Sentences with phrase «domestic cup competitions»

Sterling said in an unauthorised BBC interview that with regards to his future, he wanted to chase his ambitions and Fowler believes if he was to win the premier domestic cup competition with the Reds that it would only be a glimpse of what he could achieve on Merseyside.

He has just won the FA cup consecutive years and should not be dismissed as a useless manager simply because you devalue the worth of the biggest domestic cup competition available.

Spoken like someone who has no clue about the biggest and most historic domestic cup competition in the world.

It was anticipated that the midfielder may have stayed with the Gunners to get a year's experience in London, largely playing for the Under 21's side and possibly a few domestic cup competitions here and there.

the writing is on the wall that we are ill prepared for anything beyond domestic cup competition, we've relinquished our place as a respected top10 european club... the jig is up... its all been nothin more than loose talk.

Given the fact that he has won three Portuguese league titles as well as the biggest domestic cup competition twice, it's surprising to see him struggle to establish himself at Man Utd given he has experience at a high level and looked a really solid signing this summer based on previous performances.

Europa League / UEFA Cup and domestic cup competitions get 5 points each.

Steaua Bucharest's Helmuth Duckadam scored his only goal for the club from the penalty spot in during Romania's domestic Cup competition against AFC Progresul Bucharest.

The FA Cup holds the title of being the oldest association football competition in the world and is probably the most followed domestic cup competition worldwide.

As attention in the national media is increasingly dragged towards the top flight and the Champions League, domestic cup competitions seem to be seen as an afterthought.

Inevitably, talk of change to domestic cup competitions invokes talk of respecting the cup and rose - tinted romanticism.

With a place in the semi-final of England's finest domestic cup competition beckoning, our quarter

«His honours list may contain only a handful of domestic cup competitions and the 2004 UEFA Super Cup, but Ranieri has nonetheless developed a unique reputation for turning around the fortunes of ailing clubs.

Sergio Romero is expected to replace David De Gea betweeen the sticks as has been the case all season in domestic cup competitions.

Adelaide could be the next to join the list but as a central attacking midfielder, I think he will likely play as third choice back up behind Mesut Ozil and Santiago Cazorla, mainly featuring in domestic cup competitions.

JJPawn, I know from your previous posts that you deeply care about the club so can I ask if you are happy with the position we have seen for more than 10 years where we are now just a team who can only compete in the domestic cup competitions?

Barcelona beat Pellegrini's side 1 - 0 on Wednesday to end the Chilean side's interest in the Champions League, and after being knocked out of both domestic cup competitions early on, only a late title charge is likely to save the job of the 61 - year - old.

The trio will have to take their chances, which for now will mostly come in the domestic cup competitions and in Europe, but you would feel that there could potentially be a loan deal lined up for the pair next season.

Albeit winning the domestic cup competition can not be as significant as winning the Premier League or the Champions League — two most coveted pieces of silverware for any top club — it would have given Wenger's wizards the relief of having finally won a trophy after so long, as well as the belief to continue in the same vein in the future.

We also seemed to get the worst possible outcome every time there was a draw made for the Champions League or one of the domestic cup competitions, but that changed last year as the injury crisis gradually cleared up and we got some decent cup draws, even though we failed to make the most of this against Monaco.

That's something many of Arsenal's current wingers struggle with and so I think Willock could certainly be set for an appearance here and there next season, especially in the domestic cup competitions.

He was given the unenviable task of succeeding serial trophy - winner Sir Alex Ferguson and early exits from both domestic cup competitions, plus poor league form, cost him his job, with United eventually turning to Louis van Gaal as his successor.

If I was in the manager's shoes, Jenkinson would replace Debuchy as back up, and give the Englishman a role to play in the domestic cup competitions.

They were also knocked out of of both domestic cup competitions at the Etihad by Newcastle United and Middlesbrough, then crashed out of the Champions League at the hands of Barcelona in the first knockout round.

Arsene Wenger has often used the domestic cup competitions to give some up and coming young players their first taste of Arsenal first team action, but the Frenchman has generally done this in the early rounds so an FA cup quarter final against a Premier League team like Watford would not normally see a young Gunner make their debut.

Normally it is Arsenal who are put at a disadvantage by the way that the football fixture list is worked out, as we are always involved in the Champions League and also tend to get through at least a few rounds of the two domestic cup competitions.

If Crowley was to stay at Arsenal for the upcoming season, it was likely we may have seen him in the early rounds of the domestic cup competitions, but aside from that, he would've been stuck amongst the youth ranks and sadly the youth team isn't known for giving players that professional edge that they need when developing as a youngster.

Alan Pardew will be expected to improve on last season's performance that saw Newcastle struggled to keep away from the relegation battle on a consistent basis, whilst they were also once again miserable in the domestic cup competitions.

For a big club like Arsenal, with Champions League football to cope with every season as well as the Premier League and domestic cup competitions, a large squad is necessary but that does also mean that, quite often, the fringe and young players do not get the amount of time on the pitch that they need to improve their game and progress their football careers.

Job description: — Winning the Premier League every season (job will be revised 1) fail to win PL 2) finish below 2nd position — Winning the UEFA Champions League (bonus 5 % from wages will be reward if achieve this target)-- Winning the domestic cup competition.

I was just thinking about Arsene Wenger as he prepares Arsenal for the next game, which is at home to West Brom in the Premier League, because it is the first of three games in the space of six days and although we know the boss is going to make the EPL games a priority over the domestic cup competitions and the Europa League, he may have been thinking about making some changes.

However Nwakali is now a Gunner and is sure to feature in Arsenal's youth sides next season, if not making an odd appearance in the first team's early rounds of the domestic cup competitions.

Here are the important dates for the 2017 - 18 english top flight league season and the domestic cup competitions.

A club like Arsenal that has high expectations of doing well in the domestic cup competitions as well as the league, not to mention the small matter of the Champions League group games and hopefully the latter stages, needs a strong squad and that must include a very good reserve keeper.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has always used the domestic cup competitions as a chance to use many of his young and fringe players that are amongst the first team squad.

The Carabao Cup is one of two domestic cup competitions in the English Football League across the top four divisions and is one of the major honours up for grabs during the football season.

Our two realistic chances of a trophy before the season began, and now our only two opportunities, come in the domestic cup competitions.

He ended 2013 - 14 with three goals in four games and last season struck 16 times and made 28 assists as Dieter Hecking's men finished runners - up in the Bundesliga before then winning Germany's domestic cup competition.

With the recent trend of top sides putting out weakened teams for their domestic cup competition, an act claimed to be devaluing the prize and taking away that cup magic.

As I wrote prior to the last round of the competition, our two realistic chances of a trophy before the season began, and now our only two opportunities, come in the domestic cup competitions.

Loris Karius has largely played second fiddle to Simon Mignolet since the summer of 2016, with the Belgian put at the top of the pecking order in both the Premier League and domestic cup competitions.

After this week's heroics in the League Cup (the UK's premier domestic cup competition), there's no game this weekend as we decided to opt out of the UK's secondary domestic cup competition.