Sentences with phrase «places in midfield at»

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Arteta is certainly very talented, despite getting on in years, and will be hoping to get chance to impress Arsene Wenger before the season ends, but with the dogfight Arsenal are in with Man City and Man United for second place means that he is unlikely to be risked at the moment as the club has a whole host of talent in midfield right now.

The only place I can see him playing is in VVs spot at the top of a midfield diamond, because as the article states, he doesn't seem too interested in defending.

According to France Football, Bodmer — who can play in the heart of defence and at the base of the midfield — is set to retake his place in the team after two months out due to a calf tear.

Why so many articles about Wilshere?Is he a Messi or something we can't live without?Why is this guy so important for Arsenal, what special thinks he did for the team in the last 6 - 7 years?Just because he's a» darling» of supporters?Trying to secure a place in England's team at the expense of Arsenal's players?Trying to secure a good contract before exit?Wolcott's name come to mind, he was playing good only before contract renewal.At least he was scoring goals.Wilshere?Fe w goals in a 10 years Arsenal career.Where is the lost if this guy do the right thing and leave?we lose nothing.Good luck to you, Wilshere, but you are not good enough and are taking the place for a real midfielder (Max Meyer's name just popping up).

The subject of wages and the structure in place at Tottenham came up as he sat alongside former Spurs midfielder Jermaine Jenas on MOTD2, and he kept a level - headed approach to the situation and discussed what should happen at the club moving forward.

We are looking very thin carzola wont be back elneny is out until at least the end of February we need to bluster our midfield our attacking midfield yes we can shuffle around with elexis and ozil and iwobi but is it the long term answer no I do nt think so as the attacking midfield is the place where most injuries occur along the side of the defense so if any one else gets injured we will very short and in deep trouble maybe after all we should call upon fabergas if no one else is available on a personal preference I would prefer veratie

The young midfielder will have much more chance of earning a place in the Arsenal senior side, with their West - London rivals proving to be rather clueless at promoting from youth.

Francis Coquelin has been a revelation for Arsenal since being recalled from his loan spell at Charlton and there is certainly now way he's losing his place in the side, while Aaron Ramsey and Santi Cazorla have taken it in shifts to partner the Frenchman in the heart of the Gunners» midfield.

Nevertheless, Los Blancos are said to be eyeing a swap deal with midfielder Mateo Kovacic heading in the opposite direction, with the 23 - year - old struggling to make his mark at the Bernabeu since his move from Inter given the level of competition for places.

At Arsenal I don't think there is a position on the pitch that has quite as many players as our central midfield does and although it's good to have so much competition for places in the centre of the park, I can't help but feel that certain irregularity as to who will be in the starting eleven may cause a little unrest.

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.

The 23 year old midfielder has had a great season at Turf Moor and has helped the club within 90 minutes of place in the Premier League but he may well feel the need to leave Owen Coyle's side if they fail to beat Sheffield United at Wembley and a move to Goodison Park will surely tempt the player who spent five years under Sir Alex's tutelage.

He's a bit overrated I must say.I also don't get those who are asking him to tackle well.The fact is he's not a good tackler.I fear Wenger has made him untouchable in our team such that even if he plays badly he still starts.I mean if people are saying he's not a DM in the first place then is he also a CM?If he's a CM does he have the quality to play along side a DM?These are the questions we need to ask ourselves.If he's a CM then he's good at distributing from deep and also up top but he can't hold thd ball in tight spaces or dribble which is very important.If he's a DM then he simply can't defend.That's why for us to be successful in the long term with him we need a hybrid midfielder or what I call a defensive box to box midfielder.

Competition has never been harder for places in midfield and if the Englishman doesn't impress sooner rather than later, than he could soon find himself being considered for the exit door at the Emirates.

The only thing which makes our team unbalanced is playing the luxury item we bought called ozil.I thought he would need time to adjust to physicality of premier league so i supported him, but the guy hasn't improved he tries to dribble past ppl but runs into them somehow, tries to do showboating at unnecessary time which he fails to do miserably.And i see him giving too many back passes when he should drive forward.And the biggest reason i stopped liking him as a player is bcoz of his sulky attitude.No passion or drive for the club, as if he wanted to be at some other club and is just doing the job without his heart in it.He neeeds to be placed on the bench and make him work hard to retain his place.Ramsey and coq in middle with ox and sanchez on both wing and cazorla as cam will make us a more balanced midfield.

I think we should try sometimes a 4 4 2 with a midfield in losange composed of xhaka, coquelin, cazorla and ozil.and play giroud sa nchez like second striker.and with the evolution of the game we can go with 4 4 2 plat and bring Walcott and AOC or Iwobi on the flank at the place of ozil and cazorla.

Monaco welcome back key midfielder Jeremy Toulalan, who missed the game in Turin last week through injury, but there is no place for former Chelsea defender Ricardo Carvalho at the heart of the defence.

The ex central midfielder gave special attention to the recent performances of Francis Coquelin, as reported by the Daily Star, and accepted that the young Frenchman has, for now at least, secured his place in Arsene Wenger's starting line - up.

However instead he has looked like a passenger at times and as a result, his place in the starting eleven is now under threat with so many class midfielders in our squad.

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

In place of Francis Coquelin we have Mathieu Flamini, the only senior defensive midfielder who happens to be fit at this point in timIn place of Francis Coquelin we have Mathieu Flamini, the only senior defensive midfielder who happens to be fit at this point in timin time.

Gomes has, overall, been poor for the Spanish giants since his move from Valencia in the summer of 2016 with the midfielder constantly struggling to hold down a regular first team place at the Camp Nou.

After the Arsenal transfer rumours last week that claimed that the Southampton and Kenya international midfielder Victor Wanyama was the man that Arsene Wenger had place on top of his transfer wish list, or at least the player to replace the injury hit Francis Coquelin anyway, the Arsenal boss was asked about this in his press conference.

We allowed Tomas Rosicky, Mathieu Flamini and Mikel Arteta to all leave at the end of their contracts this summer, and so far Granit Xhaka is the only midfielder to come in in their place.

A player who couldn't nail down a regular place in his best position at previous club Barcelona, Cesc Fabregas has been reborn at Chelsea and is perhaps enjoying the best form of his entire career with bags of assists and quality in the Blues» midfield.

Whether draxler or not arsenal is still a weaker team, is it something bad if we have both draxler and Sanchez in the same team fighting for places, just imagine van persie, Sanchez, ozil, carzola are in the same team, with likes of inform konsieny, mustafi, and konlansinic, and good holding midfider,... our problem with this 343 information or 3421 information apart from Wenger playing players out of position we don't have a strong holdmidfider that retrieve the ball back when we lost possession... Kant's is perfect example of that, look at the job he does at Chelsea is amazing...... without a good holding midfielder our defenders are vulnerable

AMN is apparently a midfielder however, despite receiving the plaudits in his more regular role at wing - back or left - back, and he could well target a place at CM.

While Costa may be the finishing piece of a great puzzle at Chelsea, Sanchez is single - handedly keeping Arsenal alive this season, and it is hard to imagine he won't prove the catalyst to a great period of success if Arsene Wenger can build a better team around him in the next couple of transfer windows, with a player of this ability deserving a solid defence and midfield behind him to allow his talent to deliver more than just fourth place.

We must apreciate this.Now we don't have financiar problems anymore and this is clearly can see.We was at under 10 points to be champions and improve our place, and that with players like Flamini, Giroud, etc.Now let's see what happening in this transfer summer, if Wenger buy some quality midfielders, strikers and defenders, I am 100 % sure that next season we will win PL.

Ridiculous — Chelsea are hardly in need of new additions in their star - studded midfield, and Barcelona reject Alex Song is certainly not of the required quality to challenge for a place, showing only patchy form on loan at West Ham United in 2014/15.

Jones has been played at right back, center back and even in holding midfield, yet has never looked out of place.

With Manchester United believed to be closing in on the signing of Borussia Dortmund midfielder Ilkay Gundogan this summer, here's a look at the four players whose first - team places at Old Trafford could be in danger with the arrival of the German international...

Some deluded fans seem to think that coquelin is the solution to our midfield problems and that we don't need a new cdm.This has been a common occurrence during transfer windows whereby average players step up their game since they know their place is under threat, and it works wonders in convincing our disillusioned manager.But once the window closes that's when we see the true colours of the players, or they get injured the day after the window closes.Remember yaya sanogo putting 4 past benfica and everyone thinking he's going to score 10 + goals this season?Monreal looked impressive at CB during preseason and somehow convinced wenger that he doesn't need a new CB, the list is endless.

Jack got injured again at the beginning of last season, and he saw Francis Coquelin and Santi Cazorla cement their places in central midfield with Aaron Ramsey vying for a place, then Mohamed Elneny arrived last January, and this summer Wenger brought in the classy Granit Xhaka as even more competition, leaving Jack wondering how many games he would actually play even if he was fit all season.

Arsene Wenger, if the rumour is true, would still have to persuade the central midfielder that the Emirates was the place for him and come to some arrangement on his high wage demands, but he would be certain to play regular games which he is not doing in La Liga at the moment.

Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere is determined to stay at the club beyond this summer and fight for his place in Arsene Wenger's starting line - up, despite the player attracting interest from Serie A side Sampdoria, according to the Telegraph.

Should Wilshere still be at the Emirates after August 31st, it'll be interesting to see whether the England star can overcome all the midfield competition at the club and command a starting place in Arsene Wenger's side.

It was not a bad day at Euro 2016 across the board as far as Arsenal players go, because our attacking midfield star Mesut Ozil helped Germany to top their group and our on loan keeper Wojciech Szczesny saw Poland take second place, even though he was not back in the starting line - up after picking up an injury.

from the last two transfer windows possibly even longer fans have been urging, asking, pleading with afc and wenger to bring in a credible defensive midfield options and asking for quality to be added throughout our team — no - one here should be suprised at where we are placed at this point in the campaign.

Let Flamini go at the end of the season and bring in another defensive midfielder in his place.

Manor well and truly joined the back of the midfield battle in 2016 and Wehrlein impressed, with several Q2 appearances and a 10th place finish at the Austrian GP.

I'm honestly starting to think having no DM and just putting a better attacking midfielder in their place would suit us better, at least we'd have a more talented player on the pitch, and our DMs don't do much anyway so at least this way we'd be better in attack.

All of which now places a big question mark over the future of Sherwood at the club next season, despite the fact that the ex-Spurs midfielder was only handed a permanent 18 - month contract to manage the club in December.

Arsenal are in need of new additions in midfield this winter and either one of these players would have fit the bill for Arsene Wenger's injury - hit squad, which has no gurantees of a fourth - place finish at the moment.

The box - to - box midfielder has established himself as a first team player at Fenerbahce and has cemented his place in Turkey's midfield.

I don't even know why he started Welbeck ahead of Walcott in the first place, Welbeck was giving away the ball too often on the right and wasn't helping Bellerin in defence.Bellerin too can't be blameless for being caught out of position many times, he didn't even know who he was marking.The reason why we lost the midfield battle wasn't because Coquelin didn't do much, the problem was with Ramsey and Cazorla, they were loosing possesion too often in our own half giving more room for counter attack Coquelin alone couldn't contain opponent's pressure for the full 90minutes he needed help too defencively from Ramsey who didn't give him any, Ramsey now sees himself as an AM who could go forward at anytime and ignore his defensive responsibility.Koscielny didn't do much to prevent the second goal.

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...

How the f @@@ did Ramsey stay on the pitch for 90 mins... Clueless from start to finish... Should pay madrid 25m to take him... Without carzola there is no creativity in midfield and no quick turnaround... We are as always at least 2 quality players short of the top european teams... Ok for wenger's 4th place and last 16 strategy but awful for fans...

Julien Faubert has played much of the season at right back for West Ham despite being predominantly a midfielder and David Bentley would add competition for places in midfield.

And with his Welsh international teammate Gareth Bale already firmly in place at the Santiago Bernabeu with a lengthy and mega money new contract just signed I am not surprised to see that the Arsenal midfield star Aaron Ramsey is being linked with a transfer to Real Madrid, as the pair combine with great effect for Wales.