Sentences with phrase «well as a central midfield»

Whilst Cesc Fabregas and Nemanja Matic combined well as a central midfield pairing it's fair to say that Oscar was found wanting last season.

Chamberlain was very good as the central midfielder.

The Ox has also been done well as a central midfielder this term, but Granit Xhaka and Aaron Ramsey are also proving their worth in central roles now, and will almost certainly line up alongside each other on Sunday.

Lemar is good as a central midfielder, but in my opinion he sucks as a winger.

Not exact matches

Schweinsteiger is regarded as one of the best central midfielders in European football, and played a starring role in Brazil last year as Germany were crowned world champions.

At least Liverpool have lost their main midfield man Jordan Henderson to injury as well and so have gone for three combative central midfielders in Lucas, Milner and Emre Can.

Our central midfield is a massive issue though as it's always Xhaka plus one, and Xhaka is not good enough and always goes sideways or backwards.

I can see the 22 year - old being a top central midfielder with a little bit of time, and we know how Arsene Wenger loves a bargain, as well as seeing how to get the most out of players with a position change.

So I am not surprised to hear our only fit regular central midfielder declare that the Gunners are bound to be better when the manager has a bigger squad of fit players to choose from, as reported by Arsenal.com.

And that is just the central midfield area of the squad, while Wenger has had to cope with injury problems in all the others as well.

That sloppy pass by the central midfielder cost Arsenal the game and a very similar one against Leicester City in the opening EPL match almost cost us points as well.

I expect Ozil to start as well but the central midfield is a bit harder to pick.

The diminutive midfield magician has played in a number of roles for Arsenal and I am sure that Arsene Wenger will ask him to do so again at times, but the boss does seem to have settled on the central midfield role as the best one for the Spaniard.

I think Lemar sucks as a left winger, but he is pretty good as a central attacking midfielder, kind of like a more attacking version of Kante.

He may have had to move around the pitch, playing in central midfield as well as both flanks and in the forward line, but Chamberlain has done well in them all.

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!!!!

Overall, I've always been intrigued by the idea of a Wilshere — Ramsey central midfield but in reality, it will be impossible to implement at this moment as the team around them is completely fragile and they just don't have the correct mentality or skill set to become good in those roles at the highest level.

Fellaini's best role has always been slightly ahead of central midfield as he has always been a good outlet, it's where he excelled at Everton and what prompted United's resurgence under LVG.

schweinsteiger has captained the german national side has won basically every domestic trophy as well as the cl and central midfielders tend to play at their peak longer than strikers as their game is not based around attributes such as pace.

Both Mkhitaryan and Ozil have the potential to start up attacks from deep in the central defense area and continue those attacks in the pivot attacking midfield set - up as well, and completing the same in advance attacking roles as well as striking positions.

But he showed good control, skills, movements, vision and work rate when he played as a central midfielder for France in the World Cup qualifying matches.

If we had focused Ainsley Maitland - Niles as a Central midfielder, Xhaka and Ramsey would have been scared for his position right now and that would have brought out the best in him and we won't be looking for one Seri all over the place.

3) As unlikely as it is, I hope Wenger noticed how much better we looked in central midfield without RamseAs unlikely as it is, I hope Wenger noticed how much better we looked in central midfield without Ramseas it is, I hope Wenger noticed how much better we looked in central midfield without Ramsey.

The Arsenal transfer rumours about Jack Wilshere and a possible move to play for our old rivals Manchester United are still in the embryonic stage, as reported by Metro, but with the Gunners already having more options in the central midfield area where Jack plays there is a good chance that his loan season at AFC Bournemouth is not going to be enough to earn him a return to play for his beloved Arsenal.

Ozil can only play well as a central attacking midfielder, and he is not even our playmaker.

If we had the transfer window we all expected, like buying a decent cover or maybe even an upgrade to central defense and a rock to the midfield maybe we could be talking about a title challenge as it stands 3rd would be an incredible achievement 4th would be very good.

As tough as it may be, if Wenger manages to sign a world - class defensive midfielder and a world - class central defender in January and add more stability to the side, it will make for a really good foundation for the team to be much stronger next seasoAs tough as it may be, if Wenger manages to sign a world - class defensive midfielder and a world - class central defender in January and add more stability to the side, it will make for a really good foundation for the team to be much stronger next seasoas it may be, if Wenger manages to sign a world - class defensive midfielder and a world - class central defender in January and add more stability to the side, it will make for a really good foundation for the team to be much stronger next season.

It could also be viewed as a superb piece of business by Bayern boss Pep Guardiola, as Vidal is regarded as one of the best central midfielders in Europe at the moment and proved his quality last season as he scored seven goals and registered four assists en route to Juve being crowned champions of Italy once again.

Sanchez is okay as a striker, but I think he would be better if he plays as a central attacking midfielder, behind a striker.

Ramsay in my view is an attacking MF who can make runs into the box and nick goals but lacks discipline in a central midfield pairing and unless we lose a winger or cm (or perhaps Ozil) is better benched and used as a sub.

-- Ozil: Lost the ball several times in the first half, but overall he performed better when playing as a deeper central midfielder.

At Arsenal I don't think there is a position on the pitch that has quite as many players as our central midfield does and although it's good to have so much competition for places in the centre of the park, I can't help but feel that certain irregularity as to who will be in the starting eleven may cause a little unrest.

Jack is a natural replacement for Santi (obviously not as good), and's a better option than what we currently have, but it would be more than a little delusional to rely on him to stay fit, instead of buying a new central midfielder.

Our side currently have Aaron Ramsey and Granit Xhaka holding down our two central midfield roles, and Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez firmly set in our two attacking midfield roles, as well as having a number of others also capable of starring in those central roles, including Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain, Mohamed Elneny, Francis Coquelin, Alex Iwobi and Theo Walcott.

With Elneny establishing himself in the team's starting line up it means when Ramsey is fit he will fight with Iwobi (who is a central midfielder as well) for the wide role.

And the youngster is a versatile player as well, able to play central midfield which we all know is a position where Arsenal could do with more options.

If Arsenal stick with three centre backs then Mustafi must be considered a far better choice for the third birth alongside Kos and Holding rather then Monreal.Kolasinac has to come back in at left eing - back and Bellerin revert to the right.Midfield is a very different matter.Arsenal still desperately need a proper defensive central player.Ozil in this current side can not be considered anything more than a luxury.All of Bournemouth's creativity will come down the flanks so it's necessary to put players on to the pitch who are prepared to fulfill their defensive duties.This also means that unless Ramsey can work out that he's playing in midfield not as a number 10 he has no place on the team either.

We have Debuchy, Sanchez, Ramsey, Wilshere, Campbell, Rosicky, Chamberlain, Walcott, Welbeck... All these players have pace and work rate, as well as technical skill, but we can't tell them to press high when they lose the ball or to bring chaos to the opponent's defence because not only do we lack cover in midfield and central defense, we also play them out of position.

I am slightly more surprised to see Aaron Ramsey back again as our central midfield duo of Coquelin and Elneny have been looking good.

I agree with, Fernandinio is a better option from City as he is what we are lacking in our central midfield.

But as a central deep midfielder, Cazorla is better than him.

Rashford was dazzling as a central forward last night, he often dropped deep to get the ball from the midfield area, was very brave to take on the opponent's defenders and produced a lot of good flicks for his teammates.

guys look i am going to sound ridiculous but arsene is going to sign a defender and not a central defensive midfielder cause arteta and flamini are both in wenger's good books as these players have settled for the fourth they hit 30 or maybe the mediocrity mind has pulled an hamstring on the club, it seems that Wenger played a game of «expected» but it itself is now derail course so therefore pressure mounted up looks like he is heading for the french market under 10 million valuation» JUST MY PREDICTION»

carzola can play as an attacking midfielder and a central one... IMO hes a better attacking midfielder than ozil as he consistently gave you double digits in goals... season in and out and still created chances.

We definitely need a WC central midfielder, and maybe promote a reserve player as well, or use the Ox in that position when needed.

Chamberlain, Ramsey & Wilshere would be the central midfielders (rotating as per the team requirement and also with other positions as well).

We all can see that we as a team need a world class Defensive midfielder and a central defender with intelligence and pace, as well as pure goal scoring animal that exists purely to put their boot on the end of the ball whenever it's within the opponent's area.

and with Coquelin on the bench the central midfield of Xhaka and Elneny must be disciplined as well as effective.

Granit Xhaka came in to boost the central midfield and add grit as well as guile to our spine.

As well as there being hundreds of Arsenal transfer rumours linking the club with almost every central defender and central midfielder the media can think of, there have been a few reports that suggest Arsene Wenger may be trying to get one of the midfield player in on a temporary basis until the end of the season and then use the summer transfer market to bring someone in permanentlAs well as there being hundreds of Arsenal transfer rumours linking the club with almost every central defender and central midfielder the media can think of, there have been a few reports that suggest Arsene Wenger may be trying to get one of the midfield player in on a temporary basis until the end of the season and then use the summer transfer market to bring someone in permanentlas there being hundreds of Arsenal transfer rumours linking the club with almost every central defender and central midfielder the media can think of, there have been a few reports that suggest Arsene Wenger may be trying to get one of the midfield player in on a temporary basis until the end of the season and then use the summer transfer market to bring someone in permanently.