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Ricardo Alvarez has been tried in multiple positions at Inter during the last season by three different managers and it still remains to be seen what role will he play in the next season.

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U.S. retail sales are expected to have rebounded a bit, increasing 0.1 % last month, after dipping by 0.1 % in December during a disappointing holiday shopping season.

By last year, Uber was working with a few big retailers, and during the holiday season partnered with Shopify on a campaign for buying last - minute gifts.

NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick made a lot of news last season when he protested police violence and racial injustice by sitting during the National Anthem before games.

These two teams were separated by only one point during the regular season, and the difference between them has been razor thin over the last few seasons, with Montreal holding a slight edge of 12 - 10 in the previous 22 games in this head - to - head series.

During the opening months of last season, the 24 - year - old was troubled by constant hamstring problems and despite netting a few goals early on, he wasn't hitting the heights he had previously demonstrated.

Jones was signed by the Cavs for the final game of the regular season last year, and is only really seen during garbage time.

As reported by BBC Sport, the 22 - year - old joined City in a # 43m deal last month, with the move coming off the back an impressive season at Monaco during which he was pivotal to their Ligue 1 title success.

Defensive coordinator Ken Norton Jr. was fired during the season for producing roughly the same results from the year before, though whatever drop - off there was is explainable by being less fortunate with takeaways (14 after getting 30 last season) and injuries.

The decision by the NHL not to take a break during its season to participate in the Olympics sent shockwaves through the hockey world last year.

A section of the club's fans have moved to turn on the Frenchman in recent seasons, with a protest having been attempted to be had during a home match toward the back end of last term, which was somewhat countered by cheers, and chants of «there's only one Arsene Wenger».

injury players like robben, reus, ribbery, etcaffect there club has they are not reliable bcos of there injury stuff.for example, the absent of robben which make bayern to be suffered by barca during the last season champ league semi final and also the absent of reus which make dortmond to not qualify for champ league.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

Southampton, after they got the lead against us during their 4 - 0 win, repeatedly lob the ball over Mert side and ask Long to race for it with Kos becoz they know in that situation Mert is not in the picture at aĺl... And its not an accident Mert conceded the penalty to Costa during our defeat at Chelsea this season, and it was not an accident they scored from a beautiful lob over Mert and Kos by Cesc to Costa during their 2 - 0 win last season....

During Game 6 in Los Angeles last Saturday, a Kings fan who goes by the name Dancing Boy and whose antics are featured on the Staples Center scoreboard, held up an old Kings sweater of Rob Blake, the former L.A. captain who was traded to Colorado last season.

The right winger shook his head when Juande Ramos, the Tottenham head coach, asked him to play at right back when he came on as a substitute during the 1 - 0 defeat by Hull City last month, and has been employed in several positions by the Spaniard this season.

Picture this, we don't come out of the gate firing on all cylinders, Wenger speaks of how there wasn't enough time for the first - teamers to build chemistry, several key players aren't even playing because of Wenger's utterly ridiculous policy regarding players who played in the Confed Cup or the under21s and the boo - birds have returned in full flight... if these things were to happen, which is quite possible considering the Groundhog Day mentality of this club, how long do you think it will take for Wenger to recant his earlier statements regarding Europa... I would suggest that it's these sorts of comments from Wenger which are often his undoing... why would any manager worth his weight in salt make such a definitive statement before the season has even started... why would any manager who fashions himself an educated man make such pronouncements before even knowing what his starting 11 will be come Friday, let alone on September 1st... why would any manager who has a tenuous relationship with a great many supporters offer up such a potentially contentious talking point considering how many times his own words have come back to bite him in the ass... I think he does this because he doesn't care what you or I think, in fact he's more than slightly infuriated by the very idea of having to answer to the likes of you and me... that might have been acceptable during his formative years in charge, when the fans were rewarded with an scintillating brand of football and success felt like a forgone conclusion, but this new Wenger led team barely resembles that team of ore... whereas in times past we relished a few words from our seemingly cerebral manager, in recent times those words have been replaced by a myriad of excuses, a plethora of infuriating stories about who he could have signed but didn't and what can only be construed as outright fabrications... it's kind of funny that when we want some answers, like during the whole contract debacle of last season, we can't get an intelligent word out of him, but when we just what him to show his managerial acumen through his actions, we can't seem to get him to shut - up... I beg you to prove me wrong Arsene

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...

Until last season, when he won the starting job in training camp and ran for an NFC - best 1,405 yards, Davis was known mostly for being the guy on the wrong end of a sucker punch thrown by teammate Michael Westbrook during a 1996 practice.

Emiliano Martinez also did well when deputising for the duo on occasions last season, and he was also praised by Arsene Wenger for his ability during the previous campaign, and he could well try and stake his own claim for more regular action.

And by that logic, last season during Christmas period, most wanted Monreal out of the squad, see what he did when he was provided the oppurtunity.

Moses moved to Chelsea last summer but struggled to break into the Blues first team during his first season at Stamford Bridge and could be set to move away from the club, with places in the Chelsea first team likely to be very hard to come by.

2nd: According to reports from the Football Insider, the Arsenal hierarchy have been impressed by Flamini's performances during the last 12 weeks and are ready to offer the 32 - year old a brand new deal till the end of the next season.

He has made 78 appearances in all competitions for Valencia and scored an impressive six goals, but was forced to apologise to the club's fans on behalf of the team after he was sent off during last season's 7 - 0 Copa del Rey thrashing by Barcelona.

Wood was released by Reading at the end of last season and, after a successful trial during which he scored a goal in a Youth Alliance game, he was offered a scholarship with the Clarets.

The United left - back, who has found game time hard to come by at Old Trafford this season, almost became a national hero when he struck a fierce right - footed half volley onto the post after the Azzurri went behind during their World Cup qualifier against Sweden last night.

However, during the last season's Cup run, we suffered through some incredibly poor performances by Rinne.

Although QPR filed accounts in March showing a loss of # 9.8 million during their last season in the Football League, that figure was reached by writing off loans of # 60million — a move that might not be permitted under Financial Fair Play regulations.

The midfielder is already in Spain waiting to be unveiled by the La Liga giants after impressing the handlers of the B team during a short trial last season.

Unfortunately, he is yet another player to have left for bigger and better things during the current transfer window by transferring to Ligue 1 rivals Monaco, who finished ten places higher than Marseille last season.

The 30 - year - old also demonstrated his versatility by performing at centre - back for a short time during Arsenal's injury crisis in the first half of last season, and all the signs suggested that Arsenal had acquired a valuable squad option.

Fans had hopes at sky - high levels when several of the more reliable Merseyside - based journalists wrote articles towards the end of last season suggesting the club would break the transfer record three times during the summer with some noting that the club could spend close to # 200m by the August 31st transfer window deadline.

During the coming season the academy will be led by Luke Hobbs, who has done an outstanding job since the departure of Andries Jonker to manage Wolfsburg last spring.

It probably is too soon to be ranting and raving over Luis Suarez, who was handed the famous number seven shirt by Kenny Dalglish — a number he wore during his days as a Red, but the signs were definitely promising as we watched a player who scored a staggering 49 goals in 48 games last season for Ajax score on his début.

Interestingly, we have already equalled the total number of headed goals we scored in the Premier League during the whole of last season and, by this stage, we hadn't scored a single headed league goal.

With Charlie Taylor lighting his bridge aflame on the last day of the season at Wigan Athletic and Leeds being forced to use Gaetano Berardi, nominally a right back, at left back for many games during the season, most expected the club to sort out the position by getting a first team left back.

Falcao, who has 25 goals in 52 appearances for Colombia, was under considerable scrutiny at Old Trafford last season during an expensive loan for United, and was criticised by Van Gaal for a lack of fitness.

The 30 - year - old was already a target for Conte during last summer's transfer window but he was convinced by the Turin club to stay for one more season.

The drop in the amount of goals scored by Liverpool from the 2013/14 season to the 2014/15 season was stark, and was a result of their meek, submissive, and wholly unconvincing performances during the last campaign.

It was an isolated incident at last season's corresponding fixture in May, but an individual who made Nazi - style salutes during the game was reported by a supporter who was able to remain anonymous.

Scholes, who assisted Ryan Giggs during his four - game spell as caretaker - manager at the end of last season, suggested Rooney could be dropped by England during the World Cup after claiming that he may have «peaked» two years ago.

In fact, Foster made a couple of super stops to deny Blackburn furthermore success in front of goal, with Foster trying to fill the rather large boots left by Joe Hart who was a huge success at the club during a season - long loan last season.

The governor also reiterated his vow last week made during the campaign season that he would veto legislative boundaries drawn by lawmakers during the redistriciting process.

During an election marked by turmoil over term limits and a tempestuous Democratic primary season, Queens Republicans last week gained two seats in the City Council and solidified their hold over a third in a borough where the GOP is heavily outnumbered.

BY JOE RINI Milestones for Dickey and Wright and Collins to Return in 2013 Although September was short on pennant race drama for the New York Mets, two players did scale team milestones during this last week of the 2012 season.

Since last football season, dozens of athletes have demonstrated during the national anthem, either by kneeling or raising a clenched fist in the air, to protest the killing of black civilians by law enforcement officers.

The bulletins will continue at the twice - weekly frequency established during last season's Toledo event, and can be received by a subscription to the NOAA Lake Erie HAB Bulletin.

«Straight Outta Compton» won the group's best picture award last year during an awards season that was criticized for its lack of recognition for African American actors and projects, particularly by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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A last - ditch attempt by the acclaimed thriller Wind River to detach itself during campaign season from its original distributor, the Weinstein Company, shows there are desperate hopes for the film to survive on its own merits.