Sentences with phrase «sided centre back»

Moreno would be my # 1 choice all day... if we had a DM player and a good left sided centre back, who knew how to cover, when Moreno gets into an attacking position Pique Mascherano and Busquet...

A left footed, left sided centre back, he would provide great balance to Shkodran Mustafi on the right hand side.

To be fair to Holding, he was playing out of position that day on the left of a back three, when in fact he is a natural right sided centre back or even right - back.

A long pass from Eric Dier released Kieran Trippier in to the open space behind left - sided centre back Ryan Delaney.

Dejan Lovren came back to the starting line up in the left sided centre back slot and replaced Ragnar Klavan.

Son Heung - Min was then free to attack the now left - sided centre back of the pairing, Ryan Delaney.

Left sided centre back Ryan Delaney had been tirelessly attacked by Spurs all evening, but the now playing right - side of the centre back pairing Jimmy McNulty wasn't sparred.

Having notched up 40 games for Rotherham last season, his face didn't fit with Steve Evans and his transition to the South of England has been effortless so far — at 6 foot 4, he had little difficulty dominating the experienced but diminutive Warren Feeney and his partnership with the left sided centre back Jake Wright had seen United avoid conceding for more than 350 minutes before Robbie Williams» curled free kick put an end to that on Saturday, provoking a late rally.

38 * yepes 6 ″ 1 prev napoli colombian international world cup (ospina *) left sided centre back wants to move to prem excellent = marking, strong, tackle very good = intercept, heading lacks = pace (merts backup) last season; # 86 % pass completion, #won more tackles per game than kosc, nearly twice as much as verm and merts # 58 % of duels more than koscielney 50.91 %, slightly less than tv and per # 65 % areal duels / 7 clearenses / game similar to per last season

Basically Wenger is becoming more inept with every passing season.He has no comprehension whatsoever of the meaning of the word defence.It has passed him by.He has succeeded in turning a very promising young centre back like Holding into a bag of nerves.Holding is a right sided centre back who should be used as the main ball winner in the air.His job should be to win the ball and give it quickly to more gifted players.

Monreal looks set to be used as the left sided centre back more often than not so has the new Arsenal formation given Gibbs an Arsenal lifeline?

Debuchy would thrive as the right sided centre back in a three.

The club's transfer committee and last two managers have bought in a growing list of specialist left sided centre backs.

One must question Liverpool's medical staff with the Anfield men inflicted by so many injuries that both their left sided centre backs are out at a crucial stage of the season — both Agger and Sakho are comfortable with the ball and this mistake wouldn't have happened with one of those left sided players fit.

Not exact matches

Yes we got Xanka early but he «s a mid fielder not a centre back or a striker the two positions we needed to fill quickly and mould into the side pre season.

It had been said in various Arsenal transfer rumours recently that the Gunners were in danger of missing out on the Greece international Kostas Manolas, either because the Olympiakos centre back was concerned about his playing opportunities with Arsenal but more often because the Italian Serie A side Roma were about to beat us to his signature.

While it is clearly the defensive side of things that matters most to our France international centre back, Laurent Koscielny has been lavishing praise on the way the whole team has been working to deny our opponents and he feels that a lot of the work is done with the way we have been starting games.

Both the Mancunian sides need to improve their back lines, while the Gunners are less desperate having just signed centre - back Gabriel Paulista from Villarreal.

at this point i would say carvalho and the colombian kid and if latter is too much go for vargas... ozil will add quality but do nt have a starting XI that is top quality yet... on bright side chambers looks like quality sanchez with a bit of tweaking will trouble any defense kos is a top drawer centre back and wilshere is getting back to his best..

Monreal has really made a difference to the left side Gibbs plays to many balls back and across to the centre backs he is so prone now to get injured he doesent go forward and his defending is woefull can't see him even playing for England again, don't get me wrong I do like him but his game has declined Play him as a sub as Monreal if one of the defenders is injured can fill in like Sagna did CB

The Liverpool Echo reported that Ronald Koeman's side wanted the 31 - year - old on a year's loan with a view to a permanent deal at the end of the season as the Dutch manager wanted some cover at centre - back and left - back.

You are all panicking Walcott up front Rosicky in with CoquelinsSanches right side Podolski left Oxy as sub that should do it got to work sometime why not now then buy Centre back out BFG CB

The centre - back is a little on the old side in reality, but he has been improving year - on - year for Swansea City, and I believe he could play on for another four years easily.

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However, Jose Mourihno's side have also been recently linked with a move for Everton's Seamus Coleman, suggesting that the Portuguese coach perhaps plans to switch Ivanovic to the centre, while continuing to use Azpilicueta ahead of Filipe Luis at left - back.

The home side then pulled two goals back from Marlon Pack and centre - back Aden Flint, however a goal from De Bruyne right at the depth sealed a place in the final for Guardiola's men.

Normally comfortable at centre - half or at right - back, Gomez was asked to fill in on the left - hand side of the Reds backline and his performance warranted special praise from Rodgers, who is now set to give the youngster first - team opportunities in the upcoming season:

The Premier League side are also ready to offer # 24m for AS Roma centre - back Mehdi Benatia who could prove a very able addition.

Chambers, Holding and Bielik are not ready for prolonged spells at centre back, one or two games partnering Koscielny would be OK (depending on the opponent) but we could in theory find ourselves playing catchup with the top sides after a couple of weeks if things go wrong against Liverpool and Leicester.

Theo can not jostle man to man with a bigger centre back, but he can make him take a step to the side so that someone else gets half a yard and he consistently did this.

Out of interest are you suggesting that we don't sign a centre back and just hope we make it to the new year in touch with the top sides?

Shkodran Mustafi is much more comfortable in a back three than with two centre - halves and Nacho Monreal has adapted well to playing on the left side of a three.

Everton centre - back Ashley Williams will probably captain the side, while Stoke City playmaker Joe Allen will be tasked with passing Serbia to death.

Goalkeeper, centre back and please, an athletic, ball winning defensive midfielder.With The the spine In place we can revert to a Back four like all the top sides e.g. Barca, Real Madrid Man City eback and please, an athletic, ball winning defensive midfielder.With The the spine In place we can revert to a Back four like all the top sides e.g. Barca, Real Madrid Man City eBack four like all the top sides e.g. Barca, Real Madrid Man City etc..

Gabriel has come in at centre - back in the past week to cover for the absence of Shkodran Mustafi, and since coming in we have moved to lose two consecutive matches, but the Brazilian has not been the weak link in our side.

Exactly, the ones who don't look like they have the weak mentality get sided out for no reason, Sanchez was scoring for fun when he was free to play in the centre and the wings, but he was outshining Giroud so the manager restricted him, Ramsey was scoring for fun when he was allowed to shoot outside the box and had players supporting him at the back but now the manager tells him to play Cazorla role instead, when Ox was new he was dribbling past City defenders for fun but then he was benched for Walcott who can't even dribble past one defender, now we have Campbell who always impresses on the pitch but the manager benches him for a player with no confidence.

Apart from the fact that we no longer have a competent Manager i, m afraid the real problem on the playing side stems from a real lack of quality, particularly at centre back and in defensive midfield.There is absolutely no point in trying to replace Sanchez when our central defence is useless.

It's clear how much Arsene Wenger's side miss this France international when he's injured and as good a job as Chambers does when filling in at centre - back, Koscielny is a much more reliable figure.

A few years down the line and certainly one of those players has gone on to become a star of the side, with Laurent Koscielny not just becoming one of the best centre backs at Arsenal, nor in the Premier League, but generally in football worldwide.

Having won back to back Eredivisie titles with Ajax the young centre back, who can also play on the right side of the defence, may feel he has achieved all he can at the Amsterdam club.

The focus of his attentions are players such as Centre back Nirmal Chettri and Syad Rahim Nabi, who rather than play for a club side, have elected to sign for IMG - R and take part in the new IPL Style tourament.

The Merseysiders are understood to currently be on the look - out for a ball - playing centre back who can also operate on the right - hand side of their back four, with Martinez having reportedly sent his chief scout Kevin Reeves to watch the in - demand Belgium international in action first hand in last weekend's Dutch Super Cup final.

Alderweireld can play at either centre or right back and having won back to back domestic titles he may feel he has achieved as much as he can with his Amsterdam side and having been knocked out of the Champions League a move in January is a distinct possibility.

Weaknesses at centre - back, left - back and in defensive midfield are partly to blame for Liverpool's leakiness, but Jurgen Klopp's side have also suffered due to their lack of a top - class goalkeeper.

The Old Trafford side have put aside # 74m to land Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale and # 33m for Borussia Dortmund centre - back Mats Hummels with Louis van Gaal clearly keen to spend big to help strengthen his Man United side.

This source claims that the adaptable defender, who can also play at centre - back, is available for around # 7m, a fee that should not pose a problem for the West London side.

Van Dijk's fine form in Scotland has seen him strongly linked with Arsenal in recent times, with Arsene Wenger's side also desperately in need of improvements in the centre - back department.

What's up with Coqhelin he has got better and better if he gets a few more games he will be as good as any one that you could buy his value now has put him in the 10 million bracket at 23 he has passed Flamini past Arteta and could well be a new Vera lets get behind him now we don't need another, with Ramsey Wiltshire Oxy to rotate fill the left side get Milner from City, centre back Chambers drop Mertisacker for a while CB

The Premier League side's long running pursuit of Borussia Dortmund centre - back Mats Hummels is apparently close to completion with the # 35m rated German international seemingly an ideal candidate to beef up Man United's back - line.

The culprit was LOSC Lille centre - back Renato Civelli, who — perhaps frustrated with his side 2 - 0 down to Angers — decided to lay a foot on Romain Saiss.