Sentences with phrase «big injuries to key players»

Okay it will be a shock if either wins it but they have both been blessed with hardly any injury problems and things have just gone their way at crucial times, while Wenger has had to cope with dodgy referee decisions as well as big injuries to key players like Cazorla, Alexis, Coquelin, Welbeck, Wilshere and more.

Not exact matches

We have either started well or finished well in previous seasons and as always the injuries to key players have played a big part in our failure to win the premier league.

I for one believe he will play a big role this season as people tend to forget our injury record to key players.

But for sure underinvestment doesn't deliver especially if u want to compete on two big fronts... Bellerin is the first of our young players to come through in quite some time lots of expectation in last 6 years but can't think of a real quality player from the academy... Wilshere might if injuries hadn't prevented... Spurs now looking better on that front Attitude is key I agree totally... love the way Leicester hunt down ball in packs and break with 3 or even 4 players moving at speed...

Big Sam has changed the formation to three at the back and he intends to stick with it, but he also has injuries to key players in his side.

Arsenal spent more time than any of our EPL rivals on top of the table and had it not been for unlucky injury blows to big players at key periods of the campaign I reckon we would have done it.

We have a big squad and can have 3 or 4 formations depending on the opposition, injuries to key players.

There was also a theory that Wenger might drop the struggling Ozil for this game but losing the Spaniard decreases the options if we ware to do that, so his injury could have a big impact and we are, as usual, already missing key players like Cazorla and Ramsey.

Five reasons: 1) our defence lacks organisation when key personal are missing (although having regular back line will help stop this); 2) we still play the old tiki taka rule game which doesn't work so well against the bigger teams; 3) we will have key injuries to players at the wrong times; 4) too many suicidal back passes in midfield against better opposition picks us off; 5) jury still out on Lacazette

Add to that the fact that a couple of our big rivals, Man City and Bayern Munich, have lost key players in David Silva, Sergio Aguero and Mario Gotze due to injury, and you can dertainly say that luck has been on the side of Arsenal over the last week or so.

OT Aguero broke his two ribs and Mendy got a serious knee injury Mendy will be out for 9 months and aguero for at least two months after a car accident in Amsterdam, that's curse of overspending playing fringe players in eurpa is blessing in disguise as we avoid injuries to key players thatsy big blow to city quick recovery

Maybe the rediculous injuries (eduardo, diaby, wilshere, ramsey, van persie, sagna to name a few) have played some part in this, replacing key players has been the big difference between the 2 managers.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is still without several key players, with goalkeeper Manuel Almunia still out with an elbow injury, Thomas Vermaelen with an Achilles problem and, the biggest and most important of them all, Cesc Fabregas does appear as though he won't even make the bench for Monday's crunch clash — The Spaniard struggling to overcome a hamstring injury which has played up on him whenever he's been rushed back into first - team action too soon.

i'll be honest, i'll be gutted if we go out tonight.when you look at the teams left in the carling cup only man utd & villa possibly stand in our way from winning it.i honestly reckon that if it was an arsenal v man utd final every single arsenal fan would be up for it, i know i would.the good thing is as well the carling cup final is in feb and winning it could give huge confidence to the squad especially if we are in contention for the other trophies.the biggest thing that worries me is injuries to key players, but imagine arsenal parading the cup at wembley and every one of those players having a winners medal on their sideboard, the team's belief would be an all - time high.while i agree with you that the 3 other trophies are more important, but don't you think it was great to hear wenger being positive.i thought it sent out a message of intent and belief although we all know it's difficult winning one trophy besides 4.