Sentences with phrase «even vermaelen»

Even Vermaelen is great until he got a bad injury and lost form.

Not exact matches

Two years ago Wenger promised to replace Vermaelen but strangely went for Debuchy and Chamberlain and then even more weirdly spent 16 mill on Wellbeck.

An inexperienced Yerry Mina is still settling after his January move and could take time to adapt, while injury - prone veteran Thomas Vermaelen isn't quite the most reliable option even if he has stepped in and done a job for Ernesto Valverde this season.

Everyone with even a vague interest in football looked at the six Arsenal defenders had at the start of the year, following the surprising decision to get rid of Thomas Vermaelen and Carl Jenkinson, and said «they haven't got enough defenders», and so it has proved.

Barca B would be the following: Cillessen RB: Vidal (he's not a starter, but he's a pretty decent number 2, he pours out his heart for the team, and he deserves ONE more shot) CB: Pique (He still would be a starter, but like Mascherank was this season, I would slowly incorporate him out as he is more of a liability than an asset e.g super Copa, Roma, etc) CB: Marlon Santos (bring him back from loan and sell Vermaelen a as his time is up) LB: Cucerella (I would promote him, and if he impresses enough, like the case with Umtiti last season, he could even replace Alba in the starting 11) DM: Arthur (Future at Barcelona!

So did Cesc Kolo RVP Song Djourou Arshavin Squilacci Clichy Nasri Adebayor Gallas Santos Girvinho Chamakh Park Denilson Bendtner Ryo Senderos Podolski Rosicky Arteta Mertz Koz Giroud Wilshere Ox Gibbs Monreal Ozil Cazorla Flamini Sagna Ramsey Sanchez Diaby Vermaelen Vela Eduardo Fabianski Campbell Sanogo Mannone Almunia even Kim Kallstrom told us glory days were here.

I do not see Vermaelen, Gomez, Digne, even dembele as the future at Barca, as they do not fit the «Barca DNA»» style.

Our world class striker Giroud is injured, Our experienced CB Vermaelen is sold and we haven't even replaced CDM.

Vermaelen not playing even today.

I think it might go even further than that and Vermaelen is actually hoping for a return to Arsenal, especially as he knows we are in need of defensive cover with the BFG beginning to look too slow for the modern game.

With an inexperienced Yerry Mina and an ageing stalwart in Thomas Vermaelen as back - up options, it will be a setback if he leaves, and as per this report, not even Messi has been able to to persuade either to stay for now.

Even after losing Vermaelen.

Vermaelen would slot in perfectly alongside Per Mertesacker, or even fill in at left back if Kieron Gibbs or Nacho Monreal were injured or suspended.

Let Sagna go for free Let Fabinaski go for free Sell Vermaelen (okay he is still injured) Sell Miquel (could have been better than Monreal, maybe even Mert right now) Sell Djourou (not good but, If we talk numbers we only have two real CB in the squad) Loan out Jenkinson Loan out Coquelin

I hope Wenger can see our squad is not strong enough at all, he's only signed replacements and Sanchez we need reinforcements, players who will better the squad even the CB he will sign is a replacement for Vermaelen where's the CF, DM, LW we need?

Our defence has struggled so far this season, and even came under strong scrutiny this week by former right - back Lee Dixon, and Vermaelen was a top defender for our club previously, and would likely be welcomed back.

Fabregas Nasri RVP Cliche Song Toure Adebayor Girvinho Chamakh Park Ryo Bendtner Santos Arshavin Jenkinson Vermaelen Senderous Mannone Viviano Monreal Vermaelen Fabianski Frimpong Denilson Traore Djourou Squilacci Wilshere Diaby Chamberlain Ramsey Ozil Podolski Mertz Kos Gibbo Reyes Eduado Sagna Szcz Flamini Coquelin Arteta Rosicky Gnabry Sanogo Zelalem even the peanut seller man, heck even Kim Källström predicted EPL and ECL glory in January Now its Ospina Sanchez Campbell now Champers assuring us the EPL is in the bag Hope springs eternal so fingers crossed this REALLY is Arsenal's season.

One national newspaper even ran a picture of Gibbs, Vermaelen, Koscielny and Jenkinson — if I remember correctly; Gunnersaurus might have been in there — beneath the looming spectral faces of their illustrious predecessors, semi-legendary offside - trap merchants Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.

look man i understand that you say ozil in the middle means no protection or less than adequate but ozil will be CAM and he is close to scoring a tap - in rather than giving shield to arteta who is an unreliable source and does not deserve the captaincy, wenger only gave it to him cause he gave the players some papering over the cracks statements after the Liverpool, chelsea and man city match and the player does not even have a cap for the national team Wenger may have seen this as a player who can play in and out with no internationals regardless of his qualities on the pitch and the main reason why he sold vermaelen who would have done decent job at CDM and then all that fluid style that arsene thinks he can play dictate «arrogance»!

Same with Vermaelen, even though there could be lots of arguments against changing a winning pair etc..

Why was Vermaelen not even introduced in DM to have an extra CB when defending to help Mertesacker, considering Arteta has NIL recovery?

On Sunday Arsenal gave them nothing but a weak penalty shout and didn't bow to any of their roughhousing even after Vermaelen was almost broken in half from a late tackle.

With Thomas Vermaelen set to return in some measure in the Carling Cup this evening, either from the start or off the bench, it will pose a rather welcome selection problem for Arsene Wenger.

He still charges forward like a mad man, all the top defenders stay back unless it is crunch time, Vermaelen goes forward even if we are winning, that is stupid.

Even before 2017 had kicked off, Thomas Vermaelen was already going through problems with his groin but now he recently picked up a calf injury which is expected to be keeping him on the sidelines for an even longer period of tEven before 2017 had kicked off, Thomas Vermaelen was already going through problems with his groin but now he recently picked up a calf injury which is expected to be keeping him on the sidelines for an even longer period of teven longer period of time.

I believe that Vermaelen has surpassed Sagna's first year with us and has been even more impressive than his team - mate.

Anyway, Piers Morgan is the ultimate charlatan; even in politics, he is a vile non-progressive liberal without a single ounce of libertarianism in him; he also has no clue how Wengerball proceeds with 4 -2-3-1 versus 5 -4-1 when Monreal, Flamini, and Vermaelen are brought in to protect a result for Cazorla, Wilshere, and Ozil.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is still without several key players, with goalkeeper Manuel Almunia still out with an elbow injury, Thomas Vermaelen with an Achilles problem and, the biggest and most important of them all, Cesc Fabregas does appear as though he won't even make the bench for Monday's crunch clash — The Spaniard struggling to overcome a hamstring injury which has played up on him whenever he's been rushed back into first - team action too soon.

A few squad veterans are included in Thomas Vermaelen and Paulinho, however even then, the typical age of the athletes continues to be simply 25.

Thomas Vermaelen started in place of the injured Laurent Koscielny, and even though he doesn't have the same understanding with Per Mertesacker that Koscielny has, and that only comes from playing matches together, the Belgian performed well and there were moments where the old Vermaelen was evident.

Arsenal snatch victory at the death as Thomas Vermaelen scores to help them beat Newcastle 2 - 1 in Monday evening's only BPL fixture.

After picking up some sort of injury against QPR Saturday, Vermaelen may miss out on a chance to score another against the Cottagers, leaving the Gunners even shorter at the back.

Song, arguably our most improved player is on 4 yellow cards and we should ensure that he doesn't miss the Chelsea game.The partnership of Gallas and Vermaelen is outstanding, yet one can not expect them to play in every game, and it is in that are we are weak in cover.With regards to the full back situation, perm any two from four, that is Clichy, Gibbs, Eboue, Sagna and even Traore they are attacking wing backs and are always at risk on the quick counter attack by the opposition.Almunia still doesn't impress me and his command of his area is still indecisive and he is still vulnerable to letting goals in, especially to his near post.Wenger being Wenger, I doubt he will buy in January, and it is a pity we didn't go for Given months before he joined City, when he was available for a comparatively cheap price.This new diamond shape or 4 -1-4-1 is working well and we have an abundance of quality to interchange, which bemuses the opposition more often than not.We have every chance this year, and we are also being helped by the fact that the other so called big four sides are showing their vulnerability.A couple of decent signings, not squad players in January, and hopefully we are in the mix.

Even if you could argue that Calum Chambers was signed as replacement for Vermaelen, Carl Jenkinson's loan move to West Ham United and Mathieu Debuchy's injury has ultimately pushed the 19 - year - old England international out to Right - Back.

The way I see it, imho, we've got two great defenders in Vermaelen and Koscielny and even Sagna is solid (mostly) at the back.

The Brazilian left the stadium in a surgical boot and Wenger speculated he could be out for a while, the decision to play him looks even more of a silly gamble as the team is now bereft of any recognised full back, although Vermaelen can play at left back.

On Thomas Vermaelen, his departure is not even as sad as Winterburn getting his hunch wrong about the player's destination.

Vermaelen looked error free all evening.

Even with Vermaelen back, the other central defenders include Djourou (a useful squad player), Koscielny (young and improving) and Frenchmen Sebastien Squillaci (one thought and two steps behind everything happening on the pitch).

Jeremy Mathieu is an average centre - back who gets injured a fair amount, Thomas Vermaelen is a better centre - back but gets injured even more often, and Marc Bartra is a very good - looking defender but has been sold to Borussia Dortmund to fill their handsomeness deficiency following Mats Hummels» sale.