Sentences with phrase «vermaelen squilacci»

You would think that it was preferable to have that leader actually on the pitch though, and I am sure that Arsene Wenger expected that from Arteta and Vermaelen were given the armband but circumstances then worked against both of them.

hopefully we will get this paulista before the wknd if any of the reports are true, but we will hold the bets until it happens he sounds like a good player as long as he is as good as vermaelen (at his best) or slightly better then that's what we need.

Vermaelen did OK as a left back.

Arsenal's defence is struggling to keep a clean sheet, but that is more down to the absence of Laurent Koscielny and Thomas Vermaelen than the goalkeeper.

In his defence, Vermaelen has done a great job since coming into the side, helping Barcelona keep four clean sheets in their last four games, but Umtiti's return will undoubtedly be welcomed.

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Currently out of favour with Arsenal following a severe drop in form last season, it is unclear if Thomas Vermaelen is really out injured at the moment, or waiting for a club to make a late move.

While he's currently sidelined with an injury, it has raised alarm bells over the lack of quality and depth that Barcelona possess in that department with Thomas Vermaelen or Javier Mascherano the only options to step in and partner Gerard Pique, and so Ernesto Valverde will surely have no desire whatsoever to see Umtiti leave.

Especially after not replacing Vermaelen and loaning off Jenkison.

The signs were always there with Vermaelen, he gained a reputation early on largely because he was scoring goals and I think his defending was less scrutinised as a result.

The other reason is that the Roma squad includes former team mates Thomas Vermaelen and Wojciech Szczesny and the keeper is a very good friend of Jack's, making it much more likely that he would settle quickly.

Vermaelen Silvinho Van Bronkhorst another few flops in barca colours.

It was wrong to sell Vermaelen, when in form he had a great partnership with Kos.

Vermaelen used to cover there, but of course we don't have him anymore either...

However, beyond first - choice central defensive pairing Samuel Umtiti and Gerard Pique, there is a lack of quality depth at Ernesto Valverde's disposal with Yerry Mina and Thomas Vermaelen available.

Whilst I have been pleased with the combination of Gallas and Vermaelen I long for the stability we had with the likes of Adams & Bould or indeed Adams & Keown and perhaps this pair could provide that in years to come.

Big Improvement Vermaelen - Chambers.

Bringing in vermaelen or nacer benatia for a season long loan and give some competition to Gabriel & BFG and developing Chambers.

Luis Enrique and coaches before him have been forced into using Javier Mascherano as a central defender, while the likes of Thomas Vermaelen and Jeremy Mathieu have struggled with injuries.

We bought the likes of Park Squilacci Santos and kept Bendtner Djourou Vermaelen and an always injured Diaby.

This makes him the best attainable target if we're looking in France he is as good as vermaelen and he is also seen as a leader for saint etteine and statistically he is up there with the best in the leauge.

Yes because he sold vermaelen sagna and loaned out jenkinson.

Isn't that why vermaelen left in the first place?

Sagna (good player) out Vermaelen injured and lost form = no loss jenkinson not up to standard = No loss.

Chambers could be a replacement for Jenkinson and / or Vermaelen, which still leaves us wanting a 4th centreback.

If its a crisis, Arsene Wenger is to blame for letting go of Vermaelen, Sagna and loaning out Jenkinson

I agree, but Chambers was Vermaelen's replacement; I have a feeling Chambers is covering both CB and RB (as first choice backup) but Bellerin is meant to take the RB role if the defence is overloaded with injury, i'm surprised he hasn't been named as 1st player on Arsenal.com (pretty sure he is in the picture though).

Not hard for Mertz to be decent when the competition consists of useless Djourou, injury prone Vermaelen erratic injury prone Gabriel and 16 mill flop Chambers.

just saw some coment of a dude who mentioned kos first year at arsenal with vermaelen to make a point about pairing and mestersack, and how s... kos was back in the dazs.

Everyone was screaming replace Vermaelen, 6 defenders for 4 positions are not enough, get a top DM.

It is hard to rate Vermaelen because he played very less number of games this season because of the Achilles injury.

-- Varane, Laporte, whoever able to replace Vermaelen really, somewhere around 25M.

Fabianski Viviano Manone Miquel Squilacci Vermaelen Djourou Jenkinson Coquelin Diaby Frimpong Ryo Campbell Rosicky Arshavin Gnabry Podolski Sanogo Bendtner Park Chamakh.

And to say Chambers doesn't have the pace to do this is wrong imo, he's got plenty of pace, just needs experience in the position, to learn when to be aggressive and when to stand off a bit so he doesn't get caught out as Vermaelen often did and as Mertesacker does from time to time.

Arsenal no longer pursuing Khedira but still in market for DMF, will sign GK & probably DF depending on Jenkinson / Vermaelen situations #AFC

Can people not see that wenger has already replaced vermaelen?

Imagine a peak Vermaelen and vertonghen at the base of our defense with the likes of fab and van persie infront, would have surely won 1 league title in the seasons where our weak defense let us down.

Reading that Vermaelen is being lined up for a return, it might be another bs rumour, I certainly hope so.

He could have brought in more cover once Vermaelen was sold but didn't.

We sold Vermaelen and didn't get a replacement.

He has made errors this season but will develop into a quality defender with experience and when Vermaelen returns, Koscielny will benefit from his presence.

Also, when we lose a top player we rarely get the equivalent or better replacement.ie Vieira, Sagna, RVP, Vermaelen, we didn't immediately replace them with an equivalent or better player.

He has clearly lost out on the CB position with the additions of our boy Vermaelen and Mathiei.

Both Mertesacker and Koscielny do this, as does Chambers and as did Vermaelen.

Apparently the 100M GBP went up to 130 after cashing in on Vela, Fabregas and Vermaelen, leaving our summer spending of approximately 80M incredibly 50M under budget.

mike, let's be honest we have also sold players for unreasonable prices, adebayor, toure, vermaelen....

But then again I said the same thing when he sold Vermaelen and loaned Jenkison.

After all, he's been the Gunners» assistant captain for some seasons now after the departed former captain Vermaelen to Barcelona which led to the elevation of the now departed former asst captain Mikel Arteta to Captain.

Just about any game for France, any game with Djourou, Squillaci or Vermaelen before PM arrived.

Over the summer we saw Jenkinson go out on loan and Thomas Vermaelen sold for 17 million and Sagna go to Man City on a free.