Sentences with phrase «few position players»

Perhaps that explains why Rob Gronkowski is one of the league's few position players capable of moving the spread — a phenomenon we saw in Week 1 when Gronk was ruled out.

Not exact matches

And it is not ozil only, santi has been average for most of the games with a very few exeptions, using players out of position is stupid... I still remind what happened with arshavin, cazorla was spectacular until wenger send him wide, now is ozil Turn.

seems to reflect the general mess that the club is now in... rent seeking owner disinterested in the game, delusional manager who continues to believe the game is played in his own head rather than against other teams who are strengthening, too many players in some positions too few in others, inflated wage bill due to hanging on to deadwood players, injury prone before season starts, lack of footballing identity... wexit a necessary but probably not sufficient condition for club to regain its status

an inversion of at least 100 millions in 3 WC players so you would not have to spend money in 2 or 3 windows plus the revenue obtain in merchandising not to mention battling for trophies would have made us the team Europe think we are but have not been... lack of ambition has left us in a shambolic position here and in europe so I do welcome a transition to manager and players (happy to wait for few years) but at least change is made.

However, due to their versatility or, indeed, their lack of quality, Wenger has been reluctant to position a certain number of players in their preferred role over the past few years.

I can see if we win a few more (hope we do) he will NOT buy players on January Transfer, mark my words, he will go for FREEBIES for positions we don't need....

A few seasons ago Arsenal fans were stuck watching a bunch of «mediocre» players represent the famous Arsenal in a side that had serious cause for concern in every position on the pitch.

I agree it was best not to have called Ramsey off because we've seen players in offside positions throw defenses off with inconsistent calls / no calls from refs in the last few years (a couple of times we suffered because of these no calls).

There is a fine balance between having too few players to cover each position and having too many.

Spot on bro... the problem with most of us Arsenal fans is that we've been made to accept average as our only option after been promised by Gazidis and other members of the board that we will compete with top European clubs... i feel some players need to be allowed to go in order for better ones who are ambitious and hungry for titles to come in... and someone made mention of Giroud saving Arsenal in a few games like the countless chances he's missed that could have put the club in better positions could be equated right... he should have done that against Watford, west brom and the rest... truth be told..

the interlude gave players a break away from the pressure cooker environs of the EPL, the managers few days to reassess the positions of their clubs on the table and take stock of what has been a topsy turvy season and it also gave fans a few days to really look at things from a different angle... we still have a slim chance of winning the title, so Watford are in for a beating tomorrow no doubt.....

4) We need players this summer as simple as that and across the pitch, ready made WC caliber player: CB, DM, ST we can't continue that way and it showed (Coquelin has done fantastic but as I said a few times on other articles a few good games is not enough and this is he's 1st mediocre game - inexperience) 5) Misfiring: chances we get but we fail to convert and put ourselves in a commanding position and that has happen so many times it seems we never learn: Welbeck and Giroud should've done better can't expect Özil, Cazorla and Sanchez even thought he can score to do it (Aguero or Suarez would've put that game to bed with all the chances in the 1st half)

It may also suggest that Cazorla will revert to his number 10 role as the alternative to Mesut Ozil who has had a wonderful season and few players could replace him in that position even beyond Arsenal.

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)

Mertz should never have been our captain in the first place... who has ever heard of a team that makes 11th hour transfer buys (Arteta & Mertz) then seemingly places those same individuals into prominent leadership positions from the get - go... indicative of the problems that have permeated our clubhouse for the better part of 7 years under the Kroenke & Wenger... what is wrong with the players chosen and / or the management style of Wenger that doesn't develop and / or encourage strong leadership from within... Mertz was the fine collecting lackey from year one... this is what happens when you don't get world - class players because many times they want to have a voice on and off the pitch and this can't happen when you play for a fragile manager who has developed a coddling wage structure where everyone is rewarded for simply wearing the shirt and participating in the process... not enough balance between performance and pay, combined with the obvious favoritism shown to some players regardless of their glaring lack of production... remember that Ramsey has played in positions that make no sense considering his skill - set (out wide) and has forced other players off the field or into equally unfamiliar positions with little or no justification (let's remember when you read articles about how Ramsey's goals this upcoming season being the potential X-factor for our success that this is the same individual who didn't score a goal until the final week last season)... this of course is just one example of many... before I hear another word from Mertz I want this club to address the fact that no former player of any real consequence has any important role in the management structure of this club, yet several former Gunners have expressed serious interest in just such an endeavor (Henry, Viera, Adams, Bergkamp... just to name a few legends)... there is only one answer: an extremely insecure manager!!!

I think next game Ramsey needs to play in Cazorlas position, Cazorla was poor in few games, he should be rested, Walcott should start instead of him, maybe even Ozil switch for Wilshere, Wilshere played very well, many people critisize him, but only OX and him has that ability to go through players and drive our team forward.

Bale is awesome ruining with the ball but Aaron is the conductor of the welsh team without him they fall short on making real chances, we at arsenal not so dependent on the Creative player because we have a few like him infarct these days Aaron is some way back in the pecking order for that position.

It might not be a natural thing for the midfielder to do but he gets into some brilliant positions and if he can start to finish a few of them off then it will help the team and also make it harder for the opposing players to guess what he will do.

With Wenger claiming a few weeks ago that the club are in a much better position to hold on to players compared to the time when van Persie was sold, it remains to be seen if Le Prof can back up his words and block Sanchez from joining City, BUT you have to remember Wenger's actual words.

I think that the right back has talent and although he has made a few errors in the past, every player deserves another chance if they are in Jenkinson's personal position.

New manager play our players in there right positions and u will see the difference if not we have Man U in a few weeks and they will find a way to over come the arsenal

wenger was now saying after the game that «we are open to strengthening in ANY POSITION» WOW THAT MEANS ALL SPACES ARE UP FOR BEING FILLED IN MAKES LAST FEW DAYS MORE INTERESTING NOW THAN JUST WENGER SAYING LAST WEEK WE WERE ONLY LOOKING AT DEFENSIVE PLAYERS GET IN THERE!

3) Rabiot: for this to even happen verratti has to stay at PSG and they would still need to be silly enough to go for another CM, but it's PSG you never know in the transfer market they are like a kid in a candy store.this is the only way we could lure him with a guaranteed starting position, he will be WC soon he's got it all height, passing ability, strength, I got to say France are spoiled in mid, what a talent pool they have so with WC on the way the young players would need an opportunity to shine, we were interested in him a few years back so we never know.

Wenger has no clue on how to set up his team, the best position for the good players I his squad and he is incapable of motivating his players to get results just to mention a few.

I am so tired of always going into each season knowing we are a few players short in crucial positions.

Well, you probably already knew that, but he «s been making a few decisions that were branded as wrong — such as not signing a bunch of players and supposedly leaving an important position unfilled (which, based on how the team «s been performing recently, is n`t exactly the case).

With enough time he could become a very good player in that position, he is one of the few who has all round qualities.

Perhaps if we had brought in the players we really needed in the last few tyransfer windows we would not be in this position now.

watching him play players out of position, stick with favourites while better players rot on the bench, subbing uselessly at the 80th minute, not rotating between CL and PL games, not buying the best players to save a few million........

The sad thing is is that we shall only get a few more years out of Monreal at his highest ability, before age starts to play a part on his style of play, at which point Arsenal will have to consider whether Gibbs (if he's still with us) is ready to retake his position, or if a new player is needed.

The reason is that there are very few keynoters in those very high positions, very few players that teams will do anything to get, like Eric Dickerson or Curt Warner last year.

The Belgian centre - back has long been one of the top players in the world in his position, though he's had a nightmare with injuries over the last few years.

Arsene Wenger still had quite a few of his players injured or otherwise out as usual and that list grew in the first few games, but having carried on from the record breaking transfer of Mesut Ozil with the signing of Debuchy, Chambers, Welbeck and Alexis Sanchez, we all felt that Arsenal were in a much better position to challenge.

It has to be something else and IMO is that I've noticed Wenger has made a LOT of decisions in the past few seasons that are nothing more than deflating and soul sucking to players who want to fight for a place... he sticks with players when they are out of form, benches players when they are playing well, makes substitutions that make no sense, plays players out of position, does not show any type of rapport with his team when things are not going well.

Maybe not as much in this draft, as we may actually be two players short in a few positions.

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

No matter who Wenger has playing for him he will totally ruin the players, so many top top players have come to Arsenal and have gone downhill within a few months by being played out of position and tactics no one understands.

A few weeks to the opening of the PL season and we are short on players in strategic position.

In term of CB, people are forgetting that the youth academy have good players in Hayden and Ayaje.Southampton use to do well with their academy because the supporters will allow and accept the youths to be given a chance, now supporters from a big team like Arsenal wants proven expensive world class players in order to win quickly in detriment to give a chance to the youths club.Wenger show preference to some in detriment of others too playing always the same player and giving few chance to others.Bendtner last year was treated badly, look out this year for Campbell and why not give a chance to Ayaje and Hayden who are olders than Chambers in the cb position, don t tell me it s about potential if they are not given a chance?

madrid clips, he's tailor made for d English game... they might b few exceptions but we all knw, dat does not fit with d way barca play (hleb, song, fabregas)... I wld b ecstatic if we sign him, cuz its more competition for d no10 role which means players bring their A-game... nw about d st position............

«It was my first time ever playing there, so over the next month or so I am going to look at a few videos of the game and of players who play in that position regularly — Pirlo, Mascherano and players like that and I'll get better.

Arsene Wenger may not be too interested in a move as there are a few players who can play in Calhanoglu's attacking midfield position at the club already.

Arsenal is not in a position to sale quality player as what we did in the last few years.

Great Cohesion Not only has Walcott been showing flashes of the brilliance that he possesses (see above) during pre-season, a few other players have been making their cases for regular starting positions known.

RG is definitely a need and we could probably do with an upgrade over Easton, but I don't think Rick has doubled up on a position within the first few rounds yet and he could still consider Easton a starter - quality player.

In my mind, the most likely «world class player in any position» that we have been closely linked to in the last few weeks is undoubtedly Petr Cech, and if we can steal this superb keeper out from under Mourinho's nose it would be a fantastic start to the summer.

Playing players out of position, giving them too much freedom and a few others.

For every position on d pitch we have 2 — 3 established international players, peradventure this players can not make it to d pitch due to injuries or suspension, one change that has gone unnoticed at Arsenal is d revamped youth system, previously we had few wonderkids at Arsenal, now all the youth players are Wonderkids I mean the whole eleven, I constantly watch them on Arsenal Player.

Now we have a board of idiots, with a mediocre coach and a bench where few of the players are actually Barca quality and certainly can't challenge for starting positions.

I agree with you that AW has done some astounding things for the club, but he has also made some reall balls ups and week in week out it seems he is not able to offer up a tactical plan B or utilise key players in key positions against the relevant sides we play, (not starting with Rosicky and Walcott on Saturday was one such instance) I realise that no team wins all their games and I know that we have been under the cosh for quiet a few years now, but what annoys me more than anything else is the lack of Visible ambition, we spent three weeks messing around with Beliek and only just managed to get Paulista who was an uncertainty due to a work visa.