Sentences with phrase «vermaelen looked»

Vermaelen looked error free all evening.

Vermaelen: [6.5 / 10] The Skipper returned, and despite some questionable defensive organization for the first goal, Vermaelen looked confident in the second half when going in for challenges.

Vermaelen looked like he could've been a strong captain, but injury concerns kept him out of the side, the same of which goes for Mikel Arteta.

Vermaelen: [7.5 / 10] Perhaps one positive from today's defeat was Vermaelen looking better than he has done all season.

Not exact matches

Before him we had Thomas Vermaelen for two seasons, who left to join Barcelona respectively, but when you look back to the likes of Tony Adams and Patrick Vieira, it really highlights what we are lacking in.

Everyone with even a vague interest in football looked at the six Arsenal defenders had at the start of the year, following the surprising decision to get rid of Thomas Vermaelen and Carl Jenkinson, and said «they haven't got enough defenders», and so it has proved.

Arsenal are on the trail of young Greek defender Kostas Manolas, according to the Metro, as the Gunners look to find a replacement for defender Thomas Vermaelen, whose potential transfer to Manchester United could be accelerated now that Belgium have exited the World Cup.

I think it might go even further than that and Vermaelen is actually hoping for a return to Arsenal, especially as he knows we are in need of defensive cover with the BFG beginning to look too slow for the modern game.

Injury problems and poor form from the Belgian probably helped to make the manager's decision easier though, as did the very good looking partnership between Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny, and when Vermaelen then spent almost the whole of his debut season in the Barca treatment room it looked like Wenger had played a blinder.

While these would be two exciting additions, Valverde will arguably also be looking to address the backline too at some point, as beyond Samuel Umtiti and Gerard Pique, they surely can't continue to rely on Javier Mascherano and Thomas Vermaelen to offer cover forever given their age and injury woes over the years.

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.

So Mr. wenger sign Van djik or schar for 8 - 10 million #, want hummels but i doubt wenger will sign him because he does not spend large money on centre back just look at after we lose vermaelen we had the chance to buy a top class defender but he refused to sign..

After we sold Vermaelen, Wenger came out and clearly stated that we were looking for defensive cover.

Thomas Vermaelen is frustrated at his lack of first team starts and after 18 months acting as back - up to Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny the Belgian will demand guarantees of regular action that Wenger will be unable to provide and as such Arsenal will seek to cash - in on the former Ajax man and will look to bank as much as # 10m from his sale.

Vermaelen was something of a surprise signing at the time given his drastic dip in form in his last couple of years with Arsenal, and it now looks as though manager Luis Enrique has accepted that the decision to bring him in was a mistake.

Los Cules have also made some surprise raids on the Gunners for flops such as Alex Hleb, Alex Song and Thomas Vermaelen, but Ozil looks like he could fit in perfectly with the style of play in Ernesto Valverde's side.

While Robin Van Persie will have enjoyed playing against his former club more than Danny Welbeck did, it is Wenger who really needs to look at the upcoming January transfer window and make radical changes to his squad, with Vermaelen a potential loan target.

While his cater - cousin Vermaelen tends to attract more plaudits, simply because he's scary - looking and scores the occasional goal, it's Koscielny that knits Arsenal's defence together (when it's knitted together, anyway).

Arsenal are already said to be looking at defenders to replace Vermaelen, such as Valencia's Adil Rami and Swansea City's Ashley Williams.

Look at the injury records of our recent captains... Cesc, RVP, Vermaelen, Arteta.

look man i understand that you say ozil in the middle means no protection or less than adequate but ozil will be CAM and he is close to scoring a tap - in rather than giving shield to arteta who is an unreliable source and does not deserve the captaincy, wenger only gave it to him cause he gave the players some papering over the cracks statements after the Liverpool, chelsea and man city match and the player does not even have a cap for the national team Wenger may have seen this as a player who can play in and out with no internationals regardless of his qualities on the pitch and the main reason why he sold vermaelen who would have done decent job at CDM and then all that fluid style that arsene thinks he can play dictate «arrogance»!

Vermaelen did well and we looked pretty solid apart from a couple of scares in the first half.

This new look Arsenal side and the partnership he has created with Vermaelen has revitalised him.

They would have looked at Vermaelen, refused a transfer, never getting a game, and said, «I'm not going to Arsenal».

Vermaelen did look way, way off for me... did nt know where he was for the first goal after Kos went out... how could he not block that cross?

So, I am looking forward to getting to know Podolski and Giroud in particular, sadly turning a page one RVP and Song, continuing my relationship with Wojciech and Vermaelen, welcoming back Wilshere and Rosicky from injury, and stillllll, yes still, wishing Nicky B would come on home (maybe now we have room for him on the right wing, eh eh?)

Thomas Vermaelen has been a great backup centre - back this season and Andre Gomes also looked far more comfortable in a more familiar central role.

Manchester United are looking to sign Arsenal star Thomas Vermaelen when Belgium exit the World Cup.

They spent $ 20 million on Jeremy Mathieu, who now plays in Portugal; $ 19 million on Thomas Vermaelen, who makes glass look like onyx quartz; $ 34 million on Arda Turan, who's yet to eclipse this moment in a Barca shirt; and $ 65 million combined on Andre Gomes and Paco Alcacer, who are both young and both not good enough for Barcelona.

Barca are looking to bolster their defensive options after Carles Puyol retired earlier this summer and they are hopeful of beating United to Vermaelen's signature.

In short, Nicklas Bendtner and Kieran Gibbs will be back in the squad; Theo Walcott is an outside chance to be involved and is looking sharp; Manuel Almunia is out for a few more days; Cesc Fabregas is short and will probably be saved for Manchester City; Thomas Vermaelen and Bacary Sagna are out for at least ten days; while Robin van Persie will not return until next month.

Look at Arshavin, Vermaelen and Chamack for example.

I also think Cesc looks and plays better with his beard I miss Vermaelen and will always admire Sagnas commitment..

«An experienced player like Vermaelen should not be getting two cards like he did especially when you look at the first one he got, but physically we saw that we are in good shape and the mistakes we made were only technical so I am satisfied.»

The tiny midfielder proved a handful in the last game against the Germans and Wenger will be looking to the likes of the very impressive Vermaelen, Koscielny and Song to cut out the threat he provides.

Milan looked toothless in attack, with Laurent Koscielny and Thomas Vermaelen thwarting all of their attacks, with dogged determination.

I thought that with the transfer madness (* cough * Vermaelen * cough *) and a long summer of no football upon us, it would be fun to look at a few things you can do to make sure you to can enjoy the break.

It has been reported that Barcelona defender Thomas Vermaelen is looking forward to facing former club Arsenal in the Champions League this week.

Reading looked to pull back something when a McAnuff cross almost fell into the path of his teammate, but Thomas Vermaelen cleared the danger with a last ditch challenge.

But the Copenhagen club may have to face a battle with Arsenal, who are looking to replace wantaway defender Thomas Vermaelen.

When you look at it realistically we need a top keeper, at least one commanding central defender to play with Vermaelen, a top holding midfielder and a pacy aggressive striker.

Looks like Wenger has found another gem in Miyaichi.Maybe we will see him in the PL next season, I will be looking forward to that.Bloody shame about Djourou «s injury, he has been playing so well.Let «s hope that he makes a quick recovery and that Vermaelen is back soon as well.Sorry Andrew, got ta mention it.....

With Thomas Vermaelen injured, the team look like the Captain of the Titanic; they can see the perilous iceberg, they know the damage it'll do, but are unable to do anything to stop the ship sinking.

And this is the kind of self belief that Thomas Vermaelen and Carl Jenkinson have called on for, as the team looks to put behind these poor performances.

His partner at centre - half, the troubled Squillaci, looked jittery for the majority of the first half but soon settled down to put in a decent performance, no doubt aided by having a figure like Vermaelen beside him.

The Brazilian left the stadium in a surgical boot and Wenger speculated he could be out for a while, the decision to play him looks even more of a silly gamble as the team is now bereft of any recognised full back, although Vermaelen can play at left back.

Traore would be his replacement but he is also poor and injury prone which meant we had to put Vermaelen at left back, and with Djourou suffering an injury after just 9 minutes it means that if Carl Jenkinson (who looks far more comfortable on the right than on the left) were to get injured it would mean a centre back pairing of Koscielny and Squillaci.

Vermaelen and William Gallas are of course Arsenal's current first - choice centre - back pairing, but behind that the Gunners look thin.

Managers miss out on players all the time... its ok to look at it in hindsight... but we did sign, fabregas, vermaelen, van persie, henry, sol campbell the list goes on... Whats your point, some sign, some do nt... we cant sign everyone.

Critics were already out saying he would not be good enough at this level and that Wenger should be out looking for a more able defender to partner Thomas Vermaelen, when the Belgian international returned from injury.