Sentences with phrase «still manned the midfield»

Arsenal's response was slow, as QPR still manned the midfield.

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Yes he could be alot better at finishing, but let's see, maybe we got a new sturridge... What I am mad on Wenger about is not so much the lack of a proven striker to our ranks... No it's that we haven't bought a central defender to cover, but most important, we haven't bought a defensive midfielder, that we need so much!!? Wenger makes the same mistakes over and over, everybody else can see it, just not him... hmm: / but still lets respect him as a man and judge when we are atleast half way into the season... COYG!!!!

Conte evidently still wishes to bolster his midfield, and with the Inter man able to add aggression and creativity in that department, he could be the perfect signing at this stage.

The England boss included the Arsenal midfielder in his provisional 26 - man squad for the upcoming tournament, but could still drop Wilshere out of his final 23, which is to be named next week.

With the Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere being the only England player that seemed to be trying to win the game against Republic of Ireland yesterday, it was no surprise that the match was a drab and unexciting game that leaves England still waiting for a win over the men in green.

I do nt agree with this article because Man U still have best striker (Van, Rooney and Falcao) than us, best midfield (Fellaini, Mata and Di Maria (they might inject him for him to play the game) than us because all our midfielders were out of form.

And how do you people still claim wenger is not tactically flexible, he AGAIN changed our team to a 3 man midfield and switched ozil and Ramsey in the second half.

We are also said to have first refusal on the attacking midfielder, so if another club does decide to offer Madrid morte money for their player then Arsene Wenger would be given the option to match it and still get his man.

Despite man city spending over 200m pounds in d summer, just two injuries, they r playing a midfielder as a lwb and mangala is their defensive cover u guys should just stop moaning,, i think arsenal still have cover this season, a striking trio of welbeck, giroud and walcot can hold their own, a midfield duo of Wilshire and elneny can hold their own, we might be light in defence buh not as terrible as u guys r exaggerating it, trsnsfer window is over let's support d guys

Ok, but lett a complete comment man, if you sell all the central midfielders, who you buy to replace them?Wilshere is still a full of potential young player, we need them if not in the first 11, as backup player.And remain Coquelin for CM / DM, that is all for you?Or you want to see again Ozil / Cazorla as CM and the team doesn't play anything?

Still, Jurgen Klopp's men may have a glimmer of hope of taking something from the game with United missing two key players in midfield, even if Herrera is a very capable deputy.

Well im not in a wonderland he has his failings as we all do and great teams find a way to win good teams sit where we are 6 -5-4 but thats besides the point and it would be nice if your aunty had bolocks cause then we d be second but ive watched the games were an offensive team most the time although were terrible in the pissing rain but for the most part the game plans have worked weve created chances quality scoring chances one after the other problem is for me the finishing unless we sit back with 9 man behind the ball or ten when you push forward you will give up a goal if you lousy forwards fail to finish the set ups have been there this year but our strikers have failed to kill the games if we create quality chances and grab leads in the first 60 minutes like we have for the most part and in those games those games should of been killed even if we give a goal or two alongside the strategy but we failed to hit multiple should be goals we tried laca we'll see abou auba although hes a bit lazy so far but we'll see but we've lacked that quality in front goal a player the chances have been there im looking at the failure of the strikers and maybe that is his fault but monreal has scored as many goals recently as our strikers and thats sad our defenders or a midfielder will score and our stikers cant tally one in th first 60 mins of a game alongside them then were tired for last 40 give them hope there still only down one and we rue our missed chances while they push thats where iv been frustrated with this season not the tactics but the finishing

On the face of it anyway, although it is a little harsh to expect the Chile international striker to win every game for us and he still put in plenty of work to keep the Man City defence and midfield busy.

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I still think he is our main man in midfield.

Schweinsteiger may be seen as the ideal man to help link midfield and attack and the Man United boss is clearly in the mood for spending and is reportedly still looking to add another signing or two before the season gets underwman to help link midfield and attack and the Man United boss is clearly in the mood for spending and is reportedly still looking to add another signing or two before the season gets underwMan United boss is clearly in the mood for spending and is reportedly still looking to add another signing or two before the season gets underway.

Without Ramsey we would have definitely lost the Liverpool game, he got an assist and a goal yet somehow he still gets blamed smh, I'm so tired with the unnecessary hate this guy gets, no other midfielder can consistently place themselves in goal scoring positions like our Welsh man does, even Gerard and Lampard regard him as one of the best midfielders in England... And if he was so bad then Barca scouts wouldn't be watching him for the last 6 months.

Ferguson is still searching for a player to add an extra creative spark to his midfield and having already been linked with moves for Arsenal's Samir Nasri, Inter Milan's Wesley Sneijder and Tottenham man Luka Modric, the Scot is looking to make a move for long term target Schweinsteiger who may be tempted by a move to the Premier League champions after Bayern Munich's poor season.

Man Utd are still in the market for a midfielder by all accounts, and they are reportedly set to swoop for a Bayern Munich star this summer.

I keep seeing ppl say lemar for the RW but hes a left footed LM and the only way he can play at arsenal is LM if alexis stays (which he won't) so lemar would be a direct replacement for alexis when he goes but I know wenger wants alexis and lemar so like a said lemar would play LM in a four Man midfield with 3 at the back and coquelin is great player and better at defending than xhaka and Ramsey ever will be but I still think we are short in midfield and would like wenger to sign a top CM like naby kieta maybe even van djik for CB!

and sad truth is we only need a couple more real quality signings... but seems wenger is already digging his heals in... i think he still believes that diaby is the man for defensive midfield, that arteta can still run the mid field that grioud will finally come good in epl or that sonogo will bully other defences... none of these assumptions is grounded in reality (that s the problem with having an economist as a football manager)... and there is no excuse for overpaid professional athletes to be exhausted after a couple of competitive games..

Would you rather be in Arsenal's position of having a very good squad and # 170m in the bank to spend in January and next summer to strengthen our last couple of areas, or Man United's position of having blown # 150m on players they didn't really need and still not having a defence or a midfield?

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What has remained the same is that we are still having two anchor men playing in the central midfield just like last season.

It would still be a shock to see him leave Man Utd as they'd be losing one of their top players, while with Michael Carrick retiring at the end of the season and Marouane Fellaini's contract set to expire, they'd be left very short in midfield.

This lazy, weak, floating turd of a WC winner and Europes top assist man over the last 5 years still manages more creativity than all the other fanboy favourite midfielders.

Even with Ozil's lack of defensive contribution, there would still be a four man midfield behind him to help cover up that fact.

here is the simple truth a team that has walcott giroud campbell merteshaker flamini and ramsey starting wont win trophies... not one is a top class player in their position... having two on the park on regular basis is not a problem and three can probably still ensure 4th place... if we want to go beyond that we need to bring in two top class players in to the midfield and attack (thats in addition to the quality returnees we do have) and to increase the work rate particulalry when we do nt have the ball by a good ammount... that was true 3 years ago 3 months ago and 3 days ago... wenger had the nerve recently to say not signing an outfielder in the summer had been vindicated... the man has been drinking his own kool aid

Kane and Rooney are working their azz's off trying to open up a 5 man midfield and Theo is «supposedly told to stand still and wait till they do so?

As an ESPN report reveals, the French midfielder thinks that Man City could actually be in danger of dropping out of the UCL places unless they get cracking soon and tomorrow's tough trip to Stoke, still without Yaya Toure and Wilfied Bony is hardly the easiest game to do it.

last night i saw on Sky sports Jamie Carragher show / demonstrate an interesting flaw Arsenals game there was huge gap between our attacking and defense at least 20 yards where no man land which allowed the opposition to counter attack with no resistance until well in to our own half our defense overwhelmed and on back foot while our midfield and attackers still in oppositions half, the reason we are better then last year is because of Coq and rapid speed of Belerin saved us but what with Coq out Ramsy loving being a forward we will have problems tomorrow night with the Greeks who love to counter attack, someone has to drop back when Ramsy is on his attack ’s

Its a big game for Jose Mourinho and his men still have not qualified for knockout stages however sit comfortably with 12 points and even with a defeat they can make it to the knockout stages as group winners so we can expect Mourinho to start with some fringe players and we might see Ibrahimovic and Rashford starting upfront with Fellaini, Pogba and Mkhytaryan playing central midfield roles.

Peters: Now, if you wanted to argue that McTominay does simple things well and is more disciplined defensively... then I would still say that's because Pogba isn't a defensive midfielder and belongs at the tip of a three - man midfield.

Despite the Old Trafford outfit being midfield heavy, there are still a number of question marks over the quality needed to compete at the top level and bringing in the Juventus man would certainly go some way to rectifying that.

Much is still expected of the technically gifted Dutch man mountain, who is able to play at centre - back, right - back and central midfield.

Louis van Gaal still expects Angel di Maria to join Man United's tour of the United States on Saturday despite reports the # 59.7 m midfielder is closing in on a transfer to PSG.

Having signed Tiemoue Bakayoko, Ross Barkley, and Danny Drinkwater over the course of the last two transfer windows, Conte is still looking for a stellar midfield man with experience in the English League.

The imminent return of Leon Best from a groin injury is also a massive boost for Pardew, who has been short of striking options, though defensive midfielder Cheik Tiote, who does play a pivotal role in the team shielding a defence that has only shipped 12 league goals all season, which is on a par with Liverpool and Man City, is still out with a knee problem.

The man who wrote an 18 - page thesis on a three - man midfield told The Wall Street Journal's Joshua Robinson: «I'm against all those people who say that there's still something to invent in football.

Arsenal's manager Arsene Wenger could still make a move for Argentine defensive midfielder Lucas Biglia after the Anderlecht man declared

The Ivorian midfielder is still a wanted man.

It's clear that the Man United midfield still lacks quality and often fails to provide enough protection to a faltering defence.

Was tidy in midfield, and still managed to beat men with ease, but his through balls and passing lacked a bit of spark.

I still think Mikel would have been better off if he had gone to Man Utd, i think under the care of Sir Alex Utd would have groomed him into a fantastic attacking midfielder or play maker.

It's a bit sad, a bit pathetic, to watch the forensic geeks in attack mode, parsing away, moving the ball beautifully, demanding citations, the hand - wringing European elegant ball - players like Bart, the water - carriers, the hard men of midfield, not lacking in skill themselves but still able (indeed, preferring?)