Sentences with phrase «first choice for arsenal»

Now he has this chance and with another international break just around the corner, I reckon he will be super motivated to do well and remind the England boss Gareth Southgate what he can do, because if he is the first choice for Arsenal as we are doing so well, should he not also be ahead of the other England options like Rose and Bertrand?

At the same time there are rumours that David Ospina might leave Arsenal so why did Wenger not persuade Szczesny to try again to be the first choice for Arsenal?

Despite largely being first choice for Arsenal last season, Ospina's fine form for club and country doesn't look to have been enough for him to keep his place in the starting lineup, with Cech sure to become the new number one for the Gunners after joining from rivals Chelsea.

Or you could try to earn your way to first choice for Arsenal and France by rivaling Salah and being truly worthy, ay..

Not exact matches

The 27 year - old picked up the Arsenal Player of the Month award in September, having been successfully challenging first - choice Olivier Giroud for a central striking role, and the pair seemed to be excelling in their rivalry, until an injury never - the-less ended the run, and the pair have not been the same since.

With the emergence of Francis Coquelin as Arsenal's first - choice defensive midfielder and with the likes of Aaron Ramsey, Jack Wilshere and even Santi Cazorla, who has grown accustomed to playing a deeper role, fighting for a place alongside the young Frenchman, the Gunners captain will certainly find it difficult to get into the first - team.

You would say that losaing one of your first choice centre backs just before a huge and possibly key game in the Premier League, so for Arsenal to lose both Lautrent Koscielny and Per Mertesacker must be seen as a complete nightmare and brings back all those horrible momories of the ongoing injury problems that have ravaged Arsenal for years.

Gibbs was Arsenal's first choice left back after the sale of Gael Clichy to Manchester City and he held the spot for a number of years.

We will never know, of course, but there is a good argument that with one of those first choice players available, Arsenal would have played better throughout and would certainly have enjoyed more possession and control and would probably have held on for the win or even increased our lead on the counter attack.

The brilliant Czech midfielder Tomas Rosicky is now in his 8th season at Arsenal, and has always performed brilliantly when called upon to play for the first team, but due to various injuries and Arsene Wenger's choices our Little Mozart has only averaged 20 starts a season in all competitions, and another 10 per year as substitute.

For all Giroud's qualities, he is no longer first choice at Arsenal and it's clear Aubameyang would be a major upgrade up front.

There have been suggestions that the boss made some sort of promise to Ospina about his playing opportunities and from the first two games in the Champions League, especially the second game against Olympiacos when we were under great pressure to win, it seems like the Colombian is the first choice for all of the Arsenal cup games.

For me Sanchez is better than Hazard, Sanchez had impact on whole team, Cazorla and Ozil are tracking and defending, he led team with example, every Arsenal player is better cuz of him, if you going to compare 2 players you need to look all contribution, yeah Hazard has great dribble stats, but considering this is Sanchezs first season and impact he had, my choice and any reasonble man would be Sanchez.

This will come as a big blow for Arsenal, who have made Monreal first choice at left - back this season after a string of fine performances to make that position his own against Kieran Gibbs.

anyway I ain't freaked about seeing Giroud in my first choice Arsenal line up, so to me, there's nothing to worry abt, thanks to the depth of the squad which means everyone have to sit up or gets displaced by someone else due to the competition for places in the team and this includes Giroud.

Olivier Giroud has admitted that he was disappointed at having to leave Arsenal having scored over 100 goals for the club but then being reduced to a bit - part player, and had no choice but to move away to find some first team action to give him hope of going to the World Cup with his country this summer.

For Chambers to be Arsenals first choice cb I believe he needs more experience.

This may well have been the easiest choice of an Arsenal Man of the Match for some time, with Alexis Sanchez bagging a hat - trick in the space of 14 second half minutes that sealed the three points and nipped in the bud any hiopes West Ham had of punishing the Gunners for our first half wastefulness.

Given that Alexis has been firing on all fronts as a striker, it's difficult for Lucas to therefore be integrated as a first choice striker at the current moment, so perhaps the Spaniard will have to find his break at Arsenal on the wing instead.

The likes of Koscielny and Mustafi can now be deemed as the first choice centre backs for Arsenal, whilst Mertesacker, Gabriel and Rob Holding must all battle it out for the remaining place on the bench.

Were he to stay with Everton for another season he would likely be first choice, and has been urged by Arsenal legend Martin Keown to do this so that he can continue to develop [Daily Mail].

We have the new signing Granit Xhaka to consider as well as Francis Coquelin but I expect they will be fighting for the deepest lying midfield position and the same could be true of Mohamed Elneny, so will his Euro performances see Ramsey as a first choice starter for Arsenal next season?

Signing him was not a mistake, Sagna went to City for free, Debuchy was his replacement both at Arsenal and in this national team as first choice RB.

However, he will now remain in the Premier League with Arsenal, who have been linked with a number of goalkeepers in recent months following a difficult season for current first choice Szczesny.

Olivier Giroud has slowly surrendered his place as first - choice striker for Arsenal and France this season, and seems to have totally lost his confidence in front of goal.

Arsene Wenger has some big choices to make in the next few days about which Arsenal players will be in the starting line up on Tuesday night, when the German Bundesliga champions come to town for the first of two back to back games that will probably decide our fate in the Champions League this season.

He was waiting for Arsenal and Atletico Madrid then finally decided to stay at Milan, but we are very happy because we bought Zaza who a year ago was our first choice.»

As for song well, he was a disaster at arsenal for all but one season, he flopped in Barcelona and is still not first choice at West Ham, he can not even make the Cameroon team!!!

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.

Colombian first choice goalkeeper has been linked with Arsenal this summer, and his displays so far for a team who have won both of their games at the tournament will have done nothing to dissuade Arsene Wenger from pursuing the OGC Nice stopper.

Ramsey and Arteta should be back and considering they are both first choice central midfielders at Arsenal, this should be a big boost for us and can hopefully push us on into some consistent winning form.

Arsene Wenger however disagrees with Henry's comments, by suggesting that Giroud certainly isn't a «Plan B player» for Arsenal and that none of the current crop of first team players should feel second choice.

The player was full of promise and many believed at the time that he had the potential to be Arsenal's first choice right back for many years after Bacary Sagna's era was over.

Will this tournament and the way that Wales suffered in his absence ensure that Arsene Wenger has Aaron Ramsey as a first choice starter for Arsenal?

Gibbs was a regular for the Gunners until Monreal made his impression on Arsene Wenger and aside from injuries and competitive rotation, Monreal has been Arsenal's first choice left back for the last three seasons.

However, if we do go for Hummels and are successful, it will surely mean that one of the current first choice central defenders at Arsenal would miss out.

The 22 - year old is expected to be the first choice Portuguese left back at this summer's Euro 2016 competition and he has apparently been on Arsenal's radar for a couple of years with former Arsenal midfielder and current scout Gilles Grimandi having watched his progress in the French league.

Likewise a quality player like Lemar could also recognise this and sign for Arsenal not to mention that Arsenal can guarantee these players regular game time, starting line up and make them first choice players at a time where they want to impress and get places in their national sides for the World Cup.

Olivier Giroud has been Arsenal's first choice striker for many seasons now, assuming the role left behind from Van Persie's departure in 2012.

Bendtner scored 47 goals in 171 appearances for Arsenal, but after failing to establish himself as their first - choice striker, he moved on in pursuit of success elsewhere.

Once thought to be our next first choice right back, Carl struggled playing for Arsenal and will be gone in the summer.

I agree that Benzema or Lewandowski to Arsenal is (a) not their first choice and (b) unlikely, but don't be so hard on your fellow Gooners, they aren't clowns for thinking it could happen.

However, the forward's showings have attracted interest from both Barca and Arsenal, with the former considering the player as a legitimate backup option to any of the first - choice front three of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez, and the Gunners eyeing the forward as versatile cover for Theo Walcott and Olivier Giroud as they push for a first title triumph in a decade.

Jenkinson is expected to become Arsenal's first choice right - back next season with Sagna, a transfer target for Inter Milan, expected to leave the club in the summer when he will have just 12 months remaining on his contract.

Additionally, it will be really exciting to see Gabriel and Koscielny partner each other as the duo are considered by many as potentially Arsenal's first - choice defensive pair for the near future.

Wenger has had the boost of getting a few players back from the treatment room but has also lost one of his first choice defenders after Mustafi did his hamstring playing for Germany, and with some of the Arsenal stars coming back late or in a poor state of mind after their World Cup hopes were dashed this was always going to be a tough selection job for the Frenchman.

Having an out - and - out first - choice striker is the first step for every Premier League club and Arsenal is no exception.

Now they want to blame the fans, I will tell you who is responsible for ARSENAL woes the Coach ARSENE WENGER, Giroud is a good striker but needs real competition to be our first choice and to better himself, this is what they call motivation....

It is now two years since Nacho Monreal arrived at Arsenal from Malaga, and after a long fight with Kieran Gibbs for the starting spot at left - back he has gradually worked his way into being first choice for Arsene Wenger.

Furthermore Giroud is a valuable option for Arsenal, just not as a first choice striker.