"To hold the midfield" means to control and dominate the central area of a sports field, usually in a game like soccer or football, through strong and effective play.
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He then enjoyed a terrific 2015 - 16 campaign
in holding midfield that saw him make an impact for club and country.
After over 400 club games and almost 100 international caps, he still deserves to be viewed among the
best holding midfielder in the world.
Arsenal fans remain frustrated with the lack of transfer activity and the club are crying out for the purchase of an
established holding midfielder and a striker.
If we go with pure speed upfront with martial rashford and miki with mata pulling the strings and blind
as holding midfielder with pogba providing the flare we shall win the game.
We have been crying out
for holding midfielder with power, composure, steel and quality over and above what we already have in the mediocrity of Flamini and Arteta.
Another is Sergi Samper who is a 20 - year old
holding midfielder with Barcelona and the third is Aleksandr Kokorin, a striker for Dynamo Moscow.
But he missed one box which I feel is powerful
holding midfielder like William Carvalho or gueye or any other available option.
Willian, Oscar and Cesc Fabregas lined up behind Diego Costa, while Ramires and Nemanja Matic were
on holding midfield duty once again.
Matic is a
strong holding midfielder who is surprisingly impressive at finding a clinical pass, or even getting into goalscoring positions considering his priorities defensively, and would be a great addition to any Premier League side.
Anyone watching Sundays game could see spurs were destablised by pace... Given that we don't have a strong DM we can expect them to
hold midfield so for me a wilshere elneny combo in middle is best as it gives some defensive cover unlike Ramsey xhaka which gives none and wilshere is best link up player for attacking formation with laca replacing Iwobi OBVIOUSLY... Defence I think has to be as Saturday even though mustafi / kos is vulnerable
He does appear to be more attacking than a Flam but I think he could easily develop into a deep lying playmaker
from holding midfield.
Replacing under - performers such as Phil Jones, Chris Smalling and Marcos Rojo will be a priority, while Michael Carrick's retirement at the end of this campaign also means the manager's search for a
new holding midfield player makes perfect sense.
Chambers
holding midfielder if Le Coq not fit copying chelskys Zouma's success on Saturday against the spuds?
Has emerged as a vital player for Spurs since being moved into midfield by Mauricio Pochettino, and looks well placed to be first -
choice holding midfielder for club and country for years to come.
The battle for
holding midfield spots is likely to be a three - horse race between Dier, Dembele and Wanyama, and the signing of the Kenyan could spell the end for Nabil Bentaleb, Tom Carroll, or even Ryan Mason.