Sentences with phrase «good early season form»

With March just around the corner it may seem a little early to start thinking about potential summer signings, but with Glen Johnson looking like he's rejecting a new deal and Javi Manquillo not getting a look in after some good early season form The Reds may be in the market for a right back this summer.

I wonder how better our early season form would have been if we had had Remy instead of Welbeck?

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Although you could argue that the all round effort and form of the players has also improved in that time, since Arsenal came good with six wins out of seven following the terrible trip to Crystal Palace, you have to think that the new formation has worked and wonder what might have been had Wenger switched to it earlier in the season.

i am happy w everything except selling TV5 with such a thin bench a CD, Kos seems prone to injury of late, Only Chambers to back up the two, feeling better w Alexis and Welbeck, especially when Walcott returns, need Rambo back to his form of early last season, and we will click, any indication on Theo's return?

Despite the fact that Arsenal have been playing better of late and the visitors Southampton have been showing signs that their Excellent early season form was falling away, Arsene Wenger would have known that his players would really have to be on their game to win.

In other news, our team seems to be rounding nicely into form, with a productive off - season and several new additions already settling in, there seems to be a renewed sense of confidence in the air... our well - oiled machine has conducted business again early this year, so we can just sit back, kick our feet up and watch all those other suckers scramble to make panic moves in the 11th hour... of course, we need to tie up a few loose ends but our team of savvy negotiators, under the tutelage of our faithful leader, will perform their usual magic with ample time to spare... I have to laugh when I look around the soccer world and see all those teams look upon us with envy and scorn as they struggle to mimic our seemingly infallible business model... thank goodness the powers that be had the foresight and fortitude to resist the temptations of the modern football era... instead of listening to all the experts and simply taking the easy way out by making the necessary improvements on the field and in the front office, we chose the path never traveled... we are truly pioneers in our field... sometimes you just have to have faith in the people that have always conducted themselves in a respectful and honest fashion... most fans aren't so fortunate, they will never know what it's like to follow a team that treats everyone in and around the club as if they were an extended member of the family... all for one I say... so when you wake up this morning, please try not to gloat when you see rival fans pacing back and forth waiting for their respective teams to pull the usual panic buys, just say nothing and be thankful that it isn't you... like I've always said, this is why you stay the course... this is when the real benefits of having someone in charge for over 2 decades really pays off... have a great day fellow Gunners

The pre-season games should give our young striker an early chance to get into Arsene Wenger's good books and build some form and confidence before the season starts for real.

At times this season, and pretty crucial times as well, Arsene Wenger has been left with almost no options for the centre of the Arsenal midfield, Cazorla is out for the season after playing a big role in our good early form and there have also been injury problems for Coquelin, Ramsey and Elneny, while the summer signing Granit Xhaka has missed a fair few games himself for disciplinary reasons.

Of form is anything to go by, why isn't KANE banging in goals like he did last season for the spuds...... I'm saying this is not the best of times to judge a player...... way too early into the season!

The boss put that right and we saw the value of this in the second half of the season, but could Mourinho really have done much better with Arsenal in the early stages, when we were ravaged by injury problems and had players like Ozil and Mertesacker woefully short of their best form?

Motherhood certainly looks to be treating her well as she looks after Ronaldo's growing clan, and she'll undoubtedly be hoping her other half can find his form on the pitch between now and end of the season to put his early struggles behind him.

It is still very early days though, and the form that Arsenal showed from the start of the calendar year right up until that game against West Ham does give us reason to feel quite confident that we can still have a good season.

Retaining Coquelin in the holding role will be key to our early season form, and if Arsene brings in a striker, another strong midfielder and maybe a CB and a GK then we have a good chance of being the champions of England come May next year.

As for the 15 wins in 17 games (given we had such a poor start to the season) it could be viewed from the opposite perspective ie that under pressure the team has performed exceptionally well (let's face it had early season form continued we would be mid table, certainly below the top 4) yet we have climbed the table to the extent that we now sit 2nd!

Whether this is the real level that Paulinho can operate at and his early - season form was merely just a honeymoon period, or if it's just a case of having to rediscover his best form, it seems the pressure is building on him both outside the club and within the dressing room, as per this report.

It's time to rationalise expectations, and not get carried away by a good run of form, as fans did earlier this season, expecting to win the league, nor to get carried away by a poor patch either.

Newcastle could well return to a favourite formation of earlier in the season as they look to rediscover their best form on Tuesday.

Early season form would suggest that he doesn't, but a late spell of good form may just save the Brazilian in a late bid to stay a further season in North London.

I am not saying they are title contenders just yet, as this will be the eighth match of the season, but the early signs look good for the Scouse side and providing that form continues, they could well be in it to win it this season, more than 26 years after their last league title.

Leeds United looked to stay on top of the Championship as they took on Ipswich Town at Elland Road today in front of a crowd of over 34,000, while Ipswich wanted to keep up their good run of form in the early part of the season and stay in the play - off places.

Against Costa earlier this season, I felt it was this duo's best game together, and we need to see them touch - tight to the striker in order to put him off his goalscoring form.

The third month of the year was all about the bike, as Armitstead continued her early season form with wins at Strade Bianche and Trofeo Alfredo Binda, as well as Geraint Thomas taking a first Paris - Nice title.

The Magpies are running in a decent bit of unbeaten form in the Championship although they couldn't get the better of the Villains earlier in the season when the two played out a draw.

The early signs were good, and after a season and a half at the club, Ramsey was finding form during the 2009/10 season.

Wolves were 1 - 0 winners earlier in the season at home over Boro but overall it is Middlesbrough with there better of things in recent head to head form.

Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney struggled during the early weeks of the season featuring as club's lone striker, but since the arrival of Anthony Martial has now seen the United skipper gets back to his more skilled role as the 29 - year - old suits has been better in form and given the lack of coverage the Gunners midfield offers the team's defence, Rooney will be able to find a lot of space and play his best of the season so far.

We have been very lucky that both Liverpool and Arsenal have been so poor this season — if Arsenal had matched their early - season form from the last campaign, or if Rodgers had bought well for Liverpool rather than waste # 100 + million, I don't think we would be sat in 3rd place.

His early form this season suggests he may well be able to return to his best, too.

Pontus Jansson and Liam Cooper have been solid partners in central defence and Luke Ayling has been better after getting caught out a few times during the run of poor form that Leeds endured earlier in the season.

Thriving in his new role and already in good form thanks to those early Europa League matches, Mkhitaryan scored twice on the opening day of the Bundesliga season as BVB blew away Borussia Mönchengladbach.

A poor run of form during this period can derail a season and undo all the good work from earlier in the season.

Had the team drawn or lost their and their early season form put down to a freak blip of good fortune.

The good news ahead of the Sevilla game is that Andrés Iniesta is back, and given his early season form it's good to have his creativity back against what will probably be a tight Sevilla defense.

The 28 - year - old is enjoying arguably the best form of his career under Sean Dyche, and has played a key role in Burnley's early - season success.

«What happens in the early part of the season is generally not a good predictor of the second half of the season, which is when the majority of hurricanes and major hurricanes form.

The work was produced for the Invisible Exhibition, which formed part of Season Two at the Centre for the Less Good Idea in Johannesburg earlier this year.