Sentences with phrase «options at defence»
It is understood that, the Gunners» head coach is hoping to add further options at defence following Per Mertesacker's injury setback in pre-season.
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A superbly versatile player, Napoli's Juan Zuniga could provide cover at right - back, left - back and centre - back, making him a more useful signing than the one - dimensional Alves to bolster Louis van Gaal's options in defence.
With Arsenal already looking as short as a sausage dog in defence, with Gabriel and Per Mertesacker ruled out for quite a while, not even Arsene Wenger would think it was a good idea to let one of the few central defensive options left at the Emirates leave the club, whether om a temporary or permanent basis.
The two Premier League giants are arguably in need of strengthening in a number of the same areas at the moment, with both teams looking short of options in defence and midfield this season.
A very, very positive sign that I personally feel is more indicative of where our defence is at considering it was actually with our preferred options playing in key positions.
We should rather concentrate on empowering our defence, because our attacking options are good enough at the moment.
And the Gunners have been strongly linked with a transfer move for the 27 - year old, but with Arsene Wenger seemingly happy with his attacking options, at least for now, and the squad desperately needing cover in the areas of central midfield and defence, it was widely believed that any move from us for Cavani would not happen until the end of the season.
Football like life is uncertain... What is certain however is that following the same failed strategy year after year and expecting a different result is a sign of ineptitude if not madness... Our best 11 ain't up to it largely because it doesn't threaten and unthreatened teams also mean there is more pressure on our defence as well... So a bit of tinkering in the middle of park ain't going to deliver titles that is for sure... Draxler plus a mobile striker is needed... So unless the idiote grenouille is willing to shelve out 80m can kiss titles goodbye now... He can recover 30 - 40m with obvious sales of mediocre attacking options so not too onerous but at this rate it's déjà vu all over again
The Sun now claims that United want another striker, and have looked at several options before deciding on one realistic target, while additions in defence and midfield are also still possible in this transfer window.
Pierre - emerick aubameyang is the top in king would not make it at arsenal Bundesliga is very open play league how is he going to score with all the options players inside the box at Borussia Dortmund they player with winger who get behind the defence on put crosses inside the box go on YouTube on look at is gools it he was that good he would not still be playing for Borussia Dortmund at the moment is priced tag is too steep for a player like him
Brendan Rodgers is hoping to bring in the Granada defender to beef up his option on the left side of his defence, where currently only Jose Enrique could be considered an out and out left - back and the Spaniard hasn't been all that consistent throughout his time at the Merseyside club.
im more confident in our propensity towards giving their defence some worries its inconceivable that with the attack options we have at our disposal, that we would fail to score.
and in my opinion im not fussed khedira isnt coming if the rumours are tru i would rather gustavo a much better option at cdm and more disciplined in the position then its just a a striker wich we may be able to get away with if reus is signed walcott fit rw, reus lw, alexis in the middle with those three up front NO defence in EPL will be able to keep up we exploit teams defences like never before.......
Having said that, the whole Arsenal defence has been pretty damn awful so far this season, and that includes the pre-season games as well when Arsene Wenger was forced to use Mohamed Elneny at centre back due to his lack of options.
Because of all the injury problems which have left the boss with little option in central midfield or the back four, Wenger has at least got two first choice full backs in Kieran Gibbs and Mathieu Debuchy, with Calum Chambers set yto partner Mertesacker in the centre of our defence.
Look what Arsenal did to LFC at the emirates last season to see why 3 man defence is not really an option.
The 28 - year - old's return comes at the right time for Wenger, adding some options for him in defence with Laurent Koscielney facing a spell on the sidelines with chronic tendinitis in both Archilles tendons.
Looking at the options available to Arsene Wenger right now in the Arsenal squad, you could say that we have a decent amount of cover all through the defence, especially after our World Cup winner Per Mertesacker rolled back the years and made a lot of doubters eat their words with his almost perfect FA cup final performance.
Time will tell if Mourinho gets his way this summer and strengthens the Man Utd defence further, but what that means for the likes of Eric Bailly, Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Victor Lindelof and Marcos Rojo is unclear, as the Portuguese tactician evidently has plenty of options at his disposal already.
Although Cech is finished, he's still a better option than the disastrous Ospina, give Coq another chance in front of the back four, he's best position and sit there in a disciplined defensive roll, Monreal back to he» best position at left back, he overlaps and gets behind the full back better than Kola who moves along side Kos in central defence to replace the injured Mustafi.
I know that Nacho Monreal has not been exactly brilliant in his current Arsenal role of covering for the injured French international defender Laurent Koscielny in the centre of our defence, but apart from Calum Chambers or one the academy players, the Spaniard is the only option the Gunners have at the minute.
With Mertesacker set for a spell on the sidelines, Arsenal could be looking for a more experienced option to partner Laurent Koscielny at the heart of the defence.
According to The Mirror, Smalling could find himself dropping down the pecking order at Old Trafford with Maguire being identified as a probable option to bolster the heart of the defence.
In the Ladbrokes correct score market, a Liverpool 2 - 0 option is at 13/2 as they are going up against a good Burnley defence, while a 3 - 0 away win comes in at a price of 10/1.
Despite all this, the thirty - year - old remains Italy's best option at the heart of defence alongside former teammate Giorgio Chiellini and absolutely deserves to start when gli Azzurri's World Cup hopes are on the line against Sweden.
Matuesz Klich has left the club and gone back to the Netherlands, so the only other option would be Vurnon Anita, who has only played once in the midfield all season, and Conor Shaughnessy, who really seems to belong at central defence.
On the 21s, I was at OT tonight, a really good turn out over 13k cheering on the reds, top support for a 21 game, Was not really surprised chelsea won, we were big underdogs going in, we did not really test their keeper that often which was a shame, still been a top season for Warren Joyce side, a makeshift defence most of the season and a lack of striker options for most of the season as well, so a great effort just to be in the final, shame we couldnt win it.
Jurgen Klopp was keen to add another option to the heart of defence, where Kolo Toure is the only certain option for the showdown with Arsene Wenger's men at Anfield.
At that point his movement is good but is not enough when you compare it to the work rate of Suarez or even a Vardy who always try and provide an option moving across the defence even into the wide areas.
He was involved in breaking up plays and setting up attacks, with his abilities to cover enough grounds at both ends of the pitch giving his team the needed coverage in defence, and an option in attack.
After all, Owen Coyle is sole owner to the league's leakiest defence, whereas his opposite number has a dazzling array of forward options at his disposal.
Both teams will try and win with better attacking options than defences, at least 3 goals, won't be surprised if there is four or five!
With Real already having several options in central defence — Pepe, Ricardo Carvalho, Albiol and Sergio Ramos — the chances of Varane playing regularly at the Bernabeu are slim at best.
In their absence, Mourinho is left with just Eric Bailly and Marcos Rojo as his options at the heart of defence, and the two are expected to start there on Thursday as well.
After Gary Cahill's poor display at Spurs, Conte needs options in defence.
The defence has been awful at times this season, but there's little option to rotate at the back.
The Brazilian defender is considered to be the better option for the City's defending options, if we look at current City's defence they struggles throughout the season, therefore adding Pepe to the City could overcome the trouble of Pellegrini.
Before Los Blancos pursue this potential deal any further, the club may look at their first option in bringing Jesus Vallejo back from his current loan at Bundesliga team Eintracht Frankfurt — although the 20 - year - old may yet be too raw to anchor a Champions League defence.
It's hard for an iPhone game to live up to the expectations of a next - gen console game but World at War Zombies delivers quality zombie defence gameplay and a ton of multiplayer options to keep players busy.
I agree, I felt that having more tactical options at my disposal opened up a new tactical layer that I loved and rarely come across in games that force an attack / defence tradeoff.