Sentences with phrase «league season due»

Moreno is still eligible for the Champions League this season due to Sevilla not qualifying so a transfer in January would give both Chelsea and United extra depth for the knockout stages should they qualify.

For the 1st time in the entire playing career of Stephen Ireland, he failed to make a single competitive appearance for his club during the 2016 - 17 English Premier League season due to an injury that the Irish midfielder sustained back on April.

Former Arsenal defender Martin Keown has identified Liverpool centre - back Dejan Lovren as a key component to the club's success in the Champions League this season due to his desire in the big games.

Manchester United look the side best equipped to go furthest in the Champions League this season due to manager Jose Mourinho, according to Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard.

Several first - round NBA prospects have been told that they can not play for the G - League this season due to a rule that bars players who have been part of a college basketball program during the same academic year, according to ESPN's Jonathan Givony.

The exciting upstart Phoenix Suns have had one of the most surprising seasons of any team across the league this season due to inspiring play, both from an an individual and team standpoint.

It would be very easy for the Arsenal players and manager to assume that the Premier League season due to start next weekend is going to be a much happier one for the Gunners than last time.

Not exact matches

Wilson is yet to earn a place in the Liverpool side, but won praise for his Rangers appearances last season domestically and in the UEFA Champions League, while Barry Bannan has been granted time on the pitch due to injuries to key men at Villa Park.

Since 2010, Arsenal have won just one of their seven first league matches of the season due to a combination of not making new signings until the end of the transfer window and players either being injured or not fit after pre-season.

The fact that our excellent centre back Laurent Koscielny is due to get the nod ahead of the Man City defender Eliaquim Mangala is hardly surprising really, as the Gunner was one of the most consistent and impressive players in the Premier League last season, while the only consistency with Mangala is how he has continually failed to justify his huge transfer fee.

West Ham have lost their first choice left back Aaron Cresswell due to injury and it's been reported the Englishman will be out for the first four months of the Premier League season.

the man just doesn't rotate his players enough and that is why they all are injury prone; in such a demanding league as the EPL you need to manage your squad play time, the result of not doing it have been obvious: 1) A team multiple injuries throughout the season due to excessive play time.

This season he decided to copy currently successful teams like Antonio Conte's Chelsea, then try to argue that Chelsea were fortunate to win the league due to not having European fixtures.

We are also preparing to start the season without Koscielny and Giroud due to their international campaign with France, and should we fail to pick up some crucial early points, we could struggle to get back on terms with the big teams this year, especially when we have to start juggling Champions League football also, where the likes of United, Chelsea and Liverpool do not.

mour did not like hearing about how we where the best team in league for these months and in fact best in Europe at some stage, factor in how dreadful we started season off due to injuries WC hangover and transfer shortcomings and one may realise that che where very lucky.

Chelsea will lose, my prediction is 4 - 1, maybe i am wrong, maybe we will win 5 - 1, LOL Who knows what will happened, i am feeling that we will trash them, this is same chelsea team which lost against Psg, they are nothing special, they will win league, but to consider them that much better than us is crazy, for me they are in same hat with us, Bayern, Real and Barca are above, this is reality, we had awfull start of season due to bad preparation, but we need to give our players credit they deserve, we are equally good as chelsea.

The ex-Man United striker Danny Welbeck joined Arsenal in the season of 2014/15 but in those four years he has only managed to actually start 40 League games for the Gunners, due to various injuries, but he did score 13 goals in those matches and has always showed promise until he inevitably returns to the treatment room.

It's not often these two big - money signings have spent time together on the pitch due to Lacazette's recent injury struggles, as well as Aubameyang being ineligible for the Europa League this season.

Due to a multitude of injury problems, Arsenal's little Spanish maestro Santi Cazorla only played 7 League games for the Gunners this season, and only played 15 in the previous campaign, so you imagine that the 32 year - old is close to finishing his career at the top.

There is a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth coming from the Arsenal fans at the minute, partly due to the fact that Arsene Wenger has once again been more careful with the transfer spending than all the other challengers for the Premier League title, but mainly due to the poor start we have had to the new season, in my opinion anyway.

Despite missing the first six games of the season due to last year's infraction, Atterberry has also stepped up, and his 13 assists rank as second-most on the team, and in the league, behind only Petcu (14).

Due to injuries, Defour only played 13 league games last season (12 starts) and his absence played a big part in the failure of Standard's campaign.

Delph has made just three appearances for City this season due to injury but has returned to training although he is not expected to start for the Citizens in the Champions League mid-week or the league on the weLeague mid-week or the league on the weleague on the weekend.

I don't even care if it sounds arrogant, but this is turning out to be our worst season ever, not simply due to the fact a team in the championship two seasons ago has now surpassed us to practically win the premier league, but for all the taunts we've given spurs they look like the only team able to challenge them, this all in a season where our usual rivals have capitulated.

Aaron now has more than 300 appearances for the club, but in his 7 years as a first team regular he has only averaged around 27 League games per season due to ongoing injury problems.

The pressure is already on the former Man City man due to the 24 year old having failed to net a single Premier League goal this season and this has not been helped by the fact that his behaviour off the field of play is also being held into question.

Tottenham Hotspur are through to the knockout stages of this season's Europa League after a narrow 1 - 0 victory against Serbian champions Partizan Belgrade at White Hart Lane in a match that was briefly suspended due to three individual pitch invaders causing havoc in the first half.

Gore has played in all 16 games of the regular season since 2011, despite originally falling in the 2005 NFL Draft due to injury concerns and then several missed games over his first six seasons in the league.

With the German only appearing for Arsenal in the Premier League 10 times this season due to a recent knee injury and the Brazilian featuring for Liverpool 22 times, the comparison was made via a per game basis.

Vedran Corluka started just 13 Premier League games last season due to both injury and having to fight Alan Hutton for a regular spot in the first team.

Burnley at home is Tottenham's third fixture of the season, but the date is likely to change slightly due to a fixture clash with the Rugby League Challenge Cup Final at Wembley.

We have played in the champions league three out of the four seasons and have filled our wonderful stadium (all due to Arsene's vision) to capacity with a reported waiting list of ten years.

the problem is the complacency that has gotten hold of Wenger's brain due to lack of pressure from the top has infected the whole club... Wenger knows his job is as safe and forth knoxx so LOSING IS AN OPTION in the scheme of things, there is always another game to make things right, always another season to try again and this, whether consciously or otherwise is a malaise that has infected the player» a pysche... I have said this so many times, Fergie won the league with a squad that less than half the quality our present squad possess and in a tougher more competitive seaaon

He will never improve since he every season bottles in 2 - 3 months which has cost us the league due to scoring 0 in last 14 league games.

Three first - team Chelsea stars: Willian Borges da Silva, Filipe Luis and Juan Cuadrado will miss the start of next season's Premier League due to their participation in this summer's Copa America.

A top three goal scorer in the Premier League last season, Austin followed his club into relegation after finishing 20th (due to the defence allowing 73 goals).

We subsequently lost the league 2 seasons back due to lack of proper personnel utilisation.

The loss follows trends of previous seasons, in which have seen Arsenal dramatically struggle on the opening days of respective Premier League campaigns, possibly due to the fact that Wenger never seems prepared for them.

As Charlie Nicholas says, Arsenal are slightly on the backfoot already this season given we already find ourselves five points behind the league leaders after three games, but we will undoubtedly catchup and once we do, it's then important that we don't drop anymore points due to lacklustre performances.

The decline in points accrued each season is due to the increasing competitiveness of the league — anyone can beat anyone etc..

Maybe Arsenal should think about getting a flu jab for our German international star next season, if he decides to sign a new contract and stay in north London that is, because Mesut Ozil is out of action for the trip to face Liverpool in the Premier League today and it is not the first time that the attacking midfielder has been unavailable due to illness.

Having said that, Coquelin won't be able to play all games next season due to injuries, suspension and remember we have carling cup, Fa cup, the league and champions league to play for next season.

As reported by the Telegraph, a deal between the two clubs for Iheanacho, who scored four and assisted three in 20 league appearances last season, had been agreed almost four weeks ago, with the forward also agreeing terms with the midlands side, however the deal was held up due to a disagreement over image rights with the player's former agent.

Arsenal boss Wenger didn't get the chance to negotiated a deal for Mertens, who has managed to bag 75 goals in 194 games for Napoli during his career, during the summer due to the fact that the forward's contract renewal came so early in the transfer window report CalcioMercato, however it is believed that the Premier League giants could go back in for the 30 - year - old before this season ends.

The 29 - year - old, who was linked with a transfer to fellow Premier League side West Brom last week, had been a free agent since being released by the Gunners at the end of last season following nine years in North London, but was let go due to his wretched recent injury record.

You also fail to mention that this was Costa's first season in the EPL the hardest league in the world to adapt to due to its physical nature, this is Giroud's 3rd season at 28 years old yet in all these seasons he's never had a 20 goal season for us!!!

Preston North End may not be up with the front - runners in the Championship due to losing their first 3 League games of the season, but they are notoriously hard to beat recently with 3 wins and 2 draws in their last 6 League games.

Diaby played just five times for Arsenal last season due to a string of injuries, including a calf problem and a broken ankle, but has started the Gunners» first three games in the new Premier League campaign.

Both Bale and Benzema were brilliant that season.Karim scored 24 league goals and only Suarez had a better scoring rate (that too due to his stat padding towards the end of the season)

According to one of the sources, the league's management council also is set to nail the 49ers for failing to report income that tight end Brent Jones, who retired after the 1997 season, was due to receive for work in 1997 on the club's campaign to get a stadium built.