Sentences with phrase «gallas leaving»

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.

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Defensive partners at the back for Arsenal for a number of years, it soon emerged that Kolo Toure and William Gallas did not get along at all, with Toure eventually feeling he had to leave the club for Manchester City to get away from the Frenchman, who was known for being a difficult personality.

Signed from Chelsea in a swap deal with Ashley Cole that summer, Gallas found himself at left - back in this game having previously complained about the position during his ugly exit out of Stamford Bridge.

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.

If Gallas runs down his contract and leaves then surely Arsene Wenger and Arsenal must begin to question the way they handle negotiations in the future.

I hope it will be Senderos and Gallas and move vermaelen to the left.

We can not allow Gallas to leave the way Edu and Mathieu Flamini did because it means we haven't learnt from previous lessons in the past.

All things considered I suggest the manager will opt for a team consisting of Manuel Almunia in goals, William Gallas and Thomas Vermaelen in the centre of defence and Sagna and Eboue starting on the right and left respectively.

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.

gallas is a fucking disgrace and fabregarse will leave in the summer.

In terms of passes played, he again distributes the ball square to William Gallas and Sandro to the right, then more diagonally out to Gareth Bale on the left.

Gallas is three years older, He is known to cause problems throughout the squad and will be guilty of this again before he leaves.

Toure's best days in an Arsenal shirt were alongside Campbell, who was very much a no1 CB, and Gallas was best with Terry and Carvalho calling the shots and organising, largely while he was at left back.

I went with William Gallas and Thomas Vermaelen (or Johan Djourou) and unsurprisingly I received a fair bit of criticism about leaving Kolo Toure out of that selection.

Having sold Steven Caulker to Cardiff City and allowed William Gallas to leave on a free transfer, Spurs required defensive reinforcements, leading them to acquire the Romanian international Chiriches from Steaua Bucharest.

The fact that Gallas, (whose mental state is questionable at the best of times) is probably leaving us is a bonus I think.

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.

i think dijouro is better than senderos and deserves his place and there is good compition, we have 4 centre backs and the only slightly weak [player is senderos and wenger just need to find good partnerships gallas and toute need more time getting used to playing together but both of them are expeptional, buying silvester is good signing i can player left or right back or centre back, he is very experiened at highest level.i must i realy like song he very well there great competition for places, i still feel we need another dm but it wont be barry

William Gallas gave the ball away on the halfway line and Giorgos Georgiadis broke clear down the left before delivering a pinpoint cross that Salpingidis headed past Heurelho Gomes for PAOK's 150th goal in UEFA club competition.

That leaves the squad with Senderos and Djourou (and I suppose Gilberto) to partner with Gallas at the back.

Does he keep William Gallas and Kolo Toure together at the back, switch Bacary Sagna to the left and bring Johan Djourou into the side?

On wednesday it looks like we have a few knocks with eboue, clichy and nasri doubts, i think this is a great opportunity to do some rotating, bring in carlos vela on the left, and silvestre could maybe a look in on the left and if not then move gallas over to the left and play djourou, but i really want to see vela.

He knew months ago that Gallas, Silvestre, Senderos and Campbell were out of contract and would probably leave, and at the same time he would have assessed our present cover.

There has been a number of high profile coming and going's, although fans may feel a tad disgruntled that once again there's been more leaving the Emirates Stadium than arriving, with the likes of William Gallas, Mikael Silvestre, Sol Campbell and Eduardo among those which have moved on to pastures new with other clubs.

However, Arsenal do look lightweight and exposed now in defence after William Gallas, Sol Campbell and Mikael Silvestre were all aloud to leave the club during the summer.

William Gallas and Crespo were on target - the Argentine with a fantastic left - footed volley - and there was further drama as Pepe Reina was sent off for clashing with Robben.

Vela on the left, but if we play Gallas and Djourou, we NEED Song as our «instant CH» / DM when Gallas plays «I am a striker» crap, espescially when Vela, Nasri and Arshavin are in the MF.

Wenger's preference to hand Gallas the armband after such an impressive season seemed to be the nail in the coffin and again left the club 2 years after captaining the side regularly.

Arsenal haven't had much of that since Vieira left, and the contrast with Gallas two years ago was immense.

Lets see how many people come on today, not having read to the end, and leave a belligerent comment saying I am mad and that Gallas has been released — to them I say this: he may well have been but so had Campbell and look what happened there?