Sentences with phrase «game for the club against»

Bellerin played his last game for the club against Chelsea.

Not exact matches

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

Wengers method of bluffing the board & fans to keep him for a further season... > We loose enough games to take us completely off winning the league, then say it wasn't in our control, we then fight till the end and win last few games so we look good and like we worked hard to earn the 4th place trophy.He then links us with awesome transfers (which we all know wont happen), and finally while Man U / City and Chelsea organise pre-season friendlies against top clubs, we play the weak ones, win and look all good to go next season without any additions... AND THEN REALITY STRIKES..

I'm going to repeat what I said earlier... this team actively pursued a policy to undermine the relationship between the fans and the best player on this team... for all intent and purposes this is a traitorous act... so instead of spending money, which all pundits and fans agreed was necessary in order to compete at the highest levels, this club was wasting time and money trying to turn fans against Sanchez long before the end of the season (the real concerted effort started around the time that Wenger benched him for the start of the Liverpool game)... for a team that pertains to be different, like a FAMILY, and constantly questions the tactics of it's opponents, to engage in such a treasonous act is deplorable

I still am not sure why Mick McCarthy opted to play such a weakened side, I know some would point out that the club went on to win their next fixture but its worth remembering that Wolves had also won their previous two matches prior to the Old Trafford clash so they would have buoyed up for the game and who knows perhaps they could have gotten a surprise result against the Premier League champions.

He has had a couple of good games there against schools for the blind (smaller clubs) but against good defences he will at most time one run ok and have 1 in 20 chance of scoring from it.

A draw wount be gud enough for dis game nd any other game, we need to imbibe dat winning mentality of a big club, nt hoping for a draw or a slim defeat against other big teams, wil it be an offence if we win our remaining 15 epl matches or win all our ucl nd fa cup matches?

Arsenal's new # 17 million striker may have taken a few games to settle into things at the club, but after grabbing his first goals for the Arsenal against Nottingham Forest, Lucas Perez is looking confident.

The good news for the Arsenal club captain Per Mertesacker is that the recovery from the knee injury that the World Cup winning centre back picked up in the pre-season game against Lens is still going well.

The erratic winger, who turned 28 on Monday, is currently playing at Old Trafford for Portugal in their friendly against Argentina, and took his parent club's record signing Angel Di Maria out with a terrible challenge early into the game.

It remains to be seen what kind of punishment the club might take against the player for such unprofessional attitude in a game where he was up against youth - team players.

If you did not know, Arsenal fans, the first match of our pre-season schedule will take place against the French club Lens tonight and you can watch the game as it is being streamed live on the Arsenal website and they also have an app so make sure you go to Arsenal.com and are ready for it.

The 24 - year - old scored his 17th goal of the season for City last night in a 2 - 0 win against Reading — the club's first game since sacking Roberto Mancini as manager.

«He has played against Tottenham, Arsenal and Manchester United in the FA Cup so has played in that big game environment, and for a big club in Leeds United so he's used to playing in front of crowds.

Go and pee man, we had a fairly good game against Stoke, we paid for not being ruthless enough in front of goal, yes we were terrible against Liverpool, its start of d season, stop moaning and leave our club, bunch of retard idiots, rubbish

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers heaped praise on # 32.5 million summer signing Christian Benteke after he opened his account for the club with the only goal of the game against new promoted AFC Bournemouth on Monday night.

Valdes signed for the Red Devils on a free transfer in January [via club's official website] following his release from La Liga giants Barcelona and was made to wait until the penultimate game of the season against Arsenal to make his long awaited debut for the club.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan was able to slot home what turned out to be nothing more than a consolation goal against his former club, but there were no second guesses for the winner of the goal of the game.

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..

After being dropped for Manchester City's game against Leicester City in midweek, club captain Vincent Kompany is the latest big name to find himself benched for poor form, following two awful performances against Barcelona and Liverpool.

The 23 year - old has shown himself to be a big - game player, setting a club record for Juventus, by scoring in five consecutive Champions League matches, including both semi-finals against Real Madrid in 2015, and the losing final against Barcelona the same year.

For one thing there is the small matter of the four Premier League games to consider, with Chelsea and Liverpool amongst them, and our first FA cup game which will probably see us drawn against a strong Premier League club.

The 36 - year - old midfielder currently has a deal at the Etihad Stadium until January, but a recent run of form — four goals in his last five games, including a crucial strike against his old club Chelsea — has sparked speculation that the Premier League champions could try to keep him for longer.

or simply trying to prove us all wrong again by showing that he could play just about anybody anywhere and win a game on the road against a top opponent; something he hasn't done in quite some time... regardless of the reasons, there is simply no excuse for the goings - on at this club... unfortunately it's unlikely that any real change will come without a dedicated effort on the part of those that feed the beast... our absentee landlord doesn't invest his own money into this club, so in order to force out Kroenke, Wenger and whatever other vermin currently haunt our hallowed halls we need to hit him where it really hurts... continually filling «his» stadium and the constant buying of endless merchandise, like one of the 58 different jerseys available over the last few years, makes us the greatest enablers of all time... have we no self - respect?

I personally wonder how much he would improve if Wenger openly said he would accept # 10mil from any CL club for him and then benched him in favor of Welbz and Theo, I wouldn't bet against Giroud stepping up his game and then people moaning at Wenger for selling such an asset.

It was reported Elneney turned down the opportunity to sign for Leicester before the season started as he did not wish to drop a level and was in love with Arsenal Football Club.We should be proud the club is held is held in such high esteem but the player and if he wishes to sign to be a squad player I absolutely welcome this contract extension.However Elneny is very basic in his overall displays.You have to ask if he has the ability to affect games, most especially against the clubs that are regarded as bigger than us (albeit at the moment.

And we are grateful for ALL THE TROPHIES Wenger has won, and victories too (in terms of games played against other club, like #Wenger1000), which even surpasses those of coaches like Pep and the retired Ferguson.

For real fans Wenger is a tired has been for corporate overlords who don't care a dot for club or fans... Prefer one percenters who actually emjoy the game over what arsenal fc has become... Hopefully stadium will be half full against AlbFor real fans Wenger is a tired has been for corporate overlords who don't care a dot for club or fans... Prefer one percenters who actually emjoy the game over what arsenal fc has become... Hopefully stadium will be half full against Albfor corporate overlords who don't care a dot for club or fans... Prefer one percenters who actually emjoy the game over what arsenal fc has become... Hopefully stadium will be half full against Albfor club or fans... Prefer one percenters who actually emjoy the game over what arsenal fc has become... Hopefully stadium will be half full against Albion

He has scored on his last two games for the Reds against Queens Park Rangers and Chelsea, but unfortunately those goals don't look like being enough to secure Champions League football for his boyhood club next season as they currently trail fourth placed Manchester United by six points with two games remaining but have an inferior goal difference.

His last goal for the club came back in April against Villa — nine games ago -, but Macari believes the striker is far from finished and has tipped the United no. 10 to soon rediscover his scoring touch:

Liverpool, for instance, have already played all the big games away and they have quite a positive score, drew against Arsenal, spuds and Everton, destroyed the plastic clubs and only lost to manure.

I wanted to know we could challenge the best to win, and I just don't think there is as much appeal in a victory against this liverpool team as there was last year, just feel like I'm waiting for that game where we turn up away from home against a big club and show them we can play and win

Merson Wright Robson or anyone who has an axe to grind with Arsenal is at it I don't give a shit what they think I support th club and team in general if they play shit we have had more success then most teams Thy seem to Laud spuds but the fukers win nothing they won 2 trophies in 30 yeas but I don't see the media others pulling them up on it like we had when we didn't win anything for 10 years There is definitely an agenda in the media against Arsenal and its sadly spearheaded by ex Arsenal players So I say when they ubfairly attack the club and our existing players they are fair game for retribution from the real fans who lives be the club and will support it through thick and thin.

Arsene Wenger has made a couple of changes to the Arsenal team that managed to fight back twice against Man City on Sunday to earn a draw, but the idea that our club captain Per Mertesacker may be in for a first game of the season due to the Koscielny achilles injury is on hold, even though his height and aerial ability would have been a factor in stopping Andy Carroll.

We will win our game against Bayern Munich, if our players can wake up from their slumber and play football the way it is meant to be played for a big club like Arsenal.

So I can understand why the pundit and former Arsenal striker Charlie Nicholas is looking at the way the Gunners got that point against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge and suggesting in a Sky Sports report that Arsene Wenger drops the club's two big name stars Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil, because they were absent from that game as well and it seemed to work out pretty well for us.

«This is our annual Game for Equality, when we show that this club stands against all forms of discrimination,» wrote Terry.

For, Burnley will be motivated by the big occasion of playing against a super club like Arsenal to do something positive about their dismal away record this season in this game by causing an upset in game.

The 21 - year - old, who handed in a transfer request on Tuesday afternoon, starts against his former club as he will partner captain Phil Jagielka at the heart of the Toffees defence for the game against the Tykes.

And with the next four Premier League games for the Gunners being against the two clubs propping up the league table, Aston Villa and Sunderland, and the others struggling not far above the drop zone, you could say that the Frenchman has the ideal opportunity.

Arsenal fans last made their feelings known in the home game against Norwich, presenting banners that called for an end to Wenger's management of Arsenal Football Club.

the obvious fact is that the club began to stagnate in football terms a decade ago after the CL semi against man utd and has been in outright retreat over the last 3 years... some fans were calling for wenger to leave in 2011 - 12 as it was clear he could not cope with a more competitive environment others have been more tolerant, hanging on to fa cup glory and hoping that he would somehow self correct his weak and erratic management style but most now realise that is not possible and that the club will deteriorate further under his management so also want him gone, that has left a hard core of wenger loyalists who are either fixated with the past (selecting episodic good and bad times to justify wengers decade long failure) or too frightened of the future to contemplate a change (with selective reference to failed managerial changes by way of justification) or both, to conclude, through a mixture of panglossian fatalism and corporate philosophising, how lucky we are to have such an honourable and educated man in charge... along with their confused references to club loyalty and addiction to computer games these are troubled souls who need our sympathy and concerned medical advice... SO JUST F OFF STOCK UP ON CANNED SOUP AND GO SUPPORT ASTON VILLA ON FIFA!

With Giorgio Chiellin cruelly set to miss Juventus» Champions League final clash against Barcelona this weekend, here's a look back at other big names who for one reason or another sat out the biggest game in club football for their teams...

It's crucial to covert our chances especially against big clubs which will not incur us on the madness in defending as if our life depends on it alibi the Arsenal - chelsea game for instance and signing an upgrade to our strikers will give us a step above the odds of losing or drawing or sustaining a winning point.

why did we play Welbeck in the striker's role... no one can question his heart but to have a player with such limited first - touch and finishing skills against such a game opponent with Lacazette on the bench is almost unforgivable... maybe it's because Welbeck tows the party line or maybe it's because Welbeck doesn't know anything but 100 % on the pitch, unfortunately neither of these qualities makes him a capable starting striker on a team with any real aspirations... I can only hope that he was being showcased for a move elsewhere, as there was some talk last week about some interest from Everton... if he moved on that would be the only silver lining of this coach's decision, but once again it wouldn't excuse this club for putting business decisions ahead of fielding the best possible team to secure 3 points at Anfield

Elneny could have arrived at a perfect point in the club's history, with us at the summit of the Premier League, aiming for our third FA Cup in a row, and just a couple of games against Barcelona away from the last 16 in the Champions League.

Gotze was only a sub in many games this season, but notably against Barcelona and his old club Dortmund in a Cup semi-final, and this is the reason why Struth is unhappy for his client: «Of course he was disappointed and that did bother him,» Struth continued.

His games for Arsenal against Liverpool have not always been happy occasions, as Mesut Ozil was subbed off by Arsene Wenger after 60 minutes of that horrendous 5 - 1 drubbing at Anfield in his debut season, but on the whole our club record signing has good reason to look froward to the visit of Brendan Rodgers and his scousers on Monday.

As a side note, I think Wenger should go for the good of his health, he's starting to look like a broken man, I noticed at the game against Liverpool, he took a sip of water from his bottle, and his hand was shaking uncontrollably, there's only so much a man can take, so please Arsene, go before you break the club and yourself.

Serie A's bottom side cancel game on safety grounds.Just when it seemed it couldn't get much worse for Serie A club Parma, it now appears that the league's bottom side have been forced to cancel their upcoming home game against Udinese, reports The Mail.