current rivalry.

Kane on the bench, Trippier at LWB, Alli as a winger, Eriksen as a holding midfielder.

With Arsene Wenger selecting a very makeshift defence of Debuchy and Holding either side of a central midfielder Elneny, as well as three young Gunners in Nelson, Willock and Maitland - Niles it was clear that the Gunners were making the Premier League game away to Everton on Sunday a big priority.

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

The nineteen year - old has a pretty good match away at Bastia, and he grew into the game as it went on, with the holding midfielder looking solid in the opening stages, but gave away a couple or needless free - kicks, and have the ball away a couple of times in the middle of the park.

The wing backs and holding midfielders will likely not play as aggressively to protect against conceding cheap goals on the break, but things should look familiar apart from that.

I thought Diaby actually did quite well as a defensive midfielder on Sunday but he does hold onto the ball too long and he has rarely been as consistent as that.

They played three central defenders and another as part of a holding midfield pair with two full backs on the flanks.

Lining up on the left of a midfield three that also featured Victor Wanyama holding the middle ground and Mousa Dembele over on the right, charged with aiding Kyle Walker as well as helping to dominate the centre of the pitch, Winks performed a similar role just ahead of Danny Rose, who caused chaos bombing on from left - back.

This ensured they were also able to keep plenty of players behind the ball as the remaining defenders and whichever midfielders weren't involved in the one - twos held back to deny Barcelona on the counter.

Holding Midfield was founded in June 2010 as a means of keeping track of my thoughts and feelings on what's going on in football.

Presently out on loan to Alanyaspor from Chelsea, he has also grown in leaps and bounds with strong showing for the team not just from his primary role as a central defender as he has performed admirably well as a holding midfielder in some games.

As time went on Gagliardini returned to the dominant midfielder we know and love and in the 36th minute he dropped a perfect long ball over the top to Candreva who held off Mattia De Sciglio to power the ball across Gianluigi Donnarumma and into the back of the net.

The depth chart, as it stands today, only makes that clear, especially in midfield and attack where there is very little depth of the kind Liverpool will surely need if they are to make a deep run in Europe and hold on to a top four spot in the league.

With returning captain Mikel Arteta also brought on to hold in midfield, Ramsey was freed up to make his charging runs forward from midfield, and this paid off for Arsene Wenger as the Welshman put Arsenal in front soon afterwards.

Defender Ball, who is also comfortable playing as a holding midfielder, spent last season on loan at Cambridge while Oduwa made three starts and eight substitute appearances for Luton in the second half of last season.

if we are looking to coount on Eboue for the midfield role, i'd rather wenger goes to one of the most under - rated countries as far as footbalall is concerned.kenya is booming with young talent recently with the upcoming rigorous academies.Italians have already moved in and a year later Parma is reaping big with Mariga.the huge midfielder has a record of loosing the ball the least times at any serie a match.the only reason why he does nt play the holding role for his country is because there are much better options for the role even in the local league with the most likely choice being Austin Makacha who recently sighned for IK sirius in sweden.i think Wenger should check him out or at least snd scouts to the larger East africa if not just Kenya.nice piece on tommy7 and eddie