Sentences with phrase «current season performance»

Not exact matches

But he needs to sign 4 - 5 top quality players in to Arsenal team to raise the quality of Arsenal performance next season beyond this current Arsenal quality level of this season.

The player returned to his parent club for the current season and has impressed with his performances as he has cemented a regular spot in the Palermo first team.

As the current season hots up and enters one of the busiest and most important periods, for clubs like Arsenal that are still in the Champions League and the FA cup that is, Arsene Wenger knows that each game takes on more importance and a bad performance or two could really damage our hopes of success.

But this is also the time when clubs traditionally begin contract extension talks to see if their star players are willing to remain longer than the current terms so I imagine the 27 year - old will be on top of that list after his performances this season.

Liverpool's current goalkeeper Simon Mignolet has come under serious criticism this season for a string of inconsistent performances, and Brendan Rodgers is likely to try and bring in another top notch stopper to compete with the Belgian for the no. 1 jersey.

Judging from the current transfer, pre season games and Leicester performance, Mark my words: Arsenal will NOT win the EPL this 17/18 season.

Alexis» heart is not with Arsenal anymore and let's be honest we wont be challenging for a trophy this season based on our current performance.

How else are we supposed to see the predictions of doom and gloom from the football pundit and former Gunner after the current Arsenal team, or more honestly squad because Wenger had to do without some key players like Alexis Sanchez, Koscielny, Ozil and Ramsey at Wembley, produced a fine performance to lift the first trophy of the season at the expense of Antonio Conte and his reigning title holders.

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...

Maybe the current level of performance is what we had to achieve at the beginning of the season.

In it, Owen was asked about current Reds star Roberto Firmino and his response was surprising; he said he was split on him and claimed that he'd played well against Manchester City and Chelsea earlier in the season, but didn't do it enough and was only giving one good performance in five or six games.

What this means for current right - back Sam Byram is unclear; Bilic doesn't appear to have much faith in the player, despite some promising performances in the last couple of seasons.

The closest competition for current Pjanic is the 2012 - 2013 vintage, during which he turned in slightly better numbers in chances created and key passes per 90 numbers, though it must be said that he only played 1,710 league minutes that season, a mark he'll surpass in his next match, so if nothing else, his performances haven't dipped with the heavier workload.

The partenopei's star forward is expected to miss most of the current season with an ACL injury and Manolo Gabbiadini has not put in the best performances since the incident to suggest he is an able substitute.

It's thought that while his current employers, Internacional will be ready to sell in January, the fee involved is likely to have doubled since then in light of the player's performances this season.

«The club have taken this decision as a result of the performance of the first team and with the clear desire to face the remaining rounds of the current season and the preparation of the 2018 - 19 season in the best conditions.»

What I was be presented with is a pretty comprehensive look at both teams involved in the fixture including stats like their head to head record, the current form including a rating of their most recent performances, a list of their previous results, league position and progress throughout the season.

Having won the Premier League in his first season in charge of the club the Italian set a very high standard which is not being met by the current performances.

However, in my opinion, at this phase of the season to keep using previous Leeds teams as an excuse for the current sides poor performance is senseless.

That brought the orchestra, or seven of its members, at least, to Village Underground in Shoreditch, east London, for the final event of its current season: a performance of Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale with Simon Russell Beale as narrator, Ivanno Jeremiah as the Soldier and Janet Suzman as the Devil.

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I saw it at New York Live Arts (New York Theater Ballet in «Cross Currents,» February), at the Joyce Theater («Event» by the Compagnie CNDC Angers in March and «RainForest» with the Stephen Petronio Company in April), at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater (Juilliard Dance in «Biped» in March), at the new Whitney Museum («Crises» as part of the opening Conlon Nancarrow season in June), and at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, which showed his long - lost 1957 solo «Changeling» both in a newly found 1958 film with Cunningham dancing it and in live performance by Silas Riener.