Sentences with phrase «fit squad at»

Manchester City Barring the absence of captain Vincent Kompany, Pep Guardiola announced in his pre match press conference that he had a fully fit squad at his disposal.

What the two managers will share is a desire to have as close to a fully - fit squad at their disposal as possible, and unfortunately for Arsenal, it looks as though Guardiola will have two key individuals back available for selection this weekend.

Sky Sports are reporting that Chelsea will have just two players missing and not regular starters at that, while Man City will only have to cope without their captain Vincent Kompany and lucky old Jose Mourinho has a fully fit squad at Manchester United.

Tottenham are entering a pivotal period of the season and Mauricio Pochettino will be desperate to have as close to a fully - fit squad at his disposal as possible.

Barring any more disasters (hey you never know), Arsenal should have an almost fully fit squad at the start of 2015.

Jose Mourinho has a fully fit squad at his disposal for today's game, and he has fielded a very strong starting side.

Given the packed fixture schedule, that will surely be a major relief to him, as he'll be desperate to have as close to a fully - fit squad at his disposal as possible in order to continue to compete on various fronts.

While they may not all be available for selection this weekend, and may even find themselves in a battle to get back into the starting line - up, the fact that Wenger will have close to a fully - fit squad at his disposal will be a major boost for Arsenal.

A strong line - up is still expected, but he'll undoubtedly have one eye on the weekend to ensure he has a fully - fit squad at his disposal.

Having as close to a fully - fit squad at his disposal would have been ideal for the run - in to end the year, but instead, he'll potentially have to continue to make do without Lallana for a while longer again.

It can only be addressed with a full fit squad at this time

Not exact matches

Wenger has mostly used the second string squad at the start of any season to great effect, most teams aren't at full strength or match fit and he plays that Wengerball numbers game, throwing in squad players who are fit and raring to go whilst the first team get ready, we'll win 2 of our 3 opening games and he'd rather that than splash 100m on 3 players and get the same amount of points.

We should be in for the likes of Griezmann AND every other world class player that fits our method of playing, Ive said it time and time again our squad is only half world class the rest are mediocre at best (yes I know Ill get thumbed down ect by all the AKB's on site) but the results over the last ten years are proof alone that we are NOT good enough to compete with the other Elite teams.

We are more than capable of scoring goals against them, add in the similar tactics used against Bayern Munich (at the Emirate) and we could easily take a two or three goal lead into the second leg... that's If we have a fully fit squad come February, Of course!

The lack of fit English strikers means that the likes of Jay Bothroyd of Cardiff and Birmingham's Cameron Jerome have been considered, but though Daniel Sturridge has been left out of the U21 squad, he is unlikely to be brought into the senior side due to a lack of game time at Chelsea.

With the Big Frenchman are Jack Wilshere, Kieran Gibbs and David Ospina who also miss out, as does the Ox who is at least fit enough to make the squad.

Three Arsenal players — Debuchy, Giroud and Ozil — look set to be out of action until the turn of the year, at least, which means that Wenger has been handed a serious kick up his backside, with a small squad at the start of the season further shortened by this injury pileup that also sees Ramsey, Arteta, Diaby, Monreal and Sanogo not yet fit to return.

Arsenal are blessed with with a large squad of performing stars at present, and with Olivier Giroud fit and ready to return, there could be argument for a switch in tactics.

He should have some good chances to open his pre-season account tonight, as the Gunners are getting fitter and the squad is getting stronger, so let's hope for at least one goal from our speedy front man.

With our current squad, assuming everyone is fit, I think our best formation is a GK and back four, obviously, a holding midfielder (Arteta is the best we have at the moment), a box to box midfielder (Ramsey / Wilshere), an attacking midfielder (Özil, maybe Cazorla), two pacey wingers (Walcott and Alexis) and a striker (Giroud).

Joel Matip is likely to be in the squad, but the fitter pair of Dejan Lovren and Ragnar Klavan look more likely to line up at the heart of the defence.

The Arsenal squad, or those players that are fit and ready at least, have two more friendly games to go in the pre-season schedule, so hopefully the Gunners will perform well against Viking FK this evening and then Manchester City on Sunday.

It's difficult to blame Ozil for the difficulties he's faced at Arsenal without looking at the big picture... like the fans, he too was lied to by Wenger... there is no doubt in my mind that he was told by Wenger that he was trying desperately to recreate our earlier success by acquiring players that fit the system he ran when Henry was in his prime... as we know this hasn't happened... in order for Ozl to flourish he needs some speed up front, forwards that can make intelligent runs, a boss in the midfield to compensate for his obvious defensive liabilities and defenders who can transition from defence to offence quickly and efficiently... much like he had in Real and with the German National squad... unfortunately he ended up on a squad that has a striker who plays with his back to goal, very few intelligent runs into the box, minus Sanchez, no one to take pressure off him in the midfield, once Cazorla was injured, average defensive midfielders around him, which simply highlighted his lacking defensive qualities and defenders who lack the necessary cutting edge when it comes to transitional passing... instead of blaming Ozil, which is simply too easy, especially considering his mopey disposition, we should be asking ownership and / or Wenger why they brought him in if they didn't intend on doing what was necessary to get the best from him... can you imagine Ozil playing with the likes of Henry, Viera, Petit and Pires, it would be incredibly to watch and even more difficult to stop... so the only thing different between his experiences in Real and with the German team versus his time at Arsenal are the players around him and we all know who is in charge of making those decisions, the Grinch who stole soccer

At United this is unlikely to be the case — although Louis van Gaal has toyed with three at the back during his spell with the Netherlands it does not really fit the squad that he will inherit at Old TrafforAt United this is unlikely to be the case — although Louis van Gaal has toyed with three at the back during his spell with the Netherlands it does not really fit the squad that he will inherit at Old Trafforat the back during his spell with the Netherlands it does not really fit the squad that he will inherit at Old Trafforat Old Trafford.

Its not often I read one of your comments Budd and nod my head in agreement but on this I have to say yu are 100 % on the money Afobe will MAYBE a to notch plyer one day but right now we didthe right thing letting him go, the only thing that I will say is that we have always let players go when the world asked why and on hindsight have been proven right, HOWEVER why have we had players like Diaby on the books when it was clear he would never ever be fit enough to fulfil his potential and why on earth have we currently got Sanogoals or Wellbeck on our books whe its obvious to all and their mothers that neither of these kids will ever be anything other than average squad players at best.

Picking Mourinho's best - ever XI — how to fit in so much talent?Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho looks like has one of the best squads of his career at the moment, with the Blues starting this Premier League season in superb fashion with four wins from their first four.

And how did they fit into a weirdly unbalanced squad that was simultaneously bloated and thin, and in desperate need of reliable reinforcement at both ends of the pitch?

The return fixture then takes place on April 11 at the Bernabeu, and so Massimiliano Allegri will be desperate to have as close to a fully - fit squad as possible at his disposal.

Whether or not he fits the bill for Klopp remains to be seen, but the German tactician is expected to be active in the summer transfer market as he continues to stamp his mark on the squad at Anfield.

In that sense, he would fit right in at Arsenal, in fact have even more to spend on building a decent squad.

That argument of «would this player start for these guys if they're fully fit» is pretty daft when he'd be at best a 3rd or 4th choice at striker or wide with us when our squad's fully fit...

I would prefer to sign him permanently in the summer rather than on loan in the winter.He is a great talent and could really shine in the epl with us.Yeah he is not the kind of superstar that ozil was when we signed him but that does not mean that he is not a top quality player.He could really be a good fit into our team.But I can guarantee you that signing draxler alone next summer will not bring us the epl title.The squad needs strengthening in at least 2 - 3 positions to win the title in what could actually be wenger's farewell season.Going back to draxler though, without a doubt he will only make the squad stronger but I just hope that he is one of the many players heading towards the emirates next season to help us win the title, regardless of where MESU - LEXIS are cum next august....

However, just the fact that the Germany boss Joachim Low has selected our playmaker for the squad means that he is at least fit enough to play and that can only be good news for the Gunners with a crucial and probably must win Premier League game at home to man City coming up.

Once England and Spain play next Sunday though, the boss will hope to have a full squad of fit and fresh Gunners ready for the Community Shield at the start of August.

In turn, given the rivalry and what's at stake, Mourinho would have been desperate to have as close to a fully - fit squad as possible at his disposal, as he revealed that he had good news on Eric Bailly and Marouane Fellaini.

Louis van Gaal has made a number of changes to the squad at Old Trafford since he took over as boss, and Falcao could now lead the attack, fitting in alongside fellow new - boys Angel Di Maria and Ander Herrera, with two more signings from the Dutchman's Netherlands World Cup squad also looking likely to go through by the end of transfer deadline day.

the reason is that the board or wenger cant come out at the end of the season and say look how close we were and that this team is strong enough to compete with a fully fit squad.

Nwakali is a forward or wing player, nothing like kante and Ramsey is a squad player for me not first team quality, if Carzola is fit, him and xhaka would be a mouth watering fit but with Arsenals Injurie luck this seems inlikely but i wounder if the five at the back would work if we play a stubborn team that defends, i hope Arsene would change the formation in such games back to 4 -2-3-1 but this would require a proper rght wing which we havent had in years, we've had OX, Campell, Wallcot, Iwobi, Ramsey, Welbeck and Ozil play in that position and non of them have made it their own like sanchez has with the left wing

They've not made the correct signings, and some didn't fit into Van Gaal's style, but at least the club was ambitious, and tried to take the squad to the next level.

«But he is in great shape — fit, enthusiastic, as hungry as ever and ambitious as ever, and he can see what is happening with this squad and he is very excited about the direction of travel so we aren't thinking at all about changes.

It is fair to say that young Jack did not have a very good Euro 2016, but you could say the same for almost every one of the England squad in France and the Gunner did at least have the excuse of not being match fit.

am tired of wenger.the man has got good skills, but somehow he fails to address basic issues in the team like buying a striker and a cdm in the last summer.at one time, arsenal had good squad but had a keeper who at times committed mistakes i.e almunia.then after ozil came and arsenal were first in december, all wenger had to do was buy a pacy striker with eye for goal.but wenger did nt so obviously and instead bought an injured kallstrom.agreed ppl fans will keep saying managers shud hav played this guy or that one and so.but in case of wenger, its abt ignoring team issues t (to prove a point he can win without listening to critics and the fans which he never will), and then playing players out of form, out of position, and buying players that do nt fit ur style like giroud!!

According to the Metro, the Red Devils are increasingly hopeful that Argentine defender Marcos Rojo will be fit to return to the squad for the game at Old Trafford.

When I look at the squad for next year, assuming everyone's fully fit, I can't see Welbeck as anything bar the # 2 striker and impact sub currently.

Obviously I want to see more world class players at the club and I see approximately 10 players in our 27 man over 21 squad, whose coming season will be a bit part season if everyone is fit.

On to the Euro's, this is my take on it, if you going to pick a premier league twenty - three member squad from this season, Wilshere would not be in the 30 much less the 23, even looking at the game time given to wilshere fitness is a major worry and him getting fit over the course of the Euro's would be ridiculous.

At long last, the squad has all it's defenders fit and ready for action whilst the midfield only has two casualties in Wilshere and Arteta.

But when people are saying we should sign X-player who contributed well last season while playing every single game for «depth» sure, on paper it looks great, but a lot of players hit patches of form that may not necessarily be given that opportunity here, as there may be someone else in the squad who hits the ground running and contributes straight away... If Coquelin, Arteta, Flamini, Wilshere, Ramsey, AOC, Ozil, Cazorla, Rosicky are all fit and firing, I think you're sorely mistaken if you think anything but a truly world - class midfielder would be looking at those names and not potentially evaluating their first - team opportunities.

If these new players are typical Wenger rough diamonds at CB, CDM and ST, can stay fit and with some driftwood going out on loan etc then this is our strongest and most streamlined squad in a decade, I hope it'll be strong enough.

Arsenal are in need of new additions in midfield this winter and either one of these players would have fit the bill for Arsene Wenger's injury - hit squad, which has no gurantees of a fourth - place finish at the moment.