Sentences with phrase «few big name players»

The Real Madrid front men have struggled to muster up the required numbers, and a few big name players are reportedly set to be on the chopping block.

There were still a few big name players on the move however, and fans took to Twitter to voice their opinions as soon as every story broke.

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He is a good player and in a few seasons he could become one of the big names not at all gettable.

The Brazilian powerhouse is probably the biggest name player in Russia, following a multimillion move from Porto a few seasons back.

I want Wenger to continue as he now has the funds to compete for some big names, and he has a few excellent young English players coming through.

The last few years however have been quite fruitful for Arsene Wenger's side, with big name players finally signing for the Gunners.

Snatching big names coveted around is start, selling a few players (3 - 5) that should not be here next season to add to the rumoured «war chest» is another... Let's wait and see... he knows and so does the club that the fan's patience towards the lack of trophy is paper thin as well that missteps will likely not be forgiven.

It's an interesting scenario that should play out over the next few weeks and then potentially into the summer, but it will likely have a serious knock on effect for Chelsea if Falcao isn't the latest big - name player plying his trade in Europe to move to China.

He should prove he has learned from the past by not waiting to sign a big name player or players at the last moment of the transfer window but instead he should sing them in the next few weeks.

In the midfield, (including RWB & LWB) we have a whole bunch of tweeners... none offer the full package, none make sense in our manager's current favourite formation, except for Sead on the left and Ox on the right, and all of them have never shown any consistency for more than a heartbeat... Sead, who I'm including in this category because of our present formation, looks like a positive addition, minus his occasional brain farts, but I would rather see what he could do in a back 4 before making my mind up... Ox, who has never played better, which isn't saying much considering his largely underwhelming play in previous seasons, seems to have found a home in this new formation; unfortunately, can we really expect this oft - injured player to handle the taxing duties that come with said position over the long haul, not to mention, it looks like he has no intention of staying... Ramsey has relied on the empathy that stems from his gruesome injury years ago and the excitement that was generated a few years back when he finally seemed to put in altogether, but on the whole he has been a big disappointment (neither he nor the Ox have scored enough to warrant a regular spot)... Wiltshire should be put on a weekly contract then played until he suffers his first injury, if and when that occurs he should be shipped - out and no one should very be allowed to say his name on club grounds ever again... Elnehy & Coq are average players who couldn't make any of the top 7 teams currently in the EPL... both have showed some great energy on the pitch, but neither are top quality and no good team can afford to have that many average players on their bench playing the same position, especially with Coq's injury history / discipline concerns and Elheny's headless chicken tendencies... as for Xhaka, his tenure here so far has been incredibly underwhelming... we know he has some skills to provide the long ball but his defensive work is piss poor and he gives the ball away too cheaply and far too often... finally, the enigma himself, Ozil, so much skill with his left foot but his presence has been more frustrating than uplifting... in many respects his failure has been directly related to the failure of this club to provide him with the necessary players up front, minus Sanchez of course, and unless something drastic happens very soon his legacy will be largely a negative one (much like Wenger's)

Founded in 1982, the USFL made some swift and meaningful inroads on the football landscape — they snatched a few big - name players, probed fruitful football markets and actually got some people watching.

As we have already played five games in the last two weeks and will face West Ham, Monaco and then Newcastle in the space of seven days, I think that Wenger may need to look after a few of his big name players, like Alexis Sanchez and Santi Cazorla.

Every club needs big name big game big tag world class players, but only a few managers (clubs) can afford them IF the other club is even willing to sell.

... a few of the other big names in sport, the non-baseball players, that is, were getting their acts together to show that life isn't all hitting and retiring and hiring

I thought that a few of the big name and key players might get a rest today and the big surprise, for me at least, is that Xhaka is not starting as he will not be available at the weekend because of that debatable sending off.

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

Wont hold my breathe everyone knows Wengers biggest downfall is his Loyalty to average players arteta, jack, gibbs, szech, walcott, giroud just to name a few who get preferential treatment.

Our biggest achievement for the last few years is finishing on top of Liverfool and Spuds, would be ridiculous to name the rest of the league, any Manager with this squad could do that, because of his past glories we come to expect more from Wenger, what he does instead nothing sitting in his chest of gold dreaming that he will win this league with the same players and he knows that if that doesn't happen he still will be there next season pocketing 8M

Getting Mahrez would bring a few things of great importance: 1) Lift the fans mood ahead of our LFC game specially after all the frustration build up with the lack 2) Big name signing and finally some intent that we have ambition to do something by forcing Leicester to deal Mahrez the PFA player of the year and involved in 30 goals (G+A) 3) Maybe after that players like Ozil & Sanchez will fill like Renewing & Bellerin will follow the leaders 4) Tactically speaking he would be a proper right winger (something we do not have) that can create havoc with his dribbling & can both create goal for others and himself.

We would have won the league for sure if we had them two, so I looked up a few players who Harry missed out on, and here are the biggest names that Tottenham Hotspur missed out on, probably because they weren't «great lads» (he uses that as legitimate criteria for a good player).

One of the few players from this squad to represent Germany at both the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, Khedira was arguably the biggest name in the U21 squad at the time of the final alongside Mesut Özil.

Maybe the rediculous injuries (eduardo, diaby, wilshere, ramsey, van persie, sagna to name a few) have played some part in this, replacing key players has been the big difference between the 2 managers.

Arsenal has a big list of players which they want to add into the squad which includes: Radamel Falcao, Alvaro Morata, Mario Balotelli and Carlos Tevez just to name a few.

But Messi is not the only big name player in Argentina colours, they have star players on every position with the likes of Sergio Aguero, Carlos Tevez, Higuain, Mascherano and Di Maria to name a few.

PSG is one of the few clubs that can actually make a splash in the transfer market and offload major amounts of cash in order to sign big name players and Hazard has turned into one of the most coveted young players in Europe.

«Back in the «90s, Japan was a big player in luxury fashion [but other] Eastern countries were a novelty and Asia was only about a few names like Joyce [boutique in Hong Kong].

Games like the renowned Souls series which began in this generation with its first iteration, Demon Souls, saw players with the option to wield big two handed swords and clubs to name a few.