Sentences with phrase «as a benched squad»

I know it doesn't make any economic sense, but I would say this to the Ox: either you go to the team with the highest bid — at this moment Chelsea — or we keep you at Arsenal as a benched squad player in the under - 23s and bury your chances of playing for England in the next World Cup, and explain to him that when he does go for free, it'll be to a club like West Brom on a quarter of the wage Chelsea are prepared to play.

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we have no cover for CB at all then, Chambers needs to sit on the bench and be healthy for covering RB and CB as much as i want to see what hes like as a DM its too high of a risk to play him there atm, I'd def go for bellerin for RB though hes so fast and has tremendous technical ability, One person i think wenger should of taken to dortmund is diaby just incase hes needed would be nice for diaby to get a good 60 min game but i do nt think hes ready for CL just yet since he hasnt even featured in the PL yet but then again no harm in taking him since hes been linking up with bellerin pretty well in the U21's we must remember we have some really good youngsters in the squad than can fill in some of the spaces.

this time it had matured into the entire squad as see from the bench power above.

with his attitude as if we have to be his servant, get back to Chilie and get those life values back, he is a football player, but a man first, and as a player and man, his all attitude sucks, i don't know why wenger kept him and take that shit, means we have to take it... I told yo before, get his ass on training camp, ruining all day, shut him up, keep him out of the squad, not even in bench to bring his laim superior attitude... All money he is making, he should think of Chilie street and reality for kids he was once... He is in a great city, a club that won in this league and would be in CL as every year without this type of laim ways... So, of course no one wants him around during that ceremony, not even in the room... Get real sanchez, you came from misery, benched for years by gardiola too, sell out, poor minded..

Also, the player has shown this season that he can be a very effective squad player as well, coming off the bench numerous times to great affect, the latest occasion being the FA Cup final victory over Chelsea.

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They have a number of top names in their squad, and even their bench is likely to be as strong as most country's first - team side.

don, t forget it, s a team sport and you, re only as good as your squad, the players coming on from the bench will win us games for sure, remember only few seasons ago our bench was a disgrace today it, s full of quality so be supportive of all the players please.COYG!!

Bench Power João Cancelo from Valencia FC would be a great addition to the squad in that he can play both Right back and Left Back as well as right wing when called upon and a great challenger for; Alex Nicolao Telles from Inter Milan would be a wonderful signing to understudy and eventually replace Monreal who is pushing his thirties and needs to be rested in some matches to avoid injuries.

All of those seven named are still Arsenal players, but there were only two named in Roy Hodgson's squad this week; Theo Walcott who (as usual) got injured in training and will not face Germany (even if Hodgson would have actually taken him off the bench), and Danny Welbeck, who has played in only a handful of games since returning from a year out through injury.

Chelsea signed Bamford from Nottingham Forest in January 2012 and he is yet to play a single senior fixture for the club and as such may well be reticent about returning to the Blues squad just to sit on the bench.

Welbeck position as a squad player comming off Arsenal bench to play 15 to 20 minutes in league matches and appear in Cup games are more suited to a rookie player like Campbell or Sanogo.

giroud, lecoq, are gud backups to hve in the squad but not a first team player for a team wanting to challenge for epl.coq has got to improve slightly on the ball but off the ball he is gud.everyone knows about giroud and I don't think a gud striker is enough for us.we need a very clinical guy not a guy who will be going through dry patches coz thats guaranteed from a gud striker.gibbs is tricky he is a gud option to hve on the bench but if we scout someone younger and better than him then I think we can sell him for both the clubs sake and himself coz he hasn't progressed as a player.what I find shocking is bellerin back up is jenkinson worth a team challenging for epl?I don't think so and we should find an able guy there than fool ourselves and next season we pay for mistakes again.

I think every player Arsenal has been derided, and should be benched, sold or loaned out as their not good enough for the squad, that's according to the people on this sight of course.

Isn't it Chelsea that has Williams on bench, m city leave quality players as squad player, are we different.

David Luiz was dropped from the Chelsea squad for United's visit today and watched on from the stands as he failed to even make the bench despite not being injured.

If we were to allow him to go out on loan however, I would hope we would have an agreement of a reasonable guarantee of game - time for him, otherwise he may as well sit on our bench and learn from our vastly improved squad and staff.

One of the other decisions the boss had to make was at right back, where he has gone for Gabriel and with Jenkinson not even on the bench as Rob Holding makes the matchday squad instead.

exactly my point, we arsenal fans are so retarded that we think having lacazette on the bench is bad, but if it's manchester city everyone will say it's quality in squad depth, we always criticise mourinho for playing defensive football but want simeone to come and be our coach, someone who can not attack against a team as weak as leganes or alaves.

I think we could get a better centre back and have Per as a squad player and to be honest, having Per, Arteta and Rosicky as squad players that will come off the bench probably isn't a bad thing.

Had he been on the squad for the second half of the year, he would have made a rare start or two but probably would have come off the bench a lot as a second half sub in tight games.

You can have that as your 6th man off the bench since that's what they're supposed to do when leading the 2nd squad, but in the starting lineup, it just puts a big stick in the spokes and we crumble.

You need to keep your whole squad happy otherwis eyou end up with squillacis and denilsons on the bench again as theo and wilsehre go and join lpool and city.

That is Wenger's way though and the players certainly seem to appreciate it, while it does seem better than kicking football boots at their face (as Fergie once did with David Beckham) or slagging them off publicly and dropping them to the bench at half time (Mourinho and Terry) or accusing them of all sorts and making them train with the reserves (van Gaal with just about everyone in the Man United squad).

Wilshere is on the squad because Wenger still believe in «something»... He is poor and miles away from the other midfields (even though nobody had a great game on Saturday)... He should talk to Ramsey about improving... As soon as Ozil is back, he will find his rightful place on the bencAs soon as Ozil is back, he will find his rightful place on the bencas Ozil is back, he will find his rightful place on the bench.

But suprisingly, Arsenal fans sees it differently, halfway through the season when Arsenal fans sees Xhaka stuck on the bench as a squad player they will realize his a waste of money.

Bench: Martinez, Monreal, Wilshere, Cazorla, Sanchez, Walcott, Ox Still A strong lineup and gives the likes of Podolski, rosicky and campbell a runout as well as keeping our squad fresh for the champions league on tuesday.

Yea it's a really good squad... but what we need now is proper management of these players... fr xample not getting carried away by giroud brace n stick to bringing him from the bench n continue Alexis as false9.

Our new signing Gabriel comes straight into the squad and makes up a strong bench, especially in the defensive positions, with just Rosicky and Akpom as attacking options.

Nobody seems to be mentioning the damaging infighting going on between Wenger and the board, which appears to have lead to players who have performed well on the pitch, being benched for their unfit counterparts, or being put on loan (Joel Campbell, Lukas Perez, Shkodran Mustafi), not only leading to discontent in the squad, and on the pitch, but using millions of the much vaunted player salary limit, which still doesn't make sense to me as how come we were going to increase Ozil, Alexis and Ox's salary by so much?

As for the players, the preferred first XI has started to settle, those on the bench are contributing, and the vast majority of the squad have responded positively to the new regime.

As it stands, this squad is fairly well positioned to compete for the Wenger Cup and make a deep run in the Europa, if and only if we play first stringers in Europe and use the bench for the League and FA Cups... that being said, and based on the fragility of the manager and the team in recent campaigns, it's more likely that Wenger will focus on a top 4 finish and the FA Cup... while the reasons for such an approach may appear logical, it would confirm a rather disturbing trend and appear counter intuitive for any team which claims to have higher aspirations... I feel that Wenger simply can't afford to put all his eggs in the Europa basket because if he fails the potential backlash could cripple any top 4 chances due to the aforementioned fragile psyche that tends to rear it's ugly head like our own personal groundhog day each and every February... furthermore, can you even imagine Wenger bringing in the necessary recruits to adequately supply top quality lineups in a Thursday / Sunday dominated schedule; based on everything I've seen in recent years, I can't see that happening... in fact, mark my words, it's more likely that we see Lacazette playing out wide in Alexis's position with Giroud at striker, than we see Wenger make the necessary moves to right this ship... god, I hope I'm wrong but is it really that far - fetched considering what we've witnessed for past several years

What we need is a starter DM, El Neny is just a good squad player so as the genius that you are Get Us 22 World class players, Start 11 and bench 11 since we don't have Arsenal type of players

Welbeck will be a huge boost to our squad if he does manage to prove his fitness for the big game, and he will cause Tottenham plenty of trouble in attack, and will more than likely make way for Lacazette to make a big impact from the bench as he did versus City.

As long as Wenger will keep competition at this level in the squad I doubt Bellerin will bench Debuchy if not in forAs long as Wenger will keep competition at this level in the squad I doubt Bellerin will bench Debuchy if not in foras Wenger will keep competition at this level in the squad I doubt Bellerin will bench Debuchy if not in form.

Wenger has said the Germans will be in the squad on Saturday but he will not use them as they lack «competitiveness» so that means we are without Gibbs, Walcott, Arteta, Diaby, Sanogo and Merts, Pod and Ozil will be on the bench but won't play... So I expect our lineup to be:

To an alternate topic of discussion i will just like to point out n remind arsenal fans dat ARSENAL is a top top club and shud be compared to only the likes of man u, chelsea, barca, real, bayern n maybe liverpool, we hav acceptd medocrity 4 far 2 long, finishing 4th n elimination in d 2nd stage of UCL is a failure, we shud be aiming for top2 and d semi finals of UCL... wenger has taking us so low... after d FA cup win we shud hav sign 3 world class players n bloster our squad, if we hav per, olivier, ramsey on the bench as back up 4 world class players then we know were movin forward

It's as hard for me to get enthused about England these days as it is for Theo to get into the squad while bench - warming.

This squad, despite running a short as hell bench and some glaring roster restrictions, only lost five games on the season.

Gabriel watched from the Emirates Stadium bench as Arsenal demolished Aston Villa 5 - 0 last weekend and is expected to be involved in the squad again for Saturday's north London derby at Tottenham.

I'm sure Jones will say that's because he now has a squad and is able to change things as he has decent players on the bench (our benches in previous years have been shockingly poor, mainly filled with youth team fullbacks and the like).

The January window could be interesting as I can see the likes of Van Der Vaart and Huntelaar and other top players sitting on benches being gained through loans so that they are able to get into the world cup squad.

Vermaelen has been deprived of playing opportunities at Barcelona in the recent past and that is worrying him because he doesn't want to go off the selection radar as far as the Belgian national squad for the World Cup is concerned which can happen if he remains at Barcelona and keeps warming the bench.

Having been benched for most of last season, there were rumors that Giroud could be leaving due to lack of game - time and as we look to prepare for the new season, it doesn't seem likely that Giroud could see a future at Arsenal being an integral part of the squad.

But so long as we have to choose between one or the other when playing big games, and as long as that means the PL's top scorer has to warm the bench, then I will continue to think there's something» not right» about our current squad.

it seems as though our first team and bench players hav an A and B system rather than a complete squad, maybe that is arsenes way of ticking over the machine till the economics and politics of it all kick in..

In December alone they've suffered more setbacks than throughout the whole of the campaign previously — 3 Defeats in 5 December fixtures, and with injuries really stretching the squad to the point where Coyle can't even name seven players to warm the bench, perhaps now is the time to air on the side of caution as far as Bolton Wanderers are concerned?

Andrés Iniesta is part of the squad but will likely start on the bench, and Luis Suárez might have his minutes managed as well with his knee injury still recent.