Sentences with phrase «same midfield played»
The same midfield played, and failed, away at Tottenham the next month, but in fairness to all three, Arsenal's problems with pressing are deep - rooted, structural and almost independent of personnel, and point to a deeper coaching issue.
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Not his fault he's been played as a starter when he should be a backup player, but at the same time our midfield is clueless without him.
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.
Let's face it, Mertesacker and Arteta were once decent players in their youthful days, but now they are shit, both are liabilities to the rest.Koscielny, gibbs and debuchy have to work twice as hard to cover up for the sluggish per, same case when arteta is playing, the midfielders around have to run back when he easily gets turned and beaten for pace.
Of course it does not help Arsenal that Coquelin picked up the problem at the same time that another central midfielder Mohamed Elneny has headed off to Gabon to play for his national side Egypt in the African Cup of Nations and that he might not return until the February if they go all the way, but in a report on the Arsenal website the manager has set the estimated return date of Coquelin at just a few weeks.
The guy had a great game v west ham but his ego lets him down, but Wenger his comments on the defensive cock ups, it is the same comments on all the losses so surely he needs to rectify the prob Number one drop the BF German that can't head a ball can't run he is a liability every time he puts on the shirt even Debuchy jumps higher than him Gibbs can't defend he is a nice guy but not first choice L Back Chocqelen has proved he is a good player that can get better what we need is an Ozil type midfielder that has more guts to play good balls through to runners not high balls that you hope will find a target So a defender that can defend a left back and a midfielder and then look out enough is enough on what the problems are If the car won't run right you Fix it Wenger now is the time to FIX it CB
I concur, both the the way Arsenal plays and the fact that we have both Ozil and Ramsey on at the same time are reason why we can not control our midfield.
In fact re-watch all the games he played alongside Cazorla and you will notice the same weaknesses in our midfield with the Flam / Rambo partnership.
Our midfield that memorable day against Chelsea was Xhaka and Ramsey, the same duo who are suddenly too light and not tough enough to play in the middle, with Ramsey in particular mocked for how often he likes to make runs forward.
Wilshere for all his injuries is far better than both Ramsey and Xhaka.I just don't know the importance of Xhaka in the team if he can't defend.He's the real problem in the squad.Why do fans keep accepting mediocrity?Aren't we tired?It's painful seeing him play every match in our midfield then the same people who claim to love him would come and be making noise about how average he is after a bad match forgetting that he's actually average.I'd easily play Maitland - Niles or Coquelin over Xhaka.They would provide more steel in the midfield.Is it going to take us four seasons to realize how average Xhaka is?The painful things is that by that time many trophies would've have by passed us.
We have not just defensive midfielders but also two deep lying play maker at the same time.
Kante would be amazing.Imagine how the midfield would look like when Xhaka, Kante, Ozil and Cazorla play in same team.They would gangbang and destroy opponent's Pu ** y.
Jack went with England to the Euros after barely playing at club level, and it'll be the same for the WC, because England are so bad, especially in central midfield.
A lot of this theory may hinge on how much game time the Arsenal and England international midfield star Jack Wilshere gets at the upcoming Euro 2016 tournament, and by extension whether the England boss Roy Hodgson decides to play our Jack and our transfer target Jamie Vardy at the same time.
We are so undisciplined in our play, we just attack with no thought about being countered, the Left backs, Right backs ans wingers all attack at the same time, the attacking midfielders all push up at the same time and don't seem to have any sensing of opposition danger..
The same squad that unnecessarily plays three, creative and central midfielders that sacrifice the width of the pitch and provide minimal defensive steel when possession is lost
You cant escape he fact that Podolski was played rarely and when he was he was played out of position much the same way that Wenger has assembled a squad of players most of which are a talented bunch, but, Wenger has failed to build a team who fit n with each other, we have a midfield that overtly populated with players who al excel in the same role BUT have no solid defensive midfield talent and no options in defence when players have crap periods or are long term injury problems.
He's vulnerability a lack of Height during set pieces (I.e Giroud being the only realistic target because of his height and the fact he is a striker) has meant our CB «s are playing a bit more up top than they should be and because our midfield is mostly attacking defusing the situation / stopping opposition attacks in the first half of the season wasn't happening, the second half we had coquelin but if he gets injured, without any cover at CDM we end up in the same situation.
One of the main reasons we were so crap at the start was because our midfielders never played together at the same time before and there was no DM.
In the midfield, (including RWB & LWB) we have a whole bunch of tweeners... none offer the full package, none make sense in our manager's current favourite formation, except for Sead on the left and Ox on the right, and all of them have never shown any consistency for more than a heartbeat... Sead, who I'm including in this category because of our present formation, looks like a positive addition, minus his occasional brain farts, but I would rather see what he could do in a back 4 before making my mind up... Ox, who has never played better, which isn't saying much considering his largely underwhelming play in previous seasons, seems to have found a home in this new formation; unfortunately, can we really expect this oft - injured player to handle the taxing duties that come with said position over the long haul, not to mention, it looks like he has no intention of staying... Ramsey has relied on the empathy that stems from his gruesome injury years ago and the excitement that was generated a few years back when he finally seemed to put in altogether, but on the whole he has been a big disappointment (neither he nor the Ox have scored enough to warrant a regular spot)... Wiltshire should be put on a weekly contract then played until he suffers his first injury, if and when that occurs he should be shipped - out and no one should very be allowed to say his name on club grounds ever again... Elnehy & Coq are average players who couldn't make any of the top 7 teams currently in the EPL... both have showed some great energy on the pitch, but neither are top quality and no good team can afford to have that many average players on their bench playing the same position, especially with Coq's injury history / discipline concerns and Elheny's headless chicken tendencies... as for Xhaka, his tenure here so far has been incredibly underwhelming... we know he has some skills to provide the long ball but his defensive work is piss poor and he gives the ball away too cheaply and far too often... finally, the enigma himself, Ozil, so much skill with his left foot but his presence has been more frustrating than uplifting... in many respects his failure has been directly related to the failure of this club to provide him with the necessary players up front, minus Sanchez of course, and unless something drastic happens very soon his legacy will be largely a negative one (much like Wenger's)
Let's not get carried away and think Wenger has learned his lessons he has not overnight become a tactical genius he was forced to play that way when ozil was not fit to play had he been available he would definitely played and then would have same defensive problems as before with midfield over run and ozil not tracking back to help so probably would have been beaten!!
The sheer amount of attacking midfielders we have that all play the same position and that add no different dynamic to the game and the lack of defensive cover we have.
Iwobi is the best attacking midfielder we have, he is the only player that can play him self out of trouble from tight corners, in fact he is the only player in arsenal right now that I have confidence in that can dribble well at the same time pass well.
@arseneWenger: team rotation is allowed and all midfielders do not need to play at the same time so that you sacrifice having proper wingers.
Until we find the complete midfielder like matic who can initiate attacks and defend at the same time, or a quicker ball playing cb instead of per, we need two midfielders shielding the back four which gives our fb's more freedom to operate further down the pitch
I stop reading when you said «You always hype Cazorla», common @davidrusa, Cazorla is one of the most underrated players at Arsenal, he was forced to play out wide and then deep at the midfield just for not being a 42m player, he was the best player 2 yrs ago, and would have continued the same way if not for Ozil signing...
They don't even play the same position first of all, and Pogba has the potential to be one of the best midfielders in the world.
Rw?we've got Walcott, the Ox and Gnabry who can all play on the right, not even mentioning Wellbeck, so if you think rw and lb are our most urgent needs you are either stupid or deluded.Also the same is true if you think that Arteta and Flamini are good enough for our midfield
When will Wenger learn that you can't play all your midfielders at the same time.
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.
Arsenal's Midfield is a complete mess at the moment.The Ox has presumably had enough; Coquelin frankly isn't good enough although is currently the only combative midfielder that the Club has in its ranks; Elneny is nothing more than a «squad player»; Wilshire has regressed over the course of 3 injury ravaged years and Cazorla is unlikely to play at the same level again following on from his current injury crisis....
For the first goal, Messi switched the play and Rakitic and Iniesta made runs from midfield, while at the same time Neymar was making Lichsteiner look silly on the right.
mates its time we say hard truths and stand by them.we want arsenal to win the title not arsen so spending is not an issue.this season we hve seen how our squad is of average quality only three or four world class players.is wenger the man to take us the next level.someone who drops joel and picks Walcott who is currently playing like an amateur.our midfield is shocking we keep passing the ball backwards till we concede is when we st art shifting gears.we need more urgency from both the players and manager.play the same way everyweek and expect a win.its time arsenal moves on we need new man at the helm to lead the club.
The same way Remy would play better with Arsenal's midfielders supplying him so would Welbeck.
We can not carry these two in the same side in view of their defensive deficiciencies.In the absence of a top quality defensive midfielder I would play Elneny along with Xhaka.
Playing xhaka as a pure defensive midfielder is limiting his ability and it's the same asking santi to play the box to box role.
As I said after that game, the only reason City were toothless was that they played 2 holding midfielders that are exactly the same, Fernandinho and Fernando are technically poor and can't create for toffee, but if City had Yaya Toure in that midfield to absolutely bully the likes of Cazorla, Ramsey and The Coq it would have been a completely different game, City lost that Box to Box energy Yaya gives them and that played right into our hand as they were static in midfield..
Arsenal has depth, but it isn't quality squad depth, Rosiscky, Cazorla, Ozil all play the same position and neither of them add a great deal more than the other, our midfield is stoked but the areas we actually need depth in are barren, we have no solid defensive midfielder with our usual reliance on a CAM moved back, as a result players like Ramsey and Wilshere who are box to box players end up creating more imbalance in an already unbalanced team.
Maybe he's not in fitt but the talent never leave.If you take a new player and wait him for developing you can wait as mutch as for Walcott.But Wilshere is one of the best English players after Rooney, at the same level with Sterling I can say.Is a briliant player when he's in fitt, let's be honest when he play bad, our team play bad to, if he wasn't injuried now when our team play well, I'm sure he play well too.We need a new midfielder this summer, I think Gotze could be perfect for creation with Wilshere, and Coquelin in their back to secure defence.I don't know why but when I see this to player's first, in 2010 - 2011, I see them as better as Iniesta - Xavi.
Aside from the usual tactical / systematic naivety he displays by playing players out of position (when better options are available) and generally over packing the midfield with like minded players, This transfer window has thrown up the same baffling questions for me in relation to our manager and his actions (or is that in - action?).
Who cares spurs prop beat them anyway we are falling giant in bits everywhere team to da owners to da manager always up to da fans, club needs a big name someone who Sanchez will say hey great signing I'm staying I believe in this project but same shit every year some fans still think we're great and hope it be this year haha I no the way it is ahwell we go anfield and win haha draw be good result we're already playing catch up to Jose but they no we're no treat we're prop behind Everton like Jesé who scored yesterday could play for us but we got Walcott or ozil even thou I thought Ozick did some good play but to weak gives up easy I honestly think if we lose Liverpool da house will fall down everywhere we need top defender and steel in midfield and we need right winger I say van diik and nzonzi if not nzonzi go get hamsik worldy player he is and go get wolfed zaha if not him Carracci of Atlanta Madrid load out there handily is da player we should get thou wat lift he give us
Ozil, Santi... It's just so great that we have such players in the team playing at the same time in central midfield!
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
We repeatedly get overrun in midfield (Because we don't have a holding midfielder) yet he continues to play the same way.
Lots of football sites have been doing the same, of course, and picking the best XI players of Euro 2016 so far and as far as I can see the best represented Arsenal players in these selections are the new transfer acquisition Granit Xhaka, the Wales midfielder Aaron Ramsey and the German play maker Mesut Ozil.
At the same time, you are always involved, you take a lot of touches and you need to make sure that you play the right passes to find strikers and midfielders in good positions.
They both play in the same position, defensive midfield, and that is certainly a position that Arsenal have needed to strengthen, so I wonder why the rumours have largely disappeared.
I would also play Ramsey in central midfield against more physical teams to give Cazorla rest and consider playing Walcott on Giroud's right for some games to get both goal scorers on the pitch at the same time.
But there is no doubt that the central midfielder has not been quite at the same level that he was playing at last season, when he silenced the doubters among the Arsenal fans and the football media alike with fantastic performance after fantastic performance, with the added bonus of 16 goals, some of them absolutely crucial like the extra time winner in the FA cup final.
Whether draxler or not arsenal is still a weaker team, is it something bad if we have both draxler and Sanchez in the same team fighting for places, just imagine van persie, Sanchez, ozil, carzola are in the same team, with likes of inform konsieny, mustafi, and konlansinic, and good holding midfider,... our problem with this 343 information or 3421 information apart from Wenger playing players out of position we don't have a strong holdmidfider that retrieve the ball back when we lost possession... Kant's is perfect example of that, look at the job he does at Chelsea is amazing...... without a good holding midfielder our defenders are vulnerable