Bev Yanez (5; off 89»)-- Yanez's second outing of
the season in attacking midfield wasn't quite as memorable as her first, but much of that had to do with the weather.
Not exact matches
But
in order to set a new Premier League record of 21
in one
season, the
attacking midfielder needs another four and if our strikers and other outfield players continue to spurn chances the way we have been seeing then he might just fall short.
I see that Wenger is trying to try new things by assigning Sanchez the central forward /
attacking midfielder this
season, let see how that will help us
in the November matches.
The 31 - year - old has been one of the top
attacking midfield players
in Europe
in his eight
seasons at City, and would be a major loss if he were to move on, particularly to a Premier League rival.
The 25 - year - old has 12 goals and 6 assists
in just 20 appearances
in all competitions this
season, and has become regarded as one of the world's best
attacking midfield players
in the last few years.
The Danish
attacking midfielder joined Spurs from Ajax
in 2013, and after a tricky first
season, has gone onto prove his worth at White Hart Lane.
if he's able to shake off those lapses, poor performances and increase his influence
in our game at least offensively (Assists and few goals), linking - up with the
midfield and counter
attacking... man we will have a fantastic
season cause Sanchez is picking up... but Ozil, please WAKE UP!!
He has scored a whopping 22
in 15 Ukrainian league games this
season, and a further three
in the Champions League — a return made all the more impressive considering that he has largely been playing as an
attacking midfielder.
In truth, the Brazilian attacking midfielder has disappointed in recent times, as he has played a much lesser role under Simone Inzaghi this seaso
In truth, the Brazilian
attacking midfielder has disappointed
in recent times, as he has played a much lesser role under Simone Inzaghi this seaso
in recent times, as he has played a much lesser role under Simone Inzaghi this
season.
He featured for the first team at wing - back earlier
in the
season, but has been playing
in his natural
attacking midfield role
in the Championship.
wenger is a legend
in his own mind so other peoples opinions... fans, ex players, journalists, etc... have no bearing on his greatness or the righteousness of his own decisions... from end of last
season it was clear we needed two quality
attacking options to put up a serious challenge (getting rid of walcott and campbell or ox and bringing
in a serious upgrade over giroud) instead he brought
in another
midfield option (having done the same
in the winter window) which only makes sense
in his own delusional world rather than the reality of facing up to serious and strengthening competitors and which defines the job at hand....
Another awesome Football Manager
attacking midfielder, Kim Kallstrom is another who hasn't done a great deal
in the game
in real life, despite a brief and strange loan stint with Arsenal a couple of
seasons ago.
Coutinho scored 14 goals and provided nine assists
in 36 appearances
in all competitions for Liverpool this past
season, but if he were to move to Barcelona, then as detailed by Tite, he would have to move back into a
midfield role given the current
attacking trident at the Nou Camp with Neymar, Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi.
This looks an ideal buy for Arsenal
in the
attacking midfield department, with both Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil set to be out of contract at the end of the
season.
Liverpool are now looking at two big - name Serie A players to come
in in midfield and
attack, plus another transfer deal this month to ensure they are better equipped to finish this
season strongly and possibly mount a challenge on the Premier League title next year.
The Norwegian
attacking midfielder actually did quite well upon arrival, scoring 10 goals
in 20 games that
season and continuing to attract the attention of loyal YouTube compilation makers that
season.
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.
His creative ability from a variety of
attacking midfield positions made him a highly influential player almost straight away, and with a highly impressive haul of 22 goals and 12 assists
in his final
season with the club
in 2006/07, he was snapped up by Spanish giants Real Madrid for # 23million.
Mkhitaryan had an outstanding
season in 2012/13, scoring 25 goals
in 28 domestic league fixtures, finishing as the Ukrainian Premier League's top scorer and the
attacking midfielder is seemingly seen by Liverpool as their top summer target.
Ozil needs to work harder If Ozil replicates the 2015 - 2016 when he was the best
attacking Midfielder in the league and scored the most assists
in the league then we will be awesome But Ozil needs to work a lot harder than last
season
Good enough as a squad player, but Arsenal definitely need more creative and more skillful
attacking midfielder in the next
season.
The
attacking midfielder has made five appearances
in Ligue 1 this
season but three of the five have come as a substitution.
everyone with common sense knows that all the players will be playing a big part
in arsenal challenging for titles except may be our defenders & goalkeeper who will play
in all our important games otherwise we will see a lot of different combinations used
in midfield &
attack during the
season depending on the opposition or if it, s a cl game to top the group or when it, s been decided already, a cup game or when we have to play twice
in a week, injuries, loss of form....
We heard a few days from the Arsenal and Spain international
midfield maestro, Santi Cazorla, about why he felt that he was more effective in the Central Attacking Midfield role for the Gunners, rather than being stuck out wide as he was for much of last
midfield maestro, Santi Cazorla, about why he felt that he was more effective
in the Central
Attacking Midfield role for the Gunners, rather than being stuck out wide as he was for much of last
Midfield role for the Gunners, rather than being stuck out wide as he was for much of last
season.
The 24 year old had an outstanding
season in 2012/13, scoring 25 goals
in 28 domestic league fixtures, finishing as the Ukrainian Premier League's top scorer and the
attacking midfielder is seemingly seen by Liverpool as their top summer target.
Cazorla was mostly a winger or an
attacking midfielder but Wenger moved him to the central
midfield, and his influence
in any Arsenal game is so vital nowadays that him missing
in the side is believed to have lost Arsenal the Title
in 2015/16
season won by Leicester City.
And the Gunners have been strongly linked with a transfer move for the 27 - year old, but with Arsene Wenger seemingly happy with his
attacking options, at least for now, and the squad desperately needing cover
in the areas of central
midfield and defence, it was widely believed that any move from us for Cavani would not happen until the end of the
season.
The 18 - year - old
attacking midfielder has yet to make a breakthrough at senior level, but he has impressed with the youth team having bagged five goals and provided five assists
in 22 appearances this
season.
The Independent claimed the Red Devils were confident of snapping Ozil up on a free when his contract expires at the end of the
season, which would leave Arsenal with a gaping hole
in the
attacking midfield department.
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.
I keep saying give Cazorla his No10 position and we will look more dangerous, Ozil is just getting away with it
season in season out, we are missing out on a goal scoring
attacking midfielder because Ozil just can't support the striker and he is the one further up, he just floats around the penalty area with no goal threat.
carzola can play as an
attacking midfielder and a central one... IMO hes a better
attacking midfielder than ozil as he consistently gave you double digits
in goals...
season in and out and still created chances.
Their well - balanced side, lead by a fearsome trio of Edu Vargas, Eder Valencia, and Andre Gignac
in attack and supported by a deep an diverse
midfield, is going to be a big threat to make a deep run
in the Champions League this
season, and Toronto are going to be hard - pressed to stop them.
Maybe Arsenal should think about getting a flu jab for our German international star next
season, if he decides to sign a new contract and stay
in north London that is, because Mesut Ozil is out of action for the trip to face Liverpool
in the Premier League today and it is not the first time that the
attacking midfielder has been unavailable due to illness.
wenger needs to broaden his thinking and horizon... and think beyond sanchez, so many players can replace him, carrasaco, even baruwa (of lipstik) whom we just saw
in the emirates cup, dembele etc... i just watched liverpool trash bayern... liverpool have always has a sharp
attack, now their defence seems solid... wenger is just a straight jacket, i do nt care what others are doing, i know it all coach and it will really hurt come begining of
season, unless he prunes his pride and look over the wall at what his competitors are doing that is strengthing the weakness and planning ahead... our
midfield was weak and indeed still is... we glad about lacazzete, but unless our defence gives 110 all games, and we look at life beyond sanchez... we will have our fellings hurt this
season
YES e Coq has proven that he CAN do the job, but has yet to prove he WILL do the job all
season long and even then its a tall order to expect no suspensions or injuries to befall him, Arteta, Flaminni Chambers and Wilshire are all second rate
in the DM position and Cazorla doe not shine there as he's an
attacking midfielder by nature so its the cheaper option YET AGAIN!!!!! iM NO hafiz Rhaman who parrots the «Spend spend spend» Mantra all day long but EVERYONE and thie dog knows what we need and what should be done so AW pull your finger out and get to it, stop thinking cheap and nasty and bring somereal glory back to the club you purport to love so much.
With di Maria preferring to operate
in similar areas to Mata —
attacking midfield and wide on the left — it could be hard for both to be accommodated
in the same team, particularly if Louis van Gaal sticks with the 3 -4-1-2 system that he has used so far this
season.
The
attacking Central
midfield role must go to Ramsey as 1st choice at the moment, but this should also be rotated with Jack and Ox who I thought showed huge potential
in that role last
season.
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
One of the best
attacking midfielders in Europe last
season, Santi Cazorla is a real gem
in this Arsenal side and it's crazy to think Mesut Ozil cost nearly three times as much as the silky Spaniard!
Two of Real Madrid's
attacking midfielders in James Rodriguez and Alarcan Isco are also possibilities to become available
in the close -
season, with the pair having fallen down the pecking order at the Bernabeu.
PSG could do with a replacement
in attacking midfield for Ezequiel Lavezzi, who is being tipped to leave the Parc des Princes at the end of this
season, according to Fichajes.net.
The pacy and powerful
attacking midfield star was never going to be cheap after a great summer tournament for the host nation but after Sissoko had made it clear that he was not up for a
season in the second tier of English football and actually felt that Champions League football was a must for him I was not expecting such a high price tag.
We really really missed Cazorla last
season We missed Coquelin too but we didn't have Wilshere or Xhaka and got Eleney
in January Now I think Xhaka and Coquelin and Eleney should battle it out Cazorla is def top class I like what see from Xhaka too Ozil is the boss
in attacking central
midfield
Also Arsenal play as a TEAM which means the right and left
attacking midfielders should be chipping
in with about ~ 20 a
season with B2B players getting into double figures.
Exciting from an
attacking point of view, but suicidal from a balance point of view because there's only Xhaka
in central
midfield, and he's been poor this
season.
Meyer's contract runs out
in June, and although Schalke have been trying desperately to get the German international to sign an extension, according to their sporting director Christian Heidel the club have now accepted the
attacking midfielder will be leaving at the end of the
season.
He had a superb second half of last
season, for sure, but his talents really lie
in bringing the
attacking midfielders into the game, and isn't considered to be a frontrunner for the top scorer award next
season.
We may have been raped
in the SF, You all forget what was, said since last
season, everyone agreed the
midfield was poor, and the summer didn't help and we braced our selves for the worst, now we have made history perhaps with poor football but the problems never left, some people say «we lost to fucking Roma» I doubt you all understand what it means to have the players you need and want, eusebio di Francesco has what is needed to play HIS football, lucho signed poor
midfielders BUT they were required for his FOOTBALL not
in any way the Barca way (he played
attacking and entertaining but it's sad to see no one wanted to acknowledge that those signings weren't right, He got figured out and left like a man with BALLS Valverde restored positional play and brought emphasis to the
midfield but he lacks the MF to do it.
Giroud isn't worried about Lucas perez because he probably knows that Wenger will be playing Lucas on the wing, more often than not, since he is officially an
attacking midfielder And when you add that to Wenger's previous statements of Sanchez being moved into the strikers position for this
season, aswell as keeping Walcott
in that role too, it brings sense to Giroud's comments.