Sentences with phrase «gaps in their squads»

Most of the time when we lose games it's because of gaps in the squad.

The fact is you can never compete with the biggest clubs if you don't spend, and Wenger is showing the signs of repeating what he did last season by spending money on one top player then shopping at pound land to fill other gaps in the squad.

For me, the obvious gap in the squad is the backup for Francis Coquelin, especially as Jack Wilshere's ankle fracture could mean him being unavailable for the next couple of months.

So essentially, it is Wenger's fault that he has not filled an obvious gap in our squad for years and tried to play under par players in that position.

Well it's over for a month now and do you see the gaps in the squad or do you now wait until we finish fourth at best again and then say we were unlucky?

one game in to the season and we already have injuries pilling up, talk about must win games, wenger bitching about something beyond his control, unfilled gaps in squad that are now 3 or 4 years old, some of our best players ever in other teams shirts....

I will be pleasantly surprised if Wenger actually addresses the gaps in the squad.

Wenger has plugged the gaps in the squad this year lets hope the changes bring us the league and / or the CL.

Once again Wenger has ignored glaring gaps in our squad, and persevered with strikers, defenders and midfielders who are not the quality we need.

We still have many gaps in our squad that we all know very well, with a big tactical gap in our manager's head, we need deseperately a FIRST CHOICE dmf, FIRST CHOICE STRIKER, AND A FIRAT CHOICE CENTER BACK alongside koscielny, Wenger has always kept it very late in the window until when we the fans become satisfied with any addition at the last minute

We make NO further additions despite still having gaps in our squad.

It all comes to the clubs ambition and desire to sign WC or any decent player period to fill the gaps in our squad which have been there for years!

I think the signing of both of these players would be a great boost for us for the coming season Cavani has undeniable class but can't see Wenger going for a striker this summer considering that we only bought Welbeck not even a year ago, I think we should go for Marco Reus as our now customary (or so they would have us believe) marquee signing of the summer and promote from within to fill some of the other gaps in our squad, except for maybe CDM as we lack rotation in this area, but our very own Le Coq shows what promotion from within can achieve, he is just one of many players to come through the ranks to command a spot in our starting XI, such as Bellerin those 2 seem like almost the first names on the team sheet nowadays who would have thought that 1 year ago or even 6 months ago?

How is signing Debuchy, Sanchez, Chambers and Ospina, filling the gaps in our squad with quality players before August even started considered dithering?

We don't have huge gaps in our squad, we don't need to revamp in the ways chelsea, city, and united have had to.

They will be filling gaps in their squads adding experience at the same time.

The inability to fill this long standing and well known gap in the squad, particularly following the injury to Pedro Obiang, could be a disaster that is paid for with the ultimate Premier League price.

Van Gaal would be in dismay if he was forced to bring in inferior products to fill the gaps in his squad, but with the added pressure of Champions League football on his shoulders he recognises something needs to be done to ensure his team can battle on all fronts, but panicking won't help anyone.

Not for the first time we need to have a big summer not only addressing the gaps in the squad but making further quality signings to deliver a better challenge for the title.

Youngsters bursting with talent who could fill gaps in the squad for this coming season and eventually take over as essential parts of the squad, fully invested in Conte's system of play.

The great frustration is that it feels like we could join the elite trio and really challenge for honours if only we used the resources at our disposal to plug the gaps in the squad that are obvious to all.

If anything, selling him would be a negative move: Arsenal would gain nothing but a gap in the squad.

The defensive side of the squad has not been improved and this includes introducing an effective defensive midfielder which I believe has been a significant gap in the squad fro some time.

Not exact matches

In turn, the FA Cup remains their only hope of winning silverware this season, but to bridge the gap and compete for the major honours next year Mourinho will undoubtedly be considering ways to strengthen his squad.

From a Man Utd perspective, they're adding a world class talent to their squad in the peak years of his career, and they'll hope he can help bridge the gap to rivals Man City.

The Arsenal squad is strong in terms of depth and even more so in terms of quality, we just need a bit of world - class cutting edge to close the gap on Chelsea for next season.

The Dutchman is seemingly expecting both Lukaku and Ross Barkley to leave Goodison Park, and so he wants the transfer fees raised from their possible sales to be reinvested in the squad to help them continue to bridge the gap with the top six clubs in the Premier League.

Man Utd will be looking to make moves in the summer transfer window to strengthen the squad and bridge the gap to rivals Manchester City.

After this summer transfer window all gaps in the 1st team squad should be plugged — can be no excuses.

Pep Guardiola's side sit 13 points ahead of United with a game in hand, and so in order to bridge that gap, perhaps Mourinho and Co. will need to get the chequebook out and address key weak areas in the current squad.

do nt be surprised if we see song back on a loan would be the easiest midfield option to get at short notice just to get him on loan for a season just to fill the gap i think wenger likes familiarity with some players knowing the arsenal way would be an ok squad filler in case we have injury pile up at Christmas or new year period as you would expect would be an upgrade on kim kalstrom i think anyways and being at barca cant have done his skill set any harm maybe he learn to more defensive responsibility

Moving on from it all for this season i fear for worst to come next season (just had a deja vu i say the same thing every season around this time) City already are talking spending 600 Million in the next two to three years on new players and you can bet Man - U will follow to try and close the gap, Liverpool can sell one player and buy an entire squad, Chelsea owner Abromovich has started to make noise's about next season so they will be spending, spuds will try to keep their existing players with one or two additions to strengthen and some salary rises to keep the elite, and Arsenal will go head to head with the likes of Burnley Everton Leicester for average players signature, and the board will make sure even if they replace AW they will replace him with AW No2 who will do what the board decides on who and how much to spend

Whether that is true remains to be seen, but it is great to see that Wenger is making a concerted effort to plug the glaring gaps in the Arsenal squad.

We had a LOT of gaps appear in our team, anyone with a head on their shoulders would know it wasn't going to be this year where we win the EPL as we needed close to a squad to get enough quality in depth without relying on unproven youth acadamy players.

We have a good squad with glaring gaps and a manager with the tactical nous of George Bush in a nursery on 9/11.

No one revels in our losing no one and to suggest it is just stupid beyond belief... It's been 12 f ****** years without a sniff at the title thats getting close to the worst run in the modern era... I.e. Post 1966... The point is wenger refuses to address longstanding gaps and weaknesses in squad by suggesting the spirit is good or cohesion is right or youngsters about to come good or his bargain basement purchases from ligue I are hidden gems... it's become tiring and time he should join the pensioner ranks and leave this job to someone with a bit of ambition..

This is my point, you can not legislate for injuries, all you can do is assemble a squad who can replace anyone who is key who is injured Hence the need for another striker who can fill the gap should Giroud get injured and as I have already stated Giroud doesn't have the Nous to win us the and should have to compete for his place in the squad perhaps he'll up his game even further.

Eriksen could plug an obvious gap in Jose Mourinho's squad, with various reports suggesting the futures of attacking midfielders like Paul Pogba, Juan Mata and Anthony Martial are up in the air ahead of the summer.

He bought cheap players but majority were very low quality like the likes of Arteta, Per, Chamack, etc. and whenever he buys quality he leaves gaps and never completes the whole squad and end up short in the near future, thts what he keeps doin.

ok we didn, t start well but with a nearly fully fit squad we, ve got better in the last months, ours players seems to come back quicker from injuries kudos to the staff and we are only one point behind man shitty like wenger said each week is a chance to close the gap on chekski and it will happen patience my fellow gunners!!

Grosskreutz, for his versatility, his technical prowess and his mobility, could have been the ideal man to have plugged a gap or two in Klopp's limited Reds squad, the two men having enjoyed great success together with Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga.

If people didn't already know it Wenger couldn't have been anymore clear and candid in a recent interview when he got asked about filling gaps in our 1st team / squad in the transfer market — to paraphrase him, he said: «It is a lot more satisfying to resolve these problems from within rather than automatically start rummaging for the chequebook».

Totally Agree TMJW - Wellbeck is only a stop gap and fill in striker and no more.A good player for the bench and squad if we can keep him happy but he will not feature ahead of either Auba or Laca when they are fit.

Us fans are not asking to spend 250m in one window (well at least i'm not) we just want the gaps and weaknesses in the squad to be filled.

In turn, it remains to be seen whether or not further purchases are made to strengthen the squad to give themselves the best possible chance of bridging the gap, but Calciomercato claim that Gustavo Gomez could be bidding farewell to the Rossoneri in the new yeaIn turn, it remains to be seen whether or not further purchases are made to strengthen the squad to give themselves the best possible chance of bridging the gap, but Calciomercato claim that Gustavo Gomez could be bidding farewell to the Rossoneri in the new yeain the new year.

Although their form so far this season would suggest it isn't needed, Man City have a gap to fill in their squad and reports claim Pep Guardiola has a top target in mind.

Tottenham are at a point now where they are arguably in need of adding real star quality to their squad rather than just filling the gaps, and so these two individuals may well be questionable signings.

Nevertheless, both sides will be looking to reinforce and strengthen their respective squads this summer, but with Los Blancos perhaps in more need of doing so in order to bridge the gap that has been created.

In turn, in order to bridge that gap, further reinforcements could arrive this summer and it's claimed that Mourinho will build around one key pillar in his current squaIn turn, in order to bridge that gap, further reinforcements could arrive this summer and it's claimed that Mourinho will build around one key pillar in his current squain order to bridge that gap, further reinforcements could arrive this summer and it's claimed that Mourinho will build around one key pillar in his current squain his current squad.

There was a large gap between those 4 squads in the Standings from the rest of the group and for great reason..