Sentences with phrase «while vermaelen»

While Vermaelen and Arteta were injured and barely can find game time, Mertesacker played most of the games.

But as I write this 2 days before the transfer window closes the Gunners have so far spent approx 10 million on Debuchy (a direct replacement for Sagna), 4 million on Ospina (who takes Fabianski's place) while the Vermaelen money was used to bring in Chambers.

While Vermaelen has more experience than Chambers, early performances so far indicate that Chambers is an improvement on Vermaelen.

Not exact matches

While Valverde does have Thomas Vermaelen and January signing Yerry Mina in reserve, it's fair to say that they can ill - afford to lose one of their top choices in defence as it would severely weaken them, such is their quality and partnership.

An inexperienced Yerry Mina is still settling after his January move and could take time to adapt, while injury - prone veteran Thomas Vermaelen isn't quite the most reliable option even if he has stepped in and done a job for Ernesto Valverde this season.

Manager Mark Wilmots will have a near full strength squad to pick from, with Steven Defour having completed his one game suspension for the red card he received against South Korea, while defender Thomas Vermaelen has sufficiently recovered from a hamstring problem.

Vermaelen was dropped after that 0 - 3 at Everton (and rightly so) while Mertesacker should have been dropped after Stoke already.

Arda Turan and Thomas Vermaelen missed out due to international duties, while Rafinha is halfway across the world with the Brazil squad ahead of the continental showpiece in the United States.

Meanwhile, Dembele, Gomez, Vermaelen, Digne, having bad games, while Paulinho and Paco were decent, showing that dembele without world class midfielders isn't much.

Yerry Mina has not yet convinced since his January arrival while ageing stalwart Thomas Vermaelen has had his injury troubles in the past and isn't as reliable as needed for a club competing on various fronts.

Honestly, at times Wenger has surprised us (ie mid summer: Sanchez, Chambers, Ospina, Debuchy) and most of the time disappointed us (end of summer: not getting a defender to replace Vermaelen, loaning off Jenkison and leaving us with depleted defense, getting Welbeck instead of WC striker while he was in Rome on transfer deadline day, getting players like Kim Kallstrom, Squillaci, Silvestre, etc..)

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.

Yerry Mina was signed in January and still lacks experience at the top level, while Thomas Vermaelen turns 33 later this year and has struggled with injuries.

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.

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.

The second piece of good news, while it does not directly affect Arsenal anymore, is still good to hear for Arsenal fans, because our former captain Thomas Vermaelen, who pretty much forced his # 15 million transfer to La Liga club Barcelona this summer, is still injured and has yet to play a single minute for them.

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.

Arsenal fans were sad to see Vermaelen leave, but a potential loan deal in January would make sense for both parties; Vermaelen would be able to get much - needed game time under his belt when he returns from injury, while Arsenal would greatly benefit from having a good quality defender who can lead from example and knows what it takes to play in the Premier League.

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 have no - one of that ilk, Koscielny has had a couple of great weeks since his inspiring role in the 2 - 1 triumph over Barcelona, Squillaci is injury prone as is Vermaelen while Djourou has undoubted potential.

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.

While we're well covered at left - back — Monreal, Flamini, Sanga and Vermaelen can all play there — Gibbs would always be my first choice, and he was playing well before he pulled up.

Tomas Rosicky replaces Jack Wilshere, while Sczceszny and Vermaelen are dropped / rested for Fabianski and Koscielny respectively.

The Sczceszny saga has calmed down, while Thomas Vermaelen is dancing the evasive dance of a man who wants to leave in the summer.

Surprisingly, Vermaelen, who many fans generally consider a fantastic jumper, and hence a great header of the ball, won only 55.6 % of his aerial duels, while Koscielny, the defender with a slim frame contested 101 aerial duels at the rate 3.06 per game, winning 62.

Koscielny has developed into one of the best pure defenders in the league, Vermaelen has a drive and presence about him that accounts for his occasional positional lapses while Mertesacker's organisation skills have been highly - regarded by teammates and undervalued by supporters.

Arsene Wenger has admitted that he won't be rotating the central defenders anytime soon so we can count both Thomas Vermaelen and William Gallas in, while the same can be said about Cesc Fabregas.

way too early to throw him out with the bath at this point but, like vermaelen, the jury may be out on him for a while.

The team needs one more center half so that the medics can ease Vermaelen back to health, while also giving Wenger the opportunity to rest Djourou and Koscielny more often and not allowing the team to suffer for it.

Djourou showed how much Arsenal missed him in the previous seasons, while Koscielny has proved to be an able replacement for Vermaelen — a testament to Wenger's business acumen in the transfer market.

Dutch goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen made his first appearance of the season, while there were also starts for Barcelona B players Carles Alena and Jose Arnaiz as well as Belgian defender Thomas Vermaelen, while Javier Mascherano captained the side.

While Thomas Vermaelen didn't have much luck as captain, he will know he has his work cut out, with Laurent Koscielny and Per Mertesacker forging a brilliant partnership in the centre of defence.

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.

Clichy has bombed forward haphazardly in the last two games, Vermaelen and Gallas» forward forays cost us against United and Everton while Song got caught forward for Chelsea's second and generally made Abou Diaby, one of our most effective attacking weapons, do far more defensive work.

Thomas Vermaelen, Wojciech Szczesny were dropped, while Jack Wilshere, Lukas Podolski and Bacary Sagna were ruled out due to injury.

Gervinho dragged a shot wide from a Thomas Vermaelen knock - down, while Cazorla also shot off target.

While Barcelona appear willing to loan Vermaelen to Roma, it's that pesky buyout clause that's holding up this deal.

Arsenal's Thomas Vermaelen was substituted while on duty with the Belgian national team after the defender picked up an injury in the first half of their match against the US.

While Thomas Vermaelen has filled in reasonably well, in his absence and the indifferent form of Andre Santos, there's nothing better than having a natural left - back playing in his position.