In bellerin and gibbs we have a superb option to debuchy / chambers and monreal as the latter pair are a perfect rotation for home games, but also both can
play wide midfield from the bench, again adding another dimension.
He scored the goal to take them up and
plays wide midfield or through the middle.
I would take him instead of Diaby playing Bergy role or Eboue / Denilson / Even Toure...
playing wide midfield.
Not exact matches
When the
midfield trio of Cazorla / Wilshere / Ramsey have the ball at the edge of the opposing penalty area, you can be sure it's going to end up back at one of our CB's and be
played out
wide for aimless crosses with nobody there except the opposing goalkeeper.
Gibbs hasn't got the confidence to pass the ball forward, he gets to pass back to often and is not good at defending Monreal is a class act so we need to add there Ramsey is not a
wide player, why Wenger doesn't
play his strongest first then make the 2subs in 65 min and Walcot should have started as Ramsey is better in
Midfield.
Joe Ledley is an adaptable
midfielder who can
play out
wide left but is perhaps more effective in the centre of
midfield.
Arsenal has a lot of players that can
play in the
wide areas, however, the technically ability needed in the central
midfield is very low, so i figure the is so much effort been put in to get Lemar.
(Too many
midfielders who all want to
play in the middle, for example — the
wide play suffers).
Midfield... Rosicky and Welbeck are the two i would most consider for starting birth, would be happiest in going — Coq Cazorla Rambo Ozil Alexis — but not sure which one
plays wide so Welbeck coming in may give extra balance and for Rosicky..
Both are fairly prolific for players that
play from
midfield /
wide.
I only wish to focus on those who can
play in the CF position (as that's what everyone's getting bent out of shape about) but it is clear we have
wide players who can score and we have players who can do so from
midfield, some of whom are still developing — like Wilshere, Ramsay, the Ox — and from whom most of expect to see more and more this season.
reality is campbell's
play and worth ethic make him most deserving of all out
midfielders for a
wide position (bar alexis) but doubt he'll get the opportunity because he's not part of our «british core»
No
wide attackers / wingers / 7s, so need to
play the two forwards together and the
midfielders in central
midfield positions.
Of course, losing wingers Robben and Ribery will have forced his hand slightly here, but it still shows a lack of a Plan B that Pep couldn't bring out a similar threat from other players like Gotze and Muller, who can both
play wide, or indeed use Lahm in his preferred position of right - back and utilise his quality from there — in fact, the former Germany captain's use as a
midfielder since this manager's arrival is one of many examples of his attempts at tactical innovation going wrong.
we knew giroud was gonna just stand inside the box 24/7 and wait for a header or tap - in; left - footed wilshere wouldnt fancy crossing a ball on the right but shift to the middle and
play tika - taka; right - footed sanchez would never stand
wide and make space for
midfielder but forever dribble to the right and wan na take a shot.
Our manager is thought to be a long term admirer of the 22 - year old and according to The Mirror he might be about to make a club record offer of around # 55 million for Draxler, with the idea that he might be able to
play as a centre forward for us as well as his more usual roles of
wide forward or attacking
midfielder.
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.
Ramsey is a central
midfield player that rarely offers an above average performance and yet we choose to
play him out on the wing ahead of the in - form Ox or letting Sanchez slot back out
wide to let Giroud up front.
Wenger needs to grow some balls and drop one of the
midfielders for the ox and
play with two proper
wide players.
Now thinking about the style that won arsenal trophies we had physical / technical
midfielders and we had
wide players who could
play the forward role easily who were also equipped with pace and technical ability.
I stop reading when you said «You always hype Cazorla», common @davidrusa, Cazorla is one of the most underrated players at Arsenal, he was forced to
play out
wide and then deep at the
midfield just for not being a 42m player, he was the best player 2 yrs ago, and would have continued the same way if not for Ozil signing...
The FC Tokyo prodigy can operate in both central and
wide areas in the
midfield and will
play a key role in the Asian Cup for Japan.
This is exactly what happened against Liverpool — Welbeck doesn't want to
play as a winger and goes centrally, so there's no one out
wide to pass the ball out to and the central
midfield is too congested.
Wenger highlighted his versatility to
play as an attacking
midfielder, a central
midfielder, out
wide or left, and outlined his passing ability.
which means one, cheapskate I'm sick of hearing this crap from him, go and win the league, sign isco a marque signing, that will show our intentions, he's 23 quality and can
play across the
midfield and
wide up front
But Wenger has a habit of
playing midfielders like Ozil, Ramsey and Wilshere in the
wide areas.
Lemar is not an out and out winger, also
plays inside with short interchanging passes, uses a short burst of pace to get the ball out of congested areas, through passes from the middle of the park (all attributes of Cazorla) and is a wonderful crosser of the ball from
wide positions (a winger) and helps break up
plays mostly in a CM
midfield position.
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
Wenger has to stop
playing midfielders wide, and
play ozil behind welbeck, seriously, imagine a front line of sanchez - welbeck and walcott with OZIL behind them.
I have no idea why we would sign Pedro Rodriguez, don't get me wrong, he's a good player with an incredible workrate, but aren't we loaded with (
wide) forwards already plus the
midfielders that can
play there?
You do realize we
play with a focal point that can link up with the
wide players and bring our
midfielders into the game?
Arsenal can do without him as they have many options they are deploying and can deploy effective in the central
midfield and the
wide area roles he
plays in.
What does stand in his favour is his versatility as aside from his more natural role as an attacking
midfielder, he can also
play a little deeper and out
wide.
Alternatively, with Giroud, Walcott and Welbeck all able to
play through the middle there's a chance that rather than an out and out striker we may see a new
wide player come in, particularly if you consider that Oxlade - Chamberlain's future may well lie in
midfield.
The Turkey captain — who can
play in
wide areas or in the centre of
midfield — would be an excellent addition for the Red Devils and could help Louis van Gaal's side thrive in the Champions League.
Of all the players linked with Arsenal this summer, Draxler would be my first choice.He has all the attributes required in an attacking
midfielder and has the versatility to
play effectively
wide and in a central position.
we did nt force
midfielders to adapt out
wide we just
played with a different tactic and formation than the most simple tactic of one striker and two wingers, if that was the only right formation then there wouldnt be so much different formations, you guys always talk as if the 4 -3-3 is a rule and wenger absolutely has to
play a winger in the right slot of the 3 up top, tactics arent and shouldnt be that simple, it isnt a rule that one has to
play two wingers..
i know silva
plays wide too, but look at city's team, they have solid
midfielders to cover up and silva's work rate is a lot higher than ozil's.
Predominately Mkhitaryan
plays in the centre attacking
midfield position and whilst I can not see Ozil being displaced, there is a chance the Dortmund player could be effective out
wide on the Arsenal right flank.
I am yet to see the self proclaimed problem here with Ozil
playing wide.Any modern day
midfielder can
play wide unless you are incredibly one dimensional in which case you shouldn't cost 42 M pounds.David Silva and many others out there are
midfielders who begin
wide.they are not wingers and Wenger isnt
playing Ozil as a winger.He is given the liberty of cutting infield.AFC
midfield is not static.players move in and out of
midfield.
He's a
midfielder for crying out loud, we tried him at striker and was s ** t, now he
plays wide striker while our
midfielders are in the middle of a little something called a contest.
Ramsey
plays midfield, even knowing that he is a
wide midfielder.
Firmino can
play in a number of roles from out
wide in a central
midfield role as well as up front and the Figueirense player may feel a high profile move to Liverpool could aid his push for a first Brazilian national team cap.
Are you really naive enough to believe that Wenger would bring anyone into this current locker room that is going to be given a strong voice... have you not been watching, listening or reading about our club for years... Lehman is a blind Wenger follower, which is the only reason he was even considered... just for a second think of all the strong personalities that have
played for this club that have never been seriously considered even though they have expressed legitimate interest in participating in the coaching process... even worse, think of all the former greats who aren't even allowed on the same pitch as Wenger because they have offered their advice and / or criticism to the infallible one... I dare you to find a manager that has distanced himself from his former players as much as this man... it's the very reason why only one player I can think of has ever returned to
play for Wenger and that was Flamini, which was hilarious considering we were desperately looking for a top quality defensive
midfielder but Wenger could somehow find no one better than Flamini in the whole
wide world... let's face it this club was simply trying to appease it's disgruntled fans by declaring that Wenger would no longer be given Ca rte Blanche when it came to the backroom staff so they probably asked him to give them a list of those who he would allow in the locker room... on that list he wrote Lehman, Pires and Bergkamp, likely because the first two are the only former players who haven't publicly questioned his horrible decision - making and the last one because he won't get in an airplane
This game, 5
midfielders: — Took the two best AMs that prefer to
play centrally and pushed them out
wide.
No proper winger at all, — I do not count Walcott, since he is thankfully out of the eighteen and long may he stay out — just a succession of average central
midfielders or strikers over the years
played wide and out of position for many years past.
And a 4 -5-1 implies that ozil and sanchez were
midfielders when they
played as
wide forwards.
However with Arsenal Ozil often
plays wide, rather than centrally in mid field and is not supported by robust ball winning / defensive
midfielders, as he is when
playing for the German national team.
A 4 -3-3 system is favoured by Barca, Real Madrid and Man City and Bayern, the top four teams in Europe.It suits the attacking philosophy of Arsene Wenger which is to his credit.Unfortunately we do not have the top quality defenders these teams have nor a dominant DM.Nevertheless it is the best system for our current team which is top heavy in attacking
midfielders hence the need to
play Ozil and Mik in
wide positions.In my opinion the most balanced central
midfield would consist of Elneny, Ramsay and Wilshere.Elneny was first class against Watford yet was left out against an average Milan side to accommodate the ever present Xhaka who will no doubt feature against CSK.
They are all big players for us and out - and - out central
midfielders, so I am more focused on
playing wide and adding what I can out there for now.»