Sentences with phrase «first epl»

The Gunners have already signed up veteran goalkeeper Petr Cech from Chelsea for # 11million — a deal which former teammate Frank Lampard believes could be the spring board to capturing a first EPL title since 2004.

For the first time in the Premier League two clubs scored over 100 goals (Manchester City - 102 & Liverpool - 101) despite the divisional total slumping to a five year low; (1052 vs 942); Jose Mourinho lost his first EPL home game in 78 matches and that victory helped Sunderland to become only the second team ever to survive the drop having been bottom at Christmas.

Suarez's stats was worse than Laca in his first EPL season.

Yesterday's match against the Baggies was Giroud's first EPL start of the season and he was probably in the starting line - up only because of the injury problems keeping Theo Walcott and the Ox out of contention.

By his latest action in this summer window, Wenger effectively said good - bye to the Premier League title of 2014/15 and to hell with Arsenal fans who were hoping to win their first EPL title in ten years.

Forced to a replay by Hull then knocked out by the first EPL side we face and a lower mid table side at that.

Giroud scored in his first EPL start of the season!

no one said we were unlucky to lose against liverpool as we had to play our 4th choice CB and a kid playing his first epl game... so why complain now?

We produced a few mose moments like that throughout the first half but it was a counter attack that led to the second, with Sanchez micking the ball and Bellerin playing it up to the excellent Iwobi for him to score on his first EPL start.

So the return from injury of Walcott and Ozil could not have come at a better time for us and the England striker will start his first EPL game in over a year, with Giroud in the centre forward role.

No No, i must admit that «grin» is tempting... but i ain't giving in till its on arsenal.com... i won't get carried away with this... i am so much eager to watch our first EPL 2016 match... i have good vibes about it.

I also think that there is a good chance that Aaron Ramsey could be ready for that first EPL game but going on the assumption that he will not play and nor will Mesut Ozil, Kosielny and Giroud then the boss has four very big gaps to fill.

I don't think I am taking too much for granted when I assume that two of the Arsenal front three that starts our first EPL game of the season against Liverpool will be Alexis Sanchez and Theo Walcott, as the Chilean is our star performer and most likely game winner in the absence of Mesut Ozil, while the unavailability of Olivier Giroud and Danny Welbeck leaves the speedy Walcott as our only experienced centre forward.

remember our first EPL game against west ham??? Sanchez had to be rushed in to save the the situation when it was too late yet we want to repeat the same old mistakes again and again!!!

He's hired Mou, you've got first EPL title after 50 years.

So was it just a poor performance from Coquelin who struggled to cope with the Man City pressing and completed only 65 percent of his passes, or was it Wenger's fault for playing him in that position for the first time in his first EPL start of the season?

Were it not for Wenger's stubbornness, miscalculation and calamitous behaviour, Arsenal would by now be cruising to winning their first EPL title in ten years, considering our position right now.

I have never seen Arsene this pragmatic before and this approach may just gift us our first EPL trophy in ten years.

take a good look at Chelsea, Maurinho leaves on a high, comes back and starts winning again and also leaves on a high again, meanwhile Wenger is still there waiting to win his first EPL since after Maurinho arrived at Chelsea.

No matter what happens with them tonight though, have Arsenal got the momentum and form to inflict the first EPL defeat of the season on our local rivals?

The fact that the Gunners also won every match of our last pre-season preparations and then beat Chelsea in the Community Shield before suffering a shock home defeat to West Ham in the first EPL game has certainly taught us caution.

It seems like a pretty starightforward choice for the manager to make and one that is based on how much risk he is willing to take to ensure Arsenal record our first EPL win of the season.

That is a stupid thing to say about a player who scored his first epl goal through nodding.

So one thing for sure is that tomorrow's game will be full of energy from both sides, as both Wenger and Guardiola try to get the upperhand in the first EPL meeting.

I know Cech made mistakes in our first epl game against westham but he has been solid since then....

On the other hand Ozil played out virtually every game of his first EPL season and all we heard were sighs from the commentatir very time he made a simple pass.

Not exact matches

Then we promote Jeff... altho, I haven't seen enough of him but the little have seen I think he edges the Ox, the only thing the Ox has ahead of him is Epl and first team experience

I see lot of coments about how we can sign Reus «cuz he's a world class player.Yes, he is a great player BUT did you see how mutch this season was he injuried?The period when Dortmund win some games and comme forward in the table was the period when Reus was available, rest of the season he was injuried.This is one thing, the other think is that Klopp say he will leave Dortmund in the end of the season and looking for a new chalange.I'm pretty sure that he will leave to a big team and will take Reus after him.Sterling is exactly the same type of player as Sanchez, just doesn't have the same experience, he's not fully developed.I think he can be a first XI player for us and I think will be great alongside Sanchez, replacing Cazorla when he will leave.Sterling is an English player, will be great to see him at nationat team too, and we need as mutch as rest of the big teams from EPL home grown players.The coments who say that we have Gnabry and Wellington make me laugh, really?Do you want trophies?Or do you want to see more young players and waiting year after year to confirm or just see how they doesn't play anything?We are a top team, and need performance in UCL too, not just participaiting.Sterling is a young CONFIRMED player who will definetly help us.Agree that he's not fully grown but he will be a great player.

Martial had a good first season in the EPL and last season didn't get much game time while battling issues in his personal life.

spuds have never won the EPL, the the old first division yes.

I want us to win the EPL first then maybe we can plan for our ECL triumphs... maybe

First, he and Guardiola would carry on a rivalry from La - liga into the EPL when they were in charge of the two poles of the La - Liga top two fight, and Jose holds a record of never losing to Wenger, yet.

With the Gunners out of the EPL title race we could really do with the boost of beating Bayern Munich and getting into the quarter - finals for the first time in years, so perhaps now would be the perfect time to give Sanchez a little rest to recharge his batteries.

People keep using stats to defend him because that's the only way to defend him.When you watch him most at times you he hardly wows you or is any special.Can i ask a question couldn't Chamakh or Bendtner or Aliadiere score about 15 - 18 goals with this super super creative arsenal midfield.I mean lets be honest if Chamakh in his first season should have scored 20 goals in EPL many people would still want him out you know why because watching every aspect of his game and also analyzing every aspect of his game he was below average in his time at arsenal to be honest.So its not only about stats because stats do nt tell me the whole story about a player though they are facts and don't lie the eyes do nt lie.And with this same eyes we look at players and say Aguero is better thab Bony, Costa is better than Remy, and so on.

Sadly, instead of a title, we will see spuds emerging from our shadow and the first fifth place in the EPL in a looong time for Arsenal.

Even Lacazette who many here obsess with — can he really make us title challenger in his first year in the EPL?

but a t some point he lost it, and is not because of his stinginess to buy players, our core is good and has been for sometime now, his biggest problem was adaptation, change to the new EPL, his philosophy dating back 20 years does not work anymore and he knows it, because of this his biggest flaw all others came out to light, lack of rotation of his players favoring some over others, stubbornness that applies to his transfer policy buying for the future just as he had 20 more years ahead, players playing out of their natural positions, ARSENAL FLOPS who knows under other Managers they could have been great, for some reason they were signed in the first place, they must had some talent, best example is Campbell....

Why do you think it would be different with Untd, i am just stating facts, no team has ever won EPL before with 5 or 6 first 11 changes.

Ok they managed to lead us to 3 Fa Cups and 3 community Shields, but their legacy will be remembered as taking us to EPL & champions League failure and non Champions League football for the first time in 21 years.

I know we f * uked big time in first leg bt still it hrts hope it does not effect our EPL form cause top 4 is to tight this is where Wenger has to do a better job in keeping team moral high cause results like this effect too much... COYG!!

The first problem was about whether Mahrez would choose to remain at the club that helped him to win the PFA Player of the Year award to go with his EPL winners medal but The Guardian has reported that unlike his team mate Jamie Vardy, the Algerian attacking star has turned down the offer of a new and improved contract with the champions.

We can't win The Champions League or EPL with Giroud leading the line, he only has 14 league goals it's not a 20 goal season, he still lacks big match temperament in the game that mattered the first leg against Monaco he missed sitters!

as for the epl, arsenals only chance is if chelsea and city have the same lengthy injuries as arsenal did in the first half of the season.

The EPL is not going to be a cake walk this year, that is apparent from the first couple of weeks, and we really do look woefully under prepared, not just for the whole week, but for the whole season.

but, im ok with this vardy transfer... it shows us many things: 1) wenger is changing, something some of us have been demanding for a long time; 2) it shows that wenger is taking risks: think about it, he is buying a men for a not cheap price, knowing he could not getting anything after, with a future sell i mean... this is an act that shows wengers intentions to win something, the buy is not motivated by any financial or economic reason but only for a «get the f epl once again» reason... this is an act that shows us hungry, even if we fail, we could said we try... first ever, we really try; 3) finally but very important... vardy is the kind of player we need... he is a warrior, a fighter... he has character... look at how he celebrate his goals... full of energy... he, like alexis, can motivate the team when the things are not going in our way (something wenger cant do because of his age and because he has never been an active coach on the pitch)... the vardy transfer, if it finish well, is a demostration of a change, and a good one... lets take care of winning things and do nt look the economic side for once... vardy is a bit old, but we can give a chance to welbeck after maybe, or akpom... u are not thinking about the future when we talk about ibra... guys: u complain when wenger do nt spend or because he is always looking for the bargain when u are the guys who has to pay the very expensive tickets... u complain when wenger buy the always for the future guy... like morata... stop to complain for everything and be consequent with yourself... i would love auba, but it is not going to happen... lukaku is awesome but the asking price is stupid... lets try with vardy, give us the throphy..

Let me just be the first to say here like, without quality signings (NOT Kallstroms or the likes) in January we will not win the EPL.

At best we get a title and CL football and even if we did we would be out of that competition by the first or second round, we will still have a mgr without a clue, no quality in the team and more likely will be playing for top 10 spot in EPL

Definitely loan him in EPL, if he doesn't break into the first team.

The lethal striker at the moment in the EPL could leave and the lamp post becomes the first to sign contract..

EPL aren't even first though, Spain is because their teams dominate UCL, and Europa League.