Not exact matches
I disagree.A wingback can be viewed as a defensive
winger.Whether the Ox likes it or not he's been blessed with the qualities of a
winger.To me that's his best position.He's only doing well as a wingback because of his
attacking abilities.As I said earlier a wingback can be viewed as a sort of defensive
winger.That's why CB's who are used as RB or LB can not play wingback.Wingback needs the player to be able to adapt himself like a
winger while also being solid defensively.Ox has the
attacking part but not the defensive part.With Bellerin we have the best of both worlds.He can
attack, defend and also has the speed necessary to play wingback.I fear Ox being played at wingback will cost us when we play
teams with tricky wingers.He should rather be challenging Sanchez or Ozil for their positions and not wingback.The guy hates to always have to defend which in truth he can't.
With Theo Walcott almost permanently injured and Lukas Podolski possibly leaving, Arsenal could be lining up an exciting # 26m move to sign Barcelona
winger Pedro, who can fill in a number of
attacking midfield roles and provide the
team with another goal threat.
Today winning
teams have 9 or even 10 players, who press and defend as soon as the ball is lost, and especially the midfielders and
wingers are «2 way players», who are nearly all are as good in defending as in
attacking.
I will hear that Walcott is not defensive enough and all that, but not many players were before, now when the
team is
attacking and defending like a unit, then Walcott will also get into the rythm, He has just come from an injury, he might not have been lethal enough but he is still good as a
winger, he can make runs behind defenses, he is a good crosser, he can test the keeper...
For me a first -
team winger (or wide
attacking midfielder who's a reliable source of goals) should be just as much of a priority as an additional striker... Love him or hate him?
In Arsenal's
team set up, the
attacking winger needs to help cover the wing back when defending, as well as track back during opposition
attacks.
Would rather see a left
winger if we're going to strenghten in the
attacking half of the
team.
who knows whether a disgruntled Sanchez plus an untested lacazette will produce a better
attack than last year and while I have hopes for kolasinac its already clear there will be teething issues with him... but the point is we are not fighting last year's battles we are in this year's EPL against
teams that have strengthened over the summer and it was
wingers job to bring real quality to two key areas where we have clearly fallen behind in midfield and central defence..
Universidad's
wingers contained the
attacking movements of the Flamengo fullbacks who are so pivotal to the creativity of the
team.
My suggestion is that if Sanchez can learn that, he has the potential to do it much better than giroud does because he is faster off the mark and can dribble.he's too honest in his running so I disagree with those that think it's the set up of the
team that failed him.his movement is still a little naive for the premier league Secondly on the left wide argument.Wenger is jamming
attacking midfielder out there so as to provide cover for the defensive midfielder using two box to box battlers.it only makes sense because we have lots of them and it can be effective if well mastered.the catch is sacrificing a
winger for the the
attacking midfielder.if your memory serves you well you'll remember that artetas downward spiral began when
teams noticed he was the hub for our possession and started deploying their number 10 to press him.it's been working for ages and can be used on any defensive midfielder regardless of the size so You'll end up with your much cried for cavarlho, kedihra, bender, schneiderline, and every other one passing sideways and backward because of the pressure so I personally appreciate the innovative move but Again appeal to Ramsey and Wilshire to take their job more serious.
our biggest weakness is the left flank we don't have anyone in the
team who is a
attacking natural left
winger, the
team is unbalanced and all over the place.
But for those of you who can perhaps broaden this out a little and see what title winning
teams around Europe have been doing for the past 5 seasons, and also acknowledge the shift in emphasis with many
teams relying more now on goal - scoring potency from wide forwards,
wingers, second strikers and
attacking midfielders then I think the debate is a little more subtle than the «cut and paste a # 40M «guaranteed 25 goal» centre forward with no possible downside» proposition.
What am i saying... if you have a 15goal a czon center - forward, then you need a 30 + goals
winger or
attacking midfielder... If you have a 30goal center - forward, then you need an assist king
attacking midfielder or
winger... In short, someone in the
team will have to score 30 or more goals....
Is it worth dropping one of arguably the 3 best
attacking midfielders since Xmas for a
winger OR is a slightly narrower
team worth having all 3 on the pitch?
All great
attacking teams use speedy
wingers Us not using this tactic is one of the reasons why we are so blunt in front of goal
If we play a sufficiently
attacking team with high working rate
wingers (Ox, Campbell, Sanchez) then we should be ok.
Oxlade - Chamberlain can be regarded as a relatively young, versatile, speedy
winger, who would be perfect for an
attacking Liverpool
team.
too conservative in my opinon, even mou had a dig at him, saying his side watched him delay the game by passing from side to side the whole time, the
team has no balance in my opinion, 3
attacking midfielders, 1 defensive mid, 1
winger, and a so so striker, with the back four, thats what it is.
The
team, put together by Liedholm, turned out to be a perfect machine: an impenetrable defense with pilars such as Tancredi, Vierchowod, Nela and Maldera, an admirable midfield with Di Bartolomei, Falcao, Ancelotti and Prohaska and an explosive
attack with striker Pruzzo and
winger Bruno Conti.
Marco Reus is a German professional footballer who plays as an
attacking midfielder or
winger for the German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Germany national football
team.
With FABs running from defense to
attack (CM) and Song sticking in our half throughout the match (DM), two
wingers or only one to accomodate another player in the midfield (depending on which
team we play against) and then the back four.....
The reality is that Gibbs, an academy - level
winger like Ashley Cole, has never developed into the kind of solid defender that his predecessor was and Gibbs»
attacking is not of a level (like Dani Alves», say) sufficient to persuade Wenger to include him in the first -
team regardless of his defensive frailties.