Sentences with phrase «round midfield player»

He scores goals, he sets people up to score, he makes tackles — he's an all - round midfield player.»

Linked strongly with the likes of Arsenal and Chelsea, but Real Madrid's Sami Khedira is another great all - round midfield player with bags of experience and quality who would be available for free next summer.

Liverpool's new captain, Jordan Henderson is a fine all - round midfield player who gets in ahead of the likes of Bastian Schweinsteiger, who has been slow to get going this season.

But it is evident we need a well rounded midfield player to come in and play alongside Xhaka.

Not exact matches

With a goal and an assist, Brazilian midfielder Willian was in excellent form for Chelsea in their 3 - 0 win over Aston Villa, looking arguably the team's best player in a strong all - round team display at Stamford Bridge.

Need a player with an all round skill set and the right frame of mind to turn our midfield into the best.

Yeah, Arsene's sense of judgement is impeccable, I for one have always been a fan of his reasoning: we can win titles with guys like Theo, Giroud and Welbeck as our strikers, while we leave Coquelin as our only DM (gOod but not so sound DM); it's also ok to just flood the team with midfielders all round and never take off an underperforming player, as that could hurt his feelings.

And I will keep saying it, Cesc is a better all round player than all the midfielders we currently have..

I understand the logic behind your thinking and I agree, this could be lethal, but it then means wilshere ramsey flamini and arteta are bench players or have to be sold because none of them can operate as the sole midfielder in front of our back four, arteta is probably the most well rounded for this but against better opposition I don't think he has the physique or pace to really command that area, he has the intelligence to read the game but without the other attributes he can only do so much.

Any motivate the players he don't know how to be tactical he just picks the team and tells the same thing it's not working change it ever team will not play open so wenger needs to change the team players and style to defeat that also if a team presses us wenger does nothing to get round that same team same tactics that's the issue that's why arsenal won't win the league it's like a boxer going for head all the time you need to go for body to open up the other for the head shot wenger is to soft and it's transfers to the players remember the team he had before always makeing runs stretching teams even if they are sitting back spread there whole back line and midfield with run after run arsenal don't do that anymore they don't even shoot outside the box you know why because wenger tells them not to another tactic to draw another team out Ramsey can shoot but he never shoots anymore why is that wenger fact thanks guys.

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

Maybe AlanFrank Though this is just a matter ofopion as to if they ARE world class or not I kow that Kondogbia bossed our midfield in the first round against Monaco, and certainly others in the europian market classed im as good enough, Schneiderlin MUST be classed as worl class (again wihin our price range) we are not gonna pay 60 million for any player let alone the likes o Pogba.Im not in any way deriding what we already have BUT we do need to reinforce what we have in order to A) push what we have to improve and work arder to keep their places and b) to cover for the inevitable suspensions and injuries that will come.

Queretaro midfielder William da Silva has been banned for five games by the FMF after punching a Chiapas player in the final round of matches in Mexico.

We were so heavily reliant on rvp that when he left we struggled, since then we have developed into a well rounded team that is not dependent on one player anymore, we have players scoring from midfield and defence and with giroud and Walcott we have players that compliment one another and that can bring other players into the game.

No he is not a cenral midfielder he is an attacking midfilder with a very low work rate, he cant replace santi, for me we should look for valencia's Andre Gomes he is an amazing all round midfielder can play any where, only 21 and already a leading player of valencia, i really hope that we get him to replace santi in 2 years

The Colombian international is a well - rounded box - to - box midfield player with an eye for the occasional spectacular goal, and would make a great signing for most top clubs around Europe.

We have also been heavily linked with Morgan Schneiderlin of Southampton and Moussa Sissoko of Newcastle in recent weeks, who are both all - round central midfielders but if the report is true, then Wenger really has seen the need for a proper combative and defensively minded player in the middle.

So I expect Arsenal to go for more of an all round player, a holding midfielder if you will, and that is why this latest Arsenal transfer rumour reported by The Independent sounds like a very realistic one to me.

But comparing him to our former captain and midfield warrior Patrick Vieira may seem a bit premature, especially as the former Gunner was more of an all - round player, helping the attacking side and chipping in with a few goals in every season.

One player that usually embodies the latter of those qualities is our creative midfield star Mesut Ozil, who celebrated his 28th birthday on Saturday with a brilliant goal to cap an all - round great game.

Egypt midfielder Mohamed Salah, 22, is another player linked with a move away from Stamford Bridge but Mourinho said he would be in the starting line - up to face Bradford City in the FA Cup fourth round on Saturday.

A constant down the right flank since he joined from Lazio, this year the 31 - year - old played more Serie A minutes than all but four Juventus players: goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, center back Leonardo Bonucci, midfield all - rounder Claudio Marchisio.

From the more action - packed statistics that all round midfielders like Ramsey are normally involved in, the 23 - year - old has won 41 % of his total duels, which is better than both Fabregas and Toure but is around 10 % less than Jordan Henderson who is the only player of those mentioned to win over half of his duels (50.82 %).

The Reds have taken a few players on trial this winter, including former New England Revolution first - round pick Jordan McCrary and young W Connection midfielder Aikim Andrews.

The Tottenham midfielder was arguably the best player for the visitors to Fiorentina on Thursday night - where the two sides played out a 1 - 1 draw in the opening leg of the Europa League round of 32 clash.

He thinks he is a complete player and can challenge any of those legends with his all round midfielder performances.

The world's newest most expensive player — a footballer with the attributes and abilities to live up to his billing as the archetypal modern midfield all - rounder — was muffled by his manager's tactics in almost the complete reverse of Guardiola's impact upon De Bruyne.

With an assured touch to boot, some of what we've seen from the young English midfielder (including his complete performance against Leicester recently) tell us that he's perhaps more rounded as a player than some of his English counterparts.

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The tenacious and industrious Luke McCormick has blossomed from scholarship afterthought to all - round midfield spark - plug in recent times and will surprise many as he gets set to play on a bigger stage, and Jacob Maddox's ability to knit the play together from the middle whilst staying combative despite his relative lack of stature will make him an important player going forward.

«He is very close to being a complete, all - round player — and is definitely a great number 10 and a great, great midfield player.