Sentences with phrase «presence in midfield»

There is no physical presence in the midfield because they haven't bought one.
The 29 - year - old has weighed in with four goals and five assists in all competitions, and provided a consistently strong offensive and defensive presence in the midfield.
We need that kind of presence in midfield to put in quality tackles and stop counters with authority.
The Swiss ace will be a crucial presence in midfield, giving the Gunners a solid base on which to build play.
The 26 - year - old is a robust, uncompromising presence in midfield.
His added presence in midfield helped restrict the visitors to largely half chances.
He would provide a tough tackling physical presence in midfield that we lack.
He's good at showing up in the box to score goals and being a defensive presence in midfield.
Meanwhile Francis Coquelin has gone backwards, and a real strong presence in the midfield engine room would be a huge bonus.
He was a sizeable presence in the midfield as well, so should be able to handle himself in the Premier League.
Kondogbia offers similar characteristics to Dembele in terms of a powerful presence in midfield with defensive and attacking qualities, and so he would be a smart addition.
With 41 appearances to his name in the last campaign, the French international was a consistent and influential presence in midfield, showing his class and importance having won the title with Leicester City the previous year.
Mohamed Elneny was a strong presence in midfield while Mesut Ozil put in a tireless performance as well as adding a bit of class in the final third with his passing.
I would not mind an imposing presence in midfield like we used to have Partick.
A steady presence in midfield as he overcame some early sloppiness on the ball to provide the hosts with important defensive coverage to win the midfield battle.
He's proved himself to be a commanding presence in the midfield, and could do the same job for his country.
I acknowledge that we have lacked a physical presence in the midfield since Vieira left but that doesn't mean that we should recruit meatheads!
A solid presence in midfield and was needed with United's other individuals more attack - minded.
Same goes for carvalho as we lack presence in the midfield, which causes a huge amount of issues when we lose possession in the centre of the pitch.
Atlético's conscious decision to let Sporting have the ball necessitated a more physical, rugged presence in midfield, so in came the captain.
Mooy's presence in midfield for Huddersfield this season has been a revelation and is one of the reasons they are are priced at 6/5 to beat Reading in the Championship play - off final to progress to the Premier League.
For this game, however, Germany manager Joachim Loew called upon Can to provide a physical presence in midfield against France's much talked about midfield duo.
Manchester United lack a world - class creative presence in midfield, and would do well with a player of Pogba's calibre.
We lack any form of presence in midfield, no true ball winning mid we were just outmuscled throughout the game.
However, he hasn't yet reached his full potential, while signing Matic would give Arsenal that powerful presence in midfield that they've been lacking for years.
After Patrick Vieira, not having a strong presence in the midfield has been hurting the Gunners.
The issues had been slightly alleviated with the introduction of Tim Ream, who offered a more defensive presence in the midfield that allowed Jay Spearing to play in a more advanced role but against Brighton, it all came crashing down in the span of four minutes.
He's such a dynamic CM, blistering pace and stamina, good finisher and a presence in midfield.
It won't happen though since Poche requires at least one physical presence in midfield, so Dembele is undroppable.
Wilshere needs to be a presence in the midfield and our left flank needs to be strong with Santi and Nacho (should this be the actual lineup).
Manchester City, with their physical presence in the midfield, will be a serious force to contend with for Arsenal.
Although Flamini is not the greatest player on the ball, his presence in the midfield allows the other midfielders more freedom to commit to the attacks while at the same time not exposing us on the counter.
A midfield 3 of either Xhaka - Ramsey - Coquelin or Xhaka - Elneny - Coquelin, will allow us more of a presence in the midfield and allow the team in general to move further up the pitch, seeing as in the past two games the back line and the midfield has constantly sat back inviting pressure to build up, whilst the attacking trio of Theo, Ozil and Sanchez would just remain up top.
We are a soft team, we seem to have problems mopping the pressure from most team, very little physical presence in midfield and unable to cope organise oûrselves when we do not have the ball.
physical presence in the midfield..
The way Wenger spoke of the need for «a physical presence in midfield, one profile at a Viera or Petit», that might turn out to be an ABSOLUTE need for Wenger next summer - one for which he will be willing to spend huge.
i really like kante but i believe we need a real beast, we have been lacking a physical presence in the midfield, xhaka is 1,85 m & 82 kg versus kante 1,69 m & 68 kg, im tired of seeing us getting blown apart by most teams in the pl!!
«people say that we lack a physical presence in midfield, one profile at a Vieira or Petit, it's true that this is what we need.»
Cazorla tends to disappear in some big games, i still feel we need a physical presence in midfield
, he seems to have more presence in the midfield.
At just 5 ft. 6 inches tall, he is not really the physical presence in midfield that the Gunners squad desperately needs.
what we need most of all is a new manager and greater physical presence in midfield.
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