Sentences with phrase «to play through the middle»

He has an incredible scoring record for a winger (and 90 % of his career has been there, while he had a good record when playing through the middle as well).
He operates mainly on the flank but can also play through the middle.
He also provides a massive goal threat playing from the right so him being versatile is important and he can't always play through the middle.
Before injury he was playing through the middle though and he had become quite good at that point.
He has got 7 in 20 apps for us, but nearly all of those in the 10 or 11 times he has actually played through the middle.
However, when played through the middle, he has been excellent — 8 appearances, 3 goals & 3 assists.
That's why Giroud plays through the middle in our front 3 system.
I liked how Theo dropped off to the left in the FA Cup final and Alexis played through the middle for a bit, if we had a right sided Alexis then Theo could do that on the right as well, such a fluid attacking line would be a nightmare to defend against.
So once again Alexis Sanchez will play through the middle with Iwobi and Walcott on the flanks and Ozil in the number 10 role.
I agree but Wengers response to that could be: «Sanchez, Walcott and Welbeck can play through the middle if need be»
Finally they have Theo Walcott missing out, with Giroud playing through the middle and Oxlade - Chamberlain starting on the right.
The player brought in as replacement, was Abou Diaby, a man whose playing career was checkered with injury and in his early days, he was often placed on the left wing instead of playing through the middle.
i think he will be lethal if the service is there and that means ozil playing through the middle not on the left like he was.
Theo, Danny and Alexis can all play on either side or in the middle although they struggle sometimes against some oppositions while playing through the middle.
teams are going to find it very difficult to play through the middle against us.
For a place on the wing he is obviously behind alexis and if perez doesn't play through the middle then I would say he is behind him too.
Look at AOC's energy and run, imaginenif he was playing through the middle instead of Ramsey.
Imagine life for Wenger without entitled players who all think they can play through the middle at a world class level!
I think him and alexis playing as inverted wingers would play right into girouds lap (I mean head) ramsey could then play through the middle or we could go with 2 box to box players and use the ox as one of them, he loves to run with the ball, that would allow coquelin or xhaka to sit deeper and protect the back 4.
He drifts infield quite a lot but I honestly cant tell if because Ozil has drifted wide or he enjoys playing through the middle.
6 in the 6 games he got played through the middle when RVP and Shrek were injured.
ST — Okay, this is probably the trickiest of them all... having said that, we still have Giroud (VERY capable striker, IMHO), Walcott (he can be a 20 - goal player when fit), Welbeck (needs to come back healthy and fit, and given a run of a few games), and Alexis (can play through the middle easily).
He's a little bit like a Cazorla slightly underrated both footed but a versatile wide forward who can also play through the middle scores a lot of goals and assists.
If Wenger doesn't start playing him through the middle to regain his confidence, there is only one person to blame.
Whether it will be Walcott or Alexis Sanchez playing through the middle is anyone's guess.
Ramsey ripped up the Euros playing through the middle, everyone bar Wenger knows it's his place.
Anyone who doubts that he wouldn't have gotten better numbers playing through the middle is lying to themselves.
I think he is the better fit there between Walcott, Sanchez, and Welbeck, but any of those three playing through the middle requires a change in philosophy for the team with little reliance on holding the ball.
Welbeck's absence has left the Gunners short of options to lead the line for the next three months as only Olivier Giroud and Theo Walcott have enjoyed success playing through the middle in the past few seasons.
When Wilshere played through the middle, Cazorla or Ozil played ahead of him at LW.
The summer signing from Bayer Leverkusen has been asked to play through the middle by Mauricio Pochettino, affording Kane, who has started all of Tottenham's 22 Premier League games, a rest.
I think that is a clear sign that either he stays on the RW and Walcott plays through the middle or that both of them will be on the wing with the immovable object still through the middle.
«He was the one who created the chances and I always said that he could play through the middle because he has good movement, good finishing and he did that well today.
we might have the best players on paper but they had the best TEAM in reality and thats how it goes, wenger out klopp in to inspire the team with high paced brand of relentless pressing attacking width based football and master motivational skills we looked slow and one paced last night we need to inject with major pace this side in attacking 1/3 and stretch teams like the old days we try to play through the middle where they were waiting for us over and over again.
I do not really see Jose playing him through the middle, but on one of the flanks, so it will be as a replacement or competition for Willian or Cuadrado, with Eden Hazard a guaranteed starter.
Alternatively, with Giroud, Walcott and Welbeck all able to play through the middle there's a chance that rather than an out and out striker we may see a new wide player come in, particularly if you consider that Oxlade - Chamberlain's future may well lie in midfield.
Two defensive midfielders and permanent 10 behind striker 3) We need a cdm to drive this team forward so we can play through the middle since we thrive on possession.
The reason for playing Ozil on the wing (same as Ramsey)- when a central player loses form or confidence playing on the wing can help because a teams usual response to Arsenal is to pack its midfield and stop Arsenal from playing through the middle.
No disrespect to Ramsey, he is one of the best players in the world when he is on form playing through the middle.
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