Sentences with phrase «quality in attack as»

United could do with that kind of quality in attack as they struggle to keep up with league leaders Manchester City this season.

Not exact matches

A 2012 interview with US church leader Mark Driscoll, in which he caused controversy by criticising the quality of British preachers, led to him publicly attacking my journalistic integrity on his blog as well as questioning my theological credentials.

That Avatar «s melodramatic attacks on corporate interests and its defense of simple, natural living come packaged as one of the most expensive, and probably the most technically advanced, corporate films in history would seem to indicate that only quality bigger than the movie's stupidity is its head - in - the - clouds hypocrisy.

«With that in mind, critics of the live export trade should end irrational and misleading attacks on importing countries that welcome Australian cattle and sheep, and who rely on Australia as an important source of high quality, reliable and safe protein.

Of course, Benzema is more cleaver and brilliant than Giroud though Giroud has his own quality, such as heading ability, physical presence and good linkup in the attacking process.

I disagree.A wingback can be viewed as a defensive winger.Whether the Ox likes it or not he's been blessed with the qualities of a winger.To me that's his best position.He's only doing well as a wingback because of his attacking abilities.As I said earlier a wingback can be viewed as a sort of defensive winger.That's why CB's who are used as RB or LB can not play wingback.Wingback needs the player to be able to adapt himself like a winger while also being solid defensively.Ox has the attacking part but not the defensive part.With Bellerin we have the best of both worlds.He can attack, defend and also has the speed necessary to play wingback.I fear Ox being played at wingback will cost us when we play teams with tricky wingers.He should rather be challenging Sanchez or Ozil for their positions and not wingback.The guy hates to always have to defend which in truth he can't.

Man U's attack isn't in the same league as Arsenal's, but they have a lot of quality in the middle of the park and players like Smalling Rojo, and Darmain should be able to cope with Vardy.

He commented on my qualities as a young English player and how he wanted me to attack his team more during the game in a similar way to last season.

Chelsea have been heavily linked to Griezmann — who scored 22 goals in his debut campaign at the Estadio Vicente Calderon — over the past few months, as Mourinho looks to bring in world - class quality to compete with Diego Costa in attack.

If true, that will be a massive boost for Conte, as the Roma stars will address two key issues with the current Chelsea squad in terms of bolstering their attacking options and adding quality and cover at left back.

not selling walcott would be massive mistake as he has proven over 8 years plus that he cant take himself or this club to next level so cash in (might get 16 - 20m if lucky) and bring in a real quality attacking option..

We have as much quality as Chelsea especially in attack — but they just much more clinical and efficient.

the cheese eating surrender monkey has screwed up again we all know that now so we have to hope to get our real quality players performing to full potential that is ozil sanchez wishere carzola... i am not sure there is a combo with all four and at this moment wilshere and sanchez are the only ones looking pretty decent and as wellbeck needs to be integrated those positions are settled... i am a big ozil fan and really believe wenger is failing to get best out of him by playing him out of position so cant we play some kind of diamond with him at the top feeding to a front line of sanchez and wellbeck... for me neither flamini nor arteta add anything to the team so i think playing to attacking strengths is the only option right now... but its really a ridiculous state of affairs we have been left in... throwing caution to the wind i would go for

rw or lw dm / to compliment elneny and coqueline as i see a lot of quality in elneny new cf as we only have welbeck and giroud and the cf will be wc my choice is benzema a mixture of hold up, fast attacking, pace and skill.

Vidal or kondogbia would be a clear statement of intent (and schneiderlin as a slightly lower quality option would be fine) then any of several attacking options who could promise 14 or 15 goals is fine in addition to what Sanchez and giroud / Walcott (if we keep him and I wouldn't) can deliver..

In addition to those two, it's added that Barca boss Valverde also wants to add Inigo Martinez to his squad this month, as the 26 - year - old Real Sociedad defender would add quality and depth at the back too as he looks to find the right balance rather than splash all the cash he has on attack - minded players.

so a first choice defence of bellerin gab kos and darmien with kondogbia in DM position would give forward players real confidence... debouchey, chambers mert monreal as backup... and then a quality attacking option reus sterling pedro lacazette whatever... all better than walcott...... thats 3 in and half a dozen out... shouldnt be a big deal..

The bottom line this summer in Arsenal signings is Le Prof MUST sign a top quality holding / attacking midfielder of Goretzka's caliber to fully complement his entire starting XI team next season and just limits himself to the signings of Kolasinac and Lacazette alone which if he does without signing a top quality holding / attacking midfielder, his starting XI team next season could be understrength at midfield as Santi Cazorla won't be available in the first half of the season and Elneny can't be relied on to deliver high performances for Arsenal on consistent basis.

Welbeck worked tirelessly as usual but is lacking that real bit of quality in attacking positions.

Just because he is better than alternatives right now but welbeck might work if he comes back stronger... And ozil behind them... Wenger's refusal to invest in a quality attacking option in summer will come back to haunt us but for sure iwobi will have to put out on loan at Xmas to a championship team as he doesn't have the basics down yet

It's obvious for me that arsenal need 4 players to become a world class team like bayern and real madrid i couldn't dare mention barcelona because they have unbelievable front three and they maybe the best attack in history of football we are lacking quality in the ST as well as the RW of course giroud and campvell are very good players but in my opinion they are less in quality than the rest of the team so we need to improve the quality in these positins About the DM it's a number issue and i think the position is covered with flamini doing good job and elneny coming which can be deployed there About the fourth signing we need is a center back I don't think i saw till now enough minutes for gabriel to tell if he can make the position his own or not But what makes me doubt him that wenger didn't choose him till now over per which means he is not miles ahead of him so i think we need a new better CB This team can go and fight for every thing even the champions leafue....

sell sell sell... with walcot and gibbs as well... we can buy a top quality left back plus two attacking options... and ready to compete in a way more demanding epl than last year

Kicker have also linked Bailey as a transfer target for Arsenal, and they could certainly do with an attacking player of his quality after losing Alexis Sanchez to Manchester United in January.

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

But Bellerin's attacking qualities are really strong... For a RB he makes intelligent attacking decisions while passing, has no fear in taking defenders on and is blessed with as much rapid pace, if not more, than our other wingers.

Have the ACM sit deep at times to help transition from CM to Attack, almost being a 3rd CM but not really as neither Ozil or Rambo are reliable defensively but they are both quality in helping the team attack in their ownAttack, almost being a 3rd CM but not really as neither Ozil or Rambo are reliable defensively but they are both quality in helping the team attack in their ownattack in their own ways.

Sacrificing attack as well as a completely different playing style is so much more of a change than a downgrade in quality in one position...

exactly my point, we arsenal fans are so retarded that we think having lacazette on the bench is bad, but if it's manchester city everyone will say it's quality in squad depth, we always criticise mourinho for playing defensive football but want simeone to come and be our coach, someone who can not attack against a team as weak as leganes or alaves.

Theo, is barely even EPL quality, probably best suited for a QPR and yet he prominently features (OX is trash as well) in our attack week to week on a side that reportedly has ambitions.

However, the fact that Wenger went for Vardy in the first place, even though his main quality as a counter attacking threat is not really all that suited to the way the Gunners play, suggests to me that our boss is not entirely sure what he wants, just that he wants to add to his current options.

have to say i thought monreal was our most consistent player and deserves a 6... the rest were 5 or less with mert ramsey and ozil (and i love this guy) all on 3 wqalcott gets a 2 for showing up which is all he did (not bad days work for a 140 grand)... as most have been saying for 3 years or more a quality attacking option and a quality DM are essential in next 2 weeks... 60 m at least needs to be put down on the table

Ainsley Maitland Niles in his two or so matches a CM has shown me that he can protect the back four and attack very well.Why is Wenger destroying the player at LB?I remember also telling everyone here earlier in the season that we should change our formation to four back and that Monreal and Kolasinac shouldn't be in the same team as one has to be rested and deputise for the other.I don't care how consistent Monreal is and to me he has no CB qualities.He at times looks almost world class at LB but to me he has no qualities of a CB.Why is Xhaka also starting?Coquelin is twice the player he is for the role Xhaka should be playing.

Lets not kid ourselves — We need to sign maybe a Seri in Midfield to give us drive and creativity and Lemar as well to add to our attacking qualities.

whatever you think of ramsey... and in my books he is a decent b2b but certainly not top class... he is not going to control the area between edge of box and centre line which is what all great DMs do... nor has coquelin proved that to me... he is a guttusso type player and has improved massively in that role... not convinced it is what will take us to challenging for titles however which is why a cavalho type DM is a needed addition especially as arteta and flamini are obviously not up to the task... but have always said that wengers job is to get best out of ozil santi and wilshere who are the real creative world class strengths of this squad... they need protection behind them and options in front... at moment the real worry is that wenger will continue to use mertesakher at CB and fail to bring in quality striker... so the song remains the same... without quality DM and attacking option we will be trying to retain 3rd place and reach qf of cl

If we have good memories xhaka played well in his first nld derby because he played as a cm and not a dm.he can not protect the defense but he has good attacking qualities of passing and shooting which he is among the best in the world in doing.He will also addd stee to our midfield and deal with the aerial balls.

anyway the sooner elneny is integrated the better and gabriel needs to start... ox should be farmed out on loan, walcott sold to whoever will take him... should have gone a year ago at an inflated price wont get much for him now as people have seen through the hype other than wenger... and a quality attacking option brought in asap which is difficult but not impossible...

At the centre of their quality attacking play was Henrikh Mkhitaryan, as he put it on a plate for both Romelu Lukaku and Paul Pogba to put the Red Devils in complete control with two simple, yet perfectly executed assists, for the pair.

The two players offer totally different qualities to an attack, and both face off in next Monday's clash between Manchester United and Liverpool, as advertised with this image comparing the two.

The 25 - year - old has kept 17 clean sheets in 37 appearances in all competitions this season, producing a string of quality saves, as seen in the video below, while also being a pivotal part of building attacks for Roma too given his competence in possession.

In my opinion, if you score more frequently, the chances of conceding less are high as the opposition, especially those that are not of similar quality, will misstep and stay away from attacking you.

As well as feeling that Payet would add some extra quality and attacking threat to the side, I believe that the early transfer of a top player, and it does not have to be Payet, would give the whole club a timely lift as we head into the crucial second half of a season that we are all hoping turns out to be the one in which Arsenal regain the title of English championAs well as feeling that Payet would add some extra quality and attacking threat to the side, I believe that the early transfer of a top player, and it does not have to be Payet, would give the whole club a timely lift as we head into the crucial second half of a season that we are all hoping turns out to be the one in which Arsenal regain the title of English championas feeling that Payet would add some extra quality and attacking threat to the side, I believe that the early transfer of a top player, and it does not have to be Payet, would give the whole club a timely lift as we head into the crucial second half of a season that we are all hoping turns out to be the one in which Arsenal regain the title of English championas we head into the crucial second half of a season that we are all hoping turns out to be the one in which Arsenal regain the title of English champions.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

Whenever the likes of Alexis (Sanchez), Walcott and Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain leads the line in tandem with the creative talent of Mesut Ozil in midfield Arsenal's attacking foray's are difficult to deal with, and it was evident as Stoke struggled to contain Arsenal as they made their quality count in the game.

Forget the quality of opposition etc and other churlish remarks but our attacking boys done good; Ramsey for Wales, Welbz for England, Alexis for Chile, Mesut for Germany — brief but bright cameos from Santi and Ollie, appearances for Theo and Poldi (Low has him inked in as an 80 min impact guy — easier to do in an international setting than at club level).

Giroud is just an average footballer and with Walcott or welbeck or Campbell as strike partners even with Sanchez in mix there is simply no way we can win anything with current attacking options... The fact that wenger has refused to acknowledge this over last 4 years is astounding even for the 8m a year man... And we thought Phillip green was overpaid... Shameful stuff which can only be justified if he brings in two quality strikers... I reserve judgement til September but not optimistic

Speaking about his own qualities, Junior describes himself, essentially, as the complete player, able to use both feet and thrive in an attacking or a defensive role.

Ramsey has the qualities needed for the modern box to box were as wilshere doesn't really he is ok over a short distance with a short burst but beyond that he is quite static in the middle, but is excellent technically and can play a quick pass when he is on form use him as a springboard to launch counter attacks from any new manager that comes in will either help him improve or he will be a casualty of the new regime, unfortunately that reality of life in football i hope for one both of them stay and help us win trophies in years to come COYG

no idea what games you have been watching but the idea of ramsey as a defensive enforcer is comical... missed tackles galore, slow in to tackles and weak first touch define his game... though to be fair only wenger thinks he is a renasiance footballer qble to play any position... the ramsey bandwagon was for some time based on the barca cant have him ay any price delusion... the man should be part of the summer sale crop along with mert walcott and gibbs... its fifty fifty on campbell and giroud... both are decent squad players but the need for quality attacking options is palpable

Should stop worrying about left back and bring in quality attacking option... If isco is available should get him Sanchez giroud / welbeck isco ozil should be ok to keep us there or thereabouts... With Campbell as back up... ox on loan Walcott sold to some Middle East team with more money than sense... Or test Bilbao on the Williams kid suspect they might take 25 even with his buy out clause upped... need something... We r 2 points above spurs right now with a much poorer goal difference

In addition to his technical qualities, the 30 - year - old is also blessed with the ability to make driving runs from the back and initiate attacks, as we saw in the game against CitIn addition to his technical qualities, the 30 - year - old is also blessed with the ability to make driving runs from the back and initiate attacks, as we saw in the game against Citin the game against City.