Sentences with phrase «play young central defenders»

«But I just feel that when you're a central defender in that position, it's like goalkeepers — do we play young goalkeepers, do we play young central defenders?

Not exact matches

The Blues boss has admitted his surprise towards the playing time of the young central - defender, and has given him praise of the highest order at Stamford Bridge by describing him as a potential replacement to Terry, saying, «They (Terry and Zouma) are different players.

So the fact that he confirmed his interest in the young English defender Tyrone Mings, as reported by The Mirror, is fairly out of character for the Prof.. The 21 - year old is currently playing in the Championship for Ipswich Town and his usual role is as a left back, but at 6ft 3in and with his power and pace, it is thought that he could easily make the switch to central defence, which is coincidentally the weakest part of the Arsenal squad right now.

Both players are young promising central defenders and both could be looking at futures away from their respective clubs, in order to attain more playing time.

Last week, central defenders Oliver Younger and Scott Wilson, along with winger Dwight McNeil, all travelled with and played for the under - 23s at Crystal Palace and it would not be a surprise to see these players left out again for the under - 23 game against Ipswich at Gawthorpe on Monday afternoon.

We've conceded 12 goals though but our two regular central defenders from last season, Oliver Younger and Scott Wilson, have hardly played with both having been with the under - 23s and Wilson more recently injured.