Sentences with phrase «at the squad around»

And he's perfectly entitled to look at the next one, look at the transfer rumours, look at the squad around him and think «what are the odds that this one will?»

Not exact matches

So maybe he has, and it could be the young Costa Rica international Joel Campbell, who is now back with the Arsenal squad after spending the last few years at various clubs around Europe on loan.

And with the team really starting to hit form and the squad being slowly filled out as the injury list dwindles, there is a real belief and momentum around Arsenal at the minute.

With the uncertainty still hanging around over the possible transfer to Arsenal of the England and Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, along with the possibility that Arsene Wenger would like to add more than one new forward to the Arsenal squad this summer, there is still plenty of scope for us to look at the many Arsenal transfer rumours about potential striker targets.

Le Prof got a lot of stick for not making full use of his squad by rotating at Goodison Park, and knowing how stubborn he is I am nearly certain that he will stick with the same team this week, but at least they have had 5 days to recover and they will all be eager to get things right this time around.

The Telegraph recently claimed both London giants were interested in Shaw, who is valued at around # 20million by United, but it's unclear if he could cement a regular starting place in either of those squads.

It's difficult to blame Ozil for the difficulties he's faced at Arsenal without looking at the big picture... like the fans, he too was lied to by Wenger... there is no doubt in my mind that he was told by Wenger that he was trying desperately to recreate our earlier success by acquiring players that fit the system he ran when Henry was in his prime... as we know this hasn't happened... in order for Ozl to flourish he needs some speed up front, forwards that can make intelligent runs, a boss in the midfield to compensate for his obvious defensive liabilities and defenders who can transition from defence to offence quickly and efficiently... much like he had in Real and with the German National squad... unfortunately he ended up on a squad that has a striker who plays with his back to goal, very few intelligent runs into the box, minus Sanchez, no one to take pressure off him in the midfield, once Cazorla was injured, average defensive midfielders around him, which simply highlighted his lacking defensive qualities and defenders who lack the necessary cutting edge when it comes to transitional passing... instead of blaming Ozil, which is simply too easy, especially considering his mopey disposition, we should be asking ownership and / or Wenger why they brought him in if they didn't intend on doing what was necessary to get the best from him... can you imagine Ozil playing with the likes of Henry, Viera, Petit and Pires, it would be incredibly to watch and even more difficult to stop... so the only thing different between his experiences in Real and with the German team versus his time at Arsenal are the players around him and we all know who is in charge of making those decisions, the Grinch who stole soccer

It remains to be seen if Klopp can turn things around at Liverpool, but Crooks believes the German has made some major errors in putting together his squad at Anfield.

The Times adds that United manager Louis van Gaal is keen to keep the versatile 20 - year - 0ld, who signed a new long - term contract at Old Trafford in February, around his first - team squad.

However, the overriding wisdom is that the squad at White Hart Lane is neither good nor motivated enough, as has been suggested by goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, so what can Pochettino do in the transfer market to change things around in January?

But, by the time January comes along, the Frenchman has a decision to make, a tough one at that, as to how he juggles around with the plethora of wingers and attacking midfielders his squad possesses.

Wenger has been at the centre of protests by fans, and the subject of ridicule because of the club's decision not to spend big while their rivals seemingly invest heavily in their squads, but this report seems to disagree that Arsene is at fault this time around.

wenger needs to build a golden idol in the shape of ozil @ no10 statue and make everyone in the squad bow down before it to make ozil feel special again and he will be rocking and rolling again wengers first commandment will be play ozil @ no10 only no where else, command no 2 build the whole arsenal attack around ozil only at no 10, ozil is the future of our attacking play along with wilshere and ramsey controlling midfield in box 2 box roles along with a worldy d / m in front of back 4.

Bellerin is fast becoming one of my favorite players in the gunners squad, thought we were doomed for sure when Gomis went racing through and then got around Cech in the first half but in came Bellerin out of nowhere just in time to save the day... It was a really pivotal moment in the game and I think we could well be looking at a different result if we had gone a goal down in the first half!

• 09 Podolski — Under used, best left foot in the squad, no good at chasing back • 10 Wilshere — Falls over a lot, injury prone, runs down blind alleys, spends more time sitting on his arse waving his arms around than influencing the game • 14 Walcott — Quick, can change games with his pace, improved his finishing, can't wait for him to be back to full fitness • 22 Sanogo — Looooooooool, that is all • 26 Martinez — Haven't seen enough of him to truly judge.

you don't see values floating around for them because Arsene Wenger said, flat out, at the beginning fo the year that he didn't have to sell, he wouldn't sell, and he would only buy if he could find a special player or two that would improve what he feels is a title contending squad.

If you think Wilshere, Chamberlain or Welbeck for example are not good enough for a PL 30 man squad then I suggest you look around at the squad compositions of other PL rivals.

I don't think any ex-players are ready to manage the mess at Arsenal, but I would look to see more of them in and around the squad, and in more coaching positions.

However, while the squad is enviably strong at the back, in the middle, and in the fuzzy bits around the advanced edges and in the hole, where wingers and playmakers used to live but Neymar and Hulk now roam, the striking department is looking thin.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

One at a time, the seniors shake hands with each member of the squad, then take solo laps around the track.

Some seven weeks after making the scene at Jack Nicklaus» home for a conclave of Ryder Cup officials and wannabe squad members, the winner of a mess of green jackets had an absolute blast chumming around with fellow Masters winners at Tuesday night's Champions Dinner.

why buy these players knowing full well there is a restriction on their wage demands, 200,000 should be the maximum, maybe 210,000 but any less despite the structure and the financial principle then why buy the players at all, just run around the squad and tell them all to be consistent.

We didn't need a manager this season if we're just gonna put out the same players that come 5th anyone could of done what wenger is doing it's easy I buy lacazette then put he same team out from the same squad even when I have injuries it's easy just put out the rest of the squad and play them out of position I mean I'd take 8mil to do that oxlade at lwb kolansinac at cb elneny cm holding rcb there's no work of a manager there just put in players were others ain't ready to play then buy nobody else and do interviews with the same excuses job done next game change some ppl around but same ppl that came 5th then sell Alexis do interviews same excuses job done transfer window closes fans wish they never supported arsenal wenger laughing to the bank job done

The main problem at Arsenal is that Wenger thinks his squad is perfect as it is and can compete with anyone, he is not in touch with reality or seeing what's around him.

Beginning next season, I assume that Arsenal should have available to them, at least twelve (12) strikers / wingers who more or less are / could be in and around the first team squad.

I'll always get behind the team and support the Arsenal even if we're 6 - 0 down at Chelsea, but there's no getting around the fact that we don't have enough defensive squad depth this year.

Ironically, Giroud replaced Benzema in the French national squad and it could be the other way around at the Emirates stadium.

He is one of the arsenal players who despite being great in his own right was overshadowed by those around him... Such was the quality we had in the squad during his time... So I hope that his situation improves financislly or at the very least we offer him a some kind of paid coaching / mentor role at Arsenal to help him get out of this mess...

«If you look at their pre-seasons, Ozil wasn't in the German squad in the summer, he came back on the very first day of pre-season, and didn't then start the season, there was a bit of suspicion around him.

But he scored home and away against Roma, and he stands as proof of one of the oldest adages around: if you find that your squad's a mess, your manager's inadequate and his replacement's a novice, it's very helpful to have somebody who's very good at kicking the ball in the net.

This is not a problem that started today but rather has been around for the last decade.To start with, everyone knew we would fall short at the secound half of the season for lack of enough depth in quality and the outcome now isn't surprising to most pple especially our rivals... wenger himself said we had enough quality to challenge in all front and even went further to say there were no players out there who cld improve us.i have said many times that half of this squad is average and can not achieve much.with klopp, mou, conte / simeone and pep around nxt season then lets see how this blemish «Angel» of our is gonna fair out.Nxt season will even get worse.for arsenal the phrase is «IT»S DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN»!!!

one of the only players who's lethal around the 18 yard box and, the ONLY player in our squad at the moment who can really pass long balls and switch the play — and we desperately need some creativity.

To be honest I dislike a lot of so called supporters attitude atm around the club, I do not think Wenger is faultless but I do not believe he is at fault for all the blame shunted onto him, the current squad is made up of a decade of missed main targets so no, we are not going to have a WC squad when the CEO fails in the transfer market!

So with the rumour going around the football media that the Frenchman will have something like # 150 million to spend on new players we were looking at an average spend of # 50 million on each, which is certainly good news in terms of getting the right quality into our squad.

Here's a look at the conference breakdown along with the new arrivals to this 2013 preseason projection, the teams who made the 2012 field who are left out this time around, and the other squads I considered for placement in this particular group of 68.

perryman in top 15 run def (playing with practice squad level talent at LB around him)....

We have special groups, including a high - performance road squad aimed at competing at BUCS events throughout the year, a mountain bike - group that also competes at events around the country, and social group rides for those just getting into cycling.

This time around, Ridgeview (24 - 2), led by Long Beach State - bound senior Jordan Roberts and Justin McCall, who is staying home to play at Cal State Bakersfield, played the role of a veteran squad en route to beating Memorial 74 - 64 for the program's third section title and first since 2013.

Although it will be incredibly difficult to ever match his contributions on the pitch, it's vitally important for a former club legend, like Henry, to publicly address his concerns regarding the direction of this club... regardless of those who still feel that Henry has some sort of agenda due to the backlash he received following earlier comments he made on air regarding Arsenal, he has an intimate understanding of the game, he knows the fans are being hosed and he feels some sense of obligation, both professionally and personally, to tell it like he sees it... much like I've continually expressed over the last couple months, this team isn't evolving under this current ownership / management team... instead we are currently experiencing a «stagnant» phase in our club's storied history... a fact that can't be hidden by simply changing the formation or bringing in one or two individuals... this team needs fundamental change in the way it conducts business both on and off the pitch or it will continue to slowly devolve into a second tier club... regardless of the euphoria surrounding our escape act on Friday evening, as it stands, this club is more likely to be fighting for a Europa League spot for the foreseeable future than a top 4 finish... we can't hope for the failures of others to secure our place in the top 4, we need to be the manufacturers of our own success by doing whatever is necessary to evolve as an organization... if Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke can't take the necessary steps following the debacle they manufactured last season, their removal is imperative for our future success... unfortunately, I strongly believe that either they don't know how to proceed in the present economic climate or they are unwilling to do whatever it takes to turn this ship around... just look at the current state of our squad, none of our world class players are under contract beyond this season, we have a ridiculous wage bill considering the results, we can't sell our deadwood because we've mismanaged our personnel decisions and contractual obligations, we haven't properly cultivated our younger talent and we might have become one of the worst clubs ever when it comes to way we handle our transfer business, which under Dein was one of our greatest assets... it's time to get things right!!!

The Frenchman only spent around # 10 million on the transfer of Petr Cech from Chelsea and we actually sold or released a few squad members and may well have ended up better off than we were at the end of last season.

Arsenal's recent slump came to the fore when the Gunners failed dismally against Hull at the Emirates, which forced Arsene Wenger's squad to need to visit Hull last night, but despite the well - known lack of confidence from the Gunners they turned things around spectacularly and battered the Tigers 4 - 0 in the replay.

Importantly, he also has a fantastic team of people around him, who have all played a significant role in putting together the talent we currently have in the first team, development squad and at even younger age levels.»

If Karius can prove himself between now and the summer, Klopp may instead invest in other areas of his squad first before trying to splash as much cash on someone like Alisson who is currently valued at around # 40million.

I started googling way back in may who could we be buying gonzalo higuian, julio cesar and wayne rooney but realize going by history wenger just as no interest in buying world class players, he wants 2 buy d grade players and turn them up to koscienly nd nasri that will take years while da arsenal faithful pay handsome figures for dismal performances, fans allowed wenger 2 get away when he gets away with these lucky matches of fenerbache been strong on paper but a waste of tym on the pitch, also it happen at bayern but they put a slighty weak team but wenger runt his mouth around of how good da team was after that 2 - 0 win, not forgetting it was bould that got the team defense looking solid while wenger moan about referee decisions and no blame on team, I just feel we (arsenal) have allowed wenger and co to misuse us, so now our main target aim is benzema yet giroud plays more often than him for france, can any1 see how wenger is lowing our standards and expectations at arsenal, I wil be over da moon if wenger does not sign an extension wit us, after the gilberto days and disaterous results and teams we play, his approach to the game defensely which is pathetic and his annoying behaviour.So what if manu and chelski haven't really bought they are already strong it was seen last week now we should be worried about our selves since that villa defeat, jst imagine what the man's and london money maniac's are goin 2 do to us, I can see it already coming from wenger, if we find the right player we will buy him, after sept2, we didn't find da right player but the squad can challenge for the title, its so sick having 2 hear that crap, just take him psg, I just wish the fans would say we had enough of this bullshit transfer policies its time we stood up against these pigs of directors by protesting!

Belgian player Nainggolan is paid around $ 4.2 million a year while avarage squad salary stands at around $ 1.7 million a year.

Chelsea are not going to sit around and watch their season get thrown into the gutters and are ready to beef up their squad and compete again on all fronts, at least their latest move shows.

On Thursday, Arsene Wenger responded to a question about Aubameyang transfer rumors, which were swirling around the news cycle, at least partially fueled by the striker's being dropped from the BVB squad versus Hertha Berlin (he is currently suspended from first - team duty for missing a pre-match meeting).

Amazing squad all around, that is the reason they are poised to lift the trophy at the end of the season.

I am in no doubt that, with this squad at his disposal, he would have been dancing around Old Trafford again this May with yet another league title.