Sentences with phrase «club under the reign»

The gist of the story is that Arsenal were one of a number of clubs to be keen on taking the young forward, probably on loan, in January as he is not seeing much action for the Spanish club under the reign of Rafa Benitez.

Not exact matches

That aspect of Arsenal's business model is perhaps under more scrutiny now than at any other time during Arsene Wenger's reign as manager of the club.

Arsenal still have more more games to play before we reach the halfway stage of the EPL season, so there is a lot of water to go under the bridge and a lot of footballing twists and turns to come before someone gets to lift the big trophy in May, but our attempt to be that club is looking a lot better after the reigning champions Leicester City rose from their slumber to inflict a painful defeat on Man City yesterday.

I consider myself very fortunate to have followed the club during the wenger reign, it was certainly more enjoyable than the previous reigns I witnessed under Rioch, Houston, Graham, Howe, Burtenshaw, Neill and even Mee.

The club / team as regressed under the Wenger reign everyone can see that and that will include regression of individuals like Bellerin.

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...

Hard to believe though it is, the midlands club that has been struggling to get back into England's top division since being relegated under the managerial reign of «big» Ron Atkinson in 1999, won back to back European cups after being crowned champions of England in their first season back in the top flight.

George Graham won in Europe three years before Wenger joined, and although he (Wenger) claimed to have not seen Arsenal in the champions league a lot before he joined that's because only the winners of their Nations league went into it and English clubs were banned for a few years, under GG we were in it once and should have been in it once more in his reign, Wenger three in his, Wenger maybe tactically naive but his ability to pull the wool over peoples eyes is amazing.

I am not convinced he wants the hard work at our level its much easier at bigger clubs where you have other top players to take the strain, and I think that's what Barca have found, If he wants to come than he is an better player than Nolan and Noble but Kouyate is as good and hungry, Alfitano I like, Nene not seen enough to judge but that's not his fault, Zarate will be back and if he nuckles down under a new manager should stay and be a good squad member but unless he ups his work rate will not be a regular starter, Rav we will just have to watch grow to great fame in Italy and know BFS cost us, You know what I think of our overrated overpaid overweight (I like the words beginning with over) leader, BFS REIGN OVER

Club owner Nicola Cortese took a big call by replacing the universally popular Nigel Adkins with a man new to these shores in Mauricio Pochettino and with the Saints winning one less point in the first six games under the Argentinean as compared to the last six games of Adkins» reign, the decision has not yet been vindicated.

He was a great loss to the club but that typified the dog days of Bertie Mee's reign where the club lost its way under Bobby Campbell, the worst Arsenal coach I can remember.

Founded in 1884, Derby are one of the Championship's biggest clubs who famously won their first First Division Championship in 1972 under Brian Clough, and against in 1975 after Clough's reign.

So it seems a formality for me that the Gunners will reign supreme again on Saturday, against a club whose objective nowadays isn't to make themselves as difficult as possible to beat against the elite clubs in the division, as it was under the previous regime, it's to compete.

I'm sure even MacDonald will be genuine enough to give an honest assesment on his reign as Villa caretaker manager as being unconvincing in terms of the results they've acheived under him, although he was firmly of the opinion that he could take the club forward.