Sentences with phrase «become player of the month»

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And while the Ebola scare may be negatively impacting the share prices of airline stocks, it is a minor player in the overall wall of worry, at present at least, since the seeds that have fed this market rout became rooted in July, two months before the Ebola scare erupted in the U.S.

As reported by The Mirror, the bad run of injury luck continues as the manager confirmed that it would be at least two months in the treatment room for a player that has become a vital part of the Arsenal team.

(2) somewhat linked to the previous comment in that we never seem to be prepared to hit the ground running with our best potential lineup come opening day... it's become so common, in recent years, that many fans actually hope we stumble a little in the first couple games just so it forces Wenger to bring in reinforcements... unfortunately this can be problematic, thus one of the most common phrases associated with Wenger, «panic buy»... this situation is also negatively impacted by the ridiculous policy regarding players who played in the summer months... right now I'm watching the Super Cup and not a single player is unavailable to either manager, including Ronaldo, yet somehow we have a list of players half a mile long that haven't seen game - time so far this preseason... I can only assume this is a reactionary policy created due to the multitude of injuries this club has faced over the years... just another sign of the fragility that permeates this club

Former Liverpool striker Ryan Babel, now at Hoffenheim, last month became the first player to be sanctioned for comments made on Twitter when he was fined # 10,000 for posting a mocked - up picture of referee Howard Webb wearing a Manchester United shirt.

As frustrating as it is, I believe the two most critical months for the Hawks over the last decade were September 2014 (when Ferry was removed and the Hawks front office became rudderless) and January 2015 (when the starting lineup became player of the «undeated» month).

I guess what it comes down to is that even with the addition of the international players a month from now, I don't feel very confident that the Thorns automatically become a championship or shield contender.

There are so many great players out there in the world who never even get a mention until they become the media's / fan's flavor of the month.

A decent squad player, Adriano has not managed to become a regular at Barca and has been linked with the likes of Liverpool and AS Roma in recent months as a summer exit seems likely.

Coquelin is such a lucky guy, with just months left on his contract, on the verge of becoming free has now become an integral part of this team and has even been applauded by everyone within and outside the club, that's amazing.If he continues like this and he gets more chances like Ramsey gets he will no doubt be the best in the league.someone said Matic is good offensively, I disagree with that, watch him more closely I will even go as far as saying le coq is a more mobile and a better passer than him.let's appreciate our players too.he is jus got his chance remember.while the likes of Kondogbia, Matic has been doing it for long, give him more chance and he will be the best

There have been many Arsenal transfer rumours in the last couple of months that have focused on the keeper situation at the club and most of them seem to think that Arsene Wenger is going to sign a top class player to help Arsenal push on and become a team capable of winning the Premier League title.

Rosicky, who renewed his contract with the Gunners in May, became the club's second longest serving player at the start of the month following the departure of Abou Diaby.

Should this even be a topic?Giroud is a player of average quality always surrounded by good players.I just don't get.It's as if only Arsenal fans rate him.This was a player who was bought to be the leading striker at Arsenal and after his years of failure which many deny he's now become a super sub?How laughable is that.From failure to super sub.If the so called world class striker we're signing goes out with an injury for about five months who comes in then.It seems to me people lack vision.Why is it always Giroud Giroud Giroud?After so many seasons people are still debating what souldn't even be debatable.I've lost count of the number of times he's been talked about here.This is the problem with our club.It's just not ruthless.This is a player who should have been gone long ago but due to him being French he still gets the chances.We won't miss him when he goes and I'd like to see if he'd stand out in a smaller club.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

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!!!

Arsenal and Everton are set to go head - to - head in the race to secure the signing of North - Korean wonder - kid Han Kwang - Song, who has taken Italian football by storm since he became the first player from the country to score in Serie A five months ago, according to the Sun.

Howard Kendall, playing for Preston a month short of his eighteenth birthday, became the youngest player at the time to appear in an FA Cup final.

Mohamed Salah - who on Friday became the first ever player to win the Premier League player of month award for the third time in a season - will face his old club Roma in the Champions League semi-finals.

For the first three months of the season he was a key figure in former Inter head coach Andrea Stramaccioni's team, starting each of the first 12 games he was available for (providing 1 assist), but things then became rather nasty when Sparta decided to exclude him and two other players from all first - team activities and make them train on their own.

The month began with Jamie Murray beating his brother to the top of the world rankings, as he became the No. 1 ranked doubles player in the world, on April 4.

Odegaard became the youngest player to appear in a European Championship qualifier when he played in Norway's 2 - 1 win over Bulgaria in September, three months short of his 16th birthday.

The players, at all levels, moved in during April and that was a month after the auditors had been in as part of our application to become a Category 2 academy.

He also became the highest - scoring Asian player in Premier League history with his winner against Crystal Palace earlier this season and last month was named International Player of the Year by the Asian Football Confederation for the second time in three player in Premier League history with his winner against Crystal Palace earlier this season and last month was named International Player of the Year by the Asian Football Confederation for the second time in three Player of the Year by the Asian Football Confederation for the second time in three years.

But it became apparent many of the players had their minds on their summer holidays during the final month of the season, pretty much summing up the season as a whole.

Maksim you are 100 % percent right about Dan Petrescu's faith in youngsters.In just a few months he gave chances to Ivan Solovyov, Pavel Solomatin and Vladimir Sobolev to play in the first team.As for Mogilevets i think he will become and excellent player but not at Zenit.He needs to move elsewhere (and not on loan) to play first team football like Ionov did a few years ago.In my opoinion Zenit needs a striker (if they sell Hulk to AS Monaco) to score goals.Kerzhakov is not at his best, Bukharov has forgotten when was the last time he score and Dordevic is not gonna get a chance.I understand that midfielders of Zenit are all capable of scoring goals like Shirokov, Danny, Witsel, Bystrov and Fayzulin but thats striker's job and Zenit may lose a player on the filed.And something else, i was so impressed with Yuri Lodigin's performance against Krasnodar and maybe Zenit found a great replacement for Malafeev.

Mourinho became aware of the availability of the Spain forward on Monday and Chelsea signed him for # 21million on Thursday, swooping swiftly for a player Manchester United had pursued for around a month.

His strike at Tottenham Hotspur in March saw him overtake Duncan Ferguson's Club record of 60 Premier League goals, while in registering at Burnley the following month he became the first Everton player to score in nine successive Goodison Park games since the late, great Dixie Dean.

Even though the 30 - year - old Spain international has become one of the most important players for Arsene Wenger since his arrival from Malaga in 2012, he has been linked with a move to the Vicente Calderon in recent months.

Sanches was notably left out of the Confederations Cup squad last month and this represents a major setback for a player, who was tipped to become the next big thing from Portugal.

While many of those assists have come from his set piece deliveries, if a move inside to become a part of Klopp's middle three can turn such an industrious Englishman into the most creative player of the past few months, imagine what it could do for Coutinho.

But now, as we sit here nearly five years to the month that both Giovinco and Claudio Marchisio returned from their season - long loan spell at Empoli, one of them has become one of the most important players in the squad while the other could very well be on his way out.

After an impressive goalscoring run for Everton's Under - 18s in the opening few months of the 2017/18 season, he became the first player to be born in the 21st century to play for the Blues» first team when - aged 16 years 286 days - Gordon came on as a substitute in the Toffees» 3 - 0 Europa League group stage win over Apollon Limassol in Cyprus.

There are some issues which made need to be sorted before any transfer becomes a reality which is the conviction in France for assault on a Police Officer last year, of which the player received a two - month suspended prison sentence.

Each time he seems to be getting back to his best there you go there is an injury which keeps him out min 3 months, else he gets it on intl duty, its him who needs to keep himself injury free if not players like vela will go up in the pecking order and persie might become 4th choice all of a sudden

Mourinho became aware of the availability of the Spain forward on Monday and Chelsea signed him for # 21m on Thursday, swooping swiftly for a player Manchester United had pursued for around a month.

We are about three months apart in age; we both grew up as part of the second wave of tabletop RPG players; we both had our lives substantially and indelibly altered by MUDs; we were both becoming lead designers in the late 90s.

The Elder Scrolls Online will drain $ 14.99 a month out of players» pockets when it becomes available this April 4 for PC / Mac.

Created in - house at Epic Games using Unreal Engine 4, the short gives fans a taste of the action players can expect when the game becomes available for players later this month.»

But I want the players who master this game, over the course is six to nine months or even longer, to become the digital equivalent of your top player right now like LeBron James.

For reference, just one month ago Playerunknown's Battlegrounds became the third most - played game of all time on Steam with 481,291 concurrent players, just below Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Dota 2.

Simmons & Simmons has become the latest firm to announce its half year results, with the City player posting a slight increase in fee income over the first six months of the 2015 - 16 financial year.

In recent months, the strategy of big players in the patent troll space has become clear: head off reform by drawing a distinction between themselves and the small - time shakedown players who have been targeting mom - and - pop coffee shops.