Sentences with phrase «football sides even»

Does Wenger no longer think that good football sides even need wingers any more?

Not exact matches

Levy has granted the 43 - year - old free reign over the football side of things at the club, which is more freedom than he's granted any of his previous managers and even has the final say over transfers coming in and out of White Hart Lane.

@Mick The Gooner You say Arsene is a very good manager at the football side of things, yet, by his own admission he can't even field 11 players who are properly prepared for the first match of the season.

Hazard and Salah also has this problem but coaches like Conte, Pep, Jurgen and even Wenger know this about their respective stars but will overlook it because it is a side - effect of those kinds of players and the style of football the respective team.

It was nice to see Arsenal football again, even if it was a sh@tty Boruusia side

Even football is still a game and one side always loses, even though we must always play the game to Even football is still a game and one side always loses, even though we must always play the game to even though we must always play the game to win.

I'm not complaining from a Seahawks perspective because they actually ended up on the better side of the whole affair, I'm complaining as a football fan that saw almost one out of every four plays result in a penalty, and that's not even counting all the ones that were declined.

It was pretty much the same after the break and a brilliant solo effort from De Bruyne put the home side back in the lead, but after that the gunners really dug in and even though we could not get our flowing football going we did produce a moment of magic with Alexis scoring a second equaliser with a massive assist from Giroud.

Meanwhile Liverpool will be desperate to inflict a first home league defeat on Mourinho's side this season as they look to close the gap on fourth placed Manchester United after the Red Devils strengthened their bid for Champions League football with a 2 - 1 win against Crystal Palace on Saturday evening.

total failure... Can you believe Wenger spent 32 millions on 2 average players (Chambers and Welbeck) and is penny pinching when is sbout real class players?What is in his mind?Pay a fortune in salary for mediocre players live Walcott, Ramsey and Wilshere and have hesitations about increasing Sanchez wages... keeping on books failures like Sanogo... The truth is - I say it for years and years - until the «British core» disapears, we are not going to be succesful.The low quality of British players is dragging the team back.Last time Arsenal was a powerhouse NONE of the first 11 was British.Wanna see how the British quality looks like in a football team - look no further than national sides of England, Scotland, N Ireland, Wales, even Ireland (not British but same style)- all mediocre teams «able» to be defeated by any team coming to mind.And you are asking about Chambers?He is in the same mold like Wilshere,Walcott,Ox,Ramsey,Gibs,Jenkinson - mediocre overpriced and overpaid players.The world is full with hungry, ambitious and skilled players living in poverty and dreaming of moving to the top at any cost or sacrifice (did you see the poor house - if you can call that house, looking more like an old tent - in which Alexis Sanchez grew up?Or Suarez?)

Laca has a beard - so does Giroud.Other than the fact they are both French there is no comparison.Give this kid (yeah I know he's 26 but that's still young at my age) the service and he will be a top top player.Look at his movement and see how frustrated he gets as the ball continually goes from side to side and backwards.I see a lot of Ian Wright in this boy but even Wrighty would struggle with the way we are set up and play.When Sánchez is gone he will become our main man and just watch the difference.Remember those days when the football was slick and fast?Remember when we had pace all through the team and had players who knew how to use it?When we change manager a bring in a coach who gets the best from players by playing to their strength you will see a totally different Lacazette and Arsenal

Yet the untold side considers an even darker time for the one - time football savior, of the emotional torment and mental toil that came with no longer being able to play the game he once believed would define his life.

It helps, of course, that, by and large, Erbstein's cakes came out pretty well: even before he guided one of the finest sides Italian football has ever seen, he took Lucchese up two divisions to Serie A and spent two successful (if short and disrupted) spells at Bari.

Granite Xhaka saved us last night, i'm not a great fan of Xhaka but i thought the game changed as soon as he come on, on Wilshere i have been his biggest supporter but last night he let me down badly, he made no space for himself he was just out for the fresh air, i thought Sead had a lousy game to even do he scored, it was a sad night for Arsenal supporters and football to watch that, there were plenty of alarms raised when we played Ostersunds FK in the first leg in the second half, AW should of known better to prepare his team and should get off his ass and shout a bit from the side line like all passionate managers do when they send a message to their players

I mean Christ Danny Welbeck was let go for just slightly less than lucas Perez and Wenger wasn't even in the country when he was bought in, what does that tell you about the club and its ambitions????? if you added up the money spent on oriental and Japanese players who we NEVER see play in an arsenal shirt over the last ten years, we could have brought in half the Barcelona side including Messi so you tell me what THATS all about??? its a disgrace, and Giroud acting like a football god because he scored and equalizer really just epitomises the whole messed up attitude and THAT starts with Wenger and his «its not my fault it was the ref» attitude its stinks

Yes we have improved we have become more aware we have started to show some maturity when facing the top dogs and that's the difference between us this season and us getting SMASHED by all of the top teams last season and if you watch football you can see that the city side are not a patch on their former selves nor Liverpool nor even chelski, we are NOT another 49 unbeaten squad not yet and not for a while until the improvements are made, Yea credit where its due of course but lets NOT RUN AWAY WITH THE IDEA WE ARE WORLD BEATERS JUST YET EH, AKB's are the reason we'll never improve as a fan base because they can see NO wrong in anything the board or AW does, Im no AOB but I do see the need for self criticism and improvement and at BIGGUN its not a ridiculous statement at all we have improved but they have also been off the ball and that why we're having a good run.

Before the game, there was plenty of talk about how Watford were playing very good football this season, and many were highlighting the defensive absentees that would make life difficult for our side, but since the loss much of the talk has been about Alexis Sanchez (who didn't even play), on the referee, and on Arsene Wenger which seems a little harsh.

Even market - setting sportsbooks like CRIS and Pinnacle will adjust their college football lines if one side is being hammered by public money.

-- we don't play the best football — we don't have the best attack — we don't have the best defense (bottom 5 actually)-- we are not a title challenging side — we are not even top 4 side anymore — we don't have the best atmosphere at our stadium (if not the worst)-- we have the second highest paid manager IN THE WORLD — 8th highest wage bill in football IN THE WORLD — most expensive tickets in Europe

Maybe even loan him out somewhere to a Championship side for a year so he can learn how physical English football is.

Jose Mourinho refused to discuss the incidents in his post match press conference, even walking out of an interview with the BBC, as he feels his side are being singled out and victimised by English football's governing body.

They even do so at the same time, which sets it apart from sports like cricket or American football, where each side takes its turn to bowl or bat, offend or defend.

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

His recent form has led to a long awaited return to the national team set - up and having won back to back Serie A titles, whilst also playing a key role in his side's run to the Champions League semi-finals, and as such it's hard to fathom why he'd move to a Liverpool side who can not even offer him Champions League football let alone a genuine push for major honours.

I can't help but be excited by the arrival of Alexandre Lacazette to the Arsenal side, and it shows that Arsene Wenger can still attract top class talent to the Emirates even without Champions League football.

The former Athletic Bilbao man joined Juve this summer, but has struggled to find his best form for the club and may even leave for more regular first - team football when the transfer window re-opens, leading manager Antonio Conte to consider new alternatives upfront for his side.

He even gave away a 90th minute penalty away at Tottenham, losing his side s vital three points in the race for European football.

I will say one thing for Arsene Wenger, as the Frenchman has proved that even if his Arsenal side do not have the resilience and mental toughness that he often talks about but which the football experts on TV seem unable to detect year on year.

The Gunners MUST teach Aitor Karanka's Boro X1 side a hard soccer lesson on the Emirates stadium turf on Sunday's evening that will last Aitor a life time football lesson.

The Basque side haven't lost or even conceded in the past three and are enjoying their football under new boss Imanol Alguacil.

Fast forward to the more successful 90's — United had Eric Cantona, probably the most iconic footballer to have put the red shirt on, who served as one of the leaders even without the armband, inspiring the youngsters and later went on to captain the side himself, in the double winning 1995/96 season.

Indeed, even when factoring in the non-European sides, whose players will almost invariably have begun their careers with Champions League football a distant dream, only Chile (128 total appearances and 5.33 per player) have less experience in Europe's premier club competition than England.

Mesut Ozil was even better on Football Manager 2016 than he is in real life, scoring one and assisting one for his side.

The meeting between Chelsea and Liverpool will be the 53rd between these two sides in all competitions this century, more than any other two teams in English professional football and the first time the two sides have met on a Friday evening.

Even if Pep Guardiola's side are unable to overturn a 3 - 0 first - leg deficit against Liverpool in their Champions League quarter - final tie, City have still achieved a great deal this term, marrying style with substance, showing beautiful football can yield epochal success.

This match is rightly billed as the king maker in Group L, and even at this early stage, three points for either side should give them clear breathing space to plan ahead for European football after Christmas.

The side do have the little matter of the FA Cup final, but even if United claim the historic trophy against Crystal Palace no elite European football next season could spell the end of the former Netherlands boss.

In football, unlike practically every other industry on earth, football agents can act for both sides in a transfer, and even three if all parties are in agreement.

Brendan Rodgers» side play a crisp and precise passing brand of football which has caused even the likes of Arsenal and Man City the odd problem here and there, while at home they've been dominant.

In an effort to continue learning the lessons from Baxter's development over the past year, Chelsea have also sent Jared Thompson out into the men's game before even properly establishing himself in Under - 23 football, securing a season - long stay at National League South side Chippenham Town.

Mancini's expensive squad has grown accustom to the City fans, with some of City's best football now coming at home so they'll be a tough to dethrone you would feel, even for an Everton side who've thrived off the underdog status this season.

That side was soon picked apart by bigger and wealthier clubs across the continent and even though they haven't really come close to emulating that achievement since Lille haves still been able to call upon some extremely gifted footballers.

Whereas Bolton weren't even involved in any football action over the weekend, Chelsea were out booking their Wembley tickets, again, as they eventually brushed Aston Villa to one side in a flattering 3 - 0 win.

The fact we're even discussing the possibility of Bolton playing in Europe next season is a testament to how far the Trotters have come in such a short space of time under Owen Coyle, who has been lauded by the English media all season in binning their perception of being a relegation candidate and replacing it with one of mid-table stature, but also into a side which play some pretty slick football at times.

However, in the fifth film set in the 1920 - 30s, the Dark Side is still present as scientists and doctors continued record brain damage in football players» and boxers» head injuries using terms like «Punch Drink,» Dementia pugilistica, and even CTE (Yes, the term was used before Omalu was even born).

And those extra pounds, presumably mostly muscle, will certainly help to win at sports like football or hockey, even if sprouting a few zits is a side effect.

Writer / director Nick Love (The Business, The Football Factory, Outlaw) has made his living from showing the criminal's side of things, so much so that even on The Sweeney, his first movie told from the vantage point of the law, the good guys still act like the bad guys.

At one point, while Ramasan's classmates all draw pictures of home represented by houses and high streets (one of them even has drawn in a Zara store, which I found oddly hilarious), he himself draws a picture of a tank; or that at another he literalizes his inner struggle by actually switching sides in a regular local football game.