Sentences with phrase «own change in midfield»

The Gunners were forced to make changes in midfield with Santi Cazorla and Granit Xhaka out with injury and suspension, but were mostly unchanged, and would have expected to carry on their winning run.

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Strong on his debut against Tottenham, Morgan Schneiderlin is another player set to keep his place for this game, though there could be other changes in midfield.

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Sure, Mercedes looked rock - solid in testing and Ferrari seemed quick too, but things could change in the midfield.

Meanwhile, there is also a significant change in midfield as despite suggestions that Paul Pogba was fit to feature, neither he nor youngster Scott McTominay get the nod as Marouane Fellaini comes in next to Nemanja Matic.

The change in the midfield puts more players forward, but makes the defensive end of the diamond subject to all of the scrutiny, especially in a counterattacking situation.

As well as Monreal replacing Gibbs, Arsene Wenger showed the strength of his squad by making two changes in midfield without really weakening the team.

However, one would expect Jose won't be making wholesale changes in midfield this summer and that Ander Herrera will indeed be playing for us next season.

Whether or not he predicted Liverpool's own change in midfield shape, the change was clearly made with the mindset of shutting off the midfield zone and making it difficult for Liverpool to play through this area.

Goals from Perisic showed there is more to the attack than just Icardi and the changes in midfield and defense did not adversely affect the performance.

Two major changes in the midfield of Real Madrid could soon be completed.

However, if Arsenal were to begin to press better as a unit, there would have to be a change in midfield as Cazorla is not suited to a pressing game.

Not exact matches

All I know is we need to see some changes in our attack or midfield while it so, so obviously didn't click against PSG.

ozil must play in the middle, without doubt... and please «stubborn man», change the formation, 4141 is not working, this four central midfielders looks invisible.

Those two would give us great energy and work rate in midfield and if Wenger wants to bring the just back Coquelin off before the end he has a ready made replacement on the pitch in Elneny, increasing his options to change things around.

The only other change made by the Frenchman is at the back, with veteran keeper Petr Cech coming back in and the midweek hero David Ospina dropping back to the bench, so Coquelin and Cazorla continue to be our first choice central midfield pairing and the summer signing Granit Xhaka will have to wait.

I personally don't see Arsenal beating City not because we can't but because the central midfield area is not reliable.A player like Coquelin must start tomorrow in place of Xhaka who can't defend.I would rather we changed our formation to 4 -2-3-1.

The United captain hasn't looked the best in midfield and there's question marks over why he keeps getting played there but van Gaal will likely continue this selection with no indication given that he will change.

We usually start slow in games but we should avoid this by all means tonight, an early away goal from our opponents tonight can really destabilize our team and change the whole complexion of the game, besides will be missing our battler in midfield who runs at the same pace the whole game to dig us out the hole in the dying minutes of the game.

The Spanish midfielder is clearly delighted to be back on the training pitch after missing most of this season, but I wonder how soon it will be before he actually gets back into the Arsenal teams, because things have changed in his absence.

So, if at all Le Prof will change his mind to do a signing which I doubt he would, is a midfielder he should sign and not a striker during this window in my own view.

As for the visitors, they've made three changes with Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain restored to the midfield in the absence of the injured Aaron Ramsey, and Theo Walcott is brought back in on the right wing which allows Alexis Sanchez to replace Olivier Giroud up front.

Mourinho seems keen to make some changes in the attacking midfield area, with his side looking a little less convincing going forward in recent matches.

we have great fire power with probably the 2nd best creative attacking midfield in the EPL now the problem is that if we get congested in every game just outside the oppositions box there is no way we can score goals with 15 to 18 players in and around you, we need to change the way we play we can not play the million passing the ball game outside the box, we have to draw out the opposition to half way to be able to get behind their deference

However, Rodgers is tactically smart and changing his style is probably the more likely option, with Daniel Sturridge as the focus in attack and a unit of exciting attacking midfielders being him.

So, if at all Le Prof will change his mind to do a sign which I doubt he would, is a midfielder he should sign and not a striker during this window in my own view.

When we bought Sanchez our mentality changed, if we brought in a midfielder with his mentality imagine how much better we would be.

Our midfield is bad like before, valverde changed our midfield to 4 man midfield and sacreficed our attacking style for more balance in the team.

«We changed the team completely [against Sunderland] because we've lost the core in midfield of Santi Cazorla and Francis Coquelin in the past two weeks, and we had to find a new balance.

Neville said how he thinks Arsene has done a terrific job with obvious limitations but he cant figure out why he changed from having power in midfield to small technical players..

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I get what the writer is saying, in that the modern game has changed with a deep lying playmaker sometimes preferred to out - and - out defensive midfielder.

Some tactical changes definitely have to be made: like a guy said before: Just keep one of Cazorla / Ozil not both!Walcott could also be brought to play on the wing and have Welbeck play in front Rosicky / Ox can play in midfield and Gabriel and Monreal must be in and BFG and Gibbs out!!

something new for sure will happen at the very least we will be getting new players the question being who...... a striker with 30 goals abomyang a central defender a midfielder new maneger who diago simone will do well with atlatico or lazio he is connected to them arsenal needs some one within its ranks some one connected to them But today we seen an ugly encounter were certain players should have had the red i think technology should come in to it and players should be disciplined after The premier league is a physical strong competition to win it you got to be very strong very accurate and very demanding and if you do not have the team to do it you do not win our team didn't live to exceptions of last season so there for changes will have to happen

In turn, it remains to be seen where the talented midfielder's short - term future lies, as Conte hasn't shown a willingness to play him so far this season and there are no immediate signs that the situation will change.

Louis van Gaal changed his tactics to try to surprise Arsenal and counter his team's defensive problems, with three central defenders and with Luke Shaw and Valencia playing as wing backs in a midfield five, with Rooney and van Persie up front.

As reported by Sky Sports the manager has defended his decision to stick with the same starting XI for all three group games so it looks like he will do so again and if he does need to change things it is likely to be in midfield or attack.

Wengers should have just added a very good DM and another quicker defender to treat those kind of problems but eish he is too stubborn to drop his new captain or Flamini and he had to change the formation to make sure the midfield players defend and attack in numbers with one DM to always protect the defense but this is not happening and Wenger will not change that until maybe 2 or 3 years because he is not under any pressure to do well after all!

One could argue that lack of a centre forward and change in formation not least the emergence of an actual defensive minded midfielder till halfway through the season were influential in our poor start last year.

Coquelin and Cazorla worked so well, but Wenger just had to change it, to put in one more of his precious midfielders.

And how do you people still claim wenger is not tactically flexible, he AGAIN changed our team to a 3 man midfield and switched ozil and Ramsey in the second half.

However he lost his place in the team because once Ancelotti got sacked, Zidane realised that a midfield 2 of Kroos and Modric with James in the no. 10 position wasn't strong enough so he changed the formation to a 4 -3-3, bringing Casemiro into the team.

If the Frenchman is tactically flexible and is willing to change the way his side plays, at least in the big games, the lack of a «midfield destroyer» would not cost Arsenal.

The other change is in central midfield with the combative Coquelin missing out and not even making the bench, to be replaced by Elneny who will hopefully combine well with Xhaka to control the game.

Vidal would allow changes in formation you could go 4 -3-3 with Le Coq Vidal and Ramsey / Jack and have a good strong midfield.

In the midfield, connecting defense to attack continues to be a problem until the change to a back three and the evolution of the Xhaka / Ramsey pivot.

The former midfielder also thinks he knows why Jack has been plagued with problems in recent years and it just needs a slight change of attitude and a better use of the old noggin to stop it from happening so much in the future.

stop saying Ramsey has been employed in N. 10 wenger just change the shape of the midfield and lately wilshier has been great.

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