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Your Vision – Problems in midfield
Watching the game on Saturday reminded me of our game against QPR away, particularly Dikhate’s goal, in other words, the absence of our midfield. In football, defending isn’t only carried out by the defenders, rather it should be done by every man on the field, from the strikers pressuring the opposition’s defenders to the goalkeeper sweeping up any balls that drop behind the defence. Saturday’s game highlighted how important it is for the midfielders in particular to carry out their defensive duties, many a time in Saturday’s game the middle of the park was vacant only for the opposition to attack, which they did, leaving us embarrassingly exposed. For the first goal, Benayoun allowed Norwich’s full back to make that
One Last Lap and Midfield Combinations
Truthfully, Song-Ramsey-Rosicky won't be my preferred choice largely because I don't see Song and Ramsey doing the simplest of things. My preferred midfield 3 for WBA would be Coquelin sitting deep, Song doing the box to box duty and Rosicky playing as our attacking midfielder. There we have good protection at the back in Coquelin and Song helping out when on the back foot and Rosicky pressing at the heels of the opposition players + when attacking Rosicky and Song adding fluidity and creativity in the final 3rd
Norwich City (h) – Midfield meltdown but lifeline handed by rivals
Jack Wilshere came into the team the following year and played a duel role with Alex Song. Both players having the licensee to join Cesc Fabregas in a bid to create chances, especially against more defensively minded opposition. This season Mikel Arteta has made the Wilshere position his own albeit in a different way. Arteta who has played as a defensive
Norwich City (h) Thoughts & Line Up: 1st or two victories needed. Nothing more, nothing less
We have not played two direct attacking wide forwards in the same game since we beat Aston Villa at home in early March, that day Gervinho and Walcott terrorised Villa. I would love for us to be that direct today and really go at Norwich from the start. That would mean Oxlade-Chamberlain starting on the right and Gervinho on the left of Robin van Persie. I suspect Yossi Benayoun will retain his
What we do in life, echoes in eternity
SONG!! WHERE ARE YOU GOING?? YOU'RE NOT MESSI!!
The final fixtures require a team effort. Everyone has a position and a job, and they’ll be needing to adopt a professional approach. Take things lightly, be blasé and there could be more reason for us to wish humiliating defeat on Chelsea when they play Bayern - if we needed any more. I don’t want to be watching the games and screaming at the television, ‘SONG!! WHERE ARE YOU GOING?? YOU’RE NOT MESSI!