Sentences with phrase «gallas as»

Tottenham could welcome back defender William Gallas as they get ready to travel to Leeds in the FA Cup fourth

(Gallas as substitute).

Good squad addition definitely, but ideally I would bin Gallas as his knees are shot, just like Ledley's.

Regardless of this, the reason I want Gallas to sign a new deal is not to prove that Arsenal have learnt their lessons from the past but because I rate Gallas as one of the best defenders in the world and I believe that Arsenal are stronger with him than without him.

A team which has undoubted talent seems to lack enough leaders on the pitch, especially when those leaders include the erratic William Gallas as captain.

Not exact matches

The last time Arsenal agreed such a deal was when they sold Ashley Cole to Chelsea in 2006, with William Gallas leaving the Blues and joining the Gunners as part of the deal.

Wenger brought in a 29 year old William Gallas from Chelsea as part of the deal that saw Ashley Cole join the Blues and last term the Arsenal boss brought in Yossi Benayoun in on a relatively successful season long loan spell.

As far as I am concern, our defense have never again look anywhere near as solid ever since Gallas replaced Campbell in 200As far as I am concern, our defense have never again look anywhere near as solid ever since Gallas replaced Campbell in 200as I am concern, our defense have never again look anywhere near as solid ever since Gallas replaced Campbell in 200as solid ever since Gallas replaced Campbell in 2007.

With 26 Premier League goals in total, including some impressive strikes, William Gallas fared well at both Chelsea and Arsenal as a top contributor of goals from the back.

Wenger's training is soft and not able to bring out the best in players, Thiery Henry, Vieira, Willaim Gallas who played under Wenger as captains and played under Mourinho and Pep Guadiola in case of Henry confirmed last season at different fora that training under Wenger was inferior to that of Mourinho or Guadiola.

Talking of Gallas - just to use as a random example for some perspective on Oxlade - Chamberlain: Willy G had a goal record of 1 in 11 for us, Ox's is less than 1 in 14.

Benatia came through the acclaimed Clairefontaine academy, where places are reserved for the most promising young French - based talents only, our own Thierry Henry is another graduate (as was Anelka, Gallas and the unfortunate Diaby.)

Wenger ALWAYS has at least one Centre - Half bombing through the middle as an AM too, Gallas was terrible at it, Koscielny is fortunately a bit more defensive minded but still, his role is to attack.

«Whether it was me or whether it was someone else, he has always had a go at his players,» Gallas told SFR Sport, as translated by the Metro.

Arsenal Almunia 7 — Had little to do, but what he did do he did well Sagna 7 — Lost the ball a couple of times but reliable as ever Gallas 9 — Excellent game, this season will be an important one for the Frenchman and this was a great way to start it Clichy 7 — Didn't put a foot wrong Fabregas 9 — Wonderful performance capped with a brace (Ramsey) 7 — The Welsh Cesc is coming along nicely Vermaelen 9 — An assured debut that left me forgetting about the absence of Kolo Denilson 8 — Top notch display Song Billong 8 — Solid and measured Arshavin 8 — Kept going from the 1st to the final minute Van Persie 8 — No goals, but two assists and a hand in an other (Eduardo) 7 — Lethal finisher showed what he is all about in his cameo Bendtner 8 — Really impressed me and is continuing to improve every game (Eboue) 7 — Helped close out the game.

Chelsea and Arsenal don't sell to each other too often due to their fierce rivalry, though a few big names such as Ashley Cole, William Gallas and Petr Cech have moved between the two sides in recent years.

William Gallas has stated that he believes Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger lacks that winning mentality needed to succeed as a top manager.

Arsenal had various central defenders did similar mistakes, such as Gallas, Silvestre, Squillaci, Djourou, Senderos, Cygan, Koscielny, Mertesacker, etc..

Arsenal like to take other big clubs» worn - out players, such as Cech, Gallas and Silvestre.

you will all just hav to make do with the french, who only sing when their winning as an arsenal fan i will cheer on our french players in the comp with the dirty taste in my mouth of poetic justice... anelka deflection, henry hand to foot to gallas....

Does he just want a new environment or does Wenger actually see him as the first - choice partner for William Gallas at Kolo Toure's expense?

He tolerated players like Gallas who brought team morale down and sold Senderos who I never rated but who was loyal, probably as Gallas is french as he also leaves Diaby on the field far too long even on the rare occasions when hes actually in control of the ball, Nasri another one whos overated and couldnt even make the poorest French team in decades.

Firstly, in the left back slot in his own half as Steven Caulker and William Gallas work the ball wide to him in our half.

I may be a little biased here but I think Gallas's challenge was nowhere near as malicious as Taylor's.

Strong performances by Alex Song, Cesc Fabregas and William Gallas were overshadowed by the lacklustre efforts of Tomas Rosicky, Samir Nasri, Eduardo and Aaron Ramsey as the effects of the international break well and truly took their toll on the team.

Kel, when we bought William Gallas he'd just played for France in a World Cup Final as a centre - back.

As such, it's imperative that a new central defender is brought in to compliment Gallas, Toure and Djourou.

Sagna and Gallas at least looked interested and ran (while others stayed in a jog), Clichy as always gave it everything while its hard to know when Diaby is trying or not because he always gives off the same vibe so we'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

Dawson and Gallas appeared to be feeling the weight of tension as they frequently brought the stupids with their decision making and penchant for losing possession.

Gallas and Djourou have been improving as a partnership, so Toure is now on the fringes.

I hope Wenger don't make the same mistake as he did with Gallas / Flamini, loyalty dosen't exist in football anymore, maybe for a few only.

When Gallas went AWOL for the beginning of the season, it sent a strong signal as to how the season was going to go.

i really think manuel is a good goal - keeper... besides i do nt think arsene would buy a Cb because he still has faith in toure and gallas, and no one would like to be on the bench... my guess is that is AW's biggest problem but what this players do nt understand is that without the bench, the team is not complete... im sure he is going for a mid-fielder, besides lets not forget we are dealing with AW he might just suprise us all as he usually does... did anyone see the smirk on his face during the sky sports interview when he was being asked about the transfers?

u can not buy good CB (Lescott, etc) and later put him on bench as cover for Gallas and Toure.

AW being AW, his frugality will only bring as much as 1 CB the most to the team to partner 1 existing one, gallas in my opinion.

Gallas is featuring in the ongoing Star Sixes event at the London O2 Arena as part of the French soccer legends contingent.

They were caught offside often though, as William Gallas and Jan Vertonghen were excellent in staying in line.

Willam Gallas and Kolo Toure have always struggled to click, Johan Djourou and Philippe Senderos are not quite ready while Alex Song continues to be referred to as a midfielder by the manager.

I reckon Gallas was a liability as I hope Spurs are beginning to find out.

It seemed like a carbon copy of the Fulham game, as the cunts were able to pass the ball with relative ease, and even had the ball in the net, when Gallas» left - footed effort beat Szczesny, from a free - kick routine, but was ruled out as offside.

As it is with Senderos desperate for football to make Switzerland's World Cup squad and Thomas Vermaelen, William Gallas, Mikael Silvestre and new boy Sol Campbell standing in the way, it would have been harsh by Arsene Wenger to stop the defender from leaving.

Gallas said that Arsenal needs some more physical players as they fail to compete whenever opposing teams get physical against them.

The starting side was as close to full - strength as it has been all season as Manuel Almunia started in goals behind the first - choice back four of Bacary Sagna, William Gallas, Kolo Toure and Gael Clichy.

Gallas, masquerading as a striker, Arshavin pass, Nasri's feint and scores!

Jan Vertonghen and William Gallas cleared 4 of 13 attempts in the first half as part of a back four.

Injuries, though, could yet have a say in how Tottenham fair during the next fortnight, with the likes of Aaron Lennon, Rafael Van Der Vaart, William Gallas, Jermaine Defoe, Ledley King, Robbie Keane and Roman Pavlyuchenko all either out injured or carrying knocks which could restrict their minutes on the pitch — With Harry scratching his head over who to play up front for Saturday's game with Blackburn as both Robbie Keane and Roman Pavlyuchenko look set to miss out through injury.

Without the egos of players such as Gallas, Bendtner and Nasri, replaced with personalities such as Mertesacker and Arteta, the team seems closer as a unit and united in Wenger's Cause.

On a day when the Chelsea faithful paid tribute to club legend Peter Osgood, who passed away 10 days prior to the game, it was fitting we secured a crucial win against a big rival as Gallas's late stunner sealed a 2 - 1 victory and sparked jubilant scenes.

Which was something that William Gallas failed to do as he tried to chest a Bacary Sagna cross back to Gomes rather than clearing his lines.

Koscielny is just superb.This guy would be hailed as the best defender in the league so far if he was playing for the manures.Is positioning is awesome, hes athletic and 100x better in the air than gallas was and will ever be.A few seasons ago we would have been playing silvestre in his position and there is no comparison.I hope he maintains this momentum because i believe for once in 5 years we have a defender who can stick to drogba like a couple dancing to dancehall.I cant believe pundits were expecting us to spend in excess of 17m just for an english player.Another astute business by mr AW