Sentences with phrase «big squad at»

Although he has a big squad at his disposal, Villas - Boas fears some of his players could suffer serious injury because of the close proximity between the Cardiff and Villa games.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who left the club last month, has left a big squad at the Cardiff City Stadium and it will be tough for Slade to put together a tight knit group who can challenge for promotion.

There's likely 25 other franchises that would praise the Jets, instead of bashing them because some guys spend too much, or all their life, in the A. That's just the way it is... if they are good enough and fill a role, they will be on the big squad at some point.

Whether or not rotation harms their chances of doing so remains to be seen, but with such a big squad at his disposal and with numerous players on the fringes waiting for a chance to impress, it would seemingly make sense for Mourinho to bring Schneiderlin and Martial back into the frame providing that they're deemed fit enough to start.

The Red Devils don't have the biggest squad at their disposal right now, thanks to their injury list.

Not exact matches

«It's certainly not something that, as a club or as the rest of the squad, we share, but for him that's just his beliefs at the moment and we've got to support that and it's not a big deal for the squad moving forward.»

Save if the present Gunners save themselves from going out of this season Ucl to Barcelona, the Boss and the Arsenal Board MUST re focus their focus on revamping the Arsenal squad with some additions of top quality players from where ever they can find them to replace the dead woods, the injury proners, the past it, the can't make it, the too average, the not Ucl quality, the 1 or 2 matches performance players, the low class ones, the uninteligent ones, the lazy ones but swallowing up vast wages of Arsenal money, the cave - in big games players and the boastful but lackluster players in big games who are presently at Arsenal now.

at least barca have comp in la liga, bayern season is boring... EPL is best, 6 very good squads, every match counts big...

With the Big Frenchman are Jack Wilshere, Kieran Gibbs and David Ospina who also miss out, as does the Ox who is at least fit enough to make the squad.

After a summer of big spending, the new arrivals certainly look likely to continue at Old Trafford, with van Gaal attempting to revolutionise the squad at United after their highly disappointing 7th place finish in the Premier League last season.

However with all the heat Wenger and the board have been getting expect big changes to occur in the squad at least.

not me mate, your making up you own arguements, which are flawed by the way.So if Coquelin were to leave where would he go?According to you theory obviously it will be to another Champions league team, so are you saying they won't have legitimate competition in the team?Competition breeds winners, we havent had this at Arsenal in a long time and we still don't have it upfront and in dm, we sort of have it at CB with Gabriel, but until we correct this competition deficit in our squad with at least arguably WC players then we won't win the BIG trophies as usual

I think a big reason is we're not looking at a squad with Flim - Flam, Rosicky and Arteta in it wondering how many games they're likely to knock up between them for 240k in wages.

The Spanish giants lost a whole host of big names from their squad last summer as well, with Chelsea again benefitting as they brought in Diego Costa and Filipe Luis, while Thibaut Courtois also returned to Stamford Bridge after three years on loan at the Vicente Calderon, making him almost like a new signing as well.

Our bigger squad has been huge help, and at least in midfield and strikers we can put a good team on the pitch -

Could you guys stop with these squad Alexis should and will leave he as won everything except the premier league and if we want to be honest with our selves we all know it won't happen at Arsenal the big joke of a club.

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

Arsene is said to be looking at rehauling his squad over the next two seasons after crunch talks with Stan Kroenke, but which players could make a big step in strengthening our side?

It looks like, outside of Italy, most of the big clubs have been selling (or replacing) and not necessarily upgrading their squads at all.

Louis van Gaal looks to be building an exciting squad at United, having spent big on new signings last summer and already starting work on more additions for this year, with Depay looking like a player who could instantly improved this Red Devils squad.

At this point i would only sell Debuchy and Gibbs, with EL we actually need a big squad.

Look at our current squad, full of the players that were labellee the next big thing, most have not improved from since we signed them..

His new habitat at the Etihad Stadium has seen Bony surrounded by metaphorically bigger, although physically smaller, fish and he genuinely looks out of place in the City squad.

I don't know in the moment 100 per cent, but I am quite hopeful we will have a bigger squad than we had at Everton.»

The fact is you can never compete with the biggest clubs if you don't spend, and Wenger is showing the signs of repeating what he did last season by spending money on one top player then shopping at pound land to fill other gaps in the squad.

Neither side has made the most convincing start to the season this year, and it is no surprise to see that the clubs are looking at some big - name signings to come in and strengthen their squads for when the transfer window re-opens in January.

Nevertheless, it remains to be seen whether or not Simeone gets the job and gets his wish in terms of making big changes to the current squad in order to get them competing at the top of the Premier League table again.

This could leave a big hole in the Reds» squad, with the England international one of the best players at the club.

The Gunners currently have Matt Macey as third - choice in the squad, but despite a couple of loan periods at Accrington Stanley and Luton, he has extremely little experience of playing any big games.

off topic: looking at Leicester this season compared to last year, except for about 4 new players that Ranieri bought they have a similar squad, i could be wrong but Nigel Pearson, s great escape doesn, t look like such a big achievement now, did his team not perform?did he mismanage it?is he not as good a manager as we thought or is Ranieri really that good for making it look so easy and get the credit???

The Dutchman took over at United in the summer, and has made a great number of changes to the first - team squad at Old Trafford, offloading some under - performers and spending big money on some exciting high - profile names such as Angel Di Maria and Radamel Falcao.

walcott campbell ox are average players at best and ramsey is out of position there and less than average as a winger... mahrez would be a big step up and i doubt we would have to pay 45... anyway selling two of those would rake most of it back... to be honest i would be happy (and shocked) with mahrez and icardi though still prefer the draxler option... having watched what guardiola has done with man city reserve team against bayern reserves yday wenger would be crazier than i thought if he believes he has a squad to compete in the coming epl / cl

After selling Kyle Walker for a big fee to Manchester City last month, Tottenham have the funds to strengthen Mauricio Pochettino's squad and could be immediately looking for cover at right - back.

It must be very frustrating for the big stars at Arsenal to see other rival clubs signing world class additions that will help their sides challenge for major honours this season, whilst the Gunners sit back with basically the same squad that failed to win a trophy last term.

«We will see in five hours until we train and we'll know who is involved in that but I am quite hopeful we will have a bigger squad than we had at Everton.»

If Wenger thinks that the squad us adequate then he's in for a big surprise cos I don't see cech making much difference when Walcott and group are leading the line mark my words neither will be adequate and it'll be the same old story, plus Coguellin will get clattered at some point and be out for a month.

this is what can really make our season when you know sanchez will leave for free next season why pay his wages sell him to psg and build a team which can stay here for years give psg sanchez and 30 million and get draxler verati krychowiak even auriar if a deal falls through when you want to win league you sould have a big squad with good players on bench look at city manu and chelsea they all have good players we need these 4 players there is no player other then ozil who can create a goal for stricker or play a killer pass niether bellerin or oxlade can not play a good threatning ball when striker is in the box if we get them

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.

I personally think he needs to bulk up some... Bielek is earning rave reviews though and his progression is going as planned, Akpom needs a proper talking to, his problem is more attotude than lack of ability, just like Gnabry, I think because both had a run with the senior squad they feel like they are big enough to.command regular shirts where they play which is not the case, you have to earn the right to play on a Saturday afternoon, its never handed out to you... all in all, its been a disastrous season for us of you look at progress Te English players are making at Spuds whilst our» s sit on their asses earning ridiculous money for doing eff all....

Still, Conte has high standards and also axed big names like Diego Costa and Nemanja Matic over the summer as he sought to rebuild his squad at Stamford Bridge.

It was reported Elneney turned down the opportunity to sign for Leicester before the season started as he did not wish to drop a level and was in love with Arsenal Football Club.We should be proud the club is held is held in such high esteem but the player and if he wishes to sign to be a squad player I absolutely welcome this contract extension.However Elneny is very basic in his overall displays.You have to ask if he has the ability to affect games, most especially against the clubs that are regarded as bigger than us (albeit at the moment.

Luiz was a key part of Chelsea's title - winning squad last season, but the Blues have not looked as convincing at the back lately, prompting Conte to make a big change for the visit of United.

Some fans are mentioning Chambers as a potential DM in important fixtures... The boy just arrived at Arsenal and he is already a big part of the squad (3 possible positions)... Just to say that a 19yo is a major piece of our team, it says a lot about the ambition and the status of the club (and this is a talented player who was not a first team regular at Southampton, but that is not a problem... If he is good he is good).

On top of that, there's plenty of other transfer speculation flying about involving the Red Devils, with Jose Mourinho possibly set to make even more big changes to his squad at Old Trafford.

He is at best a mid table starter and at worst a squad player for a bigger club.

I personally believe that Wenger didn't push to have the contracts of Sanchez, Ozil, Ramsey and Ox renewed earlier because he was going to use it as leverage when renegotiating his own deal... so far that tactic has backfired as we know little more about this squad moving forward than we did in May and Wenger clearly misjudged just how important his staying would be to both Sanchez and Ox... I like Lacazette, but I liked him a lot more 2 years ago at 20 million less... Sead might come good but once again he wasn't a necessity buy, except that he was a free transfer and was signed early... another «wag the dog» tactic employed by the powers that be... as for the rest of the roster, very little has changed, except that it's way too big and lacks the cutting edge to take this club to new heights.

In a match like this we needed another big body to physically wear chelsea down and this is where a Sanogo or Giroud would have caused chelsea problems in the box, especially at one, i think Sanogo although RAW is an important pat of our developing squad, especially chasing games.

The 30 - year - old was not even in the match - day squad for today's big game at Stamford Bridge, with Conte going instead for youngster Andreas Christensen in defence.

intrestingly enough when he first broke into the Marseille squad at 21 he was linked with a move to arsenal and wenger said he was a big admirer.

also since montreal when gibbs got injured he was given plenty of time to heal properly and not being rushed that, s why i think his injury record has got better with time, like wenger said we are lucky to have them both and kieran is an important squad player due to his versatility and will have a big part to play in the 2nd part of the season, also he is still young and will continue to improve learning from montreal and in the not too distant future he will be our first choice for many years to come, all he needs to do is to keep at it and be patient his time will come!!