Sentences with phrase «lack of games took»

Lack of games took the toll this year as well for him.

Frustration and lack of games took their toll with Debuchy.

Not exact matches

A post hoc ergo propter hoc argument represents a parataxic mode of reasoning, as does the comic element behind the game of «peek - a-boo,» which takes advantage of the fact that at that stage children lack what Piaget called a «conception of object permanency.

We need better though but I'm in full 100 % support of the purchase of Shkrodan Mustafi and Lucas Perez.Mustafi can help Koscielny now.I've been saying it here time and time again that it's not a world clsss striker we have needed but a clinical finisher which we have lacked for several seasons and counting.Hopefully this guy puts Giroud where he belongs which is on the bench.Though a world class striker is good what we have lacked is someone who puts the game to bed in clinical fashion but Arsene Wenger has listened to many people to the extent that if he can't get a world class striker then he can get anyone.If Arsenal had a clinical finisher for some five seasons or so we coulda won the EPL then.Giroud has cost us matches and will continue to cost us matches.Giroud is half decent as someone said here the last time.I expect Perez to be much better if he can take on his man and be clinical in front of goal.

If more supporters took this approach rather than boycotting games and protesting inside / outside the ground then the board would soon get the message when sponsors, retailers, concessionaires etc see a lack of income.

But unfortunately, Mr wenger went for Lucas Perez who has no aerial game and lacks balance and strength to hold up the ball, he also does not take enough touches of the ball and appears slow in the Premier league.

Any other coach but Adolph Rupp would have been satisfied with an 18 - 7 record, but The Baron, audibly piqued because Kentucky wasn't tournament - bound for the first time in seven years, took occasion to blame his troubles on 1) the school band, which stopped tooting for the Wildcats after midyear exams left most of its members on probation; 2) student fans, who were absent in droves for the final game; 3) the lack of a more intensive recruiting program.

Disgracefully, I actually read after this game that SOME journos thought that Auba, in a great team spirited and unselfish way, allowing Lacazette to take the penalty, ACTUALLY showed - and get this — a lack of personal ambition and ruthlessness.

With David Ospina, Debuchy and Arteta also taking no part in tomorrow's game against Swansea our lack of defensive options is yet again highlighted, but Wenger also revealed that Theo Walcott will need more time to get a starting spot in the team.

Wenger has received plenty of praise for his tactics and easy on the eye brand of football in the past but has also been accused of lacking the pragmatism to do what it takes to win in the cut and thrust of the modern game.

Up front we have a few world - class players surrounded by some serious pretenders... Sanchez is by far the most accomplished player in our attack but the controversy surrounding his contractual mishandling could see him go before the window closes or most definitely by season's end... obviously a mistake by both parties involved, as Sanchez's exploits have never been more on display than in North London, but the club's irresponsible wage structure and lack of real intent have been the real undoing in this mess... Lacazette, who I think has some world - class skills as a front man, will only be as good as the players and system around him, which is troubling due to our current roster and Wenger's love of sideways passing... Walcott should have been sold years ago, enough said, and Welbeck should never have been brought in from the get - go... both of these players have suffered numerous injuries over their respective careers and neither are good enough to overcome such difficulties: not to mention, they both are below average first - touch players, which should be the baseline test for any player coming to a Wenger - led Arsenal team... Perez should have been played wide left or never purchased at all; what a huge waste of time and money, which is ridiculous considering our penny pinching ways and the fact that fans had been clamoring for a real striker for years... finally Giroud, the fact that he stills wears the jersey is a direct indictment of this club's failure to get things right... this isn't necessarily an attack on Giroud because I think he has some highly valued skills, but not for a team that has struggled to take their sideways soccer to the next level, as his presence slows their game even more, combined with our average, at best, finishing skills... far too often those in charge have either settled or chosen half - measures and ultimately it is us that suffer because no matter what happens Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke will always make more money whereas we will always be the ones paying for their mistakes... so every time someone suggests we should just shut - up and support the team just think of all the sacrifices you've made along the way and simply reply... f *** off

He's good, make no mistake but the lack of games for him took the toll.

I also point to his lack of fouls as a weakness in his game, yes it sounds all well and good a defender who wont give away free kicks, but there are times a CB must commit a foul, there have been countless times where he has been beaten for pace and should have took a yellow card and brought his man down, but he doesn't.

Let's face it goalkeepers tend to march to the beat of a different drum and Szczesny certainly fell into that category, but most of his antics were relatively harmless and simply reflected a certain level of immaturity that isn't uncommon for someone thrust into the limelight at such a young age... lord knows we've seen that happen with numerous players throughout the years and very few were ever banished for such behaviour... the only on - field action that drove me crazy was his inability to take a deep breath and not try to rush the play with an ill - timed throw at certain points in the game when common sense suggested holding the ball and slowing things down... the fact that he continued to do this probably had a lot to do with the glaring lack of coaching time spent with the goalkeepers... ultimately he made the fateful decision to take his frustrations out into the public sphere and paid dearly for it... in the end, his services were wanted by several of the best Italian squads, which is significant considering the historical importance placed on the defensive side of the ball in Serie A... all I know is that if someone asked me to pick the most athletically gifted goalkeeper we have had in our squad since the arrival of Wenger, without hesitation, he would be my pick and for that reason his departure is more than a little disappointing... what else is new though

The problem with AFC aside from the gutless money grabbing glory shy board, owners and manager is fans like the writer of this inane ridiculous article; fans who more than satisfied with mediocrity and take delight in trotting out silly stats to back up their lack of ambition and will... 2 loses in 15 games the writer said but conveniently forgetting to mention what impact the 2 loses had on the table, moral and the significance of winning these 2 matches.....

Our problems are more geared towards a) lack of leadership, b) lack of defensive / organisational nous, c) lack of plan b or c during games, d) suicidal passing in dangerous players, e) overplaying, f) players not having the balls to «take the game by the scruff of the neck», g) injuries

After the game our versatile young defender Calum Chambers spoke about him and other players finding it hard with their lack of game time but also the importance of keeping up the hard work on the training ground and being ready to take their chances when they came along.

I loathe to blame Wenger usually but his inability to replace Cazorla, sale of a target man and brute force DM, and his inability to improve the areas our game is clearly lacking in has to take much of the blame for our performances like this.

Arteta had a better game against Leic BUT that doesn't take his performances over time, he is lacking pace and if the opposition can take advantage of that and just pass past him!

Collymore still feels Pogba lacks that same consistent level in every game, but says if he can add that he has what it takes to be one of the best.

Are they tired, didn't they sleep well, did they eat some kind of food (salad) that made them later weak and sleepy, or is it because they were overconfident of winning the game after taking the lead, or did the Gunners lacked the added firepower of Alexis?

Speculation surrounding his future meant Bale didn't take part in much of pre-season or training with Spurs, leaving him lacking in match fitness and sharpness going into his first game for Los Blancos, but it didn't take long for him to show his quality and make an impact for his new club.

Not a certainty for this game, but considering the lack of midfield options currently available to Rodgers, we think he'll take a chance.

With the lack of an elite center available, which is our other real need — Larkin has grown into a really good two - way center, but unless he really takes his goal scoring to the next level I don't think he has the ability to take a game over night in and night out — I think we'll be going with the best «sizable» defenseman on the board.

While mainstream football fans have all but given up on the All - Star exhibition, sports bettors have been taking advantage of the lack of defense the game provides over the past nine seasons.

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

despite their lack of fitness they still dominated possession and chunks of midfield... think with a couple of additions the game on the 13th can be ours for the taking though

It's draining we lost to spurs but more over than anything the way we lost was embarrasseing and shocking we were played off park most game that has concern us as fans spurs bullied us out played us hungry in every department it's has fall with wenger when is time when he just accepts game has passed him matter of fact it has passed us arsenal fans aswell no control in middle very poor from xhaka and elneny and again dembele bought mortgage in midfield he's the owner my god vieria would of knocked he's house down but look we're very poor and away from home sad really how wenger keeps he's job is just pure stupidity but not just with today's results over all away from home we're relegation side go get Enrique before Chelsea get him and let but of class and youth take our great club back before Tottenham spuds leave us so far behind we won't even complete this series lack lustrous club

Maybe leaving Welbeck out is understandable given his long spell out through injury and his lack of game time, but I would have taken him as Welbeck has proven his worth to the three lions time and again and with Rooney and Harry Kane out Southgate was left with few options.

Negative feelings about the direction of the team of course contributed to the lack of pre-sold tickets, but I guarantee you a lot more people would have taken a flier on going to the game, especially after sweeping in Detroit, if it had been a gorgeous day.

I can not take another season of «Hand - O - Stone» Biz... seems like a wonder human being but his lack of game kills us.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

But after all the years it had taken Coquelin to show this strength and with some parts of his game, namely his passing ability, still lacking, the articles I wrote about his brilliant stats putting him right up there with the best in the Premier League were often dimissed.

Xhaka is well up for a tackle, and should supposedly end our lack of bite in midfield, you merely have to take a look at his woeful disciplinary record to see this, averaging a yellow every 5 games and a red every 10.

Which is the lack of game time that a few Arsenal players are gettning (speaking mostly in reference to Chambers, Gibbs and Campbell) im paraphrasing here but the basis of his argument is how do you expect a player to be able come of the bench and be capable of doing a job for team and perform competently with a very limited or no game experience... Considering we have Chelsea at the weekend it seems t would be a great time to start giving those players game experience and resting a few of the starting 11 perhaps with the exception of Walcott i'd like for him to get more game time at Cf... his finishing is diabolical... and learning how to pay as a striker takes time.

Certainly the quality or lack there of doesn't help me but for me he lacks the armoury to really take a game by the scruff himself.

Because as much as people would proclaim how good he is at holdup play, sometimes his lack of mobility upfront leaves him isolated in games where he faces the good defenders, The John Terry's and The Kompany's its obcious Giroud's not stronger than them, and the fact he is not the most skillful or fastest taking on defenders means more than often in those games having him on in a lost cause.

I am more concerned about the number of MF players we have, cup and CL taken into consideration a lot of them are going to struggle for game time and so say Rosicky has already commented about his lack of minutes so far this season.

With Arsenal failing to take games by the scruff of the neck this season, and allowing themselves to tamely drop away from the title chase against Leicester, there has been much discussion about the fact that Arsenal have been lacking an inspirational leader on the pitch to goad the players into action when their heads are dropping.

He spent most of the elite 8 game being guarded by guys 5 or 6 inches shorter than him and less athletic overall, but he couldn't take advantage b / c he lacked a post game.

In an instant, all the moaning about their contribution, place in the team, lack of end product, taking squad places, hindering the rebuild, etc., disappeared, and was replaced with an enormous outpouring of good will that manifested in incredibly emotional scenes in their final three games.

Liverpool lacked both creativity and patience: far too often, Liverpool would shoot from outside of the box (52pc of all shots came from outside of the box): Chamberlain, Can, Gomez and Matip all immediately come to my mind when I go over the chances, but the most remarkable thing about this game though is that despite Liverpool either getting or executing their tactics so wrong, Liverpool still managed to create enough chances to win, but under pressure, fluffed their lines, take a look at the chances below:

The player is yet to agree personal terms but given his lack of game time and exclusion from the preseason, it would take a miracle or an extremely shoddy offer from Porto to scupper a deal at this point.

We are a much better side with Flamini in instead of Arteta, the first half hour vs Newcastle was as good a tempo as weve played at and he was the driving force, I was a huge Arteta fan but I reallydont know what he brings to the table the way Wenger is using him, hes lacking pace and conceding more and more fouls in 50 / 50s, also he takes the speed out of our passing game with slow predictable backward passing, its fine when your ahead but kills us when we are chasing a win.

Gibbs: [5.5 / 10] Monreal has been preferred over Gibbs in recent weeks, and the lack of game time has certainly taken its toll on the Englishman.

They have conceded in each of their last five home games as well and really should be there for the taking given their lack of scoring.

A lack of inventiveness is hurting them, and nobody took a stranglehold on the game.

Their body language in the Barca game, after Van Persie's dismissal, portrayed their lack of belief in scoring one more goal, which would have taken them through.

The lack of common sense used during the match was also staggering, such as allowing Southampton to take four or five minutes out of the game as Jose Fonte had his head bandaged two yards away from the edge of the pitch, when he could have easily stepped off and not disrupted the flow of the game.

EVery one our players would get into premier side, today they were pathetic, Wenger can not be blamed for on field performance these players must take the blame for a game of utter lack of effort or skill.Bellerin had the worst game wearing a Arsenal shirt.