Sentences with phrase «playing as a central midfielder»

Even when Cazorla and Ozil are played together, Ozil is the one who plays on the wings cause Cazorla is played as a central midfielder.

He should be played as our central midfield hub.

But he showed good control, skills, movements, vision and work rate when he played as a central midfielder for France in the World Cup qualifying matches.

Chamberlain is not as gifted as Cazorla, Sanchez and Iwobi technically to play as a central midfielder.

The other point of discussion is that should he be played as a central midfielder, rather than on the wing?

Wenger insists that despite the Swiss midfielder generally having played as a central midfielder for the majority of his career, he has never properly trained on his tackling ability.

I say Sell Xhaka and Elneny, keep Jack and Aaron, buy Fabinho, promote AMN full time and we have Mesut and Mhki as well who can play as Central Midfielders as well.

I do t get it because you are saying wing backs play as central midfielders.

Joseph Christopher «Joe» Ledley plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Crystal Palace after signing in January 2014.

The 20 - year - old is primarily a defensive midfielder but is equally adept to playing as a central midfielder in a double pivot role.

With Brad Evans playing as a central midfielder in today's loss to the LA Galaxy the Sounders may already be planning for a future that involves Panama's best defender.

Cazorla can play as a central midfielder, attacking midfielder or left winger.

The Gremio midfielder can even play as a central midfielder in the more traditional 4 -3-3 which means his arrival will add to the coach's tactical options.

He has shown that he can play both as a central midfielder — Xavi like — or as an attacking midfielder who sits behind the striker — just like Kagawa does at Dortmund now.

Speaking after Arsenal «s FA Cup final win in May, Oxlade - Chamberlain explained his ambition to play as a central midfielder.

Indeed, when Ramsey was playing as a central midfielder, Arsenal were effectively asking him to not only play as one of the two central midfielders, but also to continue the auxiliary role, making the third - man runs that Arsenal need higher up the pitch, while also passing and building play.

Not exact matches

Schweinsteiger is regarded as one of the best central midfielders in European football, and played a starring role in Brazil last year as Germany were crowned world champions.

Arsenal will win in Chelsea's stadium, as long as Sanchez plays as a central forward or central attacking midfielder and accompanied by Iwobi or Perez, without Ozil.

Adelaide could be the next to join the list but as a central attacking midfielder, I think he will likely play as third choice back up behind Mesut Ozil and Santiago Cazorla, mainly featuring in domestic cup competitions.

He cant play that position as he is not so discplined and would need another central midfielder next to him that is discplined, he is in the same mould as Ramsey.

Throughout his career so far, the midfielder has shown that he is capable of playing in central area of the pitch, with the midfielder being deployed as an attacking midfielder, central and defensive midfielder.

His job is to create chances as a central attacking midfielder where he has always played.

The diminutive midfield magician has played in a number of roles for Arsenal and I am sure that Arsene Wenger will ask him to do so again at times, but the boss does seem to have settled on the central midfield role as the best one for the Spaniard.

The one thing he is missing is the experience in this position because he came to us as a central midfielder, but I converted him into a centre - back because I felt he can play the type of football we want to play as a centre - back.»

He may have had to move around the pitch, playing in central midfield as well as both flanks and in the forward line, but Chamberlain has done well in them all.

I hope someone reminds him he plays for Arsenal as a central midfielder and not a striker

So now we're down to just three recognised central midfielders (one of them now playing as a CB), and not one of them is WC.

schweinsteiger has captained the german national side has won basically every domestic trophy as well as the cl and central midfielders tend to play at their peak longer than strikers as their game is not based around attributes such as pace.

The England international was keen to stress that he enjoys playing in a central midfield role as he does under Roy Hodgson.

So the second would probably need to be a central midfielder (or another wing back if Ox stays and is used as a utility player where he plays across the wing back positions both sides or central midfield if needed)

The Arsenal transfer rumours about Jack Wilshere and a possible move to play for our old rivals Manchester United are still in the embryonic stage, as reported by Metro, but with the Gunners already having more options in the central midfield area where Jack plays there is a good chance that his loan season at AFC Bournemouth is not going to be enough to earn him a return to play for his beloved Arsenal.

Ozil can only play well as a central attacking midfielder, and he is not even our playmaker.

Personally I think he should loaned to any BPL side where he can play more as a central - back, and a bit as a defensive midfielder.

Moving back to the 4 -3-3 after Motta's injury should have helped, but pulling Marquinhos into a rarely played position in midfield and putting Serge Aurier into an unfamiliar spot as a central defender in a back four threw PSG for a loop when City were on the ball.

Before Sanchez was deployed as a central forward / attacking midfielder, Ozil played behind Giroud and the attacks were monotonous.

He'll buy a right back and try to play him central midfield We won't get quality because he won't pay the price, simple as.

Sanchez is okay as a striker, but I think he would be better if he plays as a central attacking midfielder, behind a striker.

Also we've seen Wenger play some wing backs / midfielders as central defenders.

-- Ozil: Lost the ball several times in the first half, but overall he performed better when playing as a deeper central midfielder.

According to Catalan newspaper Sport, Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri sees Sissoko as a potential replacement for central midfielder N'Golo Kante — who also happens to play for the French national team.

And the youngster is a versatile player as well, able to play central midfield which we all know is a position where Arsenal could do with more options.

Chelsea were spotted using an unorthodox 4 -2-4 formation during pre-season — a system Conte is yet to deploy in the Premier League — and Luiz could easily play as a central defender or as a defensive minded central midfielder.

Louis van Gaal changed his tactics to try to surprise Arsenal and counter his team's defensive problems, with three central defenders and with Luke Shaw and Valencia playing as wing backs in a midfield five, with Rooney and van Persie up front.

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.

We have Debuchy, Sanchez, Ramsey, Wilshere, Campbell, Rosicky, Chamberlain, Walcott, Welbeck... All these players have pace and work rate, as well as technical skill, but we can't tell them to press high when they lose the ball or to bring chaos to the opponent's defence because not only do we lack cover in midfield and central defense, we also play them out of position.

Just like Santi, James is a versatile playmaker who can play on the flanks, in central midfield or in his preferred position behind the striker as a Number 10.

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.

Mahrez is not going to challenge Ozil as they don't play in the same position and right now the central midfield is lacking in quality.

guys look i am going to sound ridiculous but arsene is going to sign a defender and not a central defensive midfielder cause arteta and flamini are both in wenger's good books as these players have settled for the fourth they hit 30 or maybe the mediocrity mind has pulled an hamstring on the club, it seems that Wenger played a game of «expected» but it itself is now derail course so therefore pressure mounted up looks like he is heading for the french market under 10 million valuation» JUST MY PREDICTION»

Hope he fully recovers as soon as possible possible but in the meantime we have a strong Central midfield with Cazorla, Xhaka, Coquelin, Eleney, Bielik and Ox can play cm too