Sentences with phrase «becomes oldest player»

1991 - Aged 39 years and 281 days, Kenny Swain becomes the oldest player to ever play for Crewe when he faces Maidstone United in November.

Haas, 35 and the oldest player in the top 50, became the oldest player in the last 30 years to take down a No. 1.

At 80 years old, Gary Player became the oldest player to record an ace in the event when he made the fourth of his career, another record.

He became the oldest player to feature for the Czech Republic at a European Championship, and also holds the record for having been the youngest ever to appear for the same side at a Euro tournament also.

Watch @garyplayer become the oldest player to make a hole - in - one in the Par 3 Contest.

In Week 4, at home against Carolina, Smith rang up 139 receiving yards and scored twice, becoming the oldest player in NFL history to accumulate 400 receiving yards in the first four games of a season.

In 2003, at the age of 33 years and 13 days, he became the oldest player to hold the ATP's top ranking.

Now, at 61, he gets another shot at the big stage late in life — much like his goalkeeper, Essam El Hadary, who turns 45 in January and should comfortably become the oldest player ever to appear in a World Cup game next summer.

Not exact matches

Old age is not treating Wenger well at all he's become more stubborn than ever, he saw Ozil playing on the left for Germany thinking he can do it for Arsenal forgetting that Germany have the correct players all around to back up having Ozil on the left

Michael Carrick and Dimitar Berbatov left White Hart Lane for Old Trafford at the height of their powers and became key players for the Red Devils, and Alli would arguably be an even bigger loss.

The 25 - year - old has 12 goals and 6 assists in just 20 appearances in all competitions this season, and has become regarded as one of the world's best attacking midfield players in the last few years.

He started thinking at the turn of the year, he almost bought such and such player, the old fool is only excuses how pathetic we've become with this clown in charge....

With 20 home runs through Sunday, Toronto's Dave Winfield has a shot at becoming the first 40 - year - old player to hit 30 home runs in a season.

Betis, hoping to become a La Liga giant like Real Madrid or Barcelona, made 21 - year - old the world's most expensive player of all time in 1998, for an at the time monstrous fee of # 21m.

But he probably will be the only NFL player whose career started in eight - on - eight ball, who then became a hero for his home - state school, and whose family then refurbished an old bus and put couches in it to bring bunches of people from his 400 - some - person hometown to watch him play every week.

Mertesacker is already 32 years old, and most fans think that he is becoming slower as he ages, but one of our players respects him more than any other player at the club, and when that player is Mesut Ozil perhaps we should listen to his opinion.

Sir Alex Ferguson does appear to be looking to the future with his most recent acquistions (Hernandez, Smalling and Bebe) and it does seem that some of his squad players appear to have become surplus to requirements but would the Old Trafford side really make such sweeping changes?

At this time we have the opportunity to revert to old ways by using players with pace in the squad as strikers, many fans and myself feel we have better opportunities to win games using this format, with Welbeck as forward it even becomes more apparent, he has the skill sets to evolve into the Henry / Wright Hybrid.

Ronaldo went on to become one of United's finest ever players, netting 117 goals in six seasons at Old Trafford, before moving to Real Madrid for # 80m in 2009.

The 23 - year - old will see his contract with the Bundesliga outfit expire this summer, and according to Sky Sports, he will officially become an Arsenal player on July 1.

He finished just one point shy of Wilt Chamberlain's 53 - year - old 42 - point All - Star Game scoring record that was set in 1962, instead becoming just the third player in NBA history to score 40 or more points in the contest, joining Chamberlain and Michael Jordan, who had 40 points in 1988.

The 23 - year - old has become one of Europe's most high - profile players in the world game since leaving Old Trafford in 20old has become one of Europe's most high - profile players in the world game since leaving Old Trafford in 20Old Trafford in 2012.

A long 1814 days after becoming a Chelsea player, 23 - year - old striker Patrick Bamford ended his Blues career on Wednesday.

A summer switch to Tottenham last year has seen the 25 - year - old step up another gear to become one of the club's most important players.

Having made little progress with either player, it has forced him to look elsewhere which won't come as the most reassuring assessment for his former Chelsea midfield general, but the 28 - year - old now looks set to become his latest signing and will be a crucial figure in the side next season.

Ronaldinho's old Barcelona team - mate, Lionel Messi has gone on to become perhaps the finest player of all time in a superb career at the Nou Camp.

«I wanted to play some older players, but it just became apparent he had something very few have.»

Manchester United are known to have shown an interest in the player with Lewandowkski thought to have been on the verge of a move to Old Trafford up until it became clear that Robin Van Persie was available.

nice to see you crawl out of your hole just in time to offer your 2 cents worth once again... unlike yourself I started following this team long before Wenger arrived on the scene and will continue to do so long after he's gone... in his earlier years I admired the cerebral elements he brought to the EPL, which at that point was more brutish than beautiful, and I respected the seemingly tireless efforts of Arsene, Dein & staff to uncover and develop talent without sacrificing the product on the field... likewise I appreciated that such a youthful manager wasn't afraid to bring strong personalities and / or world - class players into the fold without being fearful of how said players would potentially undermine and / or dilute his authority... unfortunately this all changed about 10 years ago and culminated in the removal of all our greatest players, both young and old, without any real replacements coming in... from Henry to RVP to Fabergas and Nasri, it was easy to see that this club was no longer interested in competing at the highest levels... instead of being honest, minus the ridiculous claims regarding the new stadium, Wenger chose to side with management and in doing so became the «front man» for this corporation pretending to be a world - class soccer club... without the «front man» this organization would have been exposed numerous years earlier, so his presence was imperative if the facade was to continue... it's for this reason and more that I despise what this once great man and Kroenke has done to my beloved club... the gutless, shameful and manipulative way they have treated the fans, like myself, is largely indefensible and this is why I felt it necessary to start offering my opinion in a public format... trust me, I resisted the temptation for many years but as long as the same shit continues to exist I will voice my opinions and if you don't like it maybe you should look for a different team to pretend to follow

Manchester United summer signing Memphis Depay wants to become the latest player to wear the iconic no. 7 shirt for the Old Trafford outfit, Telegraph Sport reports.

Can we pls drop this players as managers nonsense, i have nothing against TH becoming a Arsenal manager but pls pls let him have at least ten minutes of managing a team first before letting him have the 6th richest club in the world, its like you give your 17 year old kid with no driving experience or license the keys to the Ferrari because he has sit next to you when your driving MAKES NO SEANCE

The 30 - year - old scored twice against reigning champions Spain in a shock 5 - 1 victory in their opening group game, and his equaliser in the 44th minute was the strike that made history, as he became the first Dutch player to score at three consecutive World Cup tournaments.

Orr, the 20 - year - old marvel who gradually is replacing Bobby Hull as the league's most exciting player, and Esposito, who leads all scorers with 73 points and may become the first player ever to get 100 points in a season, have manipulated the assault so well that the Bruins are the league's highest - scoring team.

Since the 1976 merger and before the WBA, the only options for players like these were to play in Europe (and inevitably become lost or abandoned) or to go to the Continental Association, which is nothing but the old Eastern League (plus the Anchorage Northern Knights), basically a part - time, weekend endeavor, although the schedule includes some midweek games this season.

Reports on Goal.com carried quotes from the United manager, who even backed captain Wayne Rooney to become a better player under his leadership, adding that the 29 - year - old has benefited from being handed the captaincy for both club and country.

Either top young players who could become great, because they are cheap / or older players who are never going to be top ones, because the top ones are way too pricey.

... C Chytil, selected No. 21 overall in the NHL Draft, became the fourth - youngest player to appear in a game for the Rangers at 18 years, 30 days old, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

The 27 - year old central midfielder has become a key player for Sam Allardyce and has played a major part in their impressive start to the season which has seen them stay above Arsenal up to this point.

If you look at Wilshere clearly he has these matches since his injury where he starts to get back to his old self.Honestly, I see an injury free Wilshere being world class even if it's not with us.The talent in him is just too much and only these repetitive injuries can hold him back.I don't see him becoming a normal player because even when you look at his Bournemouth loan which was okay the way he performed against the top teams shows he will make it.He's better than Ramsey but more injury prone.If he had Ramsey's fitness he'd be better.However, it's best we sell him with a buy back clause or send him on lian to aid his development.

Odegaard became the youngest ever player to represent Norway, beating a 104 year old record set by Tormod Kjellsen, when he started against the United Arab Emirates in an international friendly at the age of just 15 years and 253 days.

The 20 - year - old has risen to become one of Liverpool's most important players and one of the best youngsters in the world.

Once thought of as a bit of a joke figure at the club, Luiz looked to have really matured last season as he became a key player for Conte, but there have been signs of his old habits starting to creep back.

Pogba's fee has since been eclipsed by Neymar and others, but Collymore believes the 24 - year - old has it in him to become one of the best players in the world within the next few years.

I was excited to see the 25 year - old when he first arrived, but he hasn't become the player I was expecting this season.

Following just 79 appearances in six seasons with Barcelona, which also involved his fair share of injury problems, a move elsewhere was needed for the 25 - year - old to get a more prominent role, improve his fitness and confidence and become the top player that many expected him to be.

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

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all

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Chelsea are desperate for the 20 - year - old to become the first player to come through their academy and make an impact on the senior side since captain John Terry in the late 1990s.

I back is decision for not adequately reinforcing our mid-field with steel «alibi the rumored Seville player esque» because of his relentless faith in the ever growing and resourceful 17 yr old Adelaide who has a great potential to become something sterner this season and onward, the lad is truly mechanized to become something great soonest.