Sentences with phrase «play holding midfielder»

He can play holding midfielder easy.
Chambers would have been playing the holding midfield / 3rd Central Defender Role (Its still beats me how and why wenger didn't even try Vermaleen in that role — his cautious attitude is one of Arsenals biggest albatros) If Arsenal had started playing Joel Campbell on the flanks since the beginning of the season, when it was obvious Carzola was misfiring, Campbell will be getting used to the league by now and will have been chipping in with the odd goals time and again - but NO Arsene will stick with Carzola and even play him in the wings thereby putting pressure on gibbs because he lack the discipline to stay there and will rather keep roaming to the certain.
«He can play centre - half or he can play holding midfield, I thought he was terrific today.
Sentiments apart, some players currently warming Chelsea bench are sure starters should they get to our team: Petr Cech, Felipe Luiz, Willian, Ramirez, even the poor Mikel can play a holding midfielders more any of our current players cited there!
There is no doubt that he is pushing forward more often this season, undoubtedly buoyed by a few early - season goals and the endorsement of a manager who is attempting to play a flexible system that sees Song and (usually) Jack Wilshere take turns to play the holding midfield role.

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When Arsenal played with Arteta as defensive midfielder that situation never occurs he tends to control the flow and pace of Arsenal game with his passing and by holding his position, he also runs into space very well and always available for a pass.
Jack and Flamini to hold the midfield and Ozil or Santi as CAM, Ox and Sanchez wingers that is the inly way to play Chelsea.
«When I talked about the spine and talking about the goalkeeper and a centre - back and a holding midfielder and a striker, I'm not saying to the guys [who are already there] «leave and let [new guys] come and play», no, [I'm saying] compete.»
A DM will always be a holding midfielder though and will not try to be overly involved in the attack but will always need to link play.
I have started training in that holding midfield role and played a few games there which was enjoyable.
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
Bottom line, if he is angered bench the players who were not good enough and play those who deserve some game time based on the Southampton game or on games where they had a positive impact: - Take Özil out and play Ox in the hole (he has to understand your the highest paid player of the club, your given freedom like nobody else and your even seeking even more money with a new contract you can't play like that ever and go AWOL)- Put Sanchez on the wing or up top but put Welbeck in (Walcott didn't track back near enough for the Alsonso goal)- Iwobi has been bright from the wing let him play there - Xhaka has to go back in the holding midfield role and I would take out Coquelin because he could've taken a foul on the hazard's goal.
Most misplaced passes in the Premier League this term: Y.Kaboul (35) A.Ramsey (26) D.Janmaat (25) G.Barry (24) C.Benteke (24) R.Brady (24)-- Squawka Football (@Squawka) August 19, 2015 Unless, as the former Cardiff man was during the 13/14 campaign, he's positioned alongside a holding midfielder who can also carry the burden as our deeper playmaker similar to what Arteta did, playing Ramsey alongside a destructive midfielder like Coquelin just doesn't work.
His passing is avarage at best and he is defencivly shockingly bad, yet he plays as a holding midfielder
They need a defensive midfielder to «hold the fort» whilst they play their game (even if it's not how you'd want them to play it).
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.
Having suffered an ankle injury in pre-season which kept him out for the first few months of the campaign, the former Spurs play - maker became a regular in the team at both centre back and holding midfield.
Walcott now wants to play the right wing, Sanchez best attributes is charging defenders and fullbacks with the ball at his feet commencing from deep and wide areas his weakness is holding a position high up the pitch alongside defenders and allowing midfielders to feed him balls.
Mexico manager Juan Carlos Osorio said he «sees possibilities for him to become an important player» if the Monterrey midfielder picks El Tri, noting that he believes Gonzalez can expand his game and play a box - to - box role, rather than the holding midfield position he plays for Rayados.
One thing I really liked about his game was how he kept possession and his link up play (from hold up play to link up play) with the midfielders.
If this is true then schneiderlin would be a very good signing IMO and we will then have two excellent holding midfielders le coq and morgan to rotate and also to play both of them in tough games like chelsea at bridge next season etc so he would be welcome addition otherwise go for kondogbia or wanyama tall tough strong physical players and they will give players like matic and yaya toure run for their money..
Where he will play is still unknown, Vidal is a tough tackler but he also provides for his team further up the field, scoring 7 goals last season including 4 in the league for Juventus, not really the holding player that Arsenal appear to need but another box to box all action midfielder.
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
Do you really watch other teams play, Toure or Ramirez are always not more than 10 meters away from the holding midfielder unless necessary and they always pass.
«Arsenal should play with two holding midfielders, because that's exactly what Chelsea will do,» Nicholas told Sky Sports.
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 HURTS.
Not with our vulnerable holding midfielders, we need to play Kant's type of midfielder if we want take that risk, eleny and shaka don't retrieve ball from opponent, they run around the field all the time, giroud has prove himself but is time we look beyond him and sign quality players next summer
The 20 - year - old holding midfielder has impressed, putting in many assured performances which have belied his young age in his breakthrough season.The Algerian international has featured in 25 games this season, though that would have been more would he not have played in the African Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea.
Wenger wants old fashioned centre - forwards who play very deep (virtually midfield) and make runs forward, hold the ball up, etc..
Our midfielders are not disciplined when it comes to the transition play so without a legit holding mid, the back four will be exposed every time.
While Le Coq has quite evidently made the position his own recently, I do believe there will be games next season where Wenger might have to start with two holding midfielders, especially when we play the big teams away.
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.
In the current England squad there is only Eric Dier and Jordan Henderson who can play a holding role in the midfield.
I maintain Ramsey s more of a curse than a blessing... no10 role is nt jes fr him.He shud stick more to keeping d midfield together n his defensive input... Walcott still nt convincing enough... jes need som1 exciting up front for once... not jes speed of even hold up play... itz gotten us this far, need sth diff yet again... And som1 pls tap Ox, the game s started!
Some fans and pundits have also suggested that Chambers has what it takes to be a very good holding midfielder as well, which is the position he first played when coming up through the Saints» academy system.
let me state this clear.we will beat real Madrid hands down if we played d way we played Bayern on d first leg and how we played manure in d league.if we have especially carzola, coq & ozil on their a game nobody in reals midfield can stop and hold d ball d way we'll do.intact our main team comprising bells, monreal, kos even per, and den Sanchez walcot and of course our handsome giroud.common dis guys will beat any team except DAT surreal barca
If Gabriel Paulista does leave Arsenal this summer due to his likely becoming surplus to requirements at Arsenal which himself might have sensed, apart of the 4 specialist defenders of: Koscielny, Monreal, Mustafi and holding who have been regularly manning the Arsenal back three line of recent, other centre backs like Mertersacker & Chambers, and defensive wingbacks of Bellerin, Kolasinac, and the defensive midfielders of Elneny & Niles, can all also play as centrebacks in a back three or back four denfese - line whenever the need arised.
A midfield that suits Theo will / may not suit Giroud and that's where the problem lies... I'm sure Wenger has something up his sleeves to have offered Theo and Giroud high wage contracts... For tough away games, e.g chelsea, play a double DM and hit on counter, that makes Theo ideal... And at lower team that likes to depend deep in their half, he can play Giroud because of his physical presence and great hold up play, or even play both depending... All in all another DM is HIGHLY needed.
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.
Who I believe could fit in very well into Arsenal's mobile holding / attacking midfield play.
The only plan i see in this line - up is camping outside the box, thinking of how we're playing playmakers (Ramsey + Wilshere) instead of the winger in Walcott and holding defensive midfielder in Coq.
He can play in holding midfield, he can play if needed on the flanks as well.
Akbs have hibernated, don't worry we don't need a striker our midfield can score, giroud has good hold up play.
Carrick is a great holding midfielder but Wngland wasted him by not playing him much earlier.
Everyone one in the entire world (except Wenger clearly due to today) knows we needed a striker that could do all the hold up play and bringing others into play that Giroud actually does very well, but also the movement and pace that Walcott brings to be played in behind by our great midfielders.
Podolski will play the defensive holding midfielder in place of Ramsey and covers the overlapping Gibbs.
Despite man city spending over 200m pounds in d summer, just two injuries, they r playing a midfielder as a lwb and mangala is their defensive cover u guys should just stop moaning,, i think arsenal still have cover this season, a striking trio of welbeck, giroud and walcot can hold their own, a midfield duo of Wilshire and elneny can hold their own, we might be light in defence buh not as terrible as u guys r exaggerating it, trsnsfer window is over let's support d guys
since he's so good at assisting or creating chances or bringing others into the game or holding up the ball and less of a potent goalscorer, it'd be fair to say he could try out playing in midfield or behind a Lethal striker!
As I said after that game, the only reason City were toothless was that they played 2 holding midfielders that are exactly the same, Fernandinho and Fernando are technically poor and can't create for toffee, but if City had Yaya Toure in that midfield to absolutely bully the likes of Cazorla, Ramsey and The Coq it would have been a completely different game, City lost that Box to Box energy Yaya gives them and that played right into our hand as they were static in midfield..
we have enough midfielders, OG should concentrate on his primary job (scoring goals) then the hold up play should just come as a bonus
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