Sentences with phrase «players playing in their preferred positions»

The only first team players playing in their preferred positions were Mata and De Gea, and neither had a notably good match.

It makes sense having players playing in their preferred positions.

Not exact matches

You just don't see where the Wilshere criticism is coming from, Jack was a bit part player last season and their Prince was played in his so called prefered position but did fxck all in it for the whole season.

If we looked at the pre-season and opening game, the Ox was constantly moved between either wings or the wing back position and this does not do well with players in general who'd prefer a defined role and position in which they can play in.

No matter what team we fielded today, I think Chelsea would have had the upper hand regardless because as many have said, they have a player that specializes in each preferred position, where as Arsenal have many players that can play all over the pitch, but don't really have much impact.

He played 2 direct pacy wingers on the wing, a traditional CF, and all the other players in there preferred position.

Ozil is not the first player in history to not play in his preferred position.

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.

Then how come he plays welll for germany?Who prefer calmness style of play Alex iwobi is still a young player who given time can develop into a great player in midfield / foward positions

Valid point although I would prefer players to become specialist in one position... play that position week in week out and master it..

However on Sunday he impressed massively as a stand in right back, especially considering the player struggles for playing time in his preferred position as a central defender.

Play players in their preferred position.

I agree, with Campbell there we shouldn't have to worry about the striker position at all, there's 5 players who either prefer to play there or can play there in the case of puzzling a lineup.

But the boss is erudite in making players playing successfully in a different position other than their preferred choice.

Not anymore though, as Cazorla has been speaking to Arsenal Player about his preferred position and he has made no secret of the fact that he wants to play in the middle.

Apart from his preferred position at centre - half, the German international can also play with equal comfort at either of the full - back positions and even in defensive midfield, surely Arsenal can do with a player like that!

(1) this squad has way too many moving parts and very few of our players are good enough at their preferred position let alone relying on them in whatever position Wenger and his magic eight ball decide in the tunnel prior to the game... when teams do this it generally signals issues within the club, much like Jose last year and Van Gael before him... no one gets settled, the chemistry is almost non-existent and if provides a built - in excuse when the team comes up short... these issues fall squarely on Wenger, both for his decisions regarding players coming in and for his inability to rid the team of those players who aren't cutting it... in actually fact we have only 6 real starters on this current squad and that's being generous (Sanchez, Ozil, Lacazette, Sead, Kos & Cazorla)... which is discouraging because Cazorla is injured and might never play again, Sanchez is wanting out and the club is lying to us about his injury status, Lacazette receives no service, Ozil is relatively disinterested out there, Kos is getting up there and Sead is just trying to settle in... there isn't a single other player that would start regularly on any of the other top 3 teams, which should be the standard... imagine this team moving forward if Wenger only sells before the window closes

@almostawinner I totally agree with you we are good at creating chances we reach very good positions but giroud is less than average he won't even play at some mid-tables teams beleive me he can't dribble he rarely take long ranged shots he is not the best at movement I don't understand what do arsene wenger see in him to rely on him as our first choice We were going to get a striker three years ago (higuain) but the deal failed in the last second because wenger prefered to get ozil so what did giroud do to prove that he deserves his position can anybody tell me I really get mad when some arsenal fans tell that he is a good player because he is not!!

He has to start playing his best players in their preferred positions and stop trying every player in every position.

He is a central midfielder and a very very good one yet the manager is playing the same game with him as he has done with quite a number of players over the years in playing him out of his preferred natural position.

With the new formation allowing two players to occupy the space behind the striker, the 21 - year - old may find himself with a handful of opportunities to play in that position, which is where he prefers to play.

Then he deploys players that would prefer to play centrally in those positions — Mhki, Mesut, Iwobi — and we're quick to down them when they don't play well.

Wenger appears to prefer flexible energetic players who can play in more than one position.

We can expect to see a handful of younger players such as Ainsley Maitland - Niles and Reiss Nelson, and with Arsene Wenger planning to rest Xhaka, Maitland - Niles may play in his preferred midfield position, with Josh DaSilva at left back (another option in midfield is Mohamed Elneny).

Jonathan Ikone is a player that can play on either wing, but prefers to play on the left - wing, a position that Spurs perhaps are lacking in.

We are looking at Coutinho, Firmino, Sturridge and Benteke though; and so at first this formation may seem odd, with only one player — Benteke — playing in his preferred position, whilst Firmino and Sturridge are out wide, and Coutinho is played in a left centre - mid position, however, one of the best aspects of the 4 -3-3 is the ability to have a fluid front line, with Benteke, Sturridge & Firmino all able to interchange and move into the position that the game situation requires.

This then allows all the players to play in their preferred position.